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  • Madame Chairby Richard Westwood; Floyd O'Neil

    Utah State University Press 2007; US$ 23.00

    Jean Westwood called herself an unintentional pioneer. Although she worked hard to achieve what she did, she did not actively seek or expect to reach what was arguably the most powerful political position any American woman had ever held, chair of the national Democratic Party. A Utah national committeewoman and member of the reform committee that reorganized the party, Westwood answered George McGovern’s call to lead his presidential campaign. In the dramatic year of 1972, she became “chairman” of the party, McGovern lost in a landslide, Nixon was reelected, and a covert operation burglarized Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate. Westwood provides an inside account of a period that reshaped national... more...

  • Advise & Dissentby James Abourezk

    Chicago Review Press 1989; US$ 14.95

    The life story of the founder of ADC, from his parents' farm in South Dakota to the halls of the Senate, where he refused to compromise his principles. more...

  • Walk in My Shoesby Andrew J. Young; Kabir Sehgal

    Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2010; US$ 10.99

    A top aide to Martin Luther King, Jr. and one of history's most important civil rights leaders, Andrew Young has witnessed history and made his own. For years, he has been mentoring his godson, Kabir Sehgal, in correspondence and conversation. This book encapsulates that mentoring, and presents Young's thoughts and meditations on such important topics as race, civil rights, and the American Dream. It's a living Tuesdays with Morrie , an inspirational and inter-generational discourse that addresses issues of race, justice and leadership. "This book is my attempt to humbly pass along a few anecdotes, life lessons, and insights to prepare you for the long journey ahead," Young says. more...

  • She's the Bossby Rochelle Schweizer

    Penguin Group US 2010; US$ 18.99

    Why Is Nancy Pelosi the Most Dangerous Woman in America? Most people see Pelosi exactly the way she wants them to: a cultured San Franciscan politician from an esteemed family. But underneath the Chanel suit and Mikimoto pearls is a true political boss-as in T weed. Don't be fooled by her image as a caring, grandmotherly public servant. Nancy Pelosi is all business. She's the Boss charts Pelosi's carefully orchestrated rise to power as a uniquely American ruling-class diva who is not so subtly replacing "by the people, for the people" with "have your people call my people." From her father- a congressman and then mayor of Baltimore whose political machine was tainted by scandal-Pelosi learned about patronage, ruthlessness, and the credo... more...

  • Edward Kennedyby Burton Hersh

    Counterpoint 2010; US$ 32.00

    In this groundbreaking biography, historian and journalistBurton Hersh combines extensive critical research with morethan fifty years of never-before-told anecdotes and observationsfrom his lifelong acquaintance with Edward Kennedy to createan indelible portrait of one of the finest legislators and mostinfluential senators in American history. Hersh develops such themes as Kennedy’s deep-seated fearsthat he was an afterthought within his powerful, driven family,as well as Kennedy’s genius for conciliation, which arguably madehim a dramatically more effective senator than either of his olderbrothers. This book is richly laden with disclosures not madewhile Kennedy was alive, from amazing details pertaining tothe accident at Chappaquiddick... more...

  • The Forever Boxby Kristin Clark Taylor

    Penguin Group US 2011; US$ 10.99

    In the engaging tradition of Tuesdays with Morrie -a unique memoir of friendship, family, and irreplaceable memories. Throughout her life and career, Kristin Clark Taylor, the first woman of color appointed to Director of White House Media Relations, has gathered mementos to keep in her forever box." From historical family documents to old love letters to a bit of antique lace, each item tells a story. Here, Taylor shares those stories in a heartwarming memoir of enduring bonds and friendships, and of the people who have made a difference in her life all woven into Taylor's simple, inspiring, yet profound concept of the meaning of forever. " more...

  • Renegade for Peace and Justiceby Barbara Lee

    Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 2008; US$ 15.99

    In this candid and self-effacing autobiography, Barbara Lee chronicles the challenges she overcame to break the cycle of multi-generational domestic violence, and her rise from being a single mother of two young children to being one of the most progressive and respected voices in Congress today. more...

  • Brent Scowcroftby David Schmitz

    Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 2011; US$ 34.99

    .cs95E872D0{text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt} .cs5EFED22F{color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal; } As National Security Advisor to President Gerald Ford, advisor to President Ronald Reagan, and as National Security Advisor to President George H. W. Bush, Brent Scowcroft was at the center of the ongoing debate over how to shape American foreign policy in the post-war world. As David F. Schmitz makes clear in his new biography, Scowcroft was a realist in his outlook on American foreign policy and an heir to the Cold War internationalism that had shaped that policy since 1945. The type of bi-partisan cooperation and internationalism... more...

  • Against the Tideby Lincoln Chafee

    St. Martin's Press 2010; US$ 6.99

    In this smart, candid, and surprising political memoir, Lincoln Chafee offers a behind-the-scenes look at the first six years of the Bush Administration from the vantage point of one of the few Republican moderates in the Senate.             When Senator Chafee (R-RI) went to Washington, he encountered a Republican Party drifting so far to the right it no longer stood for the mainstream principles that united Americans. Instead, under the direction of George W. Bush, the Party had fallen victim to extremism. In the face of this trend, Chafee stood fast as one of the most liberal Republicans in the Senate, seeking to cut across partisan lines at the very time that they threatened to... more...

  • McCainby Matt Welch

    Palgrave Macmillan 2007; US$ 9.99

    John McCain is one of the most familiar, sympathetic, and overexposed figures in American politics, yet his concrete governing philosophy and actual track record have been left curiously unexamined, mostly because of the massive distractions in his official biography, but also because of his ingenious strategy of talking ad infinitum to each and every access-craving media person who happens by. The more he has spouted, the less journalists have bothered trying to see through the fog.         McCain gives the voting public what it wants but can't find -- a flesh-and-bones political portrait of a man onto whom people are forever projecting their own ideological fantasies. It is a psychological... more...