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The Prime Ministers: An Intimate Narrative of Israeli Leadership
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Include books by the same authorInterventions: A Life in War and Peace
Kofi Annan, Nader Mousavizadeh · 400 pages
With eloquence and immediacy, Annan writes about the highs and lows of his years at the United Nations: from shuttle-diplomacy during crises such as Kosovo, Lebanon and Israel-Palestine to the wrenching battles over the Iraq War to the creation of the landmark Responsibility to Protect doctrine.
George F. Kennan: An American Life
John Lewis Gaddis · 814 pages
A remarkably revealing view of how this greatest of Cold War strategists came to doubt his strategy and always doubted himself.
A Promised Land
Barack Obama · 768 pages
A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making-from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy. In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political
From Third World to First: The Singapore Story: 1965-2000
Lee Kuan Yew · 752 pages
The Reagan Diaries
Ronald Reagan · 696 pages
My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams
Abigail Adams, John Adams · 528 pages
A collection of letters between Abigail and John Adams written from 1762 to 1801 covering topics of revolution, independence, and nation building, along with those that reflect their love for one another.
Once Upon a Country: A Palestinian Life
Sari Nusseibeh, Anthony David · 551 pages
A Palestinian scholar and leader offers a look at the troubling recent history of his country and the Middle East from a Palestinian perspective, sharing his rationale for promoting a two-state solution to the problems affecting the region.
Our Last Best Chance: The Pursuit of Peace in a Time of Peril
Abdullah II of Jordan · 346 pages
The eldest son of Jordan's King Hussein, the author had not expected to ascend to the throne; his father's brother had long been crown prince. But he was chosen by the king on his deathbed. Both a memoir and a frank discussion of how to solve problems in the Middle East.
In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir
Dick Cheney, Liz Cheney · 565 pages
"In his unmistakable voice and with an insider's eye on history, former Vice President Dick Cheney tells the story of his life and the nearly four decades he has spent at the center of American politics and power"-- "A memoir from the former Vice President of the United States"--
My Own Story
Emmeline Pankhurst · 330 pages
With insight and great wit, Emmeline's autobiography chronicles the beginnings of her interest in feminism through to her militant and controversial fight for women's right to vote.
Rise of the Vulcans: The History of Bush's War Cabinet
James Mann · 437 pages
The Secretary: A Journey with Hillary Clinton from Beirut to the Heart of American Power
Kim Ghattas · 357 pages
The first inside account to be published about Hillary Clinton's time as secretary of state, anchored by Ghattas's own perspective and her quest to understand America's place in the world.
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
Walter Isaacson · 599 pages
Chronicles the founding father's life and his multiple careers as a shopkeeper, writer, inventor, media baron, scientist, diplomat, business strategist, and political leader, while showing how his faith in the wisdom of the common citizen helped forge an American national identity based on the virtues of its middle class.
Long Walk to Freedom
Nelson Mandela · 638 pages
The riveting memoirs of the outstanding moral and political leader of our time, Long Walk to Freedom brilliantly recreates the drama of the experiences that helped shape Nelson Mandela's destiny. Emotive, compelling and uplifting, Long Walk to Freedom is the exhilarating story of an epic life; a story of hardship, resilience and ultimate triumph told with the clarity and eloquence of a born leader
Living History
Hillary Rodham Clinton · 564 pages
[The author writes] about her upbringing in suburban, middle-class America in the 1950s and her transformation from Goldwater Girl to student activist to controversial First Lady. [This book] is her revealing memoir of life through the White House years. It is also her chronicle of living history with Bill Clinton. -Dust jacket.
The Presidents Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity
Nancy Gibbs, Michael Duffy · 641 pages
Examines presidential power within the context of U.S. history and the ongoing relationships presidents and ex-presidents formed with one another.
One Life Is Not Enough : An Autobiography
K. Natwar Singh · 410 pages
War in a Time of Peace: Bush, Clinton and the Generals
David Halberstam · 544 pages
"More than twenty-five years ago Halberstam told the riveting story of the men who conceived and executed the Vietnam War. Today the author has written another chronicle of Washington politics, this time exploring the complex dynamics of foreign policy in post-Cold War America.". "Halberstam evokes the internecine conflicts, the untrammeled egos, and the struggles for dominance among the key figu
Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power
Robert Dallek · 752 pages
With the publication of his magisterial biography of John F. Kennedy, An Unfinished Life, Robert Dallek cemented his reputation as one of the greatest historians of our time. Now, in this epic joint biography, he offers a provocative, groundbreaking portrait of a pair of outsize leaders whose unlikely partnership dominated the world stage and changed the course of history.More than thirty years af
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin · 208 pages
Few men could compare to Benjamin Franklin. Virtually self-taught, he excelled as an athlete, a man of letters, a printer, a scientist, a wit, an inventor, an editor, and a writer, and he was probably the most successful diplomat in American history. David Hume hailed him as the first great philosopher and great man of letters in the New World. Written initially to guide his son, Franklin's aut