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A firsthand look behind the scenes at Winston Churchill's 10 Downing Street in the form of a diary kept by…
the great man's private secretary, Sir John Colville. The diarist sees Churchill as an incomparable fighter--generous, but inconsiderate to his staff--and as a statesman of soaring vision. Bestseller 1986
Carter's experiences negotiating the Camp David Accords, his visits to the Middle East, and portraits of Arab and Israeli leaders.…
The former president maintains that peace in the Middle East must be based on Israeli recognition of the Palestinians' right to self-determination and Arab recognition of Israel's right to exist. Bestseller 1985
A former Toronto bureau chief of the "New York Times" and the son of Canadians, Malcolm provides a wide-ranging view…
of the world's second largest nation. Draws on interviews and personal recollections to describe Canada's people, economy, and close ties to the United States
Hannah Senesh emigrates to Palestine from her native Hungary on the eve of World War II, when she is eighteen…
years old. Four years later, she returns to her homeland on a British-sponsored mission to free Allied airmen and rescue Hungarian Jews--including her beloved mother. Using poems, letters, and diaries, Atkinson presents a woman of remarkable courage. For junior and senior high readers
History of the Vietnam War by the former president sets out to dispel the myths of Vietnam and to show…
why the United States failed there. Nixon analyzes the roles of four presidents, the military, the Congress, the media, and the antiwar movement in the Vietnam debacle, and he recommends a course of action for the United States to avoid future Vietnams
While traveling in India, an Englishwoman establishes a relationship with a young Sikh and eventually spends two years living with…
him. Lloyd's account offers an intense view of daily rituals and humdrum realities in rural India
Using Goldman's personal correspondence, which reveals her feelings and fantasies, Wexler traces the anarchist's flamboyant career. She depicts the private…
Emma behind the public legend as she traces Goldman's role in the militant labor struggles
A former Army historian offers a detailed account of "the greatest battle ever fought by Americans." It opens as Hitler…
sets in motion preparation for the epic campaign whose objective was the seizure of Antwerp and closes with the story of the postwar revenge-murder of Joachim Peiper, who led the spearheading panzer unit and commanded the troops
Brendon evokes the "animal vitality, rich self-approval and wicked good humor" of an irascible political genius who first came to…
prominence when Queen Victoria was still on the throne. An aristocrat and romantic who loved polo, fine food, and wines, Churchill recognized the great causes of his era
Memoirs of the wife of the Carter administration's ambassador to Ireland, who arrived at the official residence in Dublin's Phoenix…
Park aiming "to be dignified without being pompous and to be informal without being fatuous." A portrait of the Irish scene conveyed with perception and affection
Describes "the greatest royal romance of our time," the story of the Prince and Princess of Wales. Martin provides a…
detailed account of their genealogies, discusses the childhood and young adulthood of each, and tells of their romance, wedding, and matrimonial life. He further reveals that Charles was first intrigued by Diana when they went windsurfing off the royal yacht. Bestseller 1985
A dignified testament and chronicle of a national tragedy by a renowned spiritual and temporal leader. His Holiness the Fourteenth…
Dalai Lama of Tibet relates the story of his brief, tumultuous reign which was climaxed by the destruction and systematic murder of his people by the Chinese
During his imprisonment as a Nazi war criminal, Hitler's former architect and armaments minister wrote this inside history of the…
Nazi regime. He excuses neither himself nor his associates. Speer's account contains comments on the fuhrer's character
An exchange student at Peking University from February 1979 to June 1980 offers a probing account of her insights and…
changing perspectives, as she becomes close to Chinese fellow students. Highlighting the journal are descriptions of the thirtieth anniversary celebration of the People's Republic of China and her summer journey through thirteen provinces
A former officer of the Argentine Air Force presents a history of the actions of the Argentine Air Force against…
the British surface fleet during the Falkland Islands War in April-June of 1982. He bases his history on the testimonies of the pilots involved, providing an objective and candid account of the successes and failures of the Argentines in the conflict. Spanish language
The author of the controversial "Worlds in Collision" interprets ancient cultural and political history from the Exodus of the Jews…
to the reign of the Egyptian King Akhnaton. Although some critics have noted the author's tendency to mix fact and fancy, some found his works provocative reading. Spanish language