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Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xiii, 476 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
An account of one of the most ingenious and complex founders of the United States traces his life, from his birth on the Caribbean Island of Nevis to his untimely demise in Weehawken, New Jersey in 1804.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
xix, 986 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A definitive portrait of the American statesman, based on unprecedented access to his private papers, challenges common misconceptions to trace Kissinger's beliefs to philosophical idealism.
Publisher
Distributed in the U.S. by New Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
14 videodiscs (ca. 27 hr., 14 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Collection of programs exploring the personalities, the battles, the bravery, the losses, and the romance of the early days of the United States. Founding fathers and Founding brothers examine the relationships of the men who risked their fortunes and lives for independence. The Revolution recounts the battles, losses, and victories. Ben Franklin and Benedict Arnold look at the roles played by both men, and Washington the warrior and The crossing...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Drawn from extensive personal archives and filled withstartling revelations, the definitive biography of Ariel Sharon illuminates hislife and work from the penetrating perspective of his youngest son, Gilad Sharon-one of his father's closest confidants.Readers of George W. Bush's Decision Points, Tony Blair's A Journey,Yitzhak Rabin's The Rabin Memoirs, and Moshe Dayan's Story of My Life,as well as Benjamin Netanyahu's A Durable Peace, will be fascinated...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In Hamilton: An American Biography, Tony Williams provides readers with a concise biography that traces the events and values that enabled Hamilton to rise from his youth as a dispossessed orphan to Revolutionary War hero and Founding Father, a life uniquely shaped by America and who, in turn, contributed to the creation of the American regime of liberty and self-government. He was one of key leaders in the American Revolution, a chief architect...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
592 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the award-winning author of The Unwinding--the vividly told saga of the ambition, idealism, and hubris of one of the most legendary and complicated figures in recent American history, set amid the rise and fall of U.S. power from Vietnam to Afghanistan. Richard Holbrooke was brilliant, wholly self-absorbed, and possessed of almost inhuman energy and appetites. Admired and detested, he was the force behind the Dayton Accords that ended the Balkan...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A first volume of a series detailing the life and work of the influential political advocate draws on private papers and other untapped sources to cover his birth in 1869 through his upbringing in Gujarat, discussing his London education and decades as a lawyer in South Africa.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 80 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Featuring previously unseen footage, de-classified documents, and revealing interviews with Kissinger supporters (Alexander Haig, Brent Scowcroft, and William Safire) as well as his detractors (Seymour Hersh, William Shawcross, and Christopher Hitchens), The trials of Henry Kissinger explores how a young boy who fled Nazi Germany grew up to become one of the most powerful and controversial figures in U.S. History.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 240 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ken Burns's two-part, four-hour documentary explores the revolutionary life of one of the 18th century's most complex and consequential figures, whose work and words unlocked the mystery of electricity and helped create the United States.
18) Gandhi
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1995.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations, map ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Recounts the early life of the young Indian lawyer whose nonviolent struggles for the rights of Indians in South Africa led him to return to India and become the leader of the movement for the independence of India.
19) Ben Franklin
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Explores the life of Benjamin Franklin, a multi-faceted figure in American history.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 472 pages, 32 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Discusses the history of America's Founding Fathers through their words and actions but also through the architectural treasures of the homes they built while they conspired to change the world.
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