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By: Alice Lynd

ISBN: 9780691642383
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jun 2016
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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By: Joseph T. Fuhrmann

ISBN: 9780275932152
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Oct 1989
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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A biography of Grigory Rasputin, the Russian holy man who hastened the collapse of an empire. The book recounts Rasputin's journey from his peasant origins in Siberia to his powerful position at the right hand of Tsar Nicholas and Alexandra.


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By: Peter Schweizer

ISBN: 9780385722285
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2003
Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
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In this meticulously researched analysis of the Cold War and the man who ended it, Schweizer delves into the origins of Ronald Reagan's vision of America, and documents his consistent, aggressive belief in confronting the Soviet Union diplomatically, economically, and militarily.


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By: George P. Shultz

ISBN: 9780743219389
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2002
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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Never before seen documents, many of them in Ronald Reagan's own handwriting, prove definitively that Reagan himself was the intellectual architect of the prosperity of the 1980s and of the strategy that won the Cold War.


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By: Ann Galbally

ISBN: 9780522845167
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Feb 1991
Publisher: Melbourne University Press
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Sir Redmond Barry was the pre-eminent figure in Melbourne of the middle years of last century. A Supreme Court judge for thirty years, he was the founding and sustaining force behind the University of Melbourne, the Supreme Court Library, the Public Library, the National Gallery and the Museum. This important biography is long overdue.


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By: Michael D. Berdine

ISBN: 9781788311946
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Mar 2018
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By: Barbara Bush

ISBN: 9780743255820
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2005
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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In her second New York Times bestselling memoir, one of America's most beloved First Ladies offers a compelling look at life after leaving the White House.


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By: Robyn Muncy

ISBN: 9780691173528
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jan 2017
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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By: Timothy Noah

ISBN: 9781586487713
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2009
Publisher: PublicAffairs,U.S.
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From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Woman at the Washington Zoo , a stunning collection of political portraits from the final dozen years of the twentieth century


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By: Elizabeth Edwards

ISBN: 9780767931564
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2010
Publisher: Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)
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The bestselling author of "Saving Graces" shares her inspirational message onthe challenges and blessings of coping with adversity.


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By: David Featherstone

ISBN: 9781526176745
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2024
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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This volume explores the life histories of a wide range of radical figures whose political activity in relation to the black liberation struggle was catalysed or profoundly shaped by the global impact and legacy of the Russian Revolution of 1917, including C.L.R. James, Paul Robeson, Walter Rodney and Grace P. Campbell.


(Hardback)

By: David Featherstone

ISBN: 9781526144782
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2022
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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This volume explores the life histories of a wide range of radical figures whose political activity in relation to the black liberation struggle was catalysed or profoundly shaped by the global impact and legacy of the Russian Revolution of 1917, including C.L.R. James, Paul Robeson, Walter Rodney and Grace P. Campbell.


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By: Lauren Arrington

ISBN: 9780691210087
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2020
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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By: Bruce P. Montgomery

ISBN: 9780313356209
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2009
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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On taking office in 2001, Dick Cheney crowned himself the first imperial vice president in the nation's history, transforming a inconsequential office into a de facto fourth branch of government. This book presents the biography of Cheney exposing his arrogation of vast executive powers and the potential dire consequences of his actions.


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By: Bruce P. Montgomery

ISBN: 9781440836350
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2009
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By: Richard Nixon

ISBN: 9780691136998
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2008
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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A collection of Richard Nixon's, America's most controversial president, important writings that demonstrates why he has had such a profound impact on American life. It includes some of the famous addresses in American history, from Nixon's 'Checkers' speech and 'Last Press Conference', to the 'Silent Majority' speech and White House farewell.


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By: Dinah Grace Davis

ISBN: 9781098328290
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2021
Publisher: BookBaby
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By: Brian C. Melton

ISBN: 9780313384363
Readership/Audience: Primary and Secondary Educational
Publication Date: Apr 2012
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This biography provides a concise, accurate, and lively account of one of the best known yet least understood figures of the Civil War, Robert E. Lee, depicting him as a human being instead of a legend, making him accessible as a person.


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By: Caroline Bingham

ISBN: 9780094800205
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 1999
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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A biography of a great Scottish hero, who brought independence to Scotland which argues that the historic figure is not the same as the undoubtedly genuine hero of popular mythology.


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By: John M. Barry

ISBN: 9780143122883
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2012
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
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An acclaimed historian and "New York Times"-bestselling author offers a revelatory look at how Roger Williams shaped the nature of religion, political power, and individual rights in America.


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By: J. David Woodard Ph.D.

ISBN: 9780313396380
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2012
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Ronald Reagan's career trajectory was remarkable: from Midwestern schoolboy, sports announcer, and Hollywood actor to governor of California and two-term President of the United States. This book captures all the varied aspects of Reagan's life and career, portraying him as a politician, a husband, and a father.


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By: Leon Dash

ISBN: 9780465055883
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jun 2015
Publisher: Basic Books
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"An unflinching book, meant to disturb and to spur the country into action."-Nicholas Lemann


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By: Joyce A. Hanson

ISBN: 9780313352171
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2011
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This book offers a revealing look at Rosa Parks, whose role as an activist and struggle with racism began long before her historic 1955 Montgomery, Alabama, bus ride.

Rosa Parks: A Biography captures the story of this remarkable woman like no other biography of her before it.


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By: Darryl Mace

ISBN: 9781440868429
Readership/Audience: Primary and Secondary Educational
Publication Date: Jan 2021
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This book uses historical analysis and Parks's own words to paint a complete picture of her life as a courageous and defiant civil rights activist.

Rosa Parks: A Life in American History explores the life of this important civil rights activist in the context of the cultural and social history of her time.

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