Political leaders and leadership

Published to coincide with the launch of Ron Howard's blockbuster film, and following on from the huge success of the eponymous West End and Broadway play, Frost/Nixon tells the extraordinary story of how David Frost pursued and landed the biggest fish of his career.

Finalist: George Washington PrizeGeorge Washington was an affluent slave owner who believed that republicanism and social hierarchy were vital to the young countrys survival.

Over a span of eighteen years, Lady Bird Johnson recorded forty-seven oral history interviews with Michael Gillette and his colleagues.

Barack Obama is widely considered one of the most powerful and charismatic speakers of our age.

Their names linger in memory mainly as punch lines, synonyms for obscurity: Millard Fillmore, Chester Arthur, Calvin Coolidge.

Their names linger in memory mainly as punch lines, synonyms for obscurity: Millard Fillmore, Chester Arthur, Calvin Coolidge.

There are two winners in every presidential election campaign: The inevitable winner when it begins--such as Rudy Giuliani or Hillary Clinton in 2008--and the inevitable victor after it ends.

Nearly a century and a half after his death, Abraham Lincoln remains an intrinsic part of the American consciousness, yet his intentions as president and his personal character continue to stir debate.

The American President is an enthralling account of American presidential actions from the assassination of William McKinley in 1901 to Bill Clinton's last night in office in January 2001.

Sportsman.

Over a span of eighteen years, Lady Bird Johnson recorded forty-seven oral history interviews with Michael Gillette and his colleagues.

Much of the existing research on race and crime focuses on the manipulation of crime by political elites or the racially biased nature of crime policy.

Drink like a true American this election season with fun and creative presidential-themed cocktails!

Most Americans saw President Bill Clinton and Speaker Newt Gingrich as staunch foes--"e;the polar extremes of Pennsylvania Avenue.

America's struggle against Nazism is one of the few aspects of World War II that has escaped controversy.

This book provides a pragmatic analysis of presidential language.

Perhaps more than any other American, Abraham Lincoln has become a global figure, one who spoke--and continues to speak--to people across the world.

Robert Dallek's masterful John F.

Barack Obama is widely considered one of the most powerful and charismatic speakers of our age.

Robert Dallek's masterful John F.

Sportsman.

In this short biography, Michael Schaller, acclaimed historian of the American political right, offers readers a poignant account of Ronald Reagan's life and achievements, from his small-town upbringing in rural Illinois to his cinematic success in Hollywood, entry into politics as governor of California, and meteoric rise to the White House, where he served for eight years.

Contemporary observers of politics in America often reduce democracy to demography.

Contemporary observers of politics in America often reduce democracy to demography.

Covering their lives from childhood to the end of the Georgia governorship, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter is one of the few major biographies of an American president that pays significant attention to the First Lady.

In his presidential inaugural address of January 1965, Lyndon B.

When the Democrats retook control of the U.

What qualities make a leader succeed in business or politics?

Thomas Jefferson was an avid book-collector, a voracious reader, and a gifted writer--a man who prided himself on his knowledge of classical and modern languages and whose marginal annotations include quotations from Euripides, Herodotus, and Milton.

Dean Acheson was one of the most influential Secretaries of State in U.

Written by John Ferling, one of America's leading historians of the Revolutionary era, The First of Men offers an illuminating portrait of George Washington's life, with emphasis on his military and political career.

"e;No president since the founders has done more to shape the character of American government,"e; notes Alan Brinkley in this magnificent biography of America's thirty-second president.

When the Democrats retook control of the U.

Affordable, readable, and indispensable, this pocket biography of Barack Obama allows you to put the story of our 44th President right in your back pocket.

The 1960 presidential election, won ultimately by John F.

Written by John Ferling, one of America's leading historians of the Revolutionary era, The First of Men offers an illuminating portrait of George Washington's life, with emphasis on his military and political career.

Setting the World Ablaze is the story of the American Revolution and of the three Founders who played crucial roles in winning the War of Independence and creating a new nation: George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson.

The American President is an enthralling account of American presidential actions from the assassination of William McKinley in 1901 to Bill Clinton's last night in office in January 2001.

Thomas Jefferson was an avid book-collector, a voracious reader, and a gifted writer--a man who prided himself on his knowledge of classical and modern languages and whose marginal annotations include quotations from Euripides, Herodotus, and Milton.

Most Americans saw President Bill Clinton and Speaker Newt Gingrich as staunch foes--"e;the polar extremes of Pennsylvania Avenue.

Much of the existing research on race and crime focuses on the manipulation of crime by political elites or the racially biased nature of crime policy.

The 1960 presidential election, won ultimately by John F.

Perhaps more than any other American, Abraham Lincoln has become a global figure, one who spoke--and continues to speak--to people across the world.

Dean Acheson was one of the most influential Secretaries of State in U.

The Land Reform Deception looks at a particularly contentious period in Zimbabwe's recent history, from 2000-2008, when the government seized commercial farms using illegal and violent methods against a largely unarmed population of farmers and farm workers.

Evil Lords uses the prism of bad rule or tyranny to enhance our understanding of political discourse from the ancient world to the Renaissance, elucidating premodern notions of sovereignty as well as the relation between ethics and politics, the individual and society, power, and propaganda.

In his highly praised book Faith and the Presidency, Gary Scott Smith cast a revealing light on the role religion has played in presidential politics throughout our nation's history, offering comprehensive, even-handed examinations of the role of religion in the lives, politics, and policies of eleven presidents.

In his highly praised book Faith and the Presidency, Gary Scott Smith cast a revealing light on the role religion has played in presidential politics throughout our nation's history, offering comprehensive, even-handed examinations of the role of religion in the lives, politics, and policies of eleven presidents.

Barack Obama swept into office in 2008, capitalizing on his fresh and compelling political persona, the appeal of his "e;Hope and Change"e; campaign, the pre-election financial crisis, and a wave of popular discontent with his predecessor.

Barack Obama swept into office in 2008, capitalizing on his fresh and compelling political persona, the appeal of his "e;Hope and Change"e; campaign, the pre-election financial crisis, and a wave of popular discontent with his predecessor.