Political leaders and leadership

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

This first full-length treatment of Russell Kirk's life and accomplishments blends new biographical insights and critical perspectives about the author of the ground-breakingThe Conservative Mind.

Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is most famous for his role as the first Commissioner ever to rule organized baseball.

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.

To begin with I was in love and I am in love so thats not hard, Barbara Bush told her granddaughter Ellie LeBlond Sosa on her porch in Kennebunkport, Maine.

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

Veteran political journalist Scott Farris tells the stories of legendary presidential also-rans, from Henry Clay to Stephen Douglas, from William Jennings Bryan to Thomas Dewey, and from Adlai Stevenson to Al Gore.

His name in American politics is more cited than any other president.

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

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe American Dream isn't a thing of the past, but a miracle of the present.

Volando entre halcones es la historia de un sueño convertido en realidad.

Born in a paper mill town in Maine's western foothills, Muskie was one of six children of a Polish immigrant and a Polish-American mother whose English was worse than her husband's.

John Jenkins, Maines first Black state senator and mayor of both Lewiston and Auburn, led a remarkable life and his influence extended far beyond his politics and his constituents.

'Ground-breaking' - Daily Mail'In explaining the rise to power of Kim Yo Jong, Lee displays his deep knowledge and understanding of North Korea's extreme, ruthless and self-obsessed dynastic autocracy, the creators and rulers of a de-facto nuclear weapon state.

POLITICIAN * PRISONER * PARENTA portrait of one of the most charismatic, but unknown, world leadersAung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and crusader for democracyin Myanmar, is once again behind bars.

¿Qué activa políticamente con más frecuencia a los jóvenes en la actualidad?

Astucia, prudencia.

This inspirational tale of friendship and determination also sheds new light on the role of the mentor's mentor.

One week after Ronald Reagan announced his candidacy for governor of California, the San Francisco Chronicle gibed: It was simply a flagrant example of miscasting.

A New York Times BestsellerTheodore Roosevelt, accidental president, and Joseph Bishop, newspaper editor, met when the future Rough Rider was police commissioner of New York City.

The 2012 race for the White House is racing along at full tilt.

Almost a decade ago, author and educator William J.

Today's political scene looks nothing like it did thirty years ago, and that is due mostly to Reagan's monumental reshaping of the Republican party.

An exuberant autobiography that began with a fist fight at a get acquainted dance, then on to an adventurous path, cluttered with pot holes and uncertainty that took me beyond what I could ever imagine.

Touted in his time as one of the ';great men of the West,' Stephen Wallace Dorsey was a Reconstruction carpetbagger who went to Arkansas and finagled and bribed his way into getting elected to the US Senate after living only two years in the state before heading West to seek his fortune.

No other narrative account of Abraham Lincoln's life has inspired such widespread and lasting acclaim as Charnwood's Abraham Lincoln: A Biography.

Former President Reagan, long remembered as the Great Communicator, never was at a loss for words, and his profound wisdom and wit are presented in this unique, impactful book covering more than fifty years from Hollywood to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and beyond.

Jeffers' book chronicles Theodore Roosevelt's lifelong quests and expeditionsthrilling and often dangerous journeys that produced much important scientific research and took him across North America, South America, and Africa.

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.

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

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.

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.

The first woman ever elected to the U.

There is no one quite like her.

Over the course of his long and storied career, George Mitchell proved to be much more than just that senator from Maine.

On February 24, 1838, Maine Congressman Jonathan Cilley was killed in Maryland by another Congressman from Kentucky in one of the last duels to take place in the United States.

Inheritance.

George Romney built an unconventional political career that inspired and moved many, including his son Willard Mitt Romney.

Made in America provides illuminating annotations to the unfiltered social media output of Donald J.

Dieses Buch plädiert für einen Paradigmenwechsel in der Politik auf der Grundlage eines integralen Bewusstseins.

A deliciously irreverent and humorous insider's account of 25 years working at the very top of British political television'What Rob Burley doesn't know about political interviewing isn't worth knowing' - Andrew Neil'A delicious read' - Emily Maitlis 'He writes beautifully' - Jeremy Paxman'Very funny' - Steve Coogan'An excellent book' - James O'Brien'He writes brilliantly' - Adam BuxtonWhy Is This Lying Bastard Lying to Me?

This book makes the point for a paradigm shift in politics based on an integral consciousness.

Este libro es la historia de un viaje que empezó en 2019 cuando Marcos Peña finalizó su gestión como jefe de Gabinete en el gobierno nacional y decidió alejarse de la vida política después de casi dos décadas.

Los tiempos que vivimos son distintos a otras épocas.

One of the great historians of our age asks: how far can a single leader alter the course of history?

'A fascinating journey into our relationship with the physical book.

How the politicization of the pandemic endangers our lives-and our democracyCOVID-19 has killed more people than any war or public health crisis in American history, but the scale and grim human toll of the pandemic were not inevitable.

Wir leben in turbulenten Zeiten.

Das erste intime Porträt der Menschen, die unsere Politik bestimmenIm Wahlkreis sind sie die Könige, in Berlin oft nur wenig bekannte Hinterbänkler.