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In November 1990 Margaret Thatcher stood down as Prime Minister of Great Britain, a role she had filled for an astonishing 11 years.

The Bush Tragedy is the first important consideration of the George W. Bush presidency and its profound impact on the state of the world. Drawing on extensive research and interviews with figures inside and out of the administration, Jacob Weisberg has crafted a portrait of George W. Bush that is balanced, insightful, and wide ranging.

Explorer and inventor, soldier and poet, archaeologist and diplomat, Richard Francis Burton (18211890) was the most remarkable man of his age. Farwell brilliantly recreates his versatile achievements. Publisher:

Carwardine examines Lincoln both as a rising politician and as president. As a defender of national unity, a leader in war, and the emancipator of slaves, Abraham Lincoln lays ample claim to being the greatest of our presidents. Publisher:

A real-life Suite Francaise, this riveting diary by a key female member of the French Resistance in World War II is translated into English for the first time.

General William Tecumseh Sherman's march through the South left a blazing trail of smoking ruins through Georgia and earned him the dubious award of being one of the most hated generals in American history.

In April 1982, Argentina surprised the world by invading the Falkland Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. The tiny islands had long been the subject of a fierce territorial dispute between Argentina and the UK, and the occupation escalated into a terrifying full-blown conflict between the two countries. This book describes the response to the invasion.

For the first time on CD, Nelson Mandela tells the extraordinary story of his life--an epic of struggle, setback, renewed hope, and ultimate triumph. Abridged. 5 CDs.

For the 200th anniversary of the great Trafalgar battle comes a dramatic retelling by the author of "God's Secretaries." Abridged. 5 CDs.

The imperial aspect of Winston Churchill's career tends to be airbrushed out, while the battles against Nazism are heavily foregrounded, in this detailed study by historian Richard Toye.

Ellis presents a nuanced and ambiguous portrait of a president who combined great depth with great shallowness, massive learning with extraordinary navet, piercing insights with grand self-deception.

On August 5, 1949, a crew of 15 of the U.S. Forest Service's elite airborne firefighters, the Smokejumpers, stepped into the sky above a remote forest fire in Montana wilderness. Less than an hour later, all but three were dead or fatally burned in a "blowup," an explosive 2,000 degree firestorm 300 feet deep and 200 feet tall. Winner of a 1992 National Book Critic Award, Young Men & Fire consumed...

A rising star among historians charts the fortunes of a family shattered by the Civil War-Mary Todd Lincoln's family-and their surprising impact on how Lincoln fought that war.

On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. It was that of a young lieutenant, the plane's bombardier, who was struggling to a life raft and pulling himself aboard. So began one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Secon...

Frederick Douglass, prominent abolitionist, civil rights activist and reform journalist, was raised in the malicious system of slavery. Frederick was brought to the nearby wheat plantation of Colonel Edward Lloyd. Two years later he was moved to Baltimore to labor in the household of Hugh and Sophia Auld, where he remained for the next seven years. Eventually, Frederick secretly learned to read an...

Former president Bill Clinton's highly anticipated memoirs will be published in June. My Life, an account of Clinton's life through the White House years, is one of the most eagerly awaited books of recent years. The book will go on sale nationwide, with a first printing of 1.5 million copies. My Life also will be available from Random House Audio (abridged) and will be read by Bill Clinton him

In his acclaimed book "Lincoln's Virtues," Miller explored Abraham Lincoln's intellectual and moral development. Now he completes his ethical biography of one of the nation's greatest presidents. Unabridged. 2 MP3 CDs.

Based on a vast array of reporting by veteran journalist and bestselling author Jonathan Alter, the first up-close look at the Obama administration

Tony Benn has helped reinvigorate national debate through public meetings, mass campaigns and appearances in the media. This book provides accounts of the government's by-passing of Cabinet, parliament and the party, of the 'war on terror', the debate about Islam, globalisation and the changes in British society.

In his acclaimed book "Lincoln's Virtues," Miller explored Abraham Lincoln's intellectual and moral development. Now he completes his ethical biography of one of the nation's greatest presidents. Unabridged. 17 CDs.

From his unique perspective, Shrum gives listeners an epic and personal story of the struggle for power in America during the past four decades. With wit and humor, rare candor, and a wealth of detail, he vividly recounts the real personalities and real forces that shaped the outcome of the closest and most important elections of our time. Unabridged. 1 MP3 CD.

A young soldier's personal account of the United States' involvement in Iraq.John Crawford joined the Florida National Guard to pay for his college tuition-it had seemed a small sacrifice to give up one weekend a month and two weeks a year in exchange for a free education. But one semester short of graduating, and newly married, he was called to active duty-to serve in Kuwait, then on the front li

From the "New York Times"-bestselling and controversial author Shelby Steele comes an illuminating examination of the complex racial issues surrounding presidential candidate Barack Obama. Unabridged. 1 MP3 CD.

Fleming offers a compelling, intimate look at the foundersGeorge Washington, Ben Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madisonand the women who played essential roles in their lives

This elegant boxed-set includes biographies of America's first four chief executives in volumes compact enough for the busy listener.

From the author of The Children's Blizzard comes this true story of twelve young immigrants who fought for their adoptive country in the First World War.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning classic by John F. Kennedy--the Grammy-nominated audio edition read by the late president's only son, John F. Kennedy, Jr.--is reissued on CD simultaneously with the HarperCollins hardcover reissue. Includes profiles of such great Americans as John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, and Thomas Hart Benton. Abridged. 3 CDs.

In the tradition of Paul Johnsons s,, and comes a new book of biographical portraits of the greatest humorists and wits in modern history.

Based on over 100 hours of interviews with Fidel Castro conducted over three years, Fidel Castro: My Life is as close to a memoir as we will ever get from the Cuban leader. Here Castro speaks with raw frankness about the events of his extraordinary life and the legacy he hopes to leave behind.

In writing his extraordinary account of the Arab Revolt of 1916-1918 and his own role in it, T.E. Lawrence sought literary advice from his good friends E.M. Forster and George Bernard Shaw. With their encouragement, Lawrence produced an epic manuscript that became the focus of a desperate public search after he lost the majority of the text in a train station. The original was never found, and the

From ABC White House correspondent Raddatz comes the story of a brutal 48-hour firefight that conveys in harrowing detail the effects of war not just on the soldiers but also on the families waiting back home. Unabridged. 8 CDs.

The Immortalists is the fascinating story of the friendship and extraordinary scientific collaboration between Charles Lindbergh and Nobel Prize-winning surgeon Dr. Alexis Carrel, who shared the goal of finding a scientific path to life without death. Unabridged. 10 CDs.

She was witty, tempestuous, a Kentucky blueblood; he was brilliant, moody, a farmer's son born in a log-cabin. They got married on a few hours notice in 1842, when he was thirty-three and she was nearly twenty-four. In 1974, the historian Fawn Brodie predicted that a "sensitive study of the Lincoln marriage will not always defy biographers." Until now, it has. The only book-length treatment of the...

John Brown is a lightning rod of history. Yet he is poorly understood and most commonly described in stereotypes--as a madman, martyr, or enigma. This illuminating biography brings him to life in scintillating prose and moving detail, making his life and legacy fascinatingly relevant to today's issues of social justice and to defining the line between activism and terrorism. Unabridged. 13 CDs.

When Aldrich Ames was arrested in 1994, he had been feeding the KGB information for nine years. Pete Earley is the only writer to conduct fifty hours of one-on-one interviews with Ames, without a government censor present. Publisher:

This first full portrait of one of the most enduringly mysterious public figures of the modern era sheds light on Mark Felt's role as a spy, the culture of the FBI, and the internal political struggles of mid-20th-century America. Unabridged. 11 CDs.

Bestselling biographer Spoto uses newly translated transcripts of Joan's trial to deliver an intimate portrait of this extraordinary woman. Neither wife nor nun, neither queen nor noblewoman, neither philosopher nor stateswoman, Joan of Arc showed the world that anyone who follows their heart has the power to change history. Unabridged. 1 MP3 CD.

Drawing on a wealth of his own research and the work of other Lincoln scholars, Shenk reveals how the sixteenth president harnessed his depression to fuel his astonishing success. Lincoln found the solace and tactics he needed to deal with the nation's worst crisis in the "coping strategies" he developed over a lifetime of persevering through depressive episodes and personal tragedies. With empat...

The underside of modern American politics-raw ambition, manipulation, and deception-are revealed in detail by Andrew Young's riveting account of a presidential hopeful's meteoric rise and scandalous fall.

Focusing in on Lincoln as the central axis of the story and as the in-the-moment reporter about the seemingly unstoppable trend toward war, One Man Great Enough details the shattering of Americas political landscape and its grappling with the moral underpinnings of a Republic of the people, by the people, and for the people.

A highly decorated captain in the U.S. Army, Luis Montalv?n never backed down from a challenge during his two tours of duty in Iraq. After returning home from combat, however, the pressures of his physical wounds, traumatic brain injury, and crippling post-traumatic stress disorder began to take their toll. Haunted by the war and in constant physical pain, he soon found himself unable to climb a s...

An acclaimed historian presents the first major biography in decades of the famous Confederate general J.E.B. Stuart. This comprehensive work offers a fresh look at the Confederacy's premier cavalryman. Unabridged. 14 CDs.

John McCain is one of the most admired leaders in the United States government, but his deeply felt memoir of family and war is not a political one and ends before his election to Congress. With candor and ennobling power, McCain tells a story that, in the words of Newsweek, "makes the other presidential candidates look like pygmies." John McCain learned about life and honor from his grandfather a...

In this explosive, heartbreaking, and deeply personal book, Mary Tillman shares the story of her son Pat's extraordinary life, the meaning of patriotism, and the Tillman family's efforts to uncover the truth about his death in Afghanistan at the hands of his fellow soldiers.

Released in conjunction with the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birthday, The Rivalry recreates the fiery face-off between the rising Illinois legislator Abraham Lincoln and incumbent Senator Stephen A. Douglas. The play features Academy Awards nominees Paul Giamatti in the role of Stephen A. Douglas and David Straithairn as Abraham Lincoln. Two Presidential candidates - one a rising Illinois legi...