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Derryn Hinch made headlines in 2016 when he went from media personality to Victorian Senator at the head of a new political party and made a lasting impact on the political landscape. This is an unflinchingly honest account of his last two years as a...

With Foreword by S R Nathan'A scholar by inclination, a businessman by necessity, a diplomat by duty' - those were the apt words chosen by a reporter in 1966 to describe Tan Siak Kew and his multi-dimensional public life. He was a fervent supporter of...

Dr Goh Keng Swee was Singapore's first Minister for Finance from 1959 to 1965 who initiated Singapore's first industrial estate now known as Jurong Town. He was also the first and longest serving Defence Minister after Singapore became independent in...

This book aims to celebrate the many contributions of Professor Tommy Koh as a Singaporean diplomat, public intellectual and social changemaker.It is an account of the ideas and ideals of an extraordinary Singaporean public servant who was not only born...

This book aims to celebrate the many contributions of Professor Tommy Koh as a Singaporean diplomat, public intellectual and social changemaker.It is an account of the ideas and ideals of an extraordinary Singaporean public servant who was not only born...

My Journey in Politics: Practical Lessons in Leadership shares the author's journey in Singapore politics from 1991 to 2011. Tracing what he and different groups of people he worked with across the government ministries and agencies, grassroots...

My Journey in Politics: Practical Lessons in Leadership shares the author's journey in Singapore politics from 1991 to 2011. Tracing what he and different groups of people he worked with across the government ministries and agencies, grassroots...

An acclaimed economist and lifelong Palestinian nationalist Yusif Sayigh (1916-2004) came of age at a time of immense political change in the Middle East. Born in al-Bassa, near Acre in northern Palestine, he was witness to the events that led to the...

Some did not expect him to last long as Prime Minister. Few predicted he would succeed in the footsteps of Lee Kuan Yew. When Goh Chok Tong took over as the second Prime Minister of Singapore in 1990, many - from within and without the country - wondered...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789652295873Author Dr. Yitshak WeiszFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Gefen Publishing HousePublisher Gefen Publishing HouseWeight(grams) 492g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789652297365Author Menachem MichelsonFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Gefen Publishing HousePublisher Gefen Publishing HouseWeight(grams) 866g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783838215563Author Markus JaegerFormat PaperbackPage Count 242Imprint ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian SchonPublisher ibidem-Verlag, Jessica...

"Like David, I am battling against a Goliath that has almost immeasurable means and powerful allies. I don't think I can win, I just want to be heard. No dictatorship lasts forever, and if my contribution can sooner or later bring about its downfall,...

Gord Mackintosh was not your typical politician and this book is not your typical political memoir. Mackintosh steps out of his familiar role as the Manitoba NDPs go-to guy, foot soldier and law reformer to provide a unique take on the quirky places and...

Emerging from the back rooms, ultimate insider Michael Decter treats us to a range of raunchy and riveting stories of politics in Canada. From his youth stuffing envelopes for the NDP in Winnipeg to his days as Ontario premier Bob Rae's right-hand man,...

Argentine by birth, Ernesto Che Guevara came to embody the spirit of the Cuban revolution led by Fidel Castro. Guevara spent two years fighting in the sierras of Cuba, and after the revolutionaries victory became one of the most important members of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908531230Author Dr Aly El-SammanFormat HardbackPage Count 300Imprint Gilgamesh PublishingPublisher Gilgamesh Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781894384834Author Frank OberleFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Heritage House Publishing Co LtdPublisher Heritage House Publishing Co LtdWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781894384766Author Frank OberleFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Heritage House Publishing Co LtdPublisher Heritage House Publishing Co LtdWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781894384520Author Goody NiosiFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Heritage House Publishing Co LtdPublisher Heritage House Publishing Co LtdWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781884956119Author ,Cindy WathenFormat HardbackPage Count 102Imprint Quill Driver Books, U.S.Publisher Quill Driver Books, U.S.

As the former Foreign Minister and Chancellor of Weimar Germany, Gustav Stresemann is a familiar figure for students of German history-one who, for many, embodied the best qualities of German interwar liberalism. However, a more nuanced and ambivalent...

There are few individuals in modern Spanish history that have been as thoroughly mythologized as Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, a leading figure in the Spanish Civil War who was executed by the Republicans in 1936 and celebrated as a martyr following the...

Entrepreneur and Nazi functionary Fritz Kiehn lived through almost 100 years of German history, from the Bismarck era to the late Bonn Republic. A successful manufacturer, Kiehn joined the Nazi Party in 1930 and obtained a number of influential posts...

During his political career, Helmut Kohl used his own life story to promote a normalization of German nationalism and to overcome the stigma of the Nazi period. In the context of the cold war and the memory of the fascist past, he was able to exploit the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781610880855Author Gerald Felix WarburgFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Bancroft PressPublisher Bancroft PressWeight(grams) 512g

Bruno Kreisky (1911-1990) is undoubtedly the most prominent and influential politician to emerge in postwar Austria. For some thirty years, he helped to shape his country's politics and raise its status in the world, first as secretary of state, then as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788183281355Author P V RajgopalFormat PaperbackPage Count 388Imprint Wisdom TreePublisher Wisdom TreeWeight(grams) 726g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780791423950Author Patrick Colm HoganFormat HardbackPage Count 289Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780791432631Author Harold SchweizerFormat HardbackPage Count 215Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York...

This is the first known biography of Sir Charles Bullen Hugh Mitchell G C M G, former Governor of the Straits Settlements and District Grand Master of the freemasons in the Eastern Archipelago.The book traces his early life as an officer in the Royal...

This is the first known biography of Sir Charles Bullen Hugh Mitchell G C M G, former Governor of the Straits Settlements and District Grand Master of the freemasons in the Eastern Archipelago.The book traces his early life as an officer in the Royal...

“…[A] compelling history of our city’s last half century, as conveyed through the life of one of our most impactful leaders. …” — Los Angeles Mayor Karen BassThis is the story of Zev Yaroslavsky, the son of Ukrainian Jews who immigrated to the United...

“…[A] compelling history of our city’s last half century, as conveyed through the life of one of our most impactful leaders. …”— Los Angeles Mayor Karen BassThis is the story of Zev Yaroslavsky, the son of Ukrainian Jews who immigrated to the United...

Throughout his life, Musmanno provided a voice for the people amid the interplay of politics and the arrogance of power. A crowd pleaser, he had no trepidation in saying what he thought. The author of sixteen books, two of which became movies, numerous...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781492665281Author Antonia FelixFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Sourcebooks, IncPublisher Sourcebooks, IncDimensions(mm) 235mm * 159mm * 38mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781644210321Author Ted RallFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S.

When Louis Gatewood Galbraith passed away in 2012, the flood of tributes honoring him merely scratched the surface of the life of this colorful and controversial figure. Throughout his political career, regional and national media outlets focused on the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789357769730Author Sushmita BandyopadhyayFormat HardbackPage Count 164Imprint Westland Publications LimitedPublisher Westland Publications Limited

A revised and updated second edition of the first full-length scholarly English-language biography of António de Oliveira Salazar.This academic biography will provide a vital source to historians interested in Salazar, the far right and Portugal.The book...