Biography & Autobiography - Political

Kevin Myers was a young, wide-eyed, and naive outsider thrust into the thick of the conflict in Northern Ireland as it teetered on the brink of civil war. Quickly absorbed into the local community and privy to the secrets of both the Protestant and...

Malthus and his work, has been considered an important book throughout the human history. So that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. The whole book...

2022 Reprint of the two volume 1926 edition. Illustrated. Full facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. This is the first installment of Sandburg's Pulitzer Prize winning biography of Lincoln. These first two volumes, Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years,...

At the end of the 1700s, French Saint Domingue was the richest and most brutal colony in the Western Hemisphere. A mere twelve years later, however, Haitian rebels had defeated the Spanish, British, and French and declared independence after the first--and only--successful slave revolt...

When Bercow retired as Speaker of the House of Commons on 31st October, he had become one of the most recognisable and iconoclastic figures in British politics, and had created a vacancy of huge importance. As Speaker since 2009 he had a ringside seat...

Historian, revolutionary and cricket writer, CLR James was one of the truly radical voices of the twentieth century. Born in Trinidad in the final days of the Victorian era, he debated with Trotsky, played cricket with Constantine, was published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf,...

H. Carl McCall is former New York State Comptroller and Chairman Emeritus, State University of New York. A passionate advocate for opportunity and access in higher education, and a champion for underserved minorities, he was awarded the Governor's Medal of Public Service in 2020,...

I Saw Democracy Murdered is the memoir of Sam Russell (1915-2010), a communist journalist and a British volunteer with the anti-fascist Republican forces in the Spanish Civil War. The book covers his experiences during the Spanish Civil War, his time as a journalist at...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER For years, people have been asking Ezekiel "Zeke" Emanuel, the brash, outspoken, and fiercely loyal eldest brother in the Emanuel clan, the same question: What did your mom put in the cereal? Middle brother Rahm is the mayor of Chicago, erstwhile White...

Condoleezza Rice, one of the most powerful and controversial women in the world, has until now remained a mystery behind an elegant, cool veneer. New York Times reporter Elisabeth Bumiller peels back the layers and presents a revelatory portrait of the first black female...

In the climax of Richard Lawrence Miller's epic four-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln's pre-presidential years, a blunder by the proponents of slavery propels Lincoln toward the White House. Initially, passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act seems to be a victory for the South, opening the...

Enrique Alvarez Cordova was the son of one of El Salvador's ruling families. Intelligent, charismatic and above all wealthy, he had nothing to gain--and a great deal to lose--by courting revolution. Yet this young man with all the advantages did just that. Impressed by...

Micro-biographies of important figures throughout Canadian political history.People, Politics, and Purpose reflects on Canadian political history through a series of short biographies about a series of key figures--from prime ministers to lumberjacks to Indigenous leaders. Contributors combine rich descriptive detail with sensitivity to broader...

Drawing from his thousands of pages of notes written while serving as chief of staff to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, John Lawrence has written a narrative documenting his insider perspective from 2005 to 2010. These momentous years included furious political and legislative...

The Civil War and Reconstruction periods in United States history are widely viewed as a "second founding" of the nation, one that sought to bring the American regime into better alignment with the aspirations articulated at the first founding. Among the figures involved in...

Defining a "statesman" as "a successful politician who is dead," Thomas Brackett Reed gave himself some latitude in pursuing his goals as a congressional leader. His leadership style is encapsulated in the Reed Rules, which serve as the institutional foundation of the modern House...

Newt Gingrich is one of the most polarizing and consequential figures in US politics. First elected to the House of Representatives in 1978, he rose from a minority party backbencher to become the first Republican Speaker of the House in forty years. Though much...

Since the time he left his coastal town of Mangalore and came to Bombay (now, Mumbai), more than seven decades ago, George Fernandes's was a life lived with passion, but more importantly, of struggle against all odds. From those early years of fighting for...

The Trails of Betrayals in South Sudan's Power Struggle by Gen. Stephen Buoy Rolnyang is first-hand account of Gen. Stephen Buoy Rolnyang in the liberation of South Sudan. Although the book begins with the authors childhood and covers in great detail the history of...

Drawing on new materials, Unlikely Heroes constructs an entirely fresh understanding of FDR and his presidency by spotlighting the powerful, equally wounded figures whom he raised up to confront the Depression, then to beat the Axis.Only four people served at the top echelon of...

Martin Duberman, one of the LGBTQ+ community's maverick thinkers and historians, looks back on ninety years of life, his history in the movement, and what he's learned.In the early sixties, Martin Duberman published a path-breaking article defending the Abolitionists against the then-standard view of...

A stunning, revelatory memoir about a 330-mile walk from Washington, D.C., to New York City--an unforgettable pilgrimage to the heart of America across some of our oldest common ground. Neil King Jr.'s desire to walk from Washington, D.C., to New York City began as...

Author: Rob Goodman, Jimmy SoniISBN-10: 8200068218ISBN-13: 9798200068210Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/28/2013Format: MP3 CDWeight: 0.20lbs

This is a powerful, vitally important story, and Lane brings it to life with not only vast amounts of research but with a remarkable gift for storytelling that makes the pages fly by. -Candice Millard, author of The River of Doubt and Hero of...

This is a powerful, vitally important story, and Lane brings it to life with not only vast amounts of research but with a remarkable gift for storytelling that makes the pages fly by. -Candice Millard, author of The River of Doubt and Hero of...

Emerging from the back rooms, ultimate insider Michael Decter treats us to a range of raunchy and riveting stories of politics in Canada. From his youth stuffing envelopes for the NDP in Winnipeg to his days as Ontario premier Bob Rae's right-hand man, Michael...

"Vision on Fire is a historical treasure."--Howard ZinnThis carefully chosen collection features the most important writings from the turbulent last four years of Emma Goldman's life. This incredible follow-up her popular autobiography, Living My Life, reveals her struggles with the contradictions of the Spanish...

In this compelling and engaging new book, award winning journalist Frank Millar delivers David Trimble as we have never known or heard him before. Revelatory and self-critical. Trimble's honesty and candor in his discussions with Millar are remarkable for a politician still in office....

As the nineteenth president of the United States, Rutherford B. Hayes brought an end to Reconstruction and returned order to the White House. But it was his service as a volunteer officer in the Union army during the Civil War that provided the most...

After Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924) is the man most associated with communism and its influence and reach around the world. Lenin was the leader of the communist Bolshevik party during the October 1917 revolution in Russia, and he subsequently headed the Soviet state...

The Terrorist Prince is a gripping insider's account of the Pakistani resistance organization Al-Zulfikar (in Urdu, "The Sword"), set up in 1979 after the coup by General Ziaul-Haq and the execution of Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Raja Anwar, the author, was an advisor...

Biography of Senator Ayo Fasanmi of Nigeria by his daughter and son-in-lawBorn of humble parentage in Lagos, Nigeria, in 1925, Senator Ayo Fasanmi grew up to be a man of discipline, principle and great character.His political activism spanned over seven decades including colonial and...

Kevin Rudd emerged after a period of prolonged instability and internal strife within the federal ALP to establish himself as a popular leader who could unify his party and mount a real challenge to John Howard. The early reaction to his leadership, from both...

A biography of Gavin Henderson, the 2nd Baron Faringdon, based on the unpublished diaries, letters and documents in the archives of his former home Buscot Park, by its curator and archivist Roger Vlitos.Author: Roger VlitosISBN-10: 191145045XISBN-13: 9781911450450Publisher: Libri Publishing LtdLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/15/2022Pages: 464Format: PaperbackWeight:...

One of only four girls from the 160 children in her primary school to pass the eleven plus, Sylvia Vetta was the first in her family to enjoy higher education and got to enjoy that post-WWII wonder: upward mobility.Battling racism in Smethwick in the...

Best Biography of the Year--Western Writers of America Spur Award. General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo was one of California's most distinguished citizens in the mid-nineteenth century. A frontier cosmopolitan and visionary, Vallejo owned vast ranchos in northern California and wielded enormous political power throughout the...

When Ukrainian journalist Iuliia Mendel got the call she had been hired to work for President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, she had no idea what was to come.In this frank and moving inside account, Zelenskyy's former press secretary tells the story of his improbable rise from...

An in-depth and critical look at the life and ideas of Michael Harrington, one of America's most important democratic socialists.Author: Doug GreeneISBN-10: 1789047234ISBN-13: 9781789047233Publisher: Zero BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/15/2022Pages: 280Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 8.43h x 5.43w x 0.71d

To look at Martin McGuinness' life is to follow Northern Ireland's transition from conflict to peace. 'Martin McGuinness: A Life Remembered' brings together a collection of images that tell the story of McGuinness' journey from IRA leader to deputy first minister of Northern Ireland,...

"Engagingly written, as unputdownable as a biography gets" Financial MailFrom the acclaimed biographer of Jan Smuts, a revealing new account of Empire-builder and First World War Cabinet minister Lord Alfred Milner.Alfred Milner was one of Britain's most famous empire builders who both contributed to...

"Highly relevant today as prosecutors deal with the aftermath of State Capture. Fascinating from the first page to the last." - Albie Sachs, Former Justice, Constitutional CourtCourageous, yet contested, Bulelani Ngcuka has always stood up for what he believes in. His decision in 2003...

Reagan's War Stories examines the relationship between Ronald Reagan, the public and popular culture. From an overview of Reagan's youth and the pulp fiction he consumed, we get a sense of the future president's good/evil outlook. Carrying that over into Reagan's reading and choices...

This volume sums up the extraordinary life of an extraordinary man. Dr. Mordechai Helfman was born and raised in Ukraine at the turn of the 20th century.He started his academic training in medicine in Kiev. Due to the severe anti-Semitic persecutions there, he fled...

At a time when too many of the world's political leaders are consolidating power by playing on divisions and stoking fear, Unlikely Insider, a memoir by former federal cabinet minister and senator Jack Austin, comes as a welcome reminder of the value of public...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom political wunderkind and former army intelligence officer Jason Kander comes a haunting, powerful memoir about impossible choices--and how sometimes walking away from the chance of a lifetime can be the greatest decision of all."A truly special book. This combination of...

The true story of a one woman caught in one of the most riveting, talked about political scandals of our generation!Seven years into her second marriage, Kate Nason discovered her husband was cheating on her. Then, the unimaginable happened. She woke to the news...

Emma Goldman (June 27 [O.S. June 15], 1869 - May 14, 1940) was an anarchist political activist and writer. She played a pivotal role in the development of anarchist political philosophy in North America and Europe in the first half of the 20th century.Born...

Emma Goldman (June 27 [O.S. June 15], 1869 - May 14, 1940) was an anarchist political activist and writer. She played a pivotal role in the development of anarchist political philosophy in North America and Europe in the first half of the 20th century.Born...

Emma Goldman (June 27 [O.S. June 15], 1869 - May 14, 1940) was an anarchist political activist and writer. She played a pivotal role in the development of anarchist political philosophy in North America and Europe in the first half of the 20th century.Born...

Emma Goldman (June 27 [O.S. June 15], 1869 - May 14, 1940) was an anarchist political activist and writer. She played a pivotal role in the development of anarchist political philosophy in North America and Europe in the first half of the 20th century.Born...