Biography & Autobiography - Political

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Hrc: State Secrets and the Rebirth of...

Jonathan Allen

The mesmerizing story of Hillary Clinton's political rebirth, based on eyewitness accounts from deep inside her inner circle and featuring a new introduction from the authorsHillary Clinton's surprising defeat in the 2008 Democratic...

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Published: Feb 2015

Sharon and My Mother-in-Law: Ramallah...

Suad Amiry

Based on diaries and e-mail correspondence that architect Suad Amiry kept from 1981 to 2004, Sharon and My Mother-in-Law evokes the frustrations, cabin fever, and downright misery of daily life in the West Bank town of Ramallah. Amiry...

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Published: Sep 2006

Koba the Dread: Laughter and the Twen...

Martin Amis

A brilliant weave of personal involvement, vivid biography and political insight, Koba the Dread is the successor to Martin Amis's award-winning memoir, Experience.Koba the Dread captures the appeal of one of the most powerful belief ...

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Published: Sep 2003

Interventions: A Life in War and Peac...

Kofi Annan

A "candid, courageous, and unsparing memoir" (The New York Review of Books) of post-Cold War politics and global statecraft Written with eloquence and unprecedented candor, Interventions is the story of Kofi Annan's remarkab...

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Published: Aug 2013

Hillary and Vince: a story of love, d...

Dean W. Arnold

The death by gunshot of Hillary Clinton’s lover, lawyer, and best friend in 1993 was the highest suspicious death of a government official since JFK. Deputy White House Counsel Vince Foster handled the Clinton’s most secretive mat...

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Published: Jun 2016

Then They Came for Me

Maziar Bahari

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY JON STEWART | Previously published as Then They Came for MeWhen Maziar Bahari left London in June 2009 to cover Iran's presidential election, he assured his pregnant fiancee, Paola, that he'd be...

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Published: Oct 2014

Margaret Sanger: A Life of Passion

Jean H. Baker

Undoubtedly the most influential advocate for birth control even before the term existed, Margaret Sanger ignited a movement that has shaped our society to this day. Yet her star has waned. A frequent target of so-called family values...

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Published: Nov 2012

The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life ...

Peter Baker

BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times • The Washington Post • Fortune • Bloomberg From two of America's most revered political journalists comes the definitive biography of legendary White House chi...

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Published: Sep 2021

Pelosi

Molly Ball

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A riveting inside account of the unprecedented rise to power and unmatched political legacy of the first woman Speaker of the House, by award-winning journalist Molly Ball Nancy Pelosi’s opposition t...

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Published: May 2021

Patriot of Persia: Muhammad Mossadegh...

Christopher de Bellaigue

On August 19, 1953, the American and British intelligence agencies launched a desperate coup in Iran against Muhammad Mossadegh, a bedridden seventy-two-year-old man. His crimes had been to flirt with communism and to nationalize his...

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Published: May 2013

Walking the Precipice: Witness to the...

Barbara Bick

Covering everything that Charlie Wilson's War did not, Walking the Precipice gives a succinct, readable account through a woman's eyes of the rise of the Taliban in war-torn Afghanistan. This is a personal report about a country at th...

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Published: Jan 2009

Promises to Keep: On Life and Politic...

Joseph Biden

"Nearly forty years after I first got involved, I remain captivated by the possibilities of politics and public service. In fact, I believe that my chosen profession is a noble calling. That's why I wanted to be a part of it.&quo...

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Published: Aug 2008

The Good Spy: The Life and Death of R...

Kai Bird

The Good Spy is Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Kai Bird's compelling portrait of the remarkable life and death of one of the most important operatives in CIA history – a man who, had he lived, might have helped heal the rift betw...

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Published: May 2015

Alva Myrdal: A Daughter's Memoir (Rad...

Sissela BOK

Alva Myrdal (1902-1986), diplomat, feminist, and one of the founders of the Swedish welfare state, exemplifies in her extraordinary life the joys, the sorrows, and the achievements of women in our time. Her daughter shows us with unfl...

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Published: Apr 2000

Founding Fathers: Brief Lives of the ...

M. E. Bradford

One was a shoemaker, surveyor, lawyer, jurist, lay theologian, and statesman. Two became president, one vice president. Over half were experienced in the legal profession. The majority were well off and, for their time, well educated....

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Published: Feb 1994

Life on the Run

Bill Bradley

Almost two decades after its original publication and more than fifteen years after its author retired from the New York Knicks to become a United States senator, Bill Bradley's account of twenty days in a pro basketball season remain...

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Published: May 1995

The Boys of Pointe du Hoc: Ronald Rea...

Douglas Brinkley

Draws on recently released documents from the Reagan Library archive to provide an in-depth account of the D-Day activities of the elite U.S. Army 2nd Rangers, recounting how they defended themselves for two days against Nazi countera...

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Published: Jun 2006

Tour of Duty: John Kerry and the Viet...

Douglas Brinkley

A biography of Senator John Kerry draws on Kerry's personal archives, as well as interviews with friends, family, and colleagues, to examine Kerry's service during the Vietnam War and its influence on his life and political career.

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Published: Oct 2004

The War Before: The True Life Story o...

Safiya Bukhari

In 1968, Safiya Bukhari witnessed an NYPD officer harassing a Black Panther for selling the organization's newspaper on a Harlem street corner. The young pre-med student felt compelled to intervene in defense of the Panther's First Am...

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Published: Feb 2010

James Michael Curley

William Bulger

One of the best-known Boston politicians of our times recalls the life of the controversial but beloved mayor, congressman, and governor James Michael Curley. Curley was the greatest Irish-American politician in Boston history before ...

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Published: Feb 2011

In That Number: One Woman's March Fro...

Regan Burke

A unique hybrid memoir, Regan Burke\'s In That Numberchronicles one woman\'s struggle to find grace and peace amidst the chaos of politics and alcoholism. It\'s an important public book from a longtime Democratic party activist, one w...

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Published: Oct 2020

Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challe...

Pete Buttigieg

Featuring a new introduction and a “Back Home” afterword, Shortest Way Home is Pete Buttigieg’s inspirational story that challenges our perception of the typical American politician.\n\nThe meteoric rise of the mayor...

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Published: Sep 2020

This Is Herman Cain!: My Journey to t...

Herman Cain

When Herman Cain speaks, people listen. When he debates, he wins. If you care about the future of America, you have heard of the down-to-earth political newcomer running for president, the straight-talking man of the people with blunt...

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Published: Nov 2014

Che Guevara: A Life

Nick Caistor

At Last, at last, a biography of Che Guevara for grown-ups! Nick Caistor, well-known for years as a commentator on Latin America for the BBC, has produced a study of a man who is all too often treated either as a plaster saint incapab...

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Published: Sep 2009

Junius and Albert's Adventures in the...

Peter Carlson

Junius Browne and Albert Richardson covered the Civil War for the New York Tribune until Confederates captured them as they tried to sneak past Vicksburg on a hay barge. Shuffled from one Rebel prison to another, they escaped and trek...

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Published: May 2014

Malcolm X: The FBI File

Clayborne Carson

"Invaluable information about [Malcolm X's] activities and progress as an activist and thinker."—The New York TimesThe FBI has made possible a reassembling of the history of Malcolm X that goes beyond any previous research...

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Published: Sep 2011

Love & War: Twenty Years, Three Presi...

James Carville

Twenty years after the publication of the bestselling All's Fair, James Carville and Mary Matalin look at how they-and America-have changed in the last two decades.  James Carville and Mary Matalin have long held the mantle of the ...

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Published: Dec 2014

Hoaxed: Everything They Told You is a...

Mike Cernovich

Also a major motion picture, Hoaxed exposes fake news and explores how misinformation spreads online in conversations with several high profile guests and celebrities. Hoaxed is a collection of original essays - some snarky, some seri...

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Published: Oct 2018

Exit Emperor Kim Jong-Il: Notes from ...

John H. Cha

In Exit Emperor Kim Jong-il, authors John H. Cha and K. J. Sohn present a compelling portrait of two men caught up in a struggle for the survival of North Korean society. Th e product of an eight-year study of individuals who observed...

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Published: Feb 2012

The Meaning of Michelle: 16 Writers o...

Veronica Chambers

A NEW IN NONFICTION PEOPLE PICK | NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2017 BY: The Huffington Post • Glamour• Bustle • RedEyeA Los Angeles Times bestseller**One of BookRiot's '11 Books to Help Us Make It Through a Trump Presidency'****One of T...

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Published: Jan 2018
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