Biography & Autobiography - Political

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER John A. Macdonald, Canada's first and most important prime minister, is the man who made Confederation happen, who built this country over the next quarter century, and who shaped what it is today. From Confederation Day in 1867, where this volume...

Amity Shlaes, author of The Forgotten Man, delivers a brilliant and provocative reexamination of America's thirtieth president, Calvin Coolidge, and the decade of unparalleled growth that the nation enjoyed under his leadership. In this riveting biography, Shlaes traces Coolidge's improbable rise from a tiny...

In Hiding is the spellbinding story of a man who spent thirty years holed up in his own home to escape execution. Manuel Cort s was a Socialist Party member, an activist in the Republic's land reform movement, and an organizer in the farm...

The rise, fall, and rebirth of Richard Nixon is perhaps the most fascinating story in American politics--and perhaps the most misunderstood. Nixon: A Life is the first entirely objective biography of Richard Nixon. Former British Defense Minister Jonathan Aitken conducted over sixty hours of...

*Includes pictures *Includes Long's own quotes about his career *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "For the present you can just call me the Kingfish." - Huey Long, 1933 The late 19th and early 20th centuries...

Author: Themba NzimandeISBN-10: 1456880691ISBN-13: 9781456880699Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/08/2011Pages: 244Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.13lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d

Donald Barr Chidsey's classic work discusses the ideological conflict between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton and its effect on the development of the newly created United States of America. Author: Donald Barr ChidseyISBN-10: 1479432121ISBN-13: 9781479432127Publisher: Wildside PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/31/2022Pages: 206Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.68lbsSize: 9.00h x...

Daniel Gookin was a pioneering settler who resided in Virginia and Massachusetts, taking an interest in and writing about the Native Americans, toward whom he felt sympathy.Born in County Cork, Ireland, Gookin moved to his father's plantation in Virginia when he was aged only...

From the backbreaking work of picking cotton in the hot Arkansas sun, the daughter of a poor sharecropper, to the dressmaker for the First Lady of the United States, Martha Dixon's story is uniquely American. Starting with nothing but an entrepreneurial drive, Ms. Dixon...

"Frank Carlucci is living proof to all of us and to the world that 'only in America' is more than just an easy cliché it's a great ringing truth." --President Ronald Reagan Once called "Washington's ultimate survivor" by The Washington Post, Frank C. Carlucci...

Hunting Nukes uniquely describes how intelligence should work to inform and direct diplomacy to the advantage of both the United States and the world. Lawless's focus is on intelligence and diplomatic personnel and the need for these indispensable professionals to have the will and...

A personal account of the life of a prominent British diplomat and politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Hugh Elliot played a key role in British diplomacy during the revolutionary and Napoleonic eras, and this memoir provides valuable insights into his...

A tribute to the life and achievements of Christopher Gore, a prominent 18th and 19th century lawyer, politician, and statesman from Massachusetts, featuring personal correspondence and anecdotes from friends and colleagues.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part...

Discover the Untold Stories of America's Founding Fathers - A Comprehensive Book Bundle���� Are you fascinated by the birth of the United States and the visionary individuals who shaped its destiny?���� Do you crave a deeper understanding of the challenges, triumphs, and complexities that...

In this "gripping . . . spectacular piece of reporting" (Ken Burns), a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines Senator Frank Church, the man at the center of numerous investigations into the abuses of power within the American government. ​ For decades now, America's national security...

Paul Preston, the author of the definitive biography Franco, explores the political and personal mysteries of the Spanish monarch's life in Juan Carlos, a story of unprecedented sweep and exquisite detail. Handed over to the Franco regime as a young boy, Juan Carlos was...

This volume combines 24 essays by a remarkable group of leading Canadian political scientists. Covering such topics as regionalism, the role of the state in Canadian life, bilingualism, the constitution and the charter of rights, communications policy and the role of the media in...

Andrei Sakharov holds an honored place in the pantheon of the world's greatest scientists, reformers, and champions of human rights. But his embrace of human rights did not come through a sudden conversion; he came to it in stages. Drawing from a 2014 Hoover...

This is the story of how Bill Clinton fashioned the incredible, the unbelievable, the 100 to 1 shot victory in the campaign of 1992 that made him the forty-second President of the United States. In the beginning, it wasn't supposed to happen that way....

John T. Flynn, a prolific writer, columnist for the New Republic, Harper's Magazine, and Collier's Weekly, radio commentator, and political activist, was described by the New York Times in 1964 as "a man of wide-ranging contradictions." In this new biography of Flynn, John E....

The 2012 race for the White House is racing along at full tilt. Mitt Romney is widely assumed to be the front-runner for the Republican nominee. Question is, can he hold the lead? Ron Scott provides the first independent (unauthorized) biographical profile of the...

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER One of Canada's foremost authors and journalists, offers a gripping account of the contest between John Diefenbaker and Lester Pearson, two prime ministers who fought each other relentlessly, but who between them created today's Canada. John Diefenbaker has been unfairly treated...

Rick Biesada picks up where the mundane Clinton biographers left off? or were too timid to delve into. He pulls no punches in this scholarly review of his encounter with Hillary, where he worked as a bar bouncer.Author: Rick BiesadaISBN-10: 0759652848ISBN-13: 9780759652842Publisher: 1st Book...

Probing the Ulyanov family archives, historian Philip Pomper uncovers Alexander's transformation from ascetic student to terrorist, and the impact his fate had on Lenin. Vividly portraying the psychological dynamics of a family that would change history, Lenin's Brother is a perspective-changing glimpse into Lenin's...

"I have learned what suffering means. In away that was impossible, I think I can understand something of the pain black people have come to endure. I know I contributed to that pain, and I can only ask your forgiveness." George Wallace made an...

Many people have wondered about the life-long relationship between Joan Wicken and Julius Nyerere, Tanzania's stalwart and founding president. This book provides the first in-depth window into the life of this British woman, who was in many ways Nyerere's staunchest and most loyal supporter....

"I have learned what suffering means. In a way that was impossible, I think I can understand something of the pain black people have come to endure. I know I contributed to that pain, and I can only ask your forgiveness." George Wallace made...

Return to one of the most divisive periods in the last century of American history, revisiting the multigenerational impact of the Vietnam War through firsthand accounts.Barry J. Veden spent three years serving in the United States Army, later spending the majority of his career...

David Xu ran for US Senate from PA in the GOP primary during 2021 and 2022. He ran on ashoestring budget and a prayer. There were many angry and hilarious voters along the way inthe story who helpfully inform Dave that he is dumb,...

A remarkably illuminating biography of the political maverick, filled with revelations and written with his full cooperation by an award-winning writer at The Atlantic.Authoritative, personal, and vividly written, Romney: A Reckoning is a revealing account of Mitt Romney's life. Based on dozens of exclusive...

There's Dirt on My Shirt: The American Dreamsicle tells the story of an immigrant family boy navigating two cultures and growing American roots. His family adopted American values, idealism, and discovered the essence of America and the land of opportunity. The grateful family came...

This classic biography of Karl Marx, complete with Gareth Stedman Jones' poignant introduction, is unlike any other account of its subject. Focusing as much on Marx's private life as on his public persona and work, this classic biography looks in detail at his relationship...

Carla Del Ponte won international recognition as Switzerland's attorney general when she pursued cases against the Sicilian mafia. In 1999, she answered the United Nations' call to become the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda. In...

Nina Roosevelt Gibson lives in Vail, Arizona.Author: Nina Roosevelt GibsonISBN-10: 1438495137ISBN-13: 9781438495132Publisher: Excelsior Editions/State University of New YoLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/2023Pages: 204Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.82lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d

Unique among presidents' wives, Lady Bird Johnson was not only one of the leading environmentalists of the twentieth century, she also redefined the institution of First Lady. In this first book in an innovative new series, Lewis Gould shows why Mrs. Johnson ranks with...

Dr. the Right Excellent Sir Kennedy Alphonse Simmonds, the only living National Hero of St. Kitts and Nevis, was the first Prime Minister of this great country. He contested nine general elections--1966, 1971, 1975, 1980, 1984, 1989, 1993, 1995 and 2000--the most in our...

This book examines the life and works of Jane Addams who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (1931). Addams led an international women's peace movement and is noted for spearheading a first-of-its-kind international conference of women at The Hague during World War I. She...

Michele Kay, a life that was both too much and too short, left behind this story, one of an unforgettable person and an extraordinary time. --Bill Bishop, author of The Big Sort From Cairo to Austin: exiled at 12, Michele Kay takes her readers...

Winner of the 2014 Prix du Style "Masterful . . . An eloquent addition to a violent episode in the history of science in the twentieth century." --Nature In 1934, the highly respected head of the Soviet Union's meteorology department, Alexei Feodosievich Wangenheim, was...

"This book on Hillary - really tough." - President Donald Trump Hillary Clinton is running for president as an "advocate of women and girls," but there is another shocking side to her story that has been carefully covered up--until now. This stunning exposé reveals...

Author: Mark WashburneISBN-10: 1483699870ISBN-13: 9781483699875Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/23/2013Pages: 322Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.04lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.72d

If You Turn to Look Back combines memoir with political, social, and economic investigations of what it means to be an American and a citizen of the world. American influence is ubiquitous in South America, and If You Turn to Look Back explores these...

The first full-length treatment of Ed Broadbent's ideas and remarkable seven-decade engagement in public life Part memoir, part history, part political manifesto, Seeking Social Democracy offers the first full-length treatment of Ed Broadbent's ideas and remarkable seven-decade engagement in public life. In dialogue with...

"In our current dismal passage of American politics, it's exhilarating to read about a politician who exemplified all the qualities--courage, honesty, vision, energy, disdain for hypocrisy, concern for the downtrodden--that we were taught to revere....Remarkable." --Wall Street Journal Fiorello LaGuardia was one of the...

Former Chief of Staff to President George H.W. Bush and New York Times bestselling author of The Man I Knew, Jean Becker shares touching and pivotal life lessons from a leader that left a mark on people's hearts and souls. As America heads into...

On January 1, 1937, Manuel B. Bravo was sworn in as county judge of Zapata County, a post he would hold for twenty years. In Border Boss: Manuel B. Bravo and Zapata County, J. Gilberto Quezada delineates Bravo's political career in the Democratic Party...

Jose Marti contributed greatly to Cuba's struggle for independence from Spain with words as well as revolutionary action. Although he died before the formation of an independent republic, he has since been hailed as a heroic martyr inspiring Cuban republican traditions.Author: Mauricio FontISBN-10: 0739112252ISBN-13:...

The story of the Irish state can be read in many ways. Two views, however, have dominated. One looks upon the War of Independence as the near fulfilment of the 1916 sacrificial act of national redemption, with the ultimate unification of the island remaining...

Author: Gertrude SamuelsISBN-10: 0595007422ISBN-13: 9780595007424Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/2000Pages: 336Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.94lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.75d

From Ireland, England, France, Austria, Greece, Turkey and Italy to America and the West Indies, overflowing with historic events, from the French Revolution to the Great Irish Famine, with a cast of the famous and infamous, Howe Peter Browne, 2nd Marquess of Sligo, lived...