Biography & Autobiography - Political

The author is a regular American who wanted to delve into why he is a Christian and believes in God. The author's parents had the foresight to get him into a Sunday School class when quite young growing up in Nebraska and to stress...

Businessman, politician, broadcasting personality, and newspaper publisher, Cas Walker (1902-1998) was, by his own estimation, a "living legend" in Knoxville for much of the twentieth century. Renowned for his gravelly voice and country-boy persona, he rose from blue-collar beginnings to make a fortune as...

Author: Reidulf K. Molvaer, Gebre-Igziabiher ElyasISBN-10: 1599071495ISBN-13: 9781599071497Publisher: Tsehai PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/10/2016Pages: 600Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.30lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.50d

Get inside the mind and soul of Barack ObamaIn The Faith of Barack Obama, New York Times bestselling author Stephen Mansfield takes readers inside the mind, heart, and soul of presidential hopeful Barack Obama--as a person of faith, as a man, as an American,...

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...

Henry Demarest Lloyd and the Empire of Reform is a book written by Chester McArthur Destler. The book is a biography of Henry Demarest Lloyd, a prominent American journalist and reformer who lived in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Lloyd was a...

Queen Silver-Bell is a children's book written by Frances Hodgson Burnett and originally published in 1906. The story follows the adventures of a young girl named Rosalie, who discovers a magical kingdom hidden within a tree. In this kingdom, Rosalie meets the fairy queen...

Lord Milner (1901) is a biographical book written by W. B. Luke. It tells the story of Alfred Milner, a prominent figure in British politics and colonial administration during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Milner was known for his role in the...

The Life of Edmund G. Ross: The Man Whose Vote Saved a President is an insightful biography of the life and political career of Edmund G. Ross, written by Edward Bumgardner. Ross was a United States Senator from Kansas who played a pivotal role...

Lenin by Marcu Valeriu is a comprehensive biography of Vladimir Lenin, the revolutionary leader and founder of the Soviet Union. The book explores Lenin's life from his early years as a student revolutionary to his rise to power as the leader of the Bolshevik...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

Voices Carry is the moving autobiography of the late Ying Ruocheng, beloved Chinese stage and screen actor, theatre director, translator, and high-ranking politician as vice minister of culture from 1986-1990. One of twentieth-century China's most prominent citizens, Ying was imprisoned during the Cultural Revolution...

The tragic story of ancient Greece's last democratic leader and his doomed fight to save Athens from Macedonian domination In the spring of 340 BCE, news arrived that Philip of Macedon had seized a town in central Greece, a base from which he could...

Author: Mark WhitakerISBN-10: 1797196170ISBN-13: 9781797196176Publisher: Simon & Schuster AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/13/2025Format: CD

IN THE LAST THIRD of the 20th century, Samuel T. Francis became well-known as a learned and blunt political commentator in his columns, newsletters, and books. In a persistent and multi-faceted analysis, Francis described the U.S. elite (including both parties) as indifferent or hostile...

No other Vietnamese family in modern time had such anintense involvement in high politics and public affairs as the Ng?-Đ?nhs.Through the tenure of President Ng?-Đ?nh Diệm of the Republic of Vietnam (1955-1963), this family helped shape Vietnamese history in numerous ways. President Diệm'srule in...

John Matthai was independent India's first railways and transport minister. Later, he was India's second finance minister but resigned due to his differences with Pandit Nehru over the Planning Commission. Matthai served in important position in the Tatas and was a friend and confidant...

Author: Michael SheridanISBN-10: 1035413515ISBN-13: 9781035413515Publisher: HeadlineLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/21/2025Pages: 368Format: Paperback

The Resilience and Advocacy of Monica Lewinsky: Beyond the HeadlinesMonica Lewinsky's story is much more than the scandal that once defined her; it is one of resilience, redemption, and the power of reclaiming one's narrative. In The Resilience and Advocacy of Monica Lewinsky: Beyond...

"Queen Margrethe II of Denmark: Beyond the Throne - Exploring the Personal Journey of Denmark's Monarch" is a captivating and intimate portrayal that transcends the regal splendor, delving into the multifaceted life of one of Europe's enduring monarchs. This insightful biography unveils the personal...

In this powerful biography, Robert Isaac Wilberforce and Samuel Wilberforce tell the story of William Wilberforce. Wilberforce was a leading abolitionist and social reformer who fought to end the transatlantic slave trade.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is...

Between his resignation as Congress President in Calcutta on 29 April 1939 and his escape from his Elgin Road home on the night of 16-17 January 1941, Subhas Chandra Bose provided India with an alternative leadership in place of the old guard represented by...

This book contains biographical sketches of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, including personal anecdotes and historical context. The author provides a richly detailed account of the lives and contributions of these important figures in American history. This book is a valuable resource...

3,00,000 km.5,200 events.10 million volunteers.814 million voters.282 seats.The 2014 elections will be rememberedfor a campaign that captured the publicimagination as never before. At its heartwas Narendra Modi, 63, the feisty chiefminister of Gujarat for thirteen years, bidding to be prime minister. By the endof...

*Includes pictures of Malcolm X and important people, places, and events in his life. *Explains the origins of the name Malcolm X. *Includes some of Malcolm X's most famous quotes, and a detailed description of his "The Ballot or The Bullet" speech. "Our objective...

"If you want to understand not only what happened in 2016, but what's going to happen tomorrow, this book is essential reading. Susan Bordo brings a scholar's rigor and a lioness' heart to this important work." --Paul Begala "Among the best books I've read...

From his impoverished childhood in segregated pre-war Louisiana to his audience with Bill Clinton at the White House, Ward Connerly's panoramic book spans a civil rights story that's making headlines from coast to coast. Since 1995, when Connerly first burst onto the American scene...

A memoir of loss and triumph by one of South Africa's most powerful women.Author: Mamphela RampheleISBN-10: 1558611665ISBN-13: 9781558611665Publisher: Feminist PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/1999Pages: 256Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.78lbsSize: 8.52h x 5.54w x 0.80d

A unique perspective on Ontario's most powerful political leaders. Ontario's fortunes and fates increasingly rest in the hands of the province's premier. Critics say the role of premier concentrates too much power in one person, but at least that points to the one person...

The Political Economy of Humanism, written by Henry Wood in 1901, is a book that explores the intersection of economics and humanism. The author argues that a truly humanistic society must prioritize the well-being of all individuals, rather than just the wealthy or powerful....

It's been two decades since the fall of apartheid, a quarter century since the liberation of Eastern European states, five decades since the death of American "Jim Crow," and seventy-plus years since the beginning of the emancipation of the African states. Freedom has advanced,...

""A Mountain Trail: To The Schoolroom, The Editor�������s Chair, The Lawyer�������s Office And The Governorship Of West Virginia"" is a memoir written by Cornwell John J. The book chronicles Cornwell's journey from his humble beginnings in rural West Virginia to becoming the governor of...

"A fine sociological portrait... A very successful case-study of the East Florida governorship in the first six years of Spain's return to the peninsular province." -- American"Excellent... Recaptures the texture of life in the late eighteenth-century Florida with... an enthusiasm and ingenuousness... that should...

Tawfiq Zayyad (1929-94) was a renowned Palestinian poet and a committed communist activist. For four decades, he was a dominant figure in political life in Israel, as a local council member, mayor of Nazareth, and member of the Israeli parliament. Zayyad personified the collective...

Mario Cuomo was the most important Democratic officeholder during the Reagan era. The three-term governor of New York was also a famously eloquent defender of the Democratic Party's progressive legacy even as conservatives gained political power across the nation. As liberalism's most powerful and...

In eighteenth-century Britain, Edmund Burke and Charles Fox made common political cause for twenty-five years. They supported the rebellious American colonies, attacked the British slave trade, defended religious liberty, and attempted to shield Britain's public credit from the crisis-prone East India Company. The two...

"I have sometimes almost wished it had been my destiny to have been born two or three centuries hence." -- Ben Franklin Was Benjamin Franklin an indispensable public servant or a cunning chameleon? A hard-headed entrepreneur or an opportunistic privateer? A devoted family man...

From a New York Times bestselling author and expert on Middle Eastern conflict comes a riveting biography of Meir Dagan, the legendary Mossad director who transformed Israel's intelligence service into a global powerhouse of espionage and counterterrorism. In The Architect of Espionage, Samuel M....

From one of America's most venerable politicians, The First Eight is an extraordinary work of living history: the powerful, untold story of the pioneering Black politicians from South Carolina who were elected to Congress in the aftermath of the Civil War, and a revealing...

A gay survivor of a Christian cult finds new purpose in LGBT activism and attends Columbia University with the aim of becoming a journalist, only to find himself in a new cult devoted to "queerness," anti-Zionism and anti-Western radicalism. In 1983, Ben Appel is...

"No one working on Douglass should leave home without a copy of this book."--from the foreword by David W. Blight, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom Drawing on previously untapped sources, Young Frederick Douglass recreates with fidelity and in convincing...

Biography of Angela Merkel is a captivating journey into the life and legacy of one of the most influential leaders of the 21st century. From a quiet, determined scientist in the GDR to Germany's first female chancellor - Merkel's rise to power is a...

In a world where truth is often silenced, one woman has stood firm against the forces that threaten to control it. This unauthorized memoir takes you behind the scenes of a fearless journalist's life, offering a raw, unfiltered look at the trials and triumphs...

Chuck Grassley: The Relentless SenatorA Life of Public Service, Political Courage, and Iowa ValuesFrom the cornfields of Butler County to the marble halls of the United States Capitol, Chuck Grassley: The Relentless Senator chronicles the extraordinary journey of one of America's most enduring public...

What makes a man become a legend? What drives someone from the backwoods of Tennessee to the halls of Congress, and ultimately, to a heroic stand at the Alamo?Step into the untamed world of Davy Crockett, a man whose courage, integrity, and independence turned...

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 Rhode Island includes those that lived, worked,...

The Life and Legacy of Richard GrenellFrom Diplomacy to Special Missions: The Unconventional Journey of America's Trailblazing EnvoyDescriptionWhat does it take to challenge the status quo in politics, diplomacy, and intelligence-while remaining unapologetically yourself? Richard Grenell has never been one to play by the...

From the bustling streets of Brooklyn to the pinnacle of American politics, Chuck Schumer's story is one of resilience, ambition, and unparalleled dedication to public service. In a world often overshadowed by partisanship and division, Schumer has emerged as a leader who not only...

Step into the fascinating world of Perle Mesta, the legendary socialite, diplomat, and political powerhouse whose charm and influence shaped American society in the mid-20th century. Best known as "The Hostess with the Mostess," Mesta was more than just the queen of Washington's elite...