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Half Lion: How P.V. Narasimha Rao Transformed India
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Include books by the same authorNarendra Modi: A Political Biography
Andy Marino · 351 pages
Gandhi and Churchill: The Epic Rivalry that Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our Age
Arthur Herman · 736 pages
In this fascinating and meticulously researched book, bestselling historian Arthur Herman sheds new light on two of the most universally recognizable icons of the twentieth century, and reveals how their forty-year rivalry sealed the fate of India and the British Empire.They were born worlds apart: Winston Churchill to Britain's most glamorous aristocratic family, Mohandas Gandhi to a pious middle
The Accidental Prime Minister
Sanjaya Baru · 320 pages
The Accidental Prime Minister is Baru s account of what it was like to manage public opinion for Singh while giving us a riveting look at Indian politics as it happened behind the scenes. As Singh's spin doctor and trusted aide for four years, Baru observed up close Singh s often troubled relations with his ministers, his cautious equation with Sonia Gandhi and how he handled the big crises from m
Gandhi the Man: How One Man Changed Himself to Change the World
Eknath Easwaran · 213 pages
Indira: The Life of Indira Nehru Gandhi
Katherine Frank · 567 pages
Chronicles the life of Indira Nehru Gandhi, providing information on her relationship with her father, her role as India's third prime minister, her assassination by her own bodyguards, and other related topics.
Gandhi: His Life and Message for the World
Louis Fischer · 192 pages
King Hancock: The Radical Influence of a Moderate Founding Father
Brooke Barbier · 320 pages
Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi And His Struggle With India
Joseph Lelyveld · 452 pages
Pulitzer Prize winner Joseph Lelyveld, the former executive editor of The New York Times, will visit us to discuss his acclaimed new book, Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India. This stirring book deepens our sense of Gandhi’s accomplishments and disappointments while examining the man as one of history’s most remarkable self-creations who oversaw a profound social and political t
Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow · 832 pages
From National Book Award winner Ron Chernow, a landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, the Founding Father who galvanized, inspired, scandalized, and shaped the newborn nation.In the first full-length biography of Alexander Hamilton in decades, National Book Award winner Ron Chernow tells the riveting story of a man who overcame all odds to shape, inspire, and scandalize the newborn America. Acc
Jinnah: India-Partition-Independence
Jaswant Singh · 669 pages
Biography of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, 1876-1948, statesman and founder of Pakistan.
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
Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography, Volume 1: From Grantham to the Falklands
Charles Moore · 896 pages
With unequaled authority and dramatic detail, the first volume of Charles Moore's authorized biography of Margaret Thatcher reveals as never before the early life, rise to power, and first years as prime minister of the woman who transformed Britain and the world in the late twentieth century.
The Shah
Abbas Milani · 488 pages
An Iranian scholar chronicles the life and legacy of the last Shah of Iran, including his role in the creation of the modern Islamic republic.
The Lady and the Peacock
Peter Popham · 464 pages
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi known to the world as an icon for democracy and nonviolent dissent in oppressed Burma, and to her followers as simply "The Lady" has recently returned to international headlines. Until she was released in November 2010, Aung San Suu Kyi had been under house arrest in Burma for fourteen of the previous twenty years. She was already confined to her home wh
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
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
Huey Long
T. Harry Williams · 884 pages
A detailed biography of the red-neck politician who became a national demagogue in the twenties and thirties and almost reached the White House.
Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon
Larry Tye · 594 pages
Nixon Volume #1: The Education of a Politician, 1913-62
Stephen E. Ambrose · 752 pages
This is volume one of a biography of one of the most elusive and intriguing American political figures, Richard M.Nixon, covering his life from birth through 1962.