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It was November 1806. The explorers had gone without food for one day, then two. Their leader, not yet thirty, drove on, determined to ascend the great mountain. Waist deep in snow, he reluctantly turned back. But Zebulon Pike had not been defeated. His name remained on the unclimbed peak-and new adventures lay ahead of him and his republic. In Citizen Explorer, historian Jared Orsi provides the first modern biography of this soldier and explorer, who rivaled contemporaries Meriwether Lewis and William Clark.

Two political titans forge a modern city and a vibrant public sector in this history of strong leadership at a time of national crisis. City of Ambition is a brilliant history of the New Deal and its role in the making of modern New York City. The story of a remarkable collaboration between Franklin Roosevelt and Fiorello La Guardia, this is a case study in creative political leadership in the midst of a devastating depression.

Ben Bradlee first came to know John Kennedy well when they were Washington neighbors in 1958. They remained good friends and off-the-record confidants until President Kennedy's death. They also had a more professional relationship governed by Bradlee's job covering the capital for Newsweek. With Kennedy's knowledge, Bradlee kept notes of their intimate conversations. These records are the basis for this behind-the-scenes record of the human side of the JFK presidency.

As Maureen Quilligan wrote in The New York Times Book Review of The First Elizabeth, Anne Boleyn "was a real victim of the sexual scandals her brilliant daughter escaped, and a subject Ms. Erickson's sensitivity to sexual and political nuance should well serve." Indeed, Carolly Erickson could have chosen no more fascinating and appropriate a subject. Alluring and profoundly enigmatic, Anne Boleyn has eluded the grasp of historians for centuries.

Kwabena Oppong, who is the king and supreme ruler of the African Ashanti tribespeople living in the United States of America, has a throne in his living room. The American Ashanti king is elected every two years from the ranks of an Ashanti social and cultural organization called the Asanteman Association of the United States of America, Inc. The first stateside king, Kwadwo Tuffuor, was a plumber. The second, Kusi Appouh, repaired air-conditioners and refrigerators. Kwabena Oppong is the third king; he drives a cab.

Grover Cleveland is truly the forgotten conservative: a man of dignity, integrity, and courage often overlooked by the history books. Historian and author John Pafford reveals a president who deserves more attention. Cleveland might not have presided over deeply troubled times, but he set a standard for principled leadership in office that is especially relevant today.

In the second half of the 20th century, no American president defined his political era as did Ronald Reagan. He ushered in an age that extolled smaller government, tax cuts, and strong defense, and to this day politicians of both political parties operate within the parameters of the world he made. His eight years in office, from 1981 to 1989, were a time of economic crisis and recovery, a new American assertiveness abroad, and an engagement with the Soviet Union that began in conflict but moved in surprising new directions.

Curtis Roosevelt was three when he and his sister, Eleanor, arrived at the White House soon after their grandfathers inauguration. The countrys First Grandchildren, a pint-sized double act, they were known to the media as Sistie and Buzzie.In this rich memoir, Roosevelt brings us into the goldfish bowl, as his family called itthat glare of public scrutiny to which all presidential households must submit.

In this lively and compelling biography, Harlow Giles Unger reveals the dominant political figure of a generation. A fierce fighter in four critical Revolutionary War battles and a courageous survivor of Valley Forge and a near-fatal wound at the Battle of Trenton, James Monroe (1751 - 1831) went on to become America's first full-time politician, dedicating his life to securing America's national and international durability.

Despite his reputation for rash decisions, brutal tactics, and intemperate behavior, Ulysses S. Grant was the only Union general who could win the war for Lincoln. Grant's aggressive strategies, swift movements and uncompromising battlefield attacks were praised in the North, feared in the South, and reviled by many of his own associates and staff. General Grant is, perhaps, one of the most controversial, enigmatic, and misunderstood generals in our nation's history.

At the time of his death, Ulysses S. Grant was the most famous person in America, considered by most citizens to be equal in stature to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Yet today his monuments are rarely visited, his military reputation is overshadowed by that of Robert E. Lee, and his presidency is permanently mired at the bottom of historical rankings.

"Questo è il diario dei giorni che Walter Veltroni ha vissuto da sindaco di Roma, succedendo a Francesco Rutelli che aveva determinato la ripresa della capitale. È il resoconto dal vivo di quella esperienza di governo, dei giorni fondamentali di una stagione in cui Roma cresceva, in Pil e occupazione, tre volte più del resto del Paese, in cui si diede vita a una politica sociale e di inclusione che comportò idee inedite e mezzi nuovi. In cui si affrontò il tema centrale della "ricucitura" di Roma, mettendo le periferie al primo posto.

L'incontro tra Veltroni sedicenne e il futuro leader del Pci avviene nel 1971. "Era di una timidezza che incuteva timore, mi piaceva la sua faccia, assomigliava alle sue idee. Capii che stava facendo qualcosa di grande, mi ha cambiato la vita." Ma chi era quell'uomo schivo che è riuscito a trasformare il Partito comunista in una grande forza capace di raccogliere il consenso di un italiano su tre? Veltroni lo racconta attraverso le testimonianze della figlia Bianca, di Emanuele Macaluso, di Giorgio Napolitano, di Aldo Tortorella.

27 giugno 2017: nella sede dell'Inps di Torino Nord, in corso Giulio Cesare 290, una donna si cosparge di alcol e si dà fuoco. È Concetta Candido, di mestiere faceva l'addetta alle pulizie in una grande birreria di Settimo Torinese, inquadrata in una cooperativa inventata e presieduta dagli stessi titolari della birreria. Da sei mesi Concetta è stata licenziata. Così, senza lavoro, senza liquidazione e con il sussidio di disoccupazione che per un disguido burocratico non arriva, Concetta giunge all'apice della disperazione.

This is the story of a very different Franklin Delano Roosevelt from the one usually found in the history books. This is a much younger, untested FDR, a physically active, pre-polio FDR, as seen during his early years in Washington, learning the complexities of gaining and exercising power as Woodrow Wilson’s ambitious Assistant Secretary of the Navy. He arrives in Washington as a somewhat shallow, inexperienced political neophyte possessed of little more than a famous name, but by the time he leaves the Navy eight years later he will have transformed himself.

El libro recoge los puntos de vista de aquel joven provinciano, enamorado del teatro y la poesía, que luchó durante veinte años en clandestinidad contra una malsana dictadura y que, más por azar y por responsabilidad, que por vocación, desempeñó un cierto papel en el gobierno de España y que hoy quiere creer que todavía sus opiniones encuentran eco en algunos españoles. En marzo de 2022, Alfonso Guerra se sentó frente a la cámara del cineasta Manuel Lamarca para hacer un repaso a su trayectoria personal y política.

Ancien agent à la DGSE, Olivier Mas a dédié trois ans de son existence au service des "légendes", envoyé sous couverture à l'autre bout du monde. À chaque mission il a dû inventer et endosser une nouvelle identité relevant du secret absolu, une personnalité fictive, mais aussi simuler une nouvelle profession, tisser à partir de rien un réseau d'amitiés, se procurer des faux papiers, et plus encore...

"Il nostro Paese, guidato dal primo governo nazionalpopulista dell'Europa occidentale, egemonizzato culturalmente e politicamente dalla nuova destra, rischia un declino inarrestabile. Rischia di rimanere isolato nell'Unione Europea e diviso al suo interno, impaurito, incattivito e avvitato su se stesso. Impediremo il declino se sapremo cambiare. Riconoscendo senza reticenze gli errori e affrontando le ragioni delle sconfitte. Il primo passo sarà tornare a incontrarci, in tanti, per trovare insieme le soluzioni e costruire un'idea di società giusta."

For half a century, Bob Brown has been standing up to the powerful interests who would put profit before planet. In Defiance, he draws on this experience to inspire a new generation of individual and collective action. He reflects on the people and places that have shaped him, celebrates the irreplaceable beauty and value of nature and shares what motivates him to keep fighting.

O enredo do volume 2 de Trapaça – Saga Política no Universo Paralelo Brasileiro começa horas antes do ponto em se encerra a história do volume 1. O diapasão temporal vai da madrugada do dia 1º de outubro de 1992, quando Itamar Franco assumiria a Presidência da República substituindo Fernando Collor, que passava a responder a um processo de impeachment, até a segunda-feira 26 de abril de 1999 quando o ex-presidente do Banco Central, Francisco Lopes, sai preso do Senado Federal.