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"The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers a fresh and compelling portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz On Winston Churchill's first day as prime minister, Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. Poland and Czechoslovakia had already fallen, and the Dunkirk evacuation was just two weeks away. For the next twelve months, Hitler would wage a relentless bombing campaign, killing 45,000...
Author
Publisher
Heroes of Liberty
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Margaret Thatcher was born in a British town called Grantham. Her family owned a grocery store and lived in an apartment above it. Young Margaret learned a lot from how the shop was run. When she became prime minister, she would put those lessons to good use. It was no easy thing to do. But Margaret Thatcher was one of the toughest politicians of her time. After all, it was not for nothing that they called her the Iron Lady."--
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English
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In 1909, Clementine steps off a train with her new husband, Winston. An angry woman emerges from the crowd to attack, shoving him in the direction of an oncoming train. Just before he stumbles, Clementine grabs him by his suit jacket. This will not be the last time Clementine Churchill will save her husband. Lady Clementine is the ferocious story of the ambitious woman beside Winston Churchill, the story of a partner who did not flinch through the...
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English
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"From their earliest days, Bibi and his close-knit brothers, Yoni and Iddo, were instilled with purpose. Born in the wake of the Holocaust at the dawn of Israel's independence and raised in a family with a prominent Zionist history, they understood that the Jewish state was a hard-won and still precarious gift. All three studied in American high schools--where they learned to appreciate the United States--before returning to their cherished homeland....
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Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Tony Blair is a politician who defines our times. His emergence as Labour Party leader in 1994 marked a seismic shift in British politics. Within a few short years, he had transformed his party and rallied the country behind him, becoming prime minister in 1997 with the biggest victory in Labour's history, and bringing to an end eighteen years of Conservative government. He took Labour to a historic three terms in office as Britain's dominant political...
8) Golda Meir
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Series
Publisher
F. Watts
Pub. Date
1983.
Language
English
Description
Traces the life and accomplishments of the woman Zionist who at the age of seventy became the prime minister of Israel.
Author
Publisher
Alma Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This authorized biography sheds light on the person behind the politician. As well as explaining how Angela Merkel's world view was shaped and influenced by her background and ideology, Stefan Kornelius's lively account discusses her personal relations with David Cameron, Barack Obama or Vladimir Putin.
15) Tony Blair
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Series
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Profiles the childhood, education, politics, election, and possible future of the British prime minister Tony Blair.
17) The iron lady
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Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
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A surprising and intimate portrait of Margaret Thatcher, the first and only female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. One of the 20th century's most famous and influential women, Thatcher came from nowhere to smash through barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male-dominated world.
18) Jawaharlal Nehru
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Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
1987.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the British-educated Indian who was a member of Gandhi's movement to free India from English control and later served as the first prime minister.
19) Golda Meir
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Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
1985.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the American Jew who moved to Palestine and dedicated her life to the creation and preservation of a Jewish state.