A colourful and revealing look at more than 500 years of commerce conducted at the renowned Frankfurt Book Fair, from its beginnings in the Middle Ages.
Frederick Douglass is an iconic historical figure whose noble qualities are visible in the lives of four major Biblical characters: Like Joseph, who was sold into slavery by his brothers and later became second-in-command of Egypt.
Jean ChrA(c)tiens critics have said he was a man with no vision and a short attention span a small-town hick who stumbled his way to become Canadas 20th prime minister.
This fascinating e-book tells the story of war taking the reader from the time of full blow killings on the battlefield toward the peace truce operations currently being negotiated in the Middle East today.
This proclamation is for the black students who are destined to fail in life because their city, state, and general government have failed to give them a first-rate education.
Mother Jones: Revolutionary Leader of Labor and Social Reform defines Mother Jones as the most significant and relevant political voice for the working class to ever emerge from within the United States.
Entertaining, fast-paced, instructional, The Change Maker is not only a memoir, but a blueprint for how we can change our own lives, as well as the world around us, by providing personal lessons in the values of strategic thinking and responsible leadership.
Entertaining, fast-paced, instructional, The Change Maker is not only a memoir, but a blueprint for how we can change our own lives, as well as the world around us, by providing personal lessons in the values of strategic thinking and responsible leadership.
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, to exploring why we are on this planet.
Regional Policy in the European Community (1980) presents a structured overview of regional incentives and policy in the European Community countries, set in the context of the regional problem in those countries.
The New York Times-bestselling comic strip collection that proves "e;how Doonesbury predicted Donald Trump's presidential run twenty-nine years ago"e; (The Washington Post).
Discover the extraordinary story of the woman who brought China into the modern age, from the bestselling author of Wild Swans In this groundbreaking biography, Jung Chang vividly describes how Empress Dowager Cixi the most important woman in Chinese history brought a medieval empire into the modern age.
In this riveting anatomy of the new face of authoritarianism, acclaimed journalist William Dobson takes us inside the battle between modern dictators and those who challenge their rule.
A spectacular, elegant, brilliant portrait of skulduggery, murder and sex in Renaissance Florence Simon Sebag Montefiore, Evening Standard, Books of the Year 1531 after years of brutal war and political intrigue, the bastard son of a Medici Duke and a half-negro maidservant rides into Florence.
* UPDATED WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR *CHOSEN BY BILL GATES AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016Archie Brown challenges the widespread belief that 'strong leaders', dominant individual wielders of power, are the most successful and admirable.
'This is not history for history's sake, however this is the history of our present and future, long beyond cold war, into war on terror, war on drugs' Ed Vulliamy, GuardianThe Untold History of the United States is filmmaker Oliver Stone and historian Peter Kuznick s riveting landmark account of the rise and decline of the American empire the most powerful and dominant nation the world has ever seen.
This antiquarian volume contains 'Mao Tse-tung: Ruler of Red China', a book written by Robert Payne and published by in 1950 shortly after Mao came to power.
Originally published in 1912, this early work by anarchist and political activist Alexander Berkman is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition.
CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE 2015Do women national leaders represent a breakthrough for the women s movement, or is women s leadership weaker than the numbers imply?
CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE 2015Do women national leaders represent a breakthrough for the women s movement, or is women s leadership weaker than the numbers imply?
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932 is the first volume in William Manchester's epic three volume The Last Lion - the best-selling and definitive biography of one of Britain's pre-eminent prime ministers.
In Eclipse of Reason, Horkheimer discusses how the Nazis were able to project their agenda as "e;reasonable"e;, but also identifies the Pragmatism of John Dewey as problematic, due to his emphasis on the instrumental dimension of reasoning.
The uneasy alliance that lay at the heart of the relationship of two of the most powerful and controversial leaders of the late 20th century: Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan.
