Political leaders and leadership

We know that businesses and organisations expect people at all levels to show initiative and display good leadership qualities, but to put this into practice is easier said than done.

From the team of Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard, bestselling authors of the blockbuster Killing series, now comes Killing Reagan.

For most of human history the rules of power were clear: power was something to be seized, and then jealously guarded.

This book tells the story of the turbulent decades when the book publishing industry collided with the great technological revolution of our time.

These are turbulent times in the world of book publishing.

The Communist Party of China (CPC) is one of the great political forces of modern times.

James Raven, a leading historian of the book, offers a fresh and accessible guide to the global study of the production, dissemination and reception of written and printed texts across all societies and in all ages.

This book by one of Italy's oldest and wisest intellectuals is a philosophical and personal meditation on ageing.

The ascendance of austerity policies and the protests they have generated have had a deep impact on the shape of contemporary politics.

Las polticas de lnea dura por parte del presidente demcrata Barack Obama, que lleg a la Casa Blanca en unas elecciones histricas de 2008 con las promesas de cambio y esperanza, fue aplicada con ms aplomo que la de su predecesor George W.

Esta novela testimonio, trata de llevar a la conciencia de todo hispano residente en los Estados Unidos, as como a los naturales, que tengan la oportunidad de leer esta obra, pueda conocer los sacrificios, por los que tienen que atravesar todo refugiado cubano.

Judge Aaron Jaffe: Reforming Illinois is an oral history of Aaron Jaffes legislative, judicial, and executive branch careers.

This book was created with the hope that young children everywhere will learn about the legend of Nelson Mandela.

Exploring four Dimension of an African descent mans life in America.

Yantis Green was the only National Delegate ordered by the FBI not to attend the 2012 Republican National Convention.

This volume considers the use of impeachment within a global context.

From the bestselling author of Guadalcanal Diary: The thrilling true story of the future president's astonishing act of heroism during World War II.

The poignant true story of an American president struck by tragedy at the height of his glory.

Tawfiq Zayyad (1929-94) was a renowned Palestinian poet and a committed communist activist.

An accessible guide to decoding and understanding the divisive rhetoric implemented by the former president, and to resisting it.

The definitive biography of a distinguished public servant, who as US Secretary of Labor, Secretary of the Treasury, and Secretary of State, was pivotal in steering the great powers toward the end of the Cold War.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT In Search of the Elusive Peace Corps Moment"e;HILARIOUS!

On September 30, 1965, six of Indonesia's highest ranking generals were killed in an effort by President Sukarno to crush an alleged coup.

';Like taking a tour of the White House with a gifted storyteller at your side!

It's beenfifty years since JFKs assassination and nearly twenty since Ronald Reagan disappeared from public life.

';Exhaustively researched and remarkably evenhanded.

For more than a year, Hillary Clinton has laid out an ambitious agenda to improve the lives of the American people and make our country stronger and safer.

The fine biography and compelling personal story (The Wall Street Journal) of arguably the most influential member of Franklin Delano Roosevelts administration, Marguerite Missy LeHand, FDRs de facto chief of staff, who has been misrepresented, mischaracterized, and overlooked throughout historyuntil now.

This autobiography gives the readers a glimpse into the events prior to and immediately after the country of Vanuatu became an independent nation.

From the speechwriter and top adviser to presidents Kennedy and Johnson: A behind-the-scenes history of the most momentous decade in American politics.

He was an actor, newly divorced, whose controversial tenure as president of the Screen Actors Guild was drawing more attention than his fading film career.

From the speechwriter and top adviser to presidents Kennedy and Johnson: A behind-the-scenes history of the most momentous decade in American politics.

Victoria Woodhull is a historical figure too often ignored and undervalued by historians.

This book examines political responses to the problem of human trafficking, including proposals, actions (legislative and executive), and statements made by politicians, government agencies, and civil society organizations to solve or mitigate the crime of human trafficking.

Times of crisis call for revolutionary leadership.

While there have been many biographies of Dwight D.

Barack Hussein Obama has been my political muse from the moment I began writing about him.

William Lyon Mackenzie King served all of Canada as Prime Minister.

In 1903, Theodore Roosevelt planned a tour of the mid-West and Western states.

There is no one quite like her.

He was an actor, newly divorced, whose controversial tenure as president of the Screen Actors Guild was drawing more attention than his fading film career.

The Grimaldis of Monaco tells in full the remarkable history of the world's oldest reigning dynasty.

In 1981, the Commonwealth of Virginia, which had been dominated for decades by ';the Organization,' a political machine led by former Governor and U.

The Cowboy President: How the American West Transformed Theodore Roosevelt details how his time spent in the Western Dakota Territory helped him recover from an overwhelming personal loss, but more importantly, how it transformed him into the man etched onto Mount Rushmore, a man who is still rated as one of the top five Presidents in American history.

';Like taking a tour of the White House with a gifted storyteller at your side!

President Abraham Lincoln is known as the Great Emancipator, the Savior of the Union, and an American martyr to the people who read about him.

Ronald Reagan assumed the presidency at a time when Japan and Europe, fully recovered from wartime devastation, threatened America's position as the number one economy in the world.

The first woman ever elected to the U.

The Kennedys endure as American icons because of the mix between power and vulnerability that so many of them embodied.

In this revealing and beautifully written memoir, Mark Obama Ndesandjo, recounts his complex relationship with his older half-brother, President Barack Obama, including their first meeting in Kenya over twenty years ago.