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Eight Weeks in Washington, 1861
Abraham Lincoln and the Hazards of Transition
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2011
A close look at the first eight weeks after Abraham Lincoln took office on March 4, 1861, reveals a time when the fate of the nation's capital, certainly of the Lincoln Administration, and perhaps of the nation itself, seemed very much in doubt.
This is a story of a president uncertain and...
The Whistleblower
Sex Trafficking, Military Contractors, and One Woman's Fight for Justice
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
When Nebraska police officer and divorced mother of three Kathryn Bolkovac saw a recruiting announcement for private military contractor DynCorp International, she applied and was hired. Good money, world travel, and the chance to help rebuild a war-torn country sounded like the perfect job. Bolkovac...
The Kennedy Curse
Why Tragedy Has Haunted America's First Family for 150 Years
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2004
Death was merciful to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, for it spared her a parent's worst nightmare: the loss of a child. But if Jackie had lived to see her son, JFK Jr., perish in a plane crash on his way to his cousin's wedding, she would have been doubly horrified by the familiar pattern in the tragedy....
Chris Christie
The Inside Story of His Rise to Power
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has become a national Republican Party figure, famous for his blunt public statements, his willingness to confront powerful special interests, and his determination to change the ingrown, corrupt, backroom political culture of New Jersey. In just two years as governor,...
by Abbas Milani
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
Though his monarchy was toppled in 1979 and he died in 1980, the life of Mohammad-Reza Shah Pahlevi, the last Shah of Iran, continues to resonate today. Here, internationally respected author Abbas Milani gives us the definitive biography, more than ten years in the making, of the monarch who shaped...
The Envoy
From Kabul to the White House, My Journey Through a Turbulent World
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016
Zalmay Khalilzad grew up in a traditional family in the ancient city of Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan. As a teenager, Khalilzad spent a year as an exchange student in California, where after some initial culture shocks he began to see the merits of America's very different way of life. He believed the...
by Mike Huckabee
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2015
The New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly bestseller from a presidential candidate for the 2016 election!
In God, Guns, Grits and Gravy, Mike Huckabee asks, "Have I been taken to a different planet than the one on which I grew up?" The New York Times...
Mountain to Mountain
A Journey of Adventure and Activism for the Women of Afghanistan
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
Being inspired to act can take many forms. For some it's taking a weekend to volunteer, but for Shannon Galpin, it meant leaving her career, selling her house, launching a nonprofit and committing her life to advancing education and opportunity for women and girls. Focusing on the war-torn country...
The Southern Tiger
Chile's Fight for a Democratic and Prosperous Future
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2012
Former Chilean president Ricardo Lagos provides a fascinating glimpse inside his country's meteoric rise on the world stage. A leader in the underground resistance movement against Augusto Pinochet and his Dirty War, Ricardo Lagos burst onto the national stage in 1988 when he gave a speech denouncing...
Thomas Jefferson - Revolutionary
A Radical's Struggle to Remake America
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
"In this lively and clearly written book, Kevin Gutzman makes a compelling case for the broad range and radical ambitions of Thomas Jefferson's commitment to human equality." - Alan Taylor, Pulitzer Prize winning author of American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750-1804
Though...
The Shadow Emperor
A Biography of Napoleon III
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2018
A breakout biography of Louis-Napoleon III, whose controversial achievements have polarized historians.
Considered one of the pre-eminent Napoleon Bonaparte experts, Pulitzer Prize-nominated historian Alan Strauss-Schom has turned his sights on another in that dynasty, Napoleon III (Louis-Napoleon)...
The Mayor of Mogadishu
A Story of Chaos and Redemption in the Ruins of Somalia
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2016
"This is a triumph of a book: surprising, informative, and humane." —Alexander McCall Smith
"Stunning." **—**Foreign Affairs
"Pieces together Nur's astonishing biography and follows him when he became mayor in 2010 and tried to restore confidence and bring...
The Kennedy Legacy
Jack, Bobby and Ted and a Family Dream Fulfilled
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2009
John, Robert, and Ted Kennedy's individual stories can be seen as essentially one, each successive brother striving to fulfill the interrupted promise of the brother before. The closing of Ted Kennedy's chapter in America's political and cultural life means that, for the first time perhaps, the real...
Conversations with Power
What Great Presidents and Prime Ministers Can Teach Us about Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2011
Fresh out of college, and frustrated with own generation's political apathy, Brian Till set out to interview the former world leaders he most admired. To his surprise, they were eager to talk, and he soon found himself discussing everything from energy to terrorism to nuclear disarmament with the...