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The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Modern Library Paperbacks)

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Modern Library Paperbacks)

by Edmund Morris

Described by the Chicago Tribune as "a classic," The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt stands as one of the greatest biographies of our time. The publication of The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt on September 14th, 2001 marks the 100th anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt becoming president.

Gentlemen, players and politicians

by Dalton Camp

Victor Navasky: Naming NamesVictor Navasky

Victor Navasky: Naming Names

by Victor Navasky

The Man Who Kept Secrets : Richard Helms And the CIAThomas Powers

The Man Who Kept Secrets : Richard Helms And the CIA

by Thomas Powers

Reagan a Political BiographyLee Edwards

Reagan a Political Biography

by Lee Edwards

Political history of Ronald Ragan through the time he became Governor.

The Northern Magus

by Richard J. Gwyn

Renegade in Power

by Peter Charles Newman

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John A. Macdonald: The Young Politician. The Old Chieftain (RICH: Reprints in Canadian History)Donald Grant Creighton

John A. Macdonald: The Young Politician. The Old Chieftain (RICH: Reprints in Canadian History)

by Donald Grant Creighton

The time of the toad;: A study of inquisition in America by one of the Hollywood ten

The time of the toad;: A study of inquisition in America by one of the Hollywood ten

by Dalton Trumbo

Winston Churchill: Winston Spencer Churchill, Visions of Glory 1874-1932: The Last LionWilliam Manchester

Winston Churchill: Winston Spencer Churchill, Visions of Glory 1874-1932: The Last Lion

by William Manchester

The second volume in Manchester's masterly three-part biography (Visions of Glory, 1874-1932; 1983) of Winston Churchill, which now limns as well as lionizes the aging Tory during his political exile. Sympathetically portrayed here as "the last of England's great Victorian statesmen" for his staunch defense of the empire and its values, Churchill did not beweep his outcast state. Though a parliamentary backbencher... (more)

Krushchev Remembers - The Last TestamentNikita Krushchev

Krushchev Remembers - The Last Testament

by Nikita Krushchev

The Romanovs Autocrats of All the RussiasW. Bruce Lincoln

The Romanovs Autocrats of All the Russias

by W. Bruce Lincoln

Drift and Mastery (Spectrum Book: Classics in History Series)

Drift and Mastery (Spectrum Book: Classics in History Series)

by William Edward Leuchtenburg, Walter Lippmann

Drift and Mastery, originally published in 1914, is one of the most important and influential documents of the Progressive Movement, a valuable text for understanding the political thought of early twentieth-century America. This paperback edition of Walter Lippmann's classic work includes a revised introduction by William E. Leuchtenburg that places the book in its historical and political contexts. In his... (more)

The Presidential Transcripts with Commentary By The Staff of The Washington Post (The Complete Transcripts of the Nixon Tapes-The Most Extraordinary Revealing White House Document Ever Made Public)