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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
Venizelos Venizelos Herbert Adams Gibbons “A life which includes the history of his political career, of his work for Greece during the war and the part Greece has played in the Balkan triangle under the leadership of this great patriot.” —… OL1515852W
Churchill Churchill John Lukacs "John Lukacs has spent a lifetime considering the complex personality and statesmanship of Winston Churchill. In previous books Lukacs told the story of Churchill's titanic struggle with Adolf Hitler… OL155630W
Women who led nations Women who led nations Joan Axelrod-Contrada Profiles the careers of seven women elected to head their respective countries, including Golda Meir, Indira Gandhi, Margaret Thatcher, Corazón Aquino, Benazir Bhutto, Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, an… OL15821690W
Salah of Sierra Leone Salah of Sierra Leone Mary Louise Clifford During the political election of 1967 in Sierra Leone a young boy is caught in a conflict of loyalties. OL16038639W
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
Margaret Thatcher The Authorized Biography Margaret Thatcher The Authorized Biography Charles Moore In June 1983 Margaret Thatcher won the biggest increase in a government's Parliamentary majority in British electoral history. Over the next four years, as Charles Moore relates in this central volum… OL17575355W
The private lives of Winston Churchill The private lives of Winston Churchill Pearson, John "He was a lion of a man who helped shape the course of this century with his relentless ambition and fierce political instincts. Few have matched Winston Churchill's cunning or force of will. Few hav… OL17740681W
Thomas Cromwell Thomas Cromwell Tracy Borman Reviled as a Machiavellian schemer who stopped at nothing in his quest for power, Thomas Cromwell was also a loving husband, father and guardian, a witty and generous host, and a loyal and devoted se… OL19992676W
The audience The audience Peter Morgan For sixty years, Queen Elizabeth II has met with each of her twelve Prime Ministers in a private weekly audience. The discussions are utterly secret, even to the royal and ministerial spouses. Peter … OL20024989W
A State at Any Cost A State at Any Cost Haim Watzman,Tom Segev sipur ḥayaṿ shel Daṿid Ben-Guryon OL20815455W
Motions of confidence and no-confidence Motions of confidence and no-confidence G. C. Malhotra With reference to the Indian parliament. OL2310400W
Erinnerungen Erinnerungen Helmut Kohl »Es sind so viele politische Klischees über meinen Werdegang und meine Regierungszeit in die Welt gesetzt worden, dass die Legenden über die historischen Zusammenhänge bereits zu verdrängen drohen, w… OL2560875W
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