Presidents & Heads of State

The riveting memoirs of the outstanding moral and political leader of our time, Long Walk to Freedom Brilliantly re-creates the drama of the experiences that helped shape Nelson Mandela's destiny. Emotive , compelling and uplifing,Long Walk to Freedom is the exhilarating story of an epic life; a sto... More

President Jimmy Carter has had one of the most admired and productive post-presidencies in our nation's history. In "Beyond the White House," he recounts how and why he spent the last 25 years in the service of humanity, and in the process won a Nobel Peace Prize.This is the story of President Jimmy... More

The #1 "New York Times" bestselling memoir by President Clinton--the top-selling presidential memoir of all time--arrives in a two-volume mass market release. Concentrating on his early life, this first volume contains new photographs and new material by the author. "My Life, Vol. 2: The Presidentia... More

For years people have tried to persuade the leader of the Cuban Revolution to tell his own life story. Here, finally, Ignacio Ramonet, well-known activist and editor of Le Monde Diplomatique,has succeeded.For the first time, in a series of probing interviews, Fidel Castro describes his life, from th... More

/Benjamin Franklin Publisher, inventor, educator, and statesman, Benjamin Franklin was a complex and appealing character. Here is a wide-ranging selection of his writings from Poor Richard's Almanac, scientific essays, and political commentaries, plus a generous doThis authoritative Bantam Classic e... More

In 336 b.c. Philip of Macedonia was assassinated and his twenty-year-old son, Alexander, inherited his kingdom. Immediately quelling rebellion, Alexander extended his father's empire through-out the Middle East and into parts of Asia, fulfi lling the soothsayer Aristander's prediction that the... More

‘[Nehru] is a book for today, not heavy and cumbersome, but sharp and witty, and relevant not just to India, but to other countries as well’ —BiblioThis short, beautifully written biography examines a great figure of twentieth-century nationalism from the vantage point of the beginning of the ... More

She will be remembered as one of the most inspiring and powerful politicians who was responsible for shaping the future of one of the largest democracies in the modern world.... More

The Nehrus are the first family of Indian politics. From Motilal to Jawaharlal, Indira Gandhi to her sons Rajiv and Sanjay and more recently Sonia Gandhino other family has wielded such power over or captured the imagination of the Indian people. For the first time the familys history has been chron... More

The only daughter of former president George H. W. Bush brings together family reminiscences, personal stories, and never-before-published photographs in an intimate insider's portrait of her father's life and political career and a detailed study what it is like to be the daughter of one president ... More

The only biography ever authorized by a sitting President--yet written with complete interpretive freedom--Dutch is as revolutionary in method as it is formidable in scholarship. Thirteen years of exhaustive research in the archives of Washington and Hollywood, and thousands of hours of interviews w... More

Ho Chi Minh is one of the towering figures of the 20th century, considered an icon and father of the nation by many Vietnamese. Brocheux's vivid and convincing portrait of Ho Chi Minh goes further than any previous biography in explaining both the myth and the man, as well as the times in which he w... More

The era of Franklin D.Roosevelt and the New Deal was a time of depression and despair, economic rebirth and renewal, and mobilization for a war in both the East and the West. Richard Polenberg's introduction to this new volume provides an engaging historical and biographical overview of the period b... More

In the third installment of this series, World War II expert Wukovits explores Dwight D. Eisenhower's contributions to American warfare, and skillfully demonstrates how Eisenhower's evolution as a commander, his military doctrine, and his diplomatic skills are of extreme importance in understanding ... More

Advance Praise "For twenty years, Ronald Reagan relied upon Dick Wirthlin as his pollster, chief political strategist, and increasingly, as his trusted friend. Dick has waited until now to tell the inside story, but the wait has been more than worth it." -David Gergen "A lot of people claim to have... More

Vladimir Putin has had a major domestic and international impact since being elected Russian President in March 2000 and yet remarkably little is known about the man in the West. This book, written by one of the UK's leading scholars of Russian politics, is the first major study of the man and his p... More