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the life of benvenuto cellini volume 1
- Author: Cellini Benvenuto
- Genre: Political
A book about outstanding Italian sculptor, jeweller, painter and musician of the Renaissance is remarkable for 40 first-hand illustrations, describing Cellini’s life.
chasing the flame sergio vieira de mello and the fight to save the world
- Author: samantha power
- Genre: Political
Sergio Vieira de Mello from Brazil was the embodiment of what the United Nations could and should be. Sergio was the UN Secretary General's "ultimate go-to guy", a nation builder in the world's hottest spots like East Timor, Cambodia, Kosovo. Everyone who met him - from George W. Bush to Slobodan Milosevic – were amazed by his intelligence, physical bearing, charisma and integrity. It was a total shock for the world public when he and 14 other UN staff were killed on August 19th 2003 by an al-Qeada suicide bomber at the ‘Canal Hotel’ in Baghdad, an event that has become known as the UN's "9/11". This biography is extremely thrilling and considered to be a masterpiece of journalistic writing. Excellent, well-written book that is a definite must read.
George Washington
- Author: Thayer William Roscoe
- Genre: Political
This is one of the best attempts to research the biography of the founder of the American nation and the first President of the United States. The author William Roscoe Thayer has research a number of Washington's personal letters and on their basis has created a portrait of this legendary person aiming at eliminating prejudices and misperceptions of his life and activity. The book is intended for everyone interested in the personality of George Washington as well as in the history of the United States.
Edward.W.Said_Culture.and.Imperialism
- Author: www.akademya.biz
- Genre: Political
Edward.W.Said_Culture.and.Imperialism
The Conan Stories - Robert E. Howard
- Author: Robert E. Howard
- Genre: Political
The Conan stories that are in the public domain.
Anarchism and Other Essays
- Author: Goldman Emma
- Genre: Political
A series of speeches of the radical writer Emma Goldman, one of the towering figures in global radicalism of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Anarchism and Other Essays covers a wide variety of topics - patriotism, women’s suffrage, marriage, prisons - Goldman draws attention to "the mental and soul struggles of twenty-one years". The book is useful for those, who are eager to discover what this political philosophy stands for and what its issues have been for a long time. An important contribution to society, Emma Goldman's work is as relevant today as it was in the beginning of the 20th century.
The Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France
- Author: Yonge Charles Duke
- Genre: Political
This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.
The Love Affairs of Pixie
- Author: Vaizey George de Horne Mrs.
- Genre: Political
The book begins: When Pixie O’Shaughnessy had reached her twentieth birthday it was borne in upon her with the nature of a shock that she was not beautiful. Hitherto a buoyant and innocent self-satisfaction, coupled with the atmosphere of love and admiration by which she was surrounded in the family circle, had succeeded in blinding her eyes to the very obvious defects of feature which the mirror portrayed. But suddenly, sharply, her eyes were opened.
By an English author Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey (Jessie Mansergh) 1857-1917.