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Seth Grahame Smith
[Paperback 2012]
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Indiana, 1818. Moonlight falls through the dense woods that surround a one-room cabin, where a nine-year-old Abraham Lincoln kneels at his suffering mother's bedside. She's been stricken with something the old-timers call "Milk Sickness." "My baby boy..." she whispers before dying. Only later will the grieving Abe learn that his... more
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Shashi Tharoor
[Paperback 2012]
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About the book: [Nehru] is a book for today, not heavy and cumbersome, but sharp and witty, and relevant not just to India, but to other countries as well’ This short, beautifully written biography examines a great figure of twentieth-century nationalism from the vantage point of the beginning of the... more
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Hugh Trevor Roper
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2012]
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In September 1945 the fate of Adolf Hitler was a complete mystery. He had simply disappeared, and had been missing for four months. Hugh Trevor-Roper, an intelligence officer, was given the task of solving the mystery. His brilliant piece of detective work not only proved finally that Hitler had killed... more
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Emil Ludwig
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About the Book : Napoleon is one of the most illuminating figure in modern history. He was a man of extraordinary qualities and at the same time suffered from extraordinary failures. His ambition was power, his dream, a vast empire and his passion, wars and victories. Here is a story... more
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Janny Scott
[Hardcover 2011]
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The New York Times bestseller-an unprecedented look into the life and character of the woman who raised a president. Barack Obama has written extensively about his father but credited his mother for "what is best in me." Still, little is known about this fiercely independent, spirited woman who raised the... more
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Doris Kearns Goodwin
[Paperback 2009]
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Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political genius in her #1 "New York Times" bestseller, as she chronicles the rise of the the one-term congressman/prairie lawyer from obscurity to prevail over three gifted rivals of national reputation to become president. 16 pages of photos. An acclaimed, Pulitzer Prize-winning... more
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Richard Toye
[Paperback 2011]
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This is the first book to provide a comprehensive account of Churchill's lifelong involvement with the empire, from the early stages of his childhood to his emergence as a self-made hero. Instead of locating him on a left/right spectrum, Toye presents Churchill as a human being, a man whose imperialist... more
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Andrew Delbanco ,
Abraham Lincoln
[Paperback 2009]
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In a space small enough to be toured by the general reader but large enough to contain the central utterances of Lincoln's life, this collection of his speeches and letters aims to present the president through his own voice and expression. Features the "House Divided" speech, the Emancipation Proclamation, the... more
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David Remnick
[Paperback 2011]
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The rise of Barack Obama is one of the great stories of this century: a defining moment in American history, and one with truly global resonance. Until now, no journalist or historian has written a book that fully investigates the circumstances and experiences of Obama's life or explores the ambition... more
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Lord Charnwood
[Paperback 2013]
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Abraham Lincoln by Lord Charnwood: No other narrative account of Abraham Lincoln's life has inspired such widespread acclaim as Lord Charnwood's Abraham Lincoln: A Complete Biography. Lord Charnwood has given us the most complete interpretation of Lincoln as yet produced, and he has presented it in such artistic form that... more
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Nigel Hamilton
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2012]
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A decade-and-a-half after William Jefferson Clinton first took the oath of office, biographer Nigel Hamilton tells the riveting story of what was possibly the greatest self-reinvention of a president in office in modern times. The Clinton presidency began disastrously and deteriorated in a series of fiascoes. How Bill Clinton faced... more
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Bill Clinton
[Paperback 2005]
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President Bill Clinton's "My Life" is the strikingly candid portrait of a global leader who decided early in life to devote his intellectual and political gifts, and his extraordinary capacity for hard work, to serving the public. It shows us the progress of a remarkable American, who, through his own... more
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Edvard Radzinsky
[Paperback 1997]
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From the author of "The Last Tsar, the first full-scale life of Stalin to have what no previous biography has entirely gotten hold of: the facts. Granted privileged access to Russia's secret archives, Edvard Radzinsky paints a picture of the Soviet strongman as more calculating, ruthless, and blood-crazed than has... more
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Simon Sebag Montefiore
[Paperback 2005]
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Fifty years after his death, Stalin remains a figure of powerful and dark fascination. The almost unfathomable scale of his crimesas many as 20 million Soviets died in his purges and infamous Gulaghas given him the lasting distinction as a personification of evil in the twentieth century. But though the... more
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Fidel Castro ,
Ignacio Ramonet ,
Andrew Hurley
[Paperback 2009]
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The post-war worlds longest-serving and most storied head of state presents a compelling chronicle of his life. Drawing on more than 100 hours of interviews and including never-before-seen photographs, this work is the definitive record of an extraordinary life lived in turbulent times. Fidel Castro is perhaps the most charismatic... more
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Bill Clinton
[Mass market paperbound 2005]
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President Bill Clinton's "My Life is the strikingly candid portrait of a global leader who decided early in life to devote his intellectual and political gifts, and his extraordinary capacity for hard work, to serving the public. It shows us the progress of a remarkable American, who, through his own... more
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John F Harris
[Paperback 2006]
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The definitive account of one of the most accomplished, controversial, and polarizing figures in American history Bill Clinton is the most arresting leader of his generation. He transformed American politics, and his eight years as president spawned arguments that continue to resonate. For all that has been written about this... more
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Martin Gilbert
[Paperback 2006]
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A brilliant survey of Sir Winston Churchill's life-long love affair with the United States, by the doyen of Churchill biographers, which also functions as a portrait of the birth of the 'special relationship'. Is sure to be of particular interest to those who are examining the relationship between Blair and... more
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Sasha Abramsky
[Hardbound 2009]
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Description: "Never has the world needed strong and wise American leadership more than it does now. Abramsky's eminently readable description of Obama's personal gifts makes it clear that he is remarkably suited to be the president the moment requires." -Former New York Governor Mario M. Cuomo From the moment he... more
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Heidi Holland
[Paperback 2010]
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"The most intimate portrait yet produced of Zimbabwe's clever yet brutal leader." -"The Economist" With plunging life expectancy, soaring inflation, and unemployment, repression, and starvation fueling a mass exodus, Zimbabwe is a nation in crisis. Its president, Robert Mugabe-once lauded for his heroics as a guerilla leader who fought against... more
