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Gandhi Gandhi Demi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, known by his followers as Mahatma -- or great soul -- was born in India in 1869 and grew up to become one of the most influential and well-respected political and social l… OL103635W
Kakasaheb Gadgil Kakasaheb Gadgil Sādhū, Aruṇa Political biography of Narahara Vishṇu Gāḍagīḷa, 1896-1966, Indian statesman. OL1080541W
Charles Francis Adams Charles Francis Adams Charles Francis Adams Jr. “Tells little of personal traits. Narration of services while minister to England; sheds valuable light on relations between England and America during the Civil war.” – Standard Catalog for Public … OL1104449W
"Krieg oder Frieden. Unser Platz an der Sonne" "Krieg oder Frieden. Unser Platz an der Sonne" Thomas H. Wagner Bis heute sind die außenpolitischen Vorstellungen Stresemanns vor 1914 nicht umfassend analysiert worden eine erstaunliche Lücke angesichts der intensiven Beschäftigung der Forschung mit dem Weimarer… OL11991666W
Juan Germán Roscio Juan Germán Roscio Luz Ainai Morales Pino El ubicar la obra de Juan Germán Roscio en el plano de la subversión de la palabra y del discurso, es quizás uno de los aspectos más relevantes que nos presenta la autora. Ella, al invitarnos a leer … OL13827019W
The poet and the diplomat The poet and the diplomat Saint-John Perse "Alexis Leger - later known as the poet Saint-John Perse - and Dag Hammarskjold were important figures in diplomatic and literary spheres, and their lives shared a number of uncanny parallels that ev… OL1412803W
Vita di Francesco Guicciardini Vita di Francesco Guicciardini Roberto Ridolfi A magnificent description of the life and times of a politician who had part in Florentine and Italian policy in hard times in early XVI century. Guicciardini wrote then his experiences and thoughs … OL1414071W
The diary of Edmund Ruffin The diary of Edmund Ruffin Ruffin, Edmund Edmund Ruffin was one of the most significant figures in the Old South. A gentleman planter, writer, and political commentator, he made his greatest contribution as an agricultural reformer, but it w… OL1465172W
Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin Bruce Fish A biography of the well known American statesman, inventor, printer, and author of "Poor Richard's Almanacks." OL14854094W
Franklin on Franklin Franklin on Franklin Benjamin Franklin "Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography ends in 1758, some thirty years before he died. Those three decades included some of the statesman's greatest triumphs, yet instead of including them in his memoir,… OL14996559W
Legazioni, commissarie, scritti di governo Legazioni, commissarie, scritti di governo Niccolò Machiavelli v. <4 > ; 21 cm OL15021804W
The start of the American Revolutionary War The start of the American Revolutionary War Allison Stark Draper Discusses the historic ride to announce the coming of British troops to Massachusetts at the beginning of the Revolutionary War. OL15042803W
Jefferson Davis Jefferson Davis Scott Ingram Traces the life of Jefferson Davis, who graduated from West Point and served in the Army and the House of Representatives before becoming President of the Confederate States of America during the Civ… OL15045096W
Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin Lucia Raatma A biography of Benjamin Franklin, a founding father of the United States plus an inventor and scientist best known for his work with lightning and electricity, along with inventing the bifocal glasse… OL15050499W
Haig Haig Roger Morris,Roger Morris This is the story of an ascent to power, with no pretense to complete biography. My purpose is to draw an informed, thoughtful portrait of the relatively unknown man who became Secretary of State in … OL2422655W
Konrad Adenauer Konrad Adenauer Frederik Hetmann Schon früh ein Gärtner. Ein ironischer junger Mann. Oberbürgermeister von Köln. Präsident des preußischen Staatsrates. Im Gestapo-Gefängnis. Blitzkarriere. Viermal Bundeskanzler. War der materiell… OL2429117W
The intimate lives of the Founding Fathers The intimate lives of the Founding Fathers Thomas J. Fleming An intimate look at the founders-- George Washington, Ben Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison-- and the women who played essential roles in their lives. OL24833929W
Churchill Churchill Roy Jenkins "Winston Churchill is an icon of modern history, but even though he was at the forefront of the political scene for almost sixty years, he might be remembered only as a minor player in the drama of B… OL2619663W
Between two revolutions Between two revolutions Peter Waldron "Why was Russia's tsarist regime ill-prepared to face the 1917 Revolution? Peter Waldron examines the crucial period between the success of the autocracy in retaining power in the 1905 Revolution and… OL2728345W
Alexis de Tocqueville Alexis de Tocqueville Joseph Epstein Alexis de Tocqueville was among the first foreigners to recognize and trumpet the grandness of the American project. His two-volume classic, Democracy in America, published in 1835, not only offered … OL275188W
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