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Occasional Observations on Public and Private Life
by Lindsay Tanner
'We cannot blame particular individuals for modern Labor's malaise, because it is part of a systemic global phenomenon. We are all under the sway of politics without purpose. And politics without purpose is pointless.' Nothing could better sum up ...
ISBN: 9781922070043
Binding: Paperback Book
$32.95
Public Life, Private Demons
by Andrew Robb
Andrew Robb's battle with the black dog has touched a chord with many Australians. His memoir explores the challenges of managing depression, political ambition and life in the Liberal Party. Robb's career has been devoted to the Liberal cause - ...
ISBN: 9780522858570
Binding: Paperback Book
$34.99
A Revolutionary Life
by Peter McPhee
For some historians and biographers, Maximilien Robespierre (1758-94) was a great revolutionary martyr who succeeded in leading the French Republic to safety in the face of overwhelming military odds. For many others, he was the first modern ...
ISBN: 9780300118117
Binding: Hardback Book
$68.95
An Extraordinary Marriage
by Hazel Rowley
Franklin Delano and Eleanor Roosevelt's marriage is one of the most celebrated and scrutinised partnerships in presidential history. It raised eyebrows in their lifetimes and has only become more controversial since their deaths. From FDR's ...
ISBN: 9780522861372
Binding: Paperback Book
$24.99
by John Howard
John Howard's autobiography, Lazarus Rising, is the biggest-selling political memoir Australia has seen. In it he talks about his love for his family, his rollercoaster ride to the Lodge and how - as prime minister - he responded to issues like ...
ISBN: 9780732289966
Binding: Paperback Book
$35.00
Official and Confidential: The Secret Life of J Edgar Hoover
by Anthony Summers
For nearly fifty years, J. Edgar Hoover held great power in the United States. The creator of the FBI and its Director until his death, he played a role in nearly every major tragedy and scandal in America during the twentieth century.
ISBN: 9780091941772
Binding: Paperback Book
$19.95
A Graphic Biography
by Kiyoshi Konno & Chie Shiamano
His name is equated with rebellion, revolution, and socialism. His face is on tee-shirts all over the world. Che Guevara's life has been explored and portrayed in numerous books and films, including "The Motorcycle Diaries", and he continues to ...
ISBN: 9780143118169
Binding: Paperback Book
$19.95
J. William Fulbright, Vietnam, and the Search for a Cold War Foreign Policy
by Randall Bennett Woods
J. William Fulbright was the longest serving and most powerful chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Both an intellectual and an internationalist, he had great influence over the course of American foreign relations in the 1960s and 1970s.
ISBN: 9780521588003
Binding: Paperback Book
$63.95
by Clint Hill
An enthralling, tragic, and intensely private portrayal of the captivating first lady from a man who knew her like no one else<p>When Secret Service agent Clint Hill was initially assigned to guard First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, he ...
ISBN: 9781594136160
Binding: Paperback Book
$23.95
Reflections on the Burdens and Gifts of Facing Life's Adversities
by Elizabeth Edwards
The bestselling author of "Saving Graces" shares her inspirational message on the challenges and blessings of coping with adversity. <br>She's one of the most beloved political figures in the country, and on the surface, seems to have led a ...
ISBN: 9780767931564
Binding: Paperback Book
$3.00
And I Haven't Had a Bad Day Since
From the Streets of Harlem to the Halls of Congress
by Charles B Rangel
In this inspiring and often humorous memoir, the outspoken Democratic congressman from Harlem--now the chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee--tells about his early years on Lenox Avenue, being awarded a Bronze Star and a Purple ...
ISBN: 9780312382131
Binding: Paperback Book
$26.95
and the Flight to the West
by Erika Storey
Erika Schroll, a small girl, growing up in the picturesque town of Saaz, discovers the way of the world and her own nature amidst the turmoil of a World War and its devastating consequences. Always being accompanied by her mother, Josefine, she ...
ISBN: 9781906791346
Binding: Paperback Book
$43.95
A Brief Biography with Documents
by University Richard W Etulain & University Etulain
This concise biography of Cesar Chavez documents the life of one of the most important labor organizers of the last half of the 20th century--a reformer and activist who personified the American struggle for democracy. His story is told through ...
ISBN: 9780312294274
Binding: Hardback Book
$178.95
James Michael Curley (Paperback)
by William Bulger & Robert Allison
One of the best-known Boston politicians of our times recalls the life of the controversial but beloved mayor, congressman, and governor James Michael Curley. Curley was the greatest Irish-American politician in Boston history before John F.
ISBN: 9781933212753
Binding: Paperback Book
$20.95
by Thomas Fleming
A son comes of age in a fiercely political world "Thomas Fleming gives us an unforgettable story about an immigrant family----his family----as it struggles to find a place in the American century. He shares with us the dreams and heartaches of ...
ISBN: 9780471655152
Binding: Hardback Book
$40.95
by Carol Felsenthal
Known as the "other Washington monument, " Alice Roosevelt Longworth knew personally every president from Benjamin Harrison to Jimmy Carter, and for over 70 years reigned as Washington's grandest grande dame. Here is both the delightful and the ...
ISBN: 9780312302221
Binding: Paperback Book
$30.95
by Saffia Farr
Everybody has a dream, images of the fantasy life they'd lead if not trapped behind an office desk. Saffia's dream was to live in the sunshine. She didn't realise it would lead to raising her first child up fifty-eight steps in a concrete Kyrgyz ...
ISBN: 9781897312506
Binding: Paperback Book
$36.95
A Political Biography
by R.E. Elson
Suharto is synonymous with modern Indonesia. He came to the leadership of Indonesia amidst extreme social upheaval and mass violence in 1966 and established an enduring regime known as the 'New Order'. He remained in command of the world's fourth ...
ISBN: 9780521773263
Binding: Hardback Book
$116.95
Amir Abbas Hoveyda and the Riddle of the Iranian Revolution
by Abbas Milani
Amir Abbas Hoveyda was a central figure in the historic struggle between modernity and tradition in Iran -- a struggle pitting Western cosmopolitanism against Persian isolationism, secularism against religious fundamentalism, and ultimately ...
ISBN: 9781933823348
Binding: Paperback Book
$60.95
CVN-70 CARL VINSON, U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier
by W. Frederick Zimmerman
A unique keepsake with 20 beautifully printed color images of CVN-70 CARL VINSON, U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, with specifications and highlights from the ship's history. Buy this book if you love aircraft carriers, naval history, Georgia, or the ...
ISBN: 9781934840214
Binding: Paperback Book