Biography & Autobiography - Political

George Yeo: Musings Series One and Series Two available as a set hereGeorge Yeo: Musings (In 3 Volumes) available as a set hereOver sessions which lasted two to three hours each time, every week for half a year, George Yeo met and mused over...

George Yeo: Musings Series One and Series Two available as a set hereGeorge Yeo: Musings (In 3 Volumes) available as a set hereOver sessions which lasted two to three hours each time, every week for half a year, George Yeo met and mused over...

More Than The Eye Can See tells the story of Gopinath Pillai, a Singaporean businessman and diplomat who served as Singapore's Non-Resident Ambassador to Iran (1989-2008) and High Commissioner to Pakistan (1994-2001). Alongside working with prominent members of Singapore's pioneering generation to strengthen the...

More Than The Eye Can See tells the story of Gopinath Pillai, a Singaporean businessman and diplomat who served as Singapore's Non-Resident Ambassador to Iran (1989-2008) and High Commissioner to Pakistan (1994-2001). Alongside working with prominent members of Singapore's pioneering generation to strengthen the...

The underdog story of Will Haskell, who became a Democratic state Senator in 2018 at age twenty-two--taking on an incumbent who had been undefeated for Haskell's entire life and earning an endorsement from President Obama--is "an inspiring and wise blueprint for how you can...

From former US Congressman and CIA Officer Will Hurd, a "how-to guide with a prescription for getting the nation on the right footing" (Politico) and "a clarion call for a major political pivot" (San Antonio Report) rooted in the timeless ideals of bipartisanship, inclusivity,...

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in History NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "Do we need still another Watergate book? The answer turns out to be yes--this one." --The Washington Post * "Dazzling." --The New York Times Book Review From the New York Times bestselling...

The never-before-told story of the friendship between Martin Luther King Jr. and Thich Nhat Hanh--icons who changed each other and the world The day after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968, Thich Nhat Hanh wrote a heartbroken letter to their mutual friend...

Arnold Ekpe had an unorthodox, but highly successful business career that saw him build Africa's leading bank, launch a regional airline, and much more. Today, he may be semi-retired, but he's still an active businessman, working at the intersection of impact, sustainability, and technology.Ekpe...

Lane Denton & "The Dirty Thirty" is a remarkable story of how a freshman legislator, Lane Denton, helped to organize "The Dirty Thirty," who courageously reformed the Texas Legislature and helped to defeat a governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the House of Representatives....

Chasing Revolution - is the political and personal tales of a young American trying to be a radical during the mid-1960's thought 1980. These are not tales of "the famous or infamous," but of people, like himself, that the author refers to as "foot...

This book is the description of a personal journey via South Africa to an academic sabbatical sojourn in the cities of Bologna and Modena in the region of Emilia-Romagna in Italy. The book has evolved out of the compilation of a sequential diary of...

While Albert Camus is an internationally acclaimed figure, Jean S nac has struggled to gain recognition, even in France and Algeria. The correspondence between the Nobel Prize recipient and the young poet, documented in this illuminating collection, is a testimony to a little-known friendship...

In this legislative autobiography Franklin L. Kury tells the story about his election to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and later the Senate, against the senior Republican in the House and an entrenched patronage organization. The only Democrat elected from his district to serve...

Eugene V. Debs Selected Works will provide activists and scholars with a definitive trove of his best work that remains readable, informative, and inspiring. Author: Tim DavenportISBN-10: 1608467708ISBN-13: 9781608467709Publisher: Haymarket BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/12/2020Pages: 656Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.46lbs

The twenty years since 1995 have seen their share of landmark events. Among them a contested presidential election result (2000), a terrorist attack on U.S. soil (2001), the beginning of a war in Iraq (2003), economic calamity (2008), the election and reelection of the...

The quadrennial edition of this engaging and informative guide highlights the private and public lives of the most celebrated figures in U.S. politics and is now updated to include the results of the 2008 presidential election of Barack Obama. Written in a straightforward style...

It is not too much of an exaggeration to say that this slender, concise, enormously influential volume was the work of a lifetime for American Founding Father Thomas Jefferson. From his student days at William and Mary College through his experience amidst the disarray...

An American Diplomat in Franco Spain is filled with Michael Aaron Rockland's experiences as a cultural attache at the United States embassy in Madrid, Spain in the 1960s. He captures episodes of historical and cultural significance as he goes about doing his country's business....

John F. Kennedy, Jr.: The FBI Files contains the actual original and declassified criminal investigation files related to John F. Kennedy, Jr. Although John F. Kennedy, Jr. was not the subject of an FBI case, investigations were conducted when the FBI learned of alleged...

A memoir from the first black person--and first woman--elected to the position of lieutenant governor in the state of Florida.Author: Jennifer CarrollISBN-10: 1599324997ISBN-13: 9781599324999Publisher: Advantage Media GroupLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/2014Pages: 174Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.53lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.37d

This is the personal story of the life of Blase Bonpane, a vanguard practitioner of liberation theology and a former Maryknoll priest. In the wake of the Second Vatican Council 1962-1965 many religious people, especially those serving in Latin America, began to understand a...

Published to great acclaim in hardcover, Martin Duberman's Howard Zinn was described by Michael Kammen in the Los Angeles Review of Books as "biography at its best, written by a master of the craft and a man who has lived the activist life and...

True American heroes need not have superhuman abilities nor do they need to act alone. Heroism in a democracy is different from the heroism of myths and legends, writes Gerald Pomper in this original contribution to the literature of U.S. politics. Through the remarkable...

Author: Leonard R. SussmanISBN-10: 1591021421ISBN-13: 9781591021421Publisher: Prometheus BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/2004Pages: 432Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.60lbsSize: 9.18h x 6.60w x 1.13d

Born in 1822, Grant was the son of an Ohio tanner. He went to West Point reluctantly and graduated in the middle of his class. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Grant was appointed by the governor to command an unruly volunteer regiment,...

Fills a serious gap in German historical literature by providing the first political biography of Jung, a leading figure of the anti-Nazi Right. By the time of his death, Edgar Julius Jung (1894-1934) was well known in Germany and Europe as one of the...

"The author shares his firsthand experience with readers....For anyone interested in a short but highly readable account of our disarmament efforts, Smith's book is a good place to start." -Library JournalAuthor: Ambassador Gerard C. SmithISBN-10: 1568330626ISBN-13: 9781568330624Publisher: Madison BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/27/1996Pages: 288Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.25lbsSize:...

The deathbed manuscript attributed to Eva Peron.Author: Eva Peron, Eva PeraonISBN-10: 1565843533ISBN-13: 9781565843530Publisher: New PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/2005Pages: 128Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.38lbsSize: 8.29h x 5.54w x 0.41dReview Citation(s): Library Journal 10/15/1996 pg. 66New York Times 11/24/1996 pg. 27Publishers Weekly 11/04/1996

Congress shall make no law . . .abridging the freedom of speech or of the press, or the right of people to peaceably assemble. These words have guided the life of Frank Wilkinson, perhaps the nation's staunchest defender of civil liberties, to the degree...

Walther Leisler Kiep is one of the most independent and influential German post-war politicians. He is also a successful entrepreneur and longtime chairman of Atlantik-Br cke, the influential German-American friendship organization, which he now serves as honorary chairman. In his autobiography, Kiep speaks frankly...

This readable book reveals how people can apply the leadership wisdom of Winston Churchill to enhance the quality of their personal and professional lives.Author: Larry KryskeISBN-10: 1552124592ISBN-13: 9781552124598Publisher: Trafford PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/04/2000Pages: 236Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.77lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.54d

We remember Abraham Lincoln for many things, but without his ability at persuasion, we would remember him for nothing. It was that ability that brought him first to national prominence and the White House, and then through the most difficult four years that any...

The Great Intendant, by Thomas Chapais, is a classic Canadian history text is a Chronicle of Jean Talon in Canada 1665-1672.Author: Thomas ChapaisISBN-10: 1530043433ISBN-13: 9781530043439Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/14/2016Pages: 68Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.23lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.14d

First published in 1917, "Rasputin the Rascal Monk" is a study of Rasputin and his influence over the Russian royal family during the latter years of the Romanov Dynasty. Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (1869 - 1916) was a Russian mystic and holy man famous for...

Author: Mark WashburneISBN-10: 1524550337ISBN-13: 9781524550332Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/18/2016Pages: 378Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.22lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.84d

Discover the life lessons from Abraham Lincoln that can transform your life Abraham Lincoln is one of the most fascinating figures of our history, for a wide variety of reasons. He represents the summation of those leadership and personal qualities that had helped to...

Stockholm in late November. It gets dark not much beyond lunchtime, this far north, this time of year. It was now three pm and the sky was pitch black. I strolled alone in the snow, huddled figures around me, down the main road of...

Donna Waller Harper creates a memoir that takes her from her birth and upbringing in rural Tennessee to her college life, marriage and professional career. The memoir traces her time in school as someone involved in civil rights and women's rights through her life...

Vladimir Putin is one of the modern world's most well-known leaders - learn more about this charismatic man's past, political career, and personal life in this book by Susan W. Rhodes.Author: Susan W. RhodesISBN-10: 1518658415ISBN-13: 9781518658419Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/17/2015Pages: 148Format: PaperbackWeight:...

Although they lived a generation apart, the personal and political lives of Hillary Clinton and Eva Peron bear a startling series of similarities and repetitive patterns. As you read through the extensive comparison of facts, experiences, and characteristics in this book, try to imagine...

The New Statesman Century is an anthology of the finest cultural and political writing, published in the New Statesman over the last hundred years. It contains hundreds of articles not to be found anywhere else, including Christopher Hitchens' final interview, conducted by Richard Dawkins;...

"Of course in the Andrew Johnson drama the spectacular act is the impeachment. Americans who so lately had been holding their breath as they watched the great strugglewaged by Grant and Sherman against Robert E. Lee, now had to watch with more painful feelings...

Journeys with Jimmy Carter and Other Adventures in Media reveals deep knowledge of elections, traditional and new media, and the importance of seeking new journeys throughout one's life.Assistant to Jimmy Carter, Emmy-winning producer for CBS coverage of the first man on the moon and...

Helen Shiller recounts her independent path of resistance: from the student anti-war movement of the 1960s to a Black Panther Party alliance to Mayor Harold Washington's 26th vote to lonely voice against Mayor Richard M. Daley on a myriad of issues.Author: Helen ShillerISBN-10: 1642598887ISBN-13:...

Featuring a new introduction from renowned activist and writer Cherrié Moraga, Waiting in the Wings (25th Anniversary Edition) is a thoughtfully tender memoir of lesbian motherhood.Author: Cherríe MoragaISBN-10: 164259878XISBN-13: 9781642598780Publisher: Haymarket BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/27/2022Pages: 160Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.77lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d

Helen Shiller recounts her independent path of resistance: from the student anti-war movement of the 1960s to a Black Panther Party alliance to Mayor Harold Washington's 26th vote to lonely voice against Mayor Richard M. Daley on a myriad of issues.Author: Helen ShillerISBN-10: 1642598429ISBN-13:...

Featuring a new introduction from renowned activist and writer Cherrié Moraga, Waiting in the Wings (25th Anniversary Edition) is a thoughtfully tender memoir of lesbian motherhood.Author: Cherríe MoragaISBN-10: 1642598305ISBN-13: 9781642598308Publisher: Haymarket BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/06/2022Pages: 160Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.48lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.50d

In his newest book, Daniel J. Mahoney offers refreshing historical antidotes to the displays of despotism in today's political arena. "A brilliantly written and researched tribute to the pantheon of classically trained and thinking men of action." --Victor Davis HansonIn The Statesman as Thinker,...

From New York Times bestselling author Helen Rappaport comes a superb and revealing biography of Mary Seacole that is testament to her remarkable achievements and corrective to the myths that have grown around her. Raised in Jamaica, Mary Seacole first came to England in...