Biography & Autobiography - Political

"I think this will make Watergate look like child's play." -Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman, on Karl Rove's alleged involvement in his prosecution Was Don Siegelman the victim of a Republican conspiracy led by Karl Rove, or was he perhaps the most corrupt governor...

Hannibal V1 is a comprehensive historical account of the art of war between the Carthaginians and Romans leading up to the Battle of Pydna in 168 B.C. The book, authored by Theodore Ayrault Dodge, provides a detailed overview of the Second Punic War, which...

The Life and Work of James G. Blaine is a book written by John Clark Ridpath that provides a comprehensive overview of the life and career of James G. Blaine, an American politician who served as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Secretary...

""Herbert Hoover and the Russian Prisoners of World War I: A Study in Diplomacy and Relief, 1918-1919"" is a historical book written by Edward Frederick Willis. The book focuses on the efforts of Herbert Hoover, the future President of the United States, in providing...

The Diary and Letters of Gouverneur Morris Volume 1 is a historical book that presents the personal writings of Gouverneur Morris, a prominent figure in American politics during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Morris was the Minister of the United States to...

Companions of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States: An Album Containing Portraits of Members (1901) is a book compiled by the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. The book features portraits of the members of...

Delve into the formative years of the United States with "The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 6," a crucial installment in the Library Edition of Jefferson's collected works. This volume offers a unique window into American history through the political writings of one of...

The remarkable story of Prince Metternich, an Austrian statesman who played a pivotal role in shaping European politics during the early 19th century. With firsthand accounts of major events and intimate insights into the private life of a powerful figure, this memoir is an...

Tom O'Lincoln's moving political memoir is a testament to a life worth living, in the ranks of those fighting for human liberation. Tom became politicised in the turbulent 1960s and spent decades writing, organising and travelling in a lifelong effort to renew a creative...

"The Mandate of Stone Jones - Never Give Up," is a compelling 2-part story chronicling his life. The content in Part I is secular in nature, and it focuses on his past from childhood in Philadelphia to the many years he lived in Europe....

The Gambler King of Clark Street tells the story of a larger-than-life figure who fused Chicago's criminal underworld with the city's political and commercial spheres to create an urban machine built on graft, bribery, and intimidation. Lindberg vividly paints the life of the Democratic...

Those who describe Ontario political leaders as bland or boring do not remember the days of Mitchell Hepburn. Premier of the province from 1934 to 1942, Hepburn was impetuous, exuberant, charismatic, creative, and, for a time, wildly successful as a politician. In this biography...

An experience of compulsory quarantine for an Australian traveller returning home during the coronavirus pandemic. Stranded in Peru when the country's borders closed early in the year, she was lucky to find a seat on a chartered plane run by an adventure tour company,...

In a book as fierce and stunning as a prize fight, Ed Rollins tells of his many triumphs and sometimes spectacular blunders during a thirty-year career in American politics. From the Reagan presidency to the campaigns of Ross Perot and Christine Todd Whitman, Rollins...

Author: Bryce EliotISBN-13: 9798295405730Publisher: Bryce EliotLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/14/2025Pages: 76Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.33lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.21d

Author: Shawn NeubauerISBN-10: 1834183545ISBN-13: 9781834183541Publisher: Tellwell TalentLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/25/2025Pages: 176Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.89lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d

Joe Farrell, Joe Farley, and Lawrence Knorr have traveled across the eastern USA to the graves of over 200 founding fathers (and mothers) responsible for the birth of the United States of America. This special volume about South Carolina includes those who lived, worked,...

“Broderick and Gwin” recounts the tumultuous political careers of David Broderick and William Gwin, two powerful senators who shaped California's early statehood. Their intense rivalry, fueled by differing political ideologies and personal ambitions, played out against the backdrop of a rapidly changing nation grappling...

"For the life of a diplomat is often a variation of routine boredom and exhilarating crises."Maurice Baker is an academic and one of Singapore's pioneer diplomats. Growing up in colonial-governed Malaya and Singapore, his profound love for great literature works inspired him to obtain...

Very few politicians in India today generate as much interest as does the chief minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee-popularly known as Didi. Diminutive yet defiant; unassuming yet arrogant; always volatile, though now increasingly erratic, Didi remains a puzzle. In 2011, Didi defied all...

Former president Bill Clinton will be long-remembered for his affair with Monica Lewinsky and the disgrace he brought on the office after being impeached for only the second time in U.S. history. But you probably didn't know that egregious transgressions have plagued his political...

First published in 1876, this is the story of soldier and adventurer Frederick Burnaby's fascinating and dangerous journey from the steppes of southern Russia to the city of Khiva in what is now Uzbekistan. Part travelogue and part daring exploits, Burnaby's entertaining account will...

In this first biography of Ellsworth Bunker (1894-1984), Howard Schaffer traces the life of one of postwar America's foremost diplomats from his formative years as a successful businessman and lobbyist through a long career in international affairs.Named ambassador to Argentina by Harry Truman in...

Philadelphia native Wendell W. Young III was one of the most important American labor leaders in the last half of the twentieth century. An Acme Markets clerk in the 1950s and '60s, he was elected top officer of the Retail Clerks Union when he...

""Coming Events Cast Their Shadows Before V2"" is a historical book written by Conway Keith and originally published in 1859. The book is a collection of essays and articles that discuss various historical events and their significance in shaping the future. The author explores...

Title: Biography of the signers to the Declaration of independence.Author: John SandersonPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of...

The Life of Joshua R. Giddings is a biography written by George Washington Julian, chronicling the life of Joshua R. Giddings, a prominent abolitionist and politician in the mid-19th century. The book details Giddings' upbringing in Pennsylvania, his move to Ohio, and his eventual...

An up-close look at John F. Kennedy by one of his closest confidants, a New York Times-bestselling biographerWritten by a prize-winning historian and biographer of such giants as Winston S. Churchill and Douglas MacArthur, this intimately detailed account provides a rare personal glimpse into...

"Presidential Problems" offers a unique and insightful look into the challenges of executive power in 19th-century American politics. Authored by Grover Cleveland, a former President of the United States, this book provides a firsthand account of the complexities inherent in the American presidency. Delve...

In Mexican American Odyssey, Thomas H. Kreneck not only traces the influential life of Houston entrepreneur and civic leader Felix Tijerina as an individual but illustrates how Tijerina reflected many trends in Mexican American development during the decades he lived, years that were crucial...

Born in Nebraska in 1875, Kate Barnard spent most of her childhood in Kansas, where family dislocation and financial failure darkened her early life. After Barnard and her father moved to Oklahoma Territory in the 1890s, Kate had unsatisfying stints as a schoolteacher and...

Where else but in America could a Jewish kid from Kansas, son of self-made, entrepreneurial parents and a grandson of Russian and Eastern European immigrants, end up as a congressman, secretary of agriculture, and chief lobbyist for Hollywood?In Laughing at Myself: My Education in...

Saunders complements an understanding of the origins and evolution of Woodrow Wilson's beliefs, particularly the notion of stewardship, with an appreciation of the strengths and weaknesses of his leadership and the historical context within which he pursued his dreams. Based upon a thorough and...

Confidence man and canny operative, charlatan and manipulator--William A. A. Carsey emerged from the shadow of Tammany Hall to build a career undermining working-class political organizations on behalf of the Democratic Party. Mark A. Lause's biography of Carsey takes readers inside the bare-knuckle era...

Author: Chris KlevikISBN-10: 1257063472ISBN-13: 9781257063475Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/04/2025Pages: 132Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.77lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d

Author: Keith L. SmallsISBN-13: 9798318804571Publisher: Palmetto PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/18/2025Pages: 102Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.43lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.28d

This book gives intimate and revealing glimpses of the second Prime Minister of India in the momentous last seven years of his life when he rose higher and higher to the very pinnacle of fame and glory, and was then abruptly and dramatically snatched...

In this rich and inspiring memoir, Judy Darcy recounts the remarkable turns that brought her from library worker to president of Canada's largest labour union, and from there to groundbreaking legislator focused on many of our most pressing issues, including health care, the rights...

This candid, unvarnished memoir of British Columbia's most popular premier reveals a legacy of enduring value to Canadian politics and culture. The public outpouring of emotion at the time of John Horgan's death in 2024 surprised few who had come to know him well....

Calhoun and South Carolina From 1812 to 1832 examines the political career of John C. Calhoun and the significant role South Carolina played in the burgeoning sectional tensions of the early 19th century. James Charles James delves into Calhoun's evolving political philosophy, tracing his...

Explore the remarkable life and career of James A. Garfield in "Life of President Garfield: The Complete Record of a Wonderful Career" by William Ralston Balch. This biography chronicles Garfield's journey from humble beginnings to his ascent to the highest office in the United...

This book exposes the roots of the caste system and untouchability. BR Ambedkar, who himself belonged to the untouchable caste, describes the lives of the untouchables and the discrimination and oppression they faced. The book analyses religious texts such as the Vedas, Puranas and...

Rosalie Crestani wasn't just a Deputy Mayor - she was a fierce force for change in one of Australia's fastest growing and most diverse regions. As a Councillor in the City of Casey, home to over 300,000, people from 150 different cultural backgrounds, Rosalie...

Follows Edward Stanley's 1824-25 journey through North America, a formative tour that profoundly shaped his political ideals.In July 1824, Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley arrived in New York City at the end of a month-long voyage from Liverpool. The young MP and future 14th earl...

The Journal of John T. Caine is a historical book written by John T. Caine. The book is a detailed account of the life and experiences of John T. Caine, a prominent political figure in the United States during the late 19th century. The...

Author: Nicholas Fagan DealyISBN-13: 9798999393401Publisher: Arch Kincaid PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/13/2025Pages: 208Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.17lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d

Author: Keith L. SmallsISBN-13: 9798318804564Publisher: Palmetto PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/18/2025Pages: 102Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.79lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d

Liz Truss's disastrous premiership was the shortest and most chaotic in British history. In the space of just 49 days, Truss witnessed the death of the longest-reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, attempted to remould the economy, triggered a collapse in the value of Sterling...

Author: Stevan PearceISBN-13: 9798349660689Publisher: E.P. HouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/11/2025Pages: 390Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.49lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d

Rt. Hon'ble V.S. Srinivasa Sastri (1869-1946): outstanding Sanskritist, orator par excellence in English who earned the sobriquet "silver-tongued Sastri"; a distinguished diplomat: Indian freedom fighter from Tamil Nadu. His influence on Gandhi's politics was very strong in several nuanced ways, especially during the 1920-30s.Sastri...