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Steven Lee Myers · 582 pages
"The epic tale of the rise to power of Russia's current president--of his emergence from shrouded obscurity and deprivation to become one of the most consequential and complicated leaders in modern history. Former New York Times Moscow bureau chief Steven Lee Myers has followed Vladimir Putin's path for many years, and gives us the fullest, most absorbing account we have of his rise to power. This
Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago
Mike Royko · 215 pages
The Making of Donald Trump
David Cay Johnston · 263 pages
Love him or hate him, Trump's influence is undeniable. A man of great media savvy, entrepreneurial spirit, and political clout, Trump's career has been plagued by legal troubles and mounting controversy. Johnston tells the full story of how a boy from a quiet section of Queens, NY would become an entirely new, and complex, breed of public figure. Drawing on decades of interviews, financial records
Biko
Donald Woods · 418 pages
"The material includes a history of South Africa ... From his short 30 years, little biographical material about Steve Biko can be presented, but Woods, Biko's close friend, is able to give details and lengthy descriptions of the philosophy and program of the great Bantu leader." Voice Youth Advocates.
The Real Romney
Michael Kranish, Scott Helman · 423 pages
Notorious RBG
Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik · 240 pages
The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin
Joe McGinniss · 321 pages
After three years of research, McGinniss presents his already controversial and much anticipated investigative chronicle of Sarah Palin as an individual, politician, and cultural phenomenon.
Renegade: The Making of a President
Richard Wolffe · 356 pages
Before the White House and Air Force One, before the TV ads and the enormous rallies, there was the real Barack Obama: a man wrestling with the momentous decision to run for the presidency, feeling torn about leaving behind a young family, and figuring out how to win the biggest prize in politics.This book is the previously untold and epic story of how a political newcomer with no money and an ali
Half Lion: How P.V. Narasimha Rao Transformed India
Vinay Sitapati
The Prophet Armed: Trotsky, 1879-1921
Isaac Deutscher · 540 pages
*The Prophet Armed: Trotsky, 1879–1921* is the first in a three volume biography of Leon Trotsky (Lev Davidovich Bronstein[c]) (7 November [O.S. 26 October] 1879 – 21 August 1940) by the Polish-British historian Isaac Deutscher. It was first published in 1954 by Oxford University Press. (Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prophet_Armed:_Trotsky,_1879%E2%80%931921))
Profiles in Courage
John F. Kennedy · 266 pages
Profiles eight historical figures who demonstrated particular integrity in the face of opposition, including John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, Thomas Hart Benton, and Robert A. Taft.
Robert Kennedy and His Times
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. · 1,077 pages
A biography of the Senator who was assassinated in 1968, stressing the public and personal forces and events that shaped his life.
The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
Doris Kearns Goodwin · 910 pages
The gap between rich and poor has never been wider. Legislative stalemate paralyzes the country. Corporations resist federal regulations. Spectacular mergers produce giant companies. The influence of money in politics deepens. Bombs explode in crowded streets. Small wars proliferate far from our shores. A dizzying array of inventions speeds the pace of daily life. These unnervingly familiar headli
Trump Revealed
Michael Kranish, Marc Fisher · 448 pages
Authoritative, timely, and provocative, this deeply researched biography of Donald Trump provides a complex portrait of the man who--despite broad skepticism--could be the next president of the United States. Despite decades of scrutiny, many aspects of Trump's life are not well known. Few individuals have ever roamed so widely through such diverse realms as real estate, sports, entertainment, and
J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets
Curt Gentry · 847 pages
A study of J. Edgar Hoover and how he influenced American politics, presidents, civil rights movements, etc. during his fifty years as director of FBI.
The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk
Randy Shilts · 388 pages
The Mayor of Castro Street is Shilts's acclaimed story of Harvey Milk, the man whose personal life, public career, and tragic assassination mirrored the dramatic and unprecedented emergence of the gay community in America during the 1970s. Known as "The Mayor of Castro Street" even before he was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Harvey Milk's personal and political life is a st
The Truth About Trump
Michael D'Antonio · 389 pages
"In one way or another, Donald Trump has been a topic of conversation in America for almost forty years. No one in the world of business-not Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, or Warren Buffett-has been as famous as Trump for as long. First associated with high-profile real estate development in 1970s Manhattan, his name has since become synonymous with success defined by wealth and luxury. What does one mak
Notorious RBG Young Readers' Edition
Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik · 208 pages
The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty
Kitty Kelley · 736 pages
The Bush family's rise to dominance has been marked by their masterful orchestrations of their own public image, their money and status having always afforded them a curtain of privacy. Until now. An important polemic on wealth, power, and class in America, The Family is rich in texture, probing in its psychological insight, revealing it its political and financial detail, and stunning in the patt