Biography: historical, political and military

'A highly imaginative and thought-provoking way of exploring the personality of a man who, like him or loathe him, left an indelible mark on our age' ADAM ZAMOYSKIWinston Churchill followed his own star.

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'Your whole life depends on the next beat of Henry's heart'Ahead of the release of The Mirror & the Light, the stunning conclusion to Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall Trilogy, revisit two of the most celebrated novels of our time.

Eleanor Marx is one of the most tragically overlooked feminist intellectuals in history, usually overshadowed by her father, Karl Marx.

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In the first English-language biography of one of the most important figures in postwar German history, Alfred C.

In the more than 140 years since his death, Abraham Lincoln has become America's most revered president.

The first English-language scholarly book to provide an overview of the Angela Merkel''s career and influence.

This insightful book relates how Emperor Haile Selassie helped shape America's image of Africa and how that image continues to evolve in the United States today.

This richly detailed biography of Andrew Jackson Donelson (1799-1871) sheds new light on the political and personal life of this nephew and namesake of Andrew Jackson.

In Warfighter, Colonel Jesse L.

Here is the first fully annotated edition of a landmark in early African American literature--Eliza Potter's 1859 autobiography, A Hairdresser's Experience in High Life.

The author's father, when he was a senior Communist Party member in Belorussia, could have been implicated in the assassination of Mikhoels, the popular director of the State Jewish Theatre in the Soviet Union.

The first full-length biography of the longtime secret love of the celebrated poet T.

The author's grandfather, Aretas Akers-Douglas (1857-1926) was in his day called "e;The Prince of Whips"e;.

In What the Village Gave Me, the contributors-all women of color-present their varied experiences regarding the conceptualizations of womanhood, beauty, and gender roles.

Diana Mosley was one of the most fascinating and controversial figures of recent times.

George Mason (1725-92) is often omitted from the small circle of founding fathers celebrated today, but in his service to America he was, in the words of Thomas Jefferson, "e;of the first order of greatness.

Lise Bourbeau hat für ihre Autobiografie bewusst diesen frappierenden Titel gewählt, in dem Wissen, dass es eine kühne Entscheidung ist – denn anhand ihres eigenen Lebenswegs will sie uns vor Augen führen, dass das Göttliche wirklich in uns ist.

This objective, well-researched biography tells the story of the woman whose meteoric rise to the 2008 Republican vice presidential candidacy made history.

An honest and deeply reported account of five women and the opportunities and frustrations they face in the year following their graduation from an elite university.

Chessplayers wishing to improve their performance typically seek to deepen their middlegame understanding or to increase their endgame knowledge.

The story of the making of Adolf Hitler that we are all familiar with is the one Hitler himself wove in his 1924 trial, and then expanded upon in Mein Kampf.

Worshipped by her fans, denounced by her enemies, and forever shadowed by controversy and scandal, the novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand was a powerful thinker whose views on government and markets shaped the conservative movement from its earliest days.

One of the most controversial figures of the New Deal Era, Harry Hopkins elicited few neutral responses from his contemporaries.

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Love in a Time of Hate tells the gripping tale of Magda and Andre Trocme, the couple that transformed a small town in the mountains of southern France into a place of safety during the Holocaust.

Soldier, spy, politician, bestselling thriller writer, and governor general of Canada - John Buchan was a man of many seasons and talents.

In July 1798 Napoleon invaded Egypt, landing an army in the stifling heat of a North African summer.

There have been many books on Theodore Roosevelt, but there are none that solely focus on the last years of his life.

After the Anschluss (annexation) in 1938, the Nazis forced Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg to resign and kept him imprisoned for seven years, until his rescue by the Allies in 1945.

This unique collection of short biographies of the Lone Star State's most colorful characters includes headliners Father Miguel Muldoon, the Irish-Spanish Catholic priest and diplomat who helped convert Protestants in order to settle Austin, and six-foot-two prostitute and hotelkeeper Sarah Bowman, who fought as bravely as a man among the Rangers and was buried with full military honors.

All the Way from Yoakum tells the story of the long, eventful life of a Jewish good girl from small-town Texas who became a remarkable woman of her time and a leading light in Houston and Texas politics.

Born on the eve of the Civil War, Charles W.

Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Johns was commissioned at the RAF College Cranwell in 1959 after completing flying training on Piston Provost and Meteor aircraft.

Seven years after the death of his mother, Malka, Stanley A.

This is the first full biography of James Rendel Harris (1852-1941), Bible and patristic scholar, manuscript collector, Quaker theologian, devotional writer, traveller, folklorist, and relief worker.

What buried secret lies beneath the stones of one of England's greatest former churches and shrines?

For historical aficionados and curious readers alike, this is the perfect ';short life' - gripping and hilariously funny, this biography sheds much-needed light on the life of the Russian icon: Grigory Rasputin.

Nelson: A Dream of Glory is the most comprehensive and thoroughly researched account ever written of Horatio Nelson's rise to international fame.

For the first time, a Navy SEAL tells the story of the US's clandestine operations in North Vietnam and the Congo during the Cold War.

This volume combines 24 essays by a remarkable group of leading Canadian political scientists.

Eleven daring test pilots recount their experiences at the forefront of aeronautical innovation in this oral history of the Jet Age.

Victorian Ontario included people from all walks of life from homeless beggars to wealthy gentry.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Gatekeepers comes a revelatory, insider's look at how President Joe Biden and his team have battled to achieve their agendabased on the author's extraordinary access to the White House during two years of crises at home and abroad.

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