Presidents & Heads of State

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780759687349Author Charles K. AkaFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint AuthorHousePublisher AuthorHouseWeight(grams) 147g

Both Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis are locked in the American psyche as iconic symbols of victory and defeat. The author contests that these images tend to obscure the larger visions that compelled both men to pursue their policies and actions,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316544740Author Dumas MaloneFormat HardbackPage Count 484Imprint Little, Brown and CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998764238Author Charles DenyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 382Imprint Cambridge Klein PublishersPublisher Cambridge Klein PublishersWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986140129Author Julie BonettiFormat PaperbackPage Count 50Imprint Ei AlliancePublisher Ei AllianceWeight(grams) 68g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857068224Author Louis Antonine Fauve De BourrienneFormat HardbackPage Count 552Imprint Leonaur LtdPublisher Leonaur LtdWeight(grams) 830g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857068262Author Louis Antonine Fauve De BourrienneFormat HardbackPage Count 492Imprint Leonaur LtdPublisher Leonaur LtdWeight(grams) 757g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857068255Author Louis Antonine Fauve De BourrienneFormat PaperbackImprint Leonaur LtdPublisher Leonaur LtdWeight(grams) 662g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857068231Author Louis Antonine Fauve De BourrienneFormat PaperbackPage Count 552Imprint Leonaur LtdPublisher Leonaur LtdWeight(grams) 694g

Ulysses S. Grant was responsible for orchestrating the activities of all the Union armies into a single strategy, providing the leadership that eventually doomed the Confederacy and brought about the end of the Civil War. This book documents Grant's...

This charmingly written record of the personal life of Thomas Jefferson is the work of Sarah N. Randolph, Jefferson's great-granddaughter. The volume deftly combines the graceful narrative of a ninteenth-century woman of learning, letters by Jefferson...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806164502Author Kevin J FernlundFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint University of Oklahoma PressPublisher University of Oklahoma PressWeight(grams) 245g

In an American story of enduring importance, Jimmy Carter re-creates his Depression-era boyhood on a Georgia farm, before the civil rights movement that changed it and the country. In what is sure to become a classic, Carter writes about the powerful...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674864511Author Janet G VaillantFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 753g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374530020Author Gro Harlem BrundtlandFormat PaperbackPage Count 504Imprint Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublisher Farrar, Straus and GirouxWeight(grams) 748g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780355581010Author Mehmet KarahanFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint Mehmet KarahanPublisher Mehmet KarahanWeight(grams) 413g

The third volume in Dumas Malone's distinguished study of Thomas Jefferson and his time deals with one of the most fascinating and controversial periods of Jefferson's life. It includes the story of the final and most crucial phase of his secretaryship...

Ronald Reagan's story reads like a Hollywood script complete with a small-town boyhood, movie stardom, financial success, and unmatched political popularity. This book tells Reagan's true-life tale in an engaging and easily accessible manner. The...

This biography examines the life and political career of a president whose idealism and policies continue to impact the world today despite his brief time in office. John F. Kennedy is revered as one of the United States' most iconic and inspirational...

The biography of Bill Clinton as told by 169 of the friends, colleagues, and rivals who know him best Though Bill Clinton has been out of office since 2001, public fascination with him continues unabated. Many books about Clinton have been published in...

In 1784 Thomas Jefferson moved to the sophisticated and exhilarating city of Paris, where he spent the next five years as ambassador from the new United States of America. This engaging book recreates in word and illustration the atmosphere and...

James Polk was President of the United States from 1845 to 1849, a time when slavery began to dominate American politics. Polk's presidency coincided with the eruption of the territorial slavery issue, which within a few years would lead to the...

Lincoln is the single most compelling figure in our history, but also one of the most enigmatic. Was he the Great Emancipator, a man of deep convictions who ended slavery in the United States, or simply a reluctant politician compelled by the force of...

Nearly a century and a half after his death, Abraham Lincoln remains an intrinsic part of the American consciousness, yet his intentions as president and his personal character continue to stir debate. Now, in The Lincoln Enigma, Gabor Boritt invites...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375756450Author Edmund MorrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 912Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 754g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781960299277Author Katherine EllisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 348Imprint Munn Avenue PressPublisher Munn Avenue PressWeight(grams) 467g

One of the world's most revered public figures, Nelson Mandela is an iconic symbol of the triumph of the human spirit over prejudice and fear. Renowned for his tireless crusade against gender and racial inequality, Mandela's anti-apartheid campaigning,...

The election of the first African American as President of the United States was always going to be a moment of immense historical significance but, beyond the fact of his race, what is perhaps most remarkable about Barack Obama has been his truly...

New York State Assemblyman, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Governor of New York, Vice President and, at forty-two, the youngest President ever--in his own words, Theodore Roosevelt "rose like a rocket." He was also a cowboy, a soldier, a historian, an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375414572Author President Bill ClintonFormat HardbackPage Count 957Imprint Knopf Publishing GroupPublisher Knopf Publishing GroupWeight(grams) 1565g

In the climax of Richard Lawrence Miller's epic four-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln's pre-presidential years, a blunder by the Slave Power propels Lincoln toward the White House. Initially, passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act seems to be a victory...

After losing the closest American election in years, Al Gore remains a fascinating political figure, a man both revered and reviled. Drawing on documents, letters, and interviews with more than three hundred people, including six lengthy conversations...

Not For Turning is the first volume of Charles Moore's authorized biography of Margaret Thatcher, the longest serving Prime Minister of the twentieth century and one of the most influential political figures of the postwar era. Charles Moore's biography...

The sensational second volume of Charles Moore's bestselling authorized biography of the Iron Lady In June 1983 Margaret Thatcher won the biggest increase in a government's Parliamentary majority in British electoral history. Over the next four years, as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553418637Author Patrick J. BuchananFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Crown Publishing Group, Division of Random House IncPublisher Random House USA...

From the admiralty to the miner's strike, from the Battle of Britain to the Nobel Prize, Churchill oversaw some of the most important events the World has ever seen. Roy Jenkins faithfully presents these events, while also managing to convey the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780880642224Author John StrawsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Fromm International Publishing Corp.,U.S.Publisher Fromm International Publishing...

As Britain's first woman Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher brought about the biggest social and political revolution in the nation's post-war history. She achieved this largely by the driving force of her personality - a subject of endless speculation...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802878199Author Daniel SillimanFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint William B. Eerdmans Publishing CompanyPublisher William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781949345025Author John AnagnosFormat PaperbackPage Count 678Imprint Songana Publishing Inc.Publisher Songana Publishing Inc.Weight(grams) 170g