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21) Remote control
Author
Publisher
Kodansha International
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
343 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Aoyagi, a former delivery-truck driver in the city of Sendai is unemployed-- and now he's the main suspect in the assassination of a newly elected prime minister. As Aoyagi runs, he must negotiate trigger-happy law enforcement while trying discover why he was set up and who is responsible.
Publisher
Revolver Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The first major documentary to look back on the development and impact of this remarkable woman, whom commentators of both the political left and right agree changed the face of 20th Century politics forever.
Author
Language
English
Description
Roberts adds materially to Churchill with of documents unknown or not open to other researchers, including notes of wartime counsels kept by King George VI. Churchill, he writes, "was born into a caste that held immense political and economic power in the largest empire in world history, and that had not yet become plagued by insecurity and self-doubt." Sometimes his overconfidence led to disaster -- others, it helped his nation steel itself for war....
27) Lady Clementine
Author
Language
English
Description
In 1909, Clementine steps off a train with her new husband, Winston. An angry woman emerges from the crowd to attack, shoving him in the direction of an oncoming train. Just before he stumbles, Clementine grabs him by his suit jacket. This will not be the last time Clementine Churchill will save her husband. Lady Clementine is the ferocious story of the ambitious woman beside Winston Churchill, the story of a partner who did not flinch through the...
30) Secret state
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A British deputy prime minister is thrown into a world of political machinations and conspiracy he never knew existed.
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 625 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A riveting insider's look at the life and work of Ariel Sharon from the former Israeli Prime Minister's youngest son--the closest readers will get to an autobiography of Sharon's years as Prime Minister.
36) The cockroach
Author
Publisher
Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
99 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Jim Sams has undergone a metamorphosis. In his previous life he was ignored or loathed, but in his new incarnation he is the most powerful man in Britain--and it is his mission to carry out the will of the people. Nothing must get in his way: not the opposition, nor the dissenters within his own party. Not even the rules of parliamentary democracy." --
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Tony Blair is a politician who defines our times. His emergence as Labour Party leader in 1994 marked a seismic shift in British politics. Within a few short years, he had transformed his party and rallied the country behind him, becoming prime minister in 1997 with the biggest victory in Labour’s history, and bringing to an end eighteen years of Conservative government. He took Labour to a historic three terms in office as Britain’s dominant...
Author
Series
Gabriel Allon novels volume 13
Language
English
Description
When a young British woman vanishes on the island of Corsica, a prime minister's career is threatened with destruction. Gabriel Allon, master art restorer, spy, and assassin, is thrust into a game of shadows where nothing is what it seems, and the only thing more dangerous than his enemies might be the truth.
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