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Navāz Sharīf Navāz Sharīf Sardar Muhammad Chaudhry On the life and political struggle of Navāz Sharīf. OL1035808W
Lal Bahadur Shastri, churn of conscience Lal Bahadur Shastri, churn of conscience Narayan Agrawal Narayan Author's reminiscences about Lal Bahadur Shastri, 1904-1966, former prime minister of India. OL11900351W
Buddha's child Buddha's child Nguyen Cao Ky,Marvin Wolf,Cao Kỳ Nguyäên "The history of the Vietnam War has rarely been told from the Vietnamese perspective - and never by a leader of South Vietnam, a nation that ceased to exist in 1975. In Buddha's Child, Nguyen Cao Ky … OL12024078W
Captain Fact Captain Fact Knife. Captain Fact and Knowledge shrink to bug size and use their knowledge of insects to save the prime minister of Australia. OL12287339W
Đorđe Simić Đorđe Simić Ana Stolić http://www.hi.sanu.ac.rs/ OL12917937W
Their finest hour Their finest hour Winston S. Churchill One of the most fascinating works of history ever written, Winston's Churchill's monumental The Second World War is a six-volume account of the struggle of the Allied powers in Europe against Germany… OL134317W
The pain and the privilege The pain and the privilege Ffion Hague 'Men's lives are a perpetual conflict. The life that I have mapped out will be so especially – as lawyer and politician. Woman's function is to pour oil on the wounds – to heal the bruises of spirit.… OL13643976W
Being a boy Being a boy Charles Dudley Warner From the book:One of the best things in the world to be is a boy; it requires no experience, though it needs some practice to be a good one. The disadvantage of the position is that it does not last … OL1497690W
Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat John Lukacs On 13 May 1940, Winston Churchill stood before the House of Parliament to deliver his first speech as prime minister. German troops were advancing across Europe; Neville Chamberlain’s government had … OL155629W
Njoto Njoto Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia Biography of Njoto, a member of Indonesian Communist Party. OL15989877W
Winston's war Winston's war Michael Dobbs "It is the dawn of World War II, and Neville Chamberlain believes he has bought "peace for our time" from Adolph Hitler, who has just seized Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland. The English are alarmed by t… OL16071166W
Fortress Israel Fortress Israel Patrick Tyler "Once in the military system, Israelis never fully exit," writes journalist Patrick Tyler. "They carry the military identity for life, not just through service in the reserves until age forty-nine ..… OL16490444W
The Last Lion The Last Lion William Manchester Spanning the years 1940 to 1965, The Last Lion: Defender of the Realm begins shortly after Winston Churchill became prime minister—when Great Britain stood alone against the overwhelming might of Naz… OL16811593W
The Prime Minister and Cabinet The Prime Minister and Cabinet Stephen Buckley Providing an introduction to the workings of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, this book is written in light of major developments such as the war with Iraq, the Hutton Inquiry, the Butler report, the … OL16977298W
Who Was Winston Churchill? Who Was Winston Churchill? Ellen Labrecque Born into aristocracy, Churchill cut his teeth as a young army officer in British India, the Sudan, and the Second Boer War. He rose in the ranks to First Lord of the Admiralty and was a staunch oppo… OL17342644W
Remote control Remote control Kōtarō Isaka Aoyagi, a former delivery-truck driver in the city of Sendai is unemployed-- and now he's the main suspect in the assassination of a newly elected prime minister. As Aoyagi runs, he must negotiate tr… OL17693417W
Madam Prime Minister Madam Prime Minister Libby Hughes Examines the childhood, education, and political career of the woman who has been elected prime minister of Great Britain three times. OL1935365W
Yitzhak Rabin Yitzhak Rabin Libby Hughes A biography of the Israeli military leader, ambassador, and prime minister, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for his efforts to bring peace to the Middle East and was assassinated for the same reason. OL1935374W
The Churchill factor The Churchill factor Boris Johnson The mayor of London and former Spectator editor challenges popular misconceptions to assess Churchill's enduring influence on the world, discussing the many contradictions of his life and his conside… OL19992667W
Yitzhak Rabin Yitzhak Rabin Itamar Rabinovich An insider's perspective on the life and influence of Israel's first native-born prime minister, his bold peace initiatives, and his tragic assassination More than two decades have passed since prime… OL20052321W
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