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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815730996Author Stephen HessFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780809095087Author GearyFormat HardbackPage Count 110Imprint Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3plPublisher Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3plWeight(grams)...

Raul Prebisch was a leader in economic development theory and international economic policy, an institution builder, and an international diplomat. The Life and Times of Raul Prebisch, 1901-1986 provides the first book-length account of his life and...

Published in the bicentenary year of Frederick Douglass's birth in 2018 and in a Black Lives Matter era,this anniversary edition of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, presents newresearch into his life as an activist and as...

John Saville (1916-2009) was one of the leading socialist academics of his generation, and one of the most influential figures in British labour history. This new collection of essays offers a variety of perspectives on his lifetime's work. A first...

This is the first comprehensive study of the life and work of Master Tara Singh (1885-1967), Akali leader, freedom fighter, and arguably the foremost leader of the Sikhs. Master Tara Singh's vision of the 'Indian National State' was fundamentally...

These concluding years of the freedom era show King at the height of his powers even as his worldly prestige falls under withering attack. We witness non-violent advances for democracy in the face of growing factionalism and fear. We meet heroines and...

Barry Goldwater is widely regarded as one of the most prominent and controversial politicians of our century, a man whose influence on American conservatism led President Ronald Reagan to honor him with the title "Mr. Conservative" when he...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594482700Author Jim NewtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 640Imprint Riverhead Books,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 704gDimensions(mm) 233mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780872867307Author Melvin A. GoodmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint City Lights BooksPublisher City Lights Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845409340Author Charles NettlefoldFormat PaperbackPage Count 145Imprint Amphora PressPublisher Imprint AcademicWeight(grams) 350gDimensions(mm) 234mm *...

Francois Mitterrand was a controversial politician with a contested strategy and a flawed character. In spite of being one of France's most detested political figures, he was also one of Europe's most durable and statesmanlike rulers. This work examines...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312332228Author Joseph PetroFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint Saint Martin's Griffin,U.S.Publisher St Martin's Press

In 1999, 30-year-old Nada Bakos moved from her lifelong home in Montana to Washington, DC, to join the CIA. Quickly realizing her affinity for intelligence work, Nada was determined to rise through the ranks of the agency first as an analyst and then as...

When Elizabeth Bentley slunk into an FBI field office in 1945, she was thinking only of saving herself from NKGB assassins who were hot on her trail. She had no idea that she was about to start the greatest Red Scare in U.S. history.Bentley (1908-1963)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143118169Author Kiyoshi KonnoFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of CODES Notable Books Council Award.Book InformationISBN 9780143114819Author Steve CollFormat PaperbackPage Count 704Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593084397Author Robin PogrebinFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint PortfolioPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

A man who lived his life mostly in the shadows, Edward M. House is little known or remembered today; yet he was one of the most influential figures of the Wilson presidency. Wilson's chief political advisor, House played a key role in international...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984881601Author Mazie K. HironoFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Pamela Dorman BooksPublisher Penguin Adult

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374536930Author Barry MeierFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3plPublisher Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3plWeight(grams)...

On 21st November 2017 Robert Mugabe resigned as President of Zimbabwe after 37 years in power. A week earlier the military had seized control of the country and forced him to step down as leader of the ruling Zanu-PF party. In this revised and updated...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorAhmed Kathrada was born in South Africa in 1929. After his release from prison in 1989, he was elected as a member of parliament and served as parliamentary...

Behind the headlines, the strategies, the surges, what is life really like in Afghanistan? What is it like to live and work there as a civilian on state-building with its people, fighting the Taliban with flip-charts and pens, not guns? In her account of...

Behind the headlines, the strategies, the surges, what is life really like in Afghanistan? What is it like to live and work there as a civilian on state-building with its people, fighting the Taliban with flip-charts and pens, not guns? In her account of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316550383Author Nelson MandelaFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Little, Brown & CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams)...

The definitive biography of a distinguished public servant, who as US Secretary of Labor, Secretary of the Treasury, and Secretary of State, was pivotal in steering the great powers toward the end of the Cold War. Deftly solving critical but intractable...

A gripping biography of a controversial black activist This biography tells the riveting story of Robert F. Williams (1925-1996). In the late 1950s, as president of the Monroe, North Carolina, NAACP, Williams organized armed resistan to KKK terrorists -...

This book examines the development of contemporary Islamic movements and thought through the biographies of nine major activist intellectuals whose work povides the core of what the Islamic resurgence became in the 1990s, and is an important foundation...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781588140999Author Ardeshir ZahediFormat HardbackPage Count 508Imprint IBEX Publishers,U.S.Publisher IBEX Publishers,U.S.Weight(grams) 864g

The Rise of Andrew Jackson recounts our seventh president's unlikely ascent to the highest office in the land. Born poor in what became the border region between North and South Carolina, Jackson's sole claim on the public's affections derived from his...

The book opens in China, 1962. Andrew Mlangeni is one of a small select group undergoing military training. The unannounced visitor is Mao Tse-Tung. While still at school, Andrew Mlangeni joined the Communist Party of South Africa and also the ANC Youth...

"A vital book for understanding the still-unfolding nightmare of nationalism and racism in the 21st century." -Francisco Cantu, author of The Line Becomes a RiverStephen Miller is one of the most influential advisors in the White House. He has crafted...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for L.A. Times Book Prize (Biography) 2012.Book InformationISBN 9780307475152Author H. W. BrandsFormat PaperbackPage Count 752Imprint Random House USA...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780670094202Author Therese Obrecht HodlerFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint PenguinPublisher Penguin Random House IndiaWeight(grams) 132g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780791444245Author J. Brooks BousonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York...

Voices of Liberation: Archie Mafeje should be understood as an attempt to contextualise Mafeje's work and thinking and adds to gripping intellectual biographies of African intellectuals by African researchers. Mafeje's scholarship can be categorised into...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692722350Author Vigil C ChimeFormat PaperbackPage Count 446Imprint Breakfast Pictures Entertainment, Inc.Publisher Breakfast Pictures Entertainment, Inc...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982153328Author Bill BrowderFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 210mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780670093441Author Shakti SinhaFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint PenguinPublisher Penguin Random House IndiaDimensions(mm) 220mm * 140mm * 30mm