The idea for this book arose out of a little known political scandal, known as "e;phonegate"e;, that occurred in Minnesota in the early 1990's in which a number of legislators were found to have been abusing their phone privileges.
A bestseller in hardback, this is a highly-praised and much-needed biography of the first Duke of Wellington, concentrating on the personal life of the victor of Waterloo, and based on the fruits of modern research.
A former university president tells about his later encounters in the federal bureaucracy, including an agency with more people than work to be done and how special projects get included in appropriation bills.
Con pasin y profesionalismo, Jorge Fuerbringer Bermeo escribe para el viento que mueve los rboles en una selva acuosa para que no se borre la memoria que nos da vida y proyecta al infinito, coincidiendo con Simone Weill: No poseemos ms vida que los tesoros del pasado que asimilamos y recreamos .
SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERNEW YORK TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERWith extraordinary access to the Trump White House, Michael Wolff tells the inside story of the most controversial presidency of our time.
TO THE READERDear reader:From my readings and personal experience, I have my own views as every Sudanese citizen may have about the future of his home country; and I have my own opinion concerning the sociopolitical situation in my beloved country, Sudan.
Fight leftist lunacy with this collection of political aphorisms, written by a man who fled the former Soviet Union and its socialistic paradise only to find that he must resume his fight in the United States.
To coincide with the Channel 4 series to be aired at the end of this year - David Starkey's 'Monarchy' charts the rise of the British monarchy from the War of the Roses, the English Civil War and the Georgians, right up until the present day monarchs of the 20th Century.
This is a retrospective on the five plus years I spent working at a high level in the North Carolina state government, my service as chairman of a congressionally established committee responsible for the development of a set of national forest planning regulations, and my thirteen years of service in North Carolinas coastal management commission.
In Leadership Accountability in Government, the author shares how all forms of government must exhibit the highest standards of leadership accountability with the understanding that effective leadership knows that when they put people first, their effectiveness and efficiency improves.
In the summer of 1983, Caroline was recovering from her thirty-two-year-old sisters untimely death, working as a consultant in rural Tennessee, and writing her sisters story.
Sounds of Sirens: Essays in African Politics & Culture critically examines the political and cultural landscape of the putatively primal continent since the advent of the post-colonial era.
This fascinating and highly entertaining book contains little-known anecdotes, facts and details from the life of Winston Churchill, the man of the century who, in 2002, was voted the Greatest Briton of all time.
Changing London is a rough guide for the next mayor of London, capturing the radical but practical ideas of the people of London and embracing a pioneering and collaborative approach to politics.
Changing London is a rough guide for the next mayor of London, capturing the radical but practical ideas of the people of London and embracing a pioneering and collaborative approach to politics.
The comprehensive and groundbreaking biography of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning politician, one of the most influential and important men in Irish political history.
DRAMATIC AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN AMERICAN SLAVEThis classic of American literature, a dramatic autobiography of the early life of an American slave, was first published in 1845, when its author had just achieved his freedom.
Journey for Justice combines autobiography with law and political memoirs to provide a fascinating account of growing up in rural Gambia and of the authors recollections of, involvement in, and reflections on some of the major social, legal, and political issues in the Gambia during his tenure of public office in that country.
'In overthrowing me, you have done no more than cut down the trunk of the tree of liberty - it will spring back from the roots, for they are numerous and deep.
'In overthrowing me, you have done no more than cut down the trunk of the tree of liberty - it will spring back from the roots, for they are numerous and deep.
Presidential Trivia: The Feats, Fates, Families, Foibles, and Firsts of Our American Presidents Revised and Updated from the beloved Richard Lederer comes another kind of trivia bookPresidential Trivia.
It's been two decades since the fall of apartheid, a quarter century since the liberation of Eastern European states, five decades since the death of American ';Jim Crow,' and seventy-plus years since the beginning of the emancipation of the African states.
This study analyses Kurdish Hizbullah as a social movement, charting Hizbullah's development from its origins in violent militancy to its move towards a more ambiguous 'civic' mode of engagement.
