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The Master of Disguise
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 13.99From the author of Argo comes an unforgettable behind-the-scenes story of espionage in action. In the first ever memoir by a top-level operative to be authorized by the CIA, Antonio J. Mendez reveals the cunning tricks and insights that helped save hundreds from deadly situations. Adept at creating new identities for anyone, anywhere, Mendez was... more...
Assassination Vacation
Simon & Schuster 2005; US$ 16.00Sarah Vowell exposes the glorious conundrumsof American history and culture with wit, probity, and an irreverent sense of humor. With Assassination Vacation, she takes us on a road trip like no other -- a journey to the pit stops of American political murder and through the myriad ways they have been used for fun and profit, for political and cultural... more...
The Breach
Scribner 2001; US$ 17.99The journalist who co-wrote the original article breaking the Monica Lewinsky scandal for the Washington Post reveals the complete story behind the headlines: a riveting, in-depth account of an event unique in American history -- the first impeachment of an elected president. "For all of the titillation about thongs and cigars, the story of the... more...
The French Revolution
Random House Publishing Group 2007; US$ 18.95The French Revolution is ?one of the grand poems of [Carlyle?s] century, yet its poetry consists in being everywhere scrupulously rooted in historical fact.? This Modern Library Paperback Classics edition, complete and unabridged, is unavailable anywhere else. From the Trade Paperback edition. ]]> more...
The Downfall of the Liberal Party, 1914-1935
Faber and Faber 2011; US$ 18.94By 1914 the Liberal Party had been governing Britain ever since its stunning general election victory of 1906. Four years later the Party was out of office, and so enfeebled it would never again form a government. What prompted the Liberal decline in the years of The Great War, and why did this decline then accelerate? Trevor Wilson's classic study... more...
Intellectuals in Politics
Routledge 1997; US$ 54.95This wide-ranging investigation explores the influence of thinkers from diverse intellectual backgrounds on the development of twentieth century culture, and in so doing tells us much about the modern world in which we live. more...
U.S. Presidential Inaugural Addresses from Washington to Obama
The Floating Press 2009; US$ 6.95A collection of US inauguration speeches from Washington to Obama. At the beginning of a term each new President of the United States delivers their inauguration speech to the nation. Here in one volume are collected together the inauguration speeches of all of America's leaders. From George Washington's stirring "sacred fire of liberty"... more...
The Death of Conservatism
Random House Publishing Group 2009; US$ 12.00Sam Tanenhaus?s essay ? Conservatism Is Dead ? prompted intense discussion and debate when it was published in The New Republic in the first days of Barack Obama?s presidency. Now Tanenhaus, a leading authority on modern politics, has expanded his argument into a sweeping history of the American conservative movement. For seventy-five years, he argues,... more...
Alliance
M P Publishing 2009; US$ 5.19The gripping, behind-the-scenes, true account of a critical time in modern history, brought to new life through the portraits of three remarkable men at its core. The history of the Second World War is typically told through its decisive battles and campaigns. more...
From the Shadows
Simon & Schuster 2011; US$ 18.99A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader. more...









