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The Bolivarian revolution in Venezuela has brought Hugo Chavez to world attention as the foremost challenger of the neoliberal consensus and American foreign policy. This work shows how Chavez's views have polarized Latin America and examines the hostility directed against his administration.

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The story of an extraordinary career, Michael Turner shows what Pitt the Younger achieved and how he achieved it, providing a clear and readable assessment of his career.

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Presidential earmarks Perhaps even more so than their counterparts in Congress, presidents have the motive and the means to politicize spending for political power. But do they In Presidential Pork, John Hudak explains and interprets presidential efforts to control federal spending and accumulate electoral rewards from that power.

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The story of the contrasting fortunes of two aristocratic brothers in the age of the American Revolution offers a fascinating and finely etched portrait of Georgian England.

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The story of the contrasting fortunes of two aristocratic brothers in the age of the American Revolution offers a fascinating and finely etched portrait of Georgian England.

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A thrilling study of the key elements of great - and fair - leadership, illuminated by real stories from history

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A thrilling study of the key elements of great - and fair - leadership, illuminated by real stories from history

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A wide-ranging collection of presidential writings is comprised of history-shaping and lesser-known speeches, excerpts, and personal notes, from Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and FDR's "Infamy" speech to JFK's "Profiles in Courage" and Barack Obama's "Dreams of My Father."

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A spectacular, elegant, brilliant portrait of skulduggery, murder and sex in Renaissance Florence Simon Sebag Montefiore, Evening Standard, Books of the Year

1531 after years of brutal war and political intrigue, the bastard son of a Medici Duke and a half-negro maidservant rides into Florence.

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Why America needed--and needs--President Donald J. Trump

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This fascinating and highly entertaining book contains little-known anecdotes, facts and details from the life of Winston Churchill who, in 2002, was voted the Greatest Briton of all time.

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We are not entering a new era of fake news we are finally facing up to the world we live in.

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We are not entering a new era of fake news we are finally facing up to the world we live in.

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The sensational inside story of Boris Johnson's last days in power and his sudden, dramatic downfall.

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The behind-the-scenes story of the rise and reign of the world's strangest and most elusive tyrant, Kim Jong Un, by the journalist with the best connections and insights into the bizarrely dangerous world of North Korea.

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'Simon Hoggart is the P. G. Wodehouse of Westminster.' -- P. J. O'Rourke

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Whether seen as a bumbling buffoon or a charismatic leader, no one can deny Boris has a ready wit and a flamboyant way with words.

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CHOSEN BY BILL GATES AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016

Archie Brown challenges the widespread belief that 'strong leaders', dominant individual wielders of power, are the most successful and admirable.

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The complete rankings of our best -- and worst -- presidents, based on C-SPAN's popular Historians Surveys of Presidential Leadership.

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The complete rankings of our best -- and worst -- presidents, based on C-SPAN's popular Historians Surveys of Presidential Leadership.

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Explores the formal powers of the Prime Minister and how each incumbent has made the job his or her own. Drawing on unparalleled access to many of the leading figures, as well as the key civil servants and journalists of each period, the author has built up a picture of the hidden nexus of influence and patronage surrounding the office.