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A Commonwealth of Thieves
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Berkarya di tengah gelombang
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All the King's Men
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The story is about Willie Stark, a slick politician of humble birth, who was based on real-life Huey Long, a Louisiana governor, but the real main character is Jack Burden, a reporter who serves to n… |
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Hernando Cortés
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A biography of Mexico's conqueror. |
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Sam Houston
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Lisa Trumbauer |
Simple text and photographs introduce the life of Sam Houston, who served as governor of Texas after helping fight for the region's independence from Mexico. |
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Jesse Ventura
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Reagan's journey
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Presents a revealing examination of the keys to the 40th President's success, explaining how career setbacks in five different professions motivated him to renew his efforts and move forward. |
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Hearts in the crosshairs
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She came for her inzugural address--and bound herself dodging bullets, instead. Newly elected Maine govenor Jillian Goff doesn't know why someone wants to kill her. |
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Reagan, the man, the President
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Five correspondents for the New York Times present their views concerning what to expect from the administration of President Reagan. |
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Can't is not an option
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A rising star in the Republican Party shares her inspirational memoir of family, hope, and the power of the American Dream. Decades before their daughter surprised the nation by becoming governor of … |
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Charles Rappleye |
In this biography, the acclaimed author of Sons of Providence, winner of the 2007 George Washington Book Prize, recovers an immensely important part of the founding drama of the country in the story … |
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Sam Houston
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Clifford Hopewell's biography is an in-depth study of Houston, probing into areas other biographers have overlooked and taking advantage of new material that has come to light in recent years. Other … |
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Harold E. Stassen
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"In 1938 Harold E. Stassen was elected governor of Minnesota. He went on to a distinguished career as a key political figure of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. He is most known as being a perennial candi… |
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Riding into the sunrise
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Mitchell B. Pearlstein |
"Riding into the Sunrise is more than a conventional biography of a good man. It s also more than a conventional review of Al Quie s political victories and defeats over three decades in elected offi… |
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Stassen again
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Steven Werle |
"In ten unsuccessful runs at the U.S. presidency, Harold E. Stassen became infamous as a perennial candidate. But his lifetime of achievements--as Minnesota's 'boy governor,' as a war hero, as a foun… |
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President George W. Bush
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Beatrice Gormley |
Profiles the life of the forty-third president, including his childhood, education, early career, role as governor of Texas, and the 2000 campaign and election. |
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Total Recall
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Simon & Schuster Inc,Simon & Schuster Inc,Simon & Schuster Inc,Simon & Schuster Inc,Arnold Schwarzenegger |
Born in the small city of Thai, Austria in 1947, Arnold Schwarzenegger moved to Los Angeles at the age of twenty-one. Within ten years, he was a millionaire businessman. After twenty years, he was th… |
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Suspected of independence
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The last signatory to the Declaration of Independence was one of the earliest to sign up for the Revolution: Thomas McKean lived a radical, boisterous, politically intriguing life and was one of the … |
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Apostle of Union
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Matthew Mason |
Known today as "the other speaker at Gettysburg," Edward Everett had a distinguished and illustrative career at every level of American politics from the 1820s through the Civil War. In this new biog… |
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