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Churchill: A Life
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Sir Martin Gilbert
This edition of the highly acclaimed one-volume CHURCHILL: A LIFE, is the story of adventure. It follows Winston Churchill from his earliest days to his moments of triumph. Here, the drama and excitement of his story are ever-present, as are his tremendous qualities in peace and war, not least as an orator and as a man of vision. Martin Gilbert ...
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My life
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Golda Meir
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First Among Equals
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Jeffrey Archer
In the culmination of three decades of rivalry, four men vie for their nation's highest elected office.
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Churchill: A Study in Greatness
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Geoffrey Best
This work aims to make sense of the extraordinary man - whom many people feel they know well. His career, personal life and his role in Britain's survival during World War II, including her help in the defeat of Hitler, are investigated.
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The prime minister
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Anthony Trollope
The fifth of the six "Palliser novels", THE PRIME MINISTER covers the period in which Plantagenet Palliser reluctantly leads the country in a three-year coalition government. Despite his wife's efforts to consolidate his base of support, he is too sensitive, diffident, and uncompromising to make a successful prime minister. Threaded into the ...
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The President, the Pope, and the Prime Minister: Three Who Changed the World
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John O'Sullivan
John O'Sullivan - the former "Times" journalist and advisor to Margaret Thatcher - explores the impact of three of the most influential world leaders of the Post WWII Era. "The President, the Pope, and the Prime Minister" is a sweeping, dramatic account of how three great figures changed the course of history. All of them led with courage-and ...
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Pol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare
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Philip Short
In the history of the 20th century, the horrors of the Pol Pot regime in what was once known as Cambodia and later as Kampuchea are ranked with those of Hitler and Stalin in order to convey their magnitude and scope. Yet, like those two other dictators, Pol Pot's life and career have an elusive quality that defies the historical record. When ...
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Zhou Enlai: The Last Perfect Revolutionary
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Gao Wenqian, Peter Rand (Translator), Lawrence R Sullivan (Translator)
Based on long-secret documents smuggled out of the country, this is the first authoritative biography of one of the most important, most mythologized leaders in the history of communist China. When a version of this biography was published in Hong Kong in 2003, people found in possession of it were disciplined. Works about Zhou Enlai are heavily ...
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Prisoner of the State: The Secret Journal of Zhao Ziyang
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Ziyang Zhao, Adi Ignatius (Editor), Pu Bao (Editor)
Prisoner of the State is the first book to give readers a front row seat to the secret inner workings of China's government. It is the story of Premier Zhao Ziyang, the man who brought liberal change to that nation and who, at the height of the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989, tried to stop the massacre and was dethroned for his efforts. When ...
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William Pitt the Younger
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William Hague
A prominent member of Britain's Conservative Party brings insider's knowledge to this illuminating biography of one of the great iconic figures in British history: the man who, in 1784, at the age of 24, became (and so remains) the youngest prime minister in the history of England.
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The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier War
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Winston Churchill
First published in 1898 this text describes the force to which Churchill was attached when it was sent to subdue the rebellious Mohmands on the North-West Frontier in 1897. The author was a subaltern in the 4th Hussars but found regimental life too quiet to satisfy his adventurous spirit and when he heard that a Field Force of three Brigades was ...
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Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher: A Political Marriage
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Nicholas Wapshott
Drawing on interviews with those closest to them, as well as on hundreds of recently declassified private letters and telephone calls, Wapshott depicts a complex, personal, and sometimes argumentative relationship between these two unlikely political soulmates. 8-page b&w photo insert.
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Disraeli
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Robert Blake
Originally published in 1966 by Eyre and Spottiswood a biography of the great Conservative leader and Prime Minister. Disraeli was an unusual man to be Prime Minister and was reknowned for his close relationship with Queen Victoria and his rivalry with Gladstone. In the LOST TREASURES series.
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The Singapore Story: Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew
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Kuan Yew Lee
Visionary? Authoritarian? Model for the West? Lee Kuan Yew, the long-time leader of Singapore, has been called all these things, and more. In these vivid memoirs, Lee takes a profoundly personal look back at the events that led to Singapore's independence and shaped its struggle for success. And, as always, he lets the chips fall where they may. ...
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My early life
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Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill wrote this account of the first 25 years of his life in 1930. It reveals him struggling with Latin grammar at prep school, charging the Dervishes at Omdurman and preparing his first political speech for a Conservative fete.
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Sir Winston Churchill: His Life and His Paintings
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David Coombs, Minnie S Churchill, Mary Soames (Foreword by)
Sir Winston Churchill began painting during World War II, and it became his lifelong passion. His works, which number over 500, are of remarkable quality and have received the most positive criticism in the English press. "Had he signed his pictures 'Jones,' the critic would still find himself pausing in front of them," noted one Sunday Times of ...
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Greatness: Reagan, Churchill, and the Making of Extraordinary Leaders
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Steven F Hayward
A recognized authority on both Ronald Reagan and Winston Churchill examines the remarkable parallels between these two leaders, who are examples of the timeless aspects of statesmanship and human greatness.
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Gladstone
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Roy Jenkins
A biography of the great 19th-century British statesman, who served four times as Prime Minister. Jenkins examines Gladstone's public side, including his forming of the Liberal party and his advocacy of Irish home rule; and he examines Gladstone's interest in knowledge and learning, as well as the strong religious views that guided his life.
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Winston Churchill Vol 3 1914
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Gilbert, Randolph S Churchill, M.P.
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Speaking for Myself: My Life from Liverpool to Downing Street
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Cherie Blair
In her autobiography, Blair reveals for the first time what it was like to combine life as a working mother with life married to the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair. She writes about her encounters with scores of foreign leaders and her friendships with presidents, first ladies, and the royals.
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The last lion : Winston Spencer Churchill.Visions of glory, 1874-1932
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William Manchester
Winston Churchill is perhaps the most important political figure of the twentieth century. Studying his life is a fascinating way to imbibe the history of his era and gain insight into key events that have shaped our time. Last of three volumes.
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Queen and Lord M
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Jean Plaidy
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Winston Churchill
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John Keegan
Eminent historian Keegan charts Churchill's career, following his steadfast leadership during the catastrophic events of World War II while England was dangerously poised on the brink of collapse. With wonderful eloquence, Keegan illuminates Churchill's incredible strength during this crucial moment in history and his unshakable belief that ...
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Path to Power
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Margaret Thatcher
In this autobiograohy, Margaret Thatcher writes about her personal life, the formation of her character and values, and the training and experiences which led to the 1979 election victory. Thatcher was born in Lincolnshire, from where she went to Oxford and met Denis. Throughout these times, this book illustrates, politics were central to her mind ...
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The Prime Minister: The Office and Its Holders Since 1945
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Peter Hennessy
The history of post-World War II Britain is told through a study of its 11 Prime Ministers--from Atlee to Blair. Each Prime Minister's unique approach to the office is evaluated through his or her responses to major crises of the times.
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