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My Father the Spy: An Investigative Memoir
ISBN: 9780060510367 / Angielski / Miękka / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. As his father nears death in his retirement home in Mexico, John H. Richardson begins to unravel a life filled with drama and secrecy. John Sr. was a CIA "chief of station" on some of the hottest assignments of the Cold War, from the back alleys of occupied Vienna to the jungles of the Philippines--and especially Saigon, where he became a pivotal player in the turning point of the Vietnam War: the overthrow of South Vietnamese president Ngo Dinh Diem. As John Jr. and his sister came of age in exotic postings across the world, they struggled to accommodate themselves to their driven,... As his father nears death in his retirement home in Mexico, John H. Richardson begins to unravel a life filled with drama and secrecy. John Sr. was... |
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59,76 zł |
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How Ronald Reagan Changed My Life
ISBN: 9780060524005 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. As a young speechwriter in the Reagan White House, Peter Robinson was responsible for the celebrated "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" speech. He was also one of a core group of writers who became informal experts on Reagan -- watching his every move, absorbing not just his political positions, but his personality, manner, and the way he carried himself. In How Ronald Reagan Changed My Life, Robinson draws on journal entries from his days at the White House, as well as interviews with those who knew the president best, to reveal ten life lessons he learned from the fortieth... As a young speechwriter in the Reagan White House, Peter Robinson was responsible for the celebrated "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" speech. H... |
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63,84 zł |
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Confessions of a Tax Collector: One Man's Tour of Duty Inside the IRS
ISBN: 9780060555610 / Angielski / Miękka / 361 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Twelve years ago, Richard Yancey answered a blind ad in the newspaper offering a salary higher than what he'd made over the three previous years combined. It turned out that the job was for the Internal Revenue Service -- the most hated and feared organization in the federal government. So Yancey became the man who got in his car, drove to your house, knocked on your door, and made you pay. Never mind that his car was littered with candy wrappers, his palms were sweaty, and he couldn't remember where he stashed his own tax records. He was there on the authority of the United States... Twelve years ago, Richard Yancey answered a blind ad in the newspaper offering a salary higher than what he'd made over the three previous years co... |
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67,77 zł |
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American Heroines: The Spirited Women Who Shaped Our Country
ISBN: 9780060566364 / Angielski / Miękka / 372 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. As long as there has been an America, the indomitable spirit of American women has shaped both the country's history and society. Regardless of the time and place these women were born each excelled in her respective field, making it easier for the next generation. This is what makes them heroines. In American Heroines, Kay Bailey Hutchison presents female pioneers in fields as varied as government, business, education and healthcare, who overcame the resistance and prejudice of their times and accomplished things that no woman-and sometimes no man -- had done before. Hutchison, a... As long as there has been an America, the indomitable spirit of American women has shaped both the country's history and society. Regardless of the... |
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59,76 zł |
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Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
ISBN: 9780060566920 / Angielski / Miękka / 800 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Biography and the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, this is the most comprehensive book ever written about the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Based on more than seven hundred interviews with all of King's surviving associates, as well as with those who opposed him, and enhanced by the author's access to King's personal papers and tens of thousands of pages of FBI documents, this is a towering portrait of a man's metamorphosis into a legend. Winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Biography and the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, this is the most comprehensive book ever written about the li... |
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91,33 zł |
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Tyrants: The World's 20 Worst Living Dictators
ISBN: 9780060590048 / Angielski / Miękka / 355 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Today more than ever, international headlines are dominated by dispatches from the many dictatorships that still dot the globe. Although Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has been deposed, North Korea's Kim Jong-il continues to attract attention on the world stage; at the same time, other dictatorships, led by royal families, military juntas, and single political parties, persist in repressing and brutalizing their citizens without ever attracting anything like Saddam's or Kim Jong-il's level of international attention. In this fascinating, eye-opening read, New York Times... Today more than ever, international headlines are dominated by dispatches from the many dictatorships that still dot the globe. Although Iraqi dict... |
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75,46 zł |
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Rewriting History
ISBN: 9780060736699 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. A smart and scathing bestseller: former Clinton adviser and confidant Dick Morris offers a response to Hillary Clinton′s biography - to expose the history of lies and obfuscations this very controversial politician has left in her wake... In Rewriting History, Dick Morris had his biggest bestseller in years--and with its subject, Hillary Clinton, perennially in the spotlight, this smart and scathing rebuttal to Living History is sure to have a robust life in paperback as well. A long-time adviser to both Clintons, in Rewriting History Dick Morris turns his sharp-eyed... A smart and scathing bestseller: former Clinton adviser and confidant Dick Morris offers a response to Hillary Clinton′s biography - to expos... |
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71,38 zł |
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What Color Is a Conservative?
ISBN: 9780060932404 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The paperback edition of the inspirational story of the first black to hold a Republican leadership position--J.C. Watts, Jr.
The paperback edition of the inspirational story of the first black to hold a Republican leadership position--J.C. Watts, Jr.
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63,84 zł |
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In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs: A Memoir of Iran
ISBN: 9780060935368 / Angielski / Miękka / 283 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The history of Iran in the late twentieth century is a chronicle of religious fervor and violent change -- from the Islamic Revolution that ousted the Shah in favor of a rigid fundamentalist government to the bloody eight-year war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq. But what happened to the hostage-takers, the suicidal holy warriors, the martyrs, and the mullahs responsible for the now moribund revolution? Is modern Iran a society at peace with itself and the world, or truly a dangerous spoke in the "Axis of Evil"? Christopher de Bellaigue, a Western journalist married to an Iranian woman... The history of Iran in the late twentieth century is a chronicle of religious fervor and violent change -- from the Islamic Revolution that ousted ... |
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59,91 zł |
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El Asesor del Presidente
ISBN: 9780061120589 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 404 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Desafiando las expectativas, estadísticas y estereotipos, Alberto Gonzales se ha convertido en uno de los hombres más poderosos de América. Gonzales es una figura clave en la administración de Bush, mantiene puntos de vista espinosos y posiciones muy influyentes acerca de los asuntos que polarizan a la nación. Su apoyo indiscutible a George W. Bush, cuya presidencia va más allá de lo controversial, es un estudio fascinante en la política de la ambición. Desde su... Desafiando las expectativas, estadísticas y estereotipos, Alberto Gonzales se ha convertido en uno de los hombres más poderosos de Am... |
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59,76 zł |
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The Confession
ISBN: 9780061142109 / Angielski / Miękka / 369 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In August 2004, Governor James E. McGreevey of New Jersey made history when he stepped before microphones, declared "My truth is that I am a gay American," and announced his resignation. The story made international headlines--but what led to that moment was a human and political drama more complex and fascinating than anyone knew. Now, in this extraordinarily candid memoir, McGreevey shares his story of a life of ambition, moral compromise, and redemption. From childhood, McGreevey lived a kind of idealized American life. The son of working-class Irish Catholic parents, named for... In August 2004, Governor James E. McGreevey of New Jersey made history when he stepped before microphones, declared "My truth is that I am a gay Am... |
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75,62 zł |
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The Prince
ISBN: 9780061189425 / Angielski / Miękka / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. For the last two and a half decades--through war, oil crises, and global terrorism--the United States and Saudi Arabia have had a very special relationship, thanks in no small part to one man: Prince Bandar bin Sultan. The illegitimate son of a Saudi prince and a servant girl, he used his vital behind-the-scenes influence to convince Gorbachev to withdraw the Soviet military from Afghanistan and helped President Reagan and CIA Director William Casey to win the Cold War with Saudi petrodollars. A Machiavellian manipulator, he negotiated an end to the Iran-Iraq war and played a key role in... For the last two and a half decades--through war, oil crises, and global terrorism--the United States and Saudi Arabia have had a very special rela... |
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110,96 zł |
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The Power of the Vote: Electing Presidents, Overthrowing Dictators, and Promoting Democracy Around the World
ISBN: 9780061440809 / Angielski / Miękka / 396 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In The Power of the Vote, Douglas E. Schoen--one of the premier strategists in the history of Democratic politics--offers a never-before-seen glimpse inside the most pivotal campaigns of his storied career, providing an essential primer for understanding the elections of yesterday, today, and tomorrow. From the legendary New York City mayoral race of 1977 to his twenty-year efforts to modernize Israeli politics to Bill Clinton's 1996 reelection campaign, Schoen takes you on a fascinating, eye-opening ride across the international political landscape of the past three... In The Power of the Vote, Douglas E. Schoen--one of the premier strategists in the history of Democratic politics--offers a never-before-s... |
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75,78 zł |
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Legacy of Luna
ISBN: 9780062516596 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. On December 18, 1999, Julia Butterfly Hill's feet touched the ground for the first time in over two years, as she descended from "Luna," a thousandyear-old redwood in Humboldt County, California. Hill had climbed 180 feet up into the tree high on a mountain on December 10, 1997, for what she thought would be a two- to three-week-long "tree-sit." The action was intended to stop Pacific Lumber, a division of the Maxxam Corporation, from the environmentally destructive process of clear-cutting the ancient redwood and the trees around it. The area immediately next to Luna had already... On December 18, 1999, Julia Butterfly Hill's feet touched the ground for the first time in over two years, as she descended from "Luna," a thousand... |
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63,84 zł |
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Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 2: The Defining Years, 1933-1938
ISBN: 9780140178944 / Angielski / Miękka / 736 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The central volume in the definitive biography of America's most important First Lady. "Engrossing" (Boston Globe). Eleanor Roosevelt: Volume Three, 1938-1962, will be published in November. Volume Two covers tumultuous era of the Great Depression, the New Deal, and the gathering storms of World War II, the years of the Roosevelts' greatest challenges and finest achievements. In her remarkably engaging narrative, Cook gives us the complete Eleanor Roosevelt-- an adventurous, romantic woman, a devoted wife and mother, and a visionary policymaker and social activist who...
The central volume in the definitive biography of America's most important First Lady. "Engrossing" (Boston Globe). Eleanor Roosevelt: V...
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107,08 zł |
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Alexander Hamilton : Ausgezeichnet: ALA Notable Book, Ausgezeichnet: George Washington Book Prize, Nominiert: Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Nominiert: National Book Critics Circle Awards, Ausgezeichne
ISBN: 9780143034759 / Angielski / Miękka / 818 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. A New York Times Bestseller, and the inspiration for the hit Broadway musical Hamilton A New York Times Bestseller, and the inspiration for the hit Broadway musical Hamilton |
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87,44 zł |
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Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Life
ISBN: 9780143036487 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Marshall Frady, the reporter who became the unofficial chronicler of the civil rights movement, here re-creates the life and turbulent times of its inspirational leader. Deftly interweaving the story of King s quest with a history of the African American struggle for equality, Frady offers fascinating insights into his subject s magnetic character, with its mixture of piety and ambition. He explores the complexities of King s relationships with other civil rights leaders, the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, and the FBI s J. Edgar Hoover, who conducted a relentless vendetta against him....
Marshall Frady, the reporter who became the unofficial chronicler of the civil rights movement, here re-creates the life and turbulent times of its in...
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63,88 zł |
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Downhill All the Way: An Autobiography of the Years 1919 to 1939
ISBN: 9780156261456 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Leonard Woolf's recollections of his life with Virginia Woolf during the years when she wrote her major novels; also an account of the growth of the Hogarth Press, as well as portraits of Sigmund Freud, T. S. Eliot, and others. "There is a lucid probity in Leonard Woolf's writing" (Leon Edel, Saturday Review). Index; photographs.
Leonard Woolf's recollections of his life with Virginia Woolf during the years when she wrote her major novels; also an account of the growth of the H...
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79,39 zł |
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Land Without Justice
ISBN: 9780156481175 / Angielski / Miękka / 388 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The autobiography of the youth of the former Vice Presiden of Yugoslovia, which is also the story of a little-know land, Montenegro. Introduction and notes by William Jovanovich. Translated by Michael B. Petrovich.
The autobiography of the youth of the former Vice Presiden of Yugoslovia, which is also the story of a little-know land, Montenegro. Introduction and ...
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79,59 zł |
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The Gorbachev Factor
ISBN: 9780192880529 / Angielski / Miękka / 444 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party and political reformer, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and the force behind perestroika, Mikhail Gorbachev was arguably the most important statesman of the twentieth century. Providing a balanced account of the complexities of politics in the U.S.S.R. during a period of remarkable change, The Gorbachev Factor tells the gripping story of Gorbachev's rise and fall, a story full of intrigue, secret meetings, and power struggles.
Archie Brown, one of the world's leading authorities on Gorbachev and the first Western writer to predict his... General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party and political reformer, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and the force behind perestroika, Mikhail Gorb...
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287,74 zł |