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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781588382214Author Warren A TrestFormat HardbackImprint NewSouth BooksPublisher NewSouth BooksWeight(grams) 957g

Edward Carpenter: In Appreciation, first published in 1931, presents a collection of tributes to and reminiscences about the renowned socialist poet, pioneering gay rights activist, environmentalist and political thinker. Embroiled in controversy with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815726159Author Stephen HessFormat HardbackPage Count 150Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & Littlefield

Cutting across a broad swath of Canadian domestic and diplomatic history, Grit will interest specialist and general readers alike interested in political biography, Canadian history, international affairs, or public policy.Book InformationISBN...

In 1987, the city of Chicago hired a former radical college chaplain to clean up rampant corruption on the waterfront. R. J. Nelson thought he was used to the darker side of the law he had been followed by federal agents and wiretapped due to his antiwar...

Baers biography of the former Czechoslovak Foreign Minister Vladimir Clementis (19021952) is the first historical study on the Communist politician who was executed with Rudolf Slansky and other top Communist Party members after the show trial of 1952...

In Strom , Jack Bass and Marilyn W. Thompson deliver a remarkable look at the life of a remarkable , and complicated , politician. First elected to public office in 1929, Strom Thurmond was a pivotal figure in the nation's politics for more than seven...

Presenting a superb account of a man characterized by his reticence, this biography offers rare and thorough insight into the life of one of South Africa's most powerful men: Kgalema Motlanthe. From Motlanthe's ancestral family to his political...

As chief of staff, Jean Becker had a ringside seat to the never-boring story of George Herbert Walker Bush's life post-presidency. Full of heart and wisdom, THE MAN I KNEW is a vibrant behind-the-scenes look into the ups and downs of heading up the...

When Alfred Milner was knighted, he took as his motto Communis Patria, 'patriotism for our common country'. This is the study of Milner, which takes his politics, or 'constructive' imperialism as its primary theme. It also discovers a group of young...

Werner Scholem never took the easy path. Born in 1895 into the Berlin Jewish middle class, he married a young non-Jewish woman of proletarian background. He was the youngest member of the Prussian Parliament in the 1920s, one of the leaders of the German...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781485311690Author MoutonFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Protea BoekhuisPublisher Protea BoekhuisWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 135mm * 15mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Golden Sower Award (Grades K-3) 2000.Book InformationISBN 9780743419208Author Hamilton JordanFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Pocket BooksPublisher Simon &...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312304690Author Thomas BloodFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 463g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583673287Author Clairmont ChungFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Monthly Review Press,U.S.Publisher Monthly Review Press,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629630342Author David HartsoughFormat PaperbackPage Count 254Imprint PM PressPublisher PM PressWeight(grams) 304g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781640125513Author Edward MarksFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Potomac BooksPublisher Potomac BooksWeight(grams) 612g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789493331754Author United LibraryFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint United LibraryPublisher United LibraryWeight(grams) 109g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345467928Author Terry AndersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm)...

At the height of the McCarthyite hysteria of the 1950s, John Paton Davies, Jr., was summoned to the State Department one morning and fired. His offense? The career diplomat had counseled the U.S. government during World War II that the Communist forces...

Cultural Agents Reloaded: The Legacy of Antanas Mockus systematically reflects on the practices and legacy of one exceptional cultural agent, Antanas Mockus, twice Mayor of Bogota, Colombia. His accomplishments bear witness to the potential of creative,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815727088Author Stephen HessFormat HardbackPage Count 800Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 825g

Boss of Black Brooklyn presents a riveting and untold story about the struggles and achievements of the first black person to hold public office in Brooklyn. Bertram L. Baker immigrated to the United States from the Caribbean island of Nevis in 1915...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945190025Author Mary S PalmerFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint Intellect Publishing, LLCPublisher Intellect Publishing, LLCWeight(grams)...

In this fascinating memoir of his early life, Gerry Adams, the president of Sinn Fein, describes the development of the modern "Troubles'' in the North of Ireland, his experiences during that period, including secret talks with the British government and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416551485Author Patrick CockburnFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book CompanyWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781609807566Author Doug HenwoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 218g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312560850Author Randy ShiltsFormat PaperbackPage Count 418Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 213mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312560850Author Randy ShiltsFormat PaperbackPage Count 418Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 213mm *...

Cocktails, Crises and Cockroaches is an entertaining yet instructive account of the life and experiences of a frontline diplomat in a variety of countries. The realities and flavors of diplomatic life (including its frustration, risks and comedy) are...

Bryan D. Palmer's award-winning study of James P. Cannon's early years (1890-1928) details how the life of a Wobbly hobo agitator gave way to leadership in the emerging communist underground of the 1919 era. This historical drama unfolds alongside the...

'Affable, invisible... the man with a brilliant future behind him.' Thus Varsity magazine appraised Kenneth Clarke's term as President of the Cambridge Union in the summer of 1963. Dominated by his opposition to the admission of women students to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692266465Author Professor of History M W DalyFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Nathan BergPublisher Nathan BergWeight(grams) 481g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060582623Author Peter StothardFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994106414Author Ian WishartFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Howling at the Moon Publishing LtdPublisher Howling at the Moon Publishing Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780786713028Author Susan McDougalFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Avalon Publishing GroupPublisher Avalon Publishing Group

A missing Iraqi scientist, an ex-Secret Service agent, and the threat of another biological terrorist attack-all these elements come together in the gripping true story of the Gray Bird of Baghdad. Iraqi Microbiologist Thamer Abdul Rahman Imran has...

As the editor of the Saturday Review for more than thirty years, Norman Cousins had a powerful platform from which to help shape American public debate during the height of the Cold War. Under Cousins's leadership, the magazine was considered one of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771620178Author Brad LavigneFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Douglas & McIntyrePublisher Douglas & McIntyreWeight(grams) 638g

L.A. Times Book Prize Finalist (Graphic Novel/Comics) 2014 Cartoonist Studio Prize Shortlist 2014 Can a children's cartoon cause riots? One of Mana Neyestani's cartoons sparked riots, shuttered the newspaper he worked for, and landed the cartoonist...