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Who was Stephen Austin and why was he called the Father of Texas? This book focuses on the life and works of Stephen Austin. It also touches on the historical settlement of Texas and the prevalent socio-economic conditions of the time. What an exciting...

In this book, you will read about the life and works of US President Theodore Roosevelt. What was he like growing up? What was he like as a president of the United States? Was he a good president? Did he support worthwhile reforms? What were these...

Learn from the life and works of Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president of the United States. What were his primary contributions in the history of the United States? Study his life, academic career, and political career and understand how they all...

The Monroe Doctrine was a US policy that opposed European colonialism. It was penned by James Monroe, who was an American lawyer, diplomate and statesman. In this book, you will learn about the life and works of James Monroe, as well as the circumstances...

It is rather unfortunate to work so hard towards a goal and to enjoy it for a just few days. Such is the story of William Henry Harrison, who was president of the United States for 31 days. In this book, you will read about his early life, career and...

Who was Mexican General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna? What was his role in the Texas War of Independence and eventual settlement of Texas? Reading about the past as well as the people who made significant decisions that forever changed history will allow...

In the almost one hundred years of the life of modern Iraq (from 1921 onwards), Saad describes the different stages that Iraq has passed through, starting with the rule of the monarchy, which lasted from 1921 to 1958, and he also reviewed the different...

This book, with the intriguing title, A Right to be Wrong, by Celestine Omehia, a lawyer/politician, is about the Supreme Court decision in Amaechi v. Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) [2007] 18 NWLR (Pt 1065) 105. The decision must go...

This book covers a large variety of subjects, ranging from personal stories, to anecdotes of eight American presidents, to the investigation of the death of four NASA astronauts, to an encounter with a Russian Prime Minister, to inspirational subjects,...

This political memoir exposes the weaknesses of democratic culture in the United States and suggests ways to strengthen it in the face of rising authoritarianism.

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For nearly three decades political observers have sought to understand the complex relationship between Hillary Clinton's faith and her politics. Now, in this first spiritual biography of the former first lady, acclaimed historian Paul Kengor sets out to...

As his father nears death in his retirement home in Mexico, John H. Richardson begins to unravel a life filled with drama and secrecy. John Sr. was a CIA "chief of station" on some of the hottest assignments of the Cold War, from the back alleys of...

"Officer and Gentleman" - first falling in love with his future British wife in Bavaria, Germany - where Arthur was deployed as a Second Lieutenant in the US Army. It was indeed Love at First Sight.Then, years later, as an Attorney and International Law...

AUSTRALIAN POLITICAL HISTORY. The author intertwines three themes: the character of former Prime Minister Tony Abbott as displayed in his fearless no-holds battle with the far-left radicals at Sydney University (1976-1980); what it means to be a...

Lew Nikolajewitsch Graf Tolstoi (1828-1910), entstammte dem russischen Adelsgeschlecht der Tolstois. Von 1851 an erlebte er in der zaristischen Armee als Fähnrich einer Artilleriebrigade den Krieg im Kaukasus. Die realistischen Berichte aus diesem Krieg...

Jakob Wassermann (1873-1934) war ein deutsch-jüdischer Schriftsteller. Er zählte zu den produktivsten und populärsten Erzählern seiner Zeit. Neben den Romanen schrieb Wassermann erfolgreiche Biographien (Christoph Columbus, 1929) und setzte seine...

Tomáš Masaryk (1850-1937) war ein tschechischer Philosoph, Schriftsteller und Politiker sowie Mitbegründer und erster Staatspräsident der Tschechoslowakei (1918-1935). Masaryk stammte aus einfachen Verhältnissen. Er war Sohn eines slowakischen Kutschers...

Praise for Thirteen Ballots"Politics is a full contact sport, played without pads or protective equipment. If you can't stand the sight of your own blood, don't get in the game." That's the advice I've shared with countless people who are considering...

From cricketer to political leader, Imran Khan is an iconic figure known throughout the world. But it is his unwavering moral purpose, deep spiritual faith and sense of integrity which form the focus of this book.The author celebrates Khan and his...

Britain makes its colossal Brexit Mistake. This will severely affect the economies of Britain, Europe, and the rest of the world. The wealth of Britain and subsequently America were the result of promises made to Abraham, the original patriarch of Israel...

The Israeli parliament is a unique democratic body, the only such institution in the Middle East. In this book, former Knesset member Rabbi Dov Lipman tells the story of his experiences as a member of the nineteenth Knesset, including a behind-the-scenes...

RETIRED JUDGE DEEN'S VIEWS ON NATIONAL & POLITICAL ISSUES!, published by Outskirts Press, is a must read, of many hot button issues always being debated by candidates and leaders during elections. Also philosophical and scientific evidence of Evolution v...

A inicios del siglo XXI son pocos los que pueden negar que el Estado Mexicano se halle en plena decadencia, pues existen axiomas de la teoría política que lo demuestra, así como indicadores de la economía que lo confirman. Además, recientes estudios...

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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore,...

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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore,...

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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. ...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning...

The 1970s and 1980s heralded the rise of neoliberalism in United States culture, fundamentally reshaping life and work in the United States. Corporate culture increasingly penetrated other aspects of American life through popular press CEO...

"Well researched... and well written, this work gives us Kendall, warts and all. We see the avarice, the ambition, and the contradictions of his subject.... This is biography at its best." -- Journal of American HistoryA rare, fascinating...

A central political figure in the first post-Revolutionary generation, Felix Grundy (1775--1840) epitomized the "American democrat" who so famously fascinated Alexis de Tocqueville. Born and reared on the isolated frontier, Grundy rose largely...

"Lucy was, in DeLatte's words, 'extraordinarily independent'. She was no feminist.... Yet Lucy Bakewell Audubon had one advantage over many other women of her time: she knew precisely what she wanted. As often happens to good...

In the years following the War of 1812, Battle of New Orleans hero General Andrew Jackson became a power unto himself. He had earlier gained national acclaim and a military promotion upon successfully leading the West Tennessee militia in the Creek War...

Fiercely independent and, in his own words, "mean as hell, " Eugene Talmadge dominated Georgia politics for almost twenty years. This is the first full biography of one of the last of the southern demagogues, based on interviews with Talmadge's family...

In the first full-scale biography of Calhoun in almost fifty years, John Niven presents a new interpretation of this preeminent spokesman of the Old South. Skillfully blending Calhoun's public career with important elements of his private life, Niven...

In this biography a leading historian captures at once the essence of a man and of an important period in American history. Hoke Smith and the Politics of the New South won the 1960 Charles S. Sydnor Award presented by the Southern Historical Association...

Le livre intitul����� ""Lettres du Roy Louis XII V4: Avec plusieurs autres lettres, m�����moires et instructions �����crites depuis 1504 jusques et compris 1514 (1712)"" est une compilation de lettres �����crites par le roi Louis XII. Ce livre est le...

Ce livre, intitul����� Lettres De Deux Amans, Part 1-2: Habitans D�������Une Petite Ville Au Pied Des Alpes (1761), est �����crit par l'auteur c�����l�����bre Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Il s'agit d'une correspondance fictive entre deux amoureux, qui habitent...

Letters on Greece is a travelogue written by Claude Etienne Savary and published in 1788. The book is a sequel to his earlier work, Letters on Egypt, and details his travels through various islands of the Aegean Sea, including Rhodes and Crete. Savary's...