Biography: historical, political and military

Presenting four titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent people in Canada's history.

Louis Trezevant Wigfall was a violent, mercurial man.

From the Pulitzer Prizewinning coauthor of American Prometheusthis biography of the Bundy Brothers inspired the Academy Awardwinning film Oppenheimer.

Shows that the young adult fantasy genre is a dynamic formation that reshapes itself responsively in a continuing process over time.

Discover the inside story of life inside President Trump's White House as only #1 internationally bestselling author Bob Woodward can tell it with this collection of Woodward's most revealing and unprecedented works including Fear, Rage, and Peril.

Book publishing is big business, contributing significant employment in the creative industries and adding billions to the global economy.

In the fall of 2005, Mark C.

Nebraska Book Award, Biography Honor Most Americans familiar with General John J.

Hatim Kanaaneh is a Palestinian doctor who has struggled for over 35 years to bring medical care to Palestinians in Galilee, against a culture of anti-Arab discrimination.

Richard von Weizsäcker (1920–2015) zählt zu den herausragenden Persönlichkeiten in der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.

In the late sixteenth through seventeenth centuries, England simultaneously developed a national market and a national literary culture.

A shocking and timely reminder of the role Nazi women played in the Holocaust, not only as plunderers and direct witnesses, but on the Eastern Front.

Mary Norton of New Jersey: Congressional Trailblazer tells the compelling story of Mary Norton, who served in the United States House of Representatives for 13 terms from 1925 to 1951, featuring her significant role as a congressional pioneer for women and American workers.

An invaluable reference book for publishers or anyone interested or in any way involved in the African book/publishing/literary scene, or writers looking for a publisher.

';A thoroughly engaging and enjoyable' (National Review) biography of Grover Clevelandone of America's most unusual presidents and the only one to serve two non-consecutive terms.

Daring to Struggle, Daring to Wintells the fascinating true story of an individual radical organizer turned independent Chicago city council member, and her forty year struggle for justice in Chicago.

The aim of the History of Julius Caesar is to prove that, when Providence raises up such men as Caesar, Charlemagne, and Napoleon, it is to trace out to peoples the path they ought to follow; to stamp with the seal of their genius a new era; and to accomplish in a few years the labour of many centuries.

Riley Unlikely is the inspiring story of Riley Banks, who first traveled to Kenya at age 13, and has been back every year since bringing backpacks of school supplies and hygiene kits for young girls, developing relationships and friendships, and is currently, as a young millennial, raising money to build a complete learning complex in Kibwezi, Kenya for those who have nothing.

This book explores the attitudes of Polish migrants towards the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union and considers possible return migration trajectories that may result.

Canada's bachelor prime ministers have always provided extraordinary material for biographers.

Herbert Gladstone (1854-1930) was the only one of the sons of the renowned nineteenth-century Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone to enjoy a significant political career in his own right.

Leutnant Staude ist 1943 mit seinem Beobachtungstrupp an der Adria-Küste auf dem Balkan stationiert.

A Washington Post Notable Book The definitive biography of the fiercely vigilant and politically astute First Lady who shaped one of the most consequential presidencies of the 20th century: Nancy Reagan.

During his career at the New York Times, Harrison Salisbury served as the bureau chief in post-World War II Moscow, reported from Hanoi during the Vietnam War, and in retirement he witnessed the Tiananmen Square massacre firsthand.

This accessible, up-to-date, and timely biography of Martin Luther King Jr.

The Essential Pope Benedict XVI is "e;an outstanding collection of texts that takes us straight to the heart of Benedict XVI's thoughts"e; (Alister McGrath).

As the oldest and favorite daughter of Thomas Jefferson, Martha "e;Patsy"e; Jefferson Randolph (1772-1836) was extremely well educated, traveled in the circles of presidents and aristocrats, and was known on two continents for her particular grace and sincerity.

SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLERDear Leader contains astonishing new insights about North Korea which could only be revealed by someone working high up in the regime.

In den Jahren 1940 und 1941 wurden mehr als 70.

Fascinating.

The first fully illustrated book on Kamala Harris's life and work, a retrospective that celebrates and honorsher barrier-breaking achievements.

I am about to be left in charge of the office.

One of Canada’s most outspoken and respected advocates of internationalism during the early Cold War, John King Gordon had a remarkably eclectic professional life.

David Ruggles (1810-1849) was one of the most heroic - and has been one of the most often overlooked - figures of the early abolitionist movement in America.

The concentration of private power over media has been the subject of intense public debate around the world.

The Emperor's Last Stand is a book about St Helena, an island with a sad, strange history, and about the tangle of stories and myths, absurdities and simple facts that have accumulated around Napoleon and his sojourn here.

Sata was a giant figure in Zambia's political landscape for over thirty years.

Named one of "e;8 Books You Need to Read"e; by VultureA man questions everything--his faith, his morality, his country--as he recounts his experience as an interrogator in Iraq; an unprecedented memoir and "e;an act of incredible bravery"e; (Phil Klay, author of Redeployment).

With Cutler Dawson at the helm for the last fourteen years, Navy Federal Credit Union, the world's largest credit union, has quadrupled the size of the organization and made it an industry leader in customer service.

In 1840s Rhode Island, the states seventeenth-century colonial charter remained in force and restricted suffrage to property owners, effectively disenfranchising 60 percent of potential voters.

After the publication of his wildly successful memoir, Blue Like Jazz, Donald Miller's life began to stall.

“A fascinating book about a virtually unknown officer who played a major role in the development of US military planning before and during World War II” (Bowling Green Daily News).

A fascinating behind-the-scenes look at a year in American history that still resonates today, 1932: FDR, Hoover, and the Dawn of a New America tells the story of a battered nation fighting for its own future amid the depths of the Great Depression.

Dunmore's New World tells the stranger-than-fiction story of Lord Dunmore, the last royal governor of Virginia, whose long-neglected life boasts a measure of scandal and intrigue rare in the annals of the colonial world.

David Hersch überlebte zwei der berüchtigten Todesmärsche der Nazis, 50 km lange, meist tödliche Fußmärsche vom KZ Mauthausen zum KZ Gunskirchen.

Who is Alexei Navalny?

Wolfgang Musculus (1497-1563) war geprägt vom elsässischen Humanismus und vom benediktinischen Mönchtum, von Martin Luther und von der Strassburger Reformation.