Categoría: Biografías
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The Reagan Persuasion: Charm, Inspire, and Deliver a Winning Message
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Persuade, mentor, and motivate like the Great Communicator More than just an influential speaker, Ronald Reagan was a master of all types of communication and employed his personal warmth and charm to rally Americans around his vision. Now, former Reagan speechwriter James C. Humes shows how you can replicate Reagan’s ability to influence others and…
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Citizen Clem: A Biography of Attlee
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en BiografíasThe gallons of ink spilled on Winston Churchill – and the huge appetite for books about him – have created something of an imbalance in our understanding of twentieth-century Britain. Not only does Clement Attlee’s life deserve to have a rightful place alongside the Churchill legend. It is also more emblematic, and more representative, of…
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Boss Rove: Inside Karl Rove’s Secret Kingdom of Power
The epic 2012 presidential contest between President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney represents the stunning comeback of GOP boss Karl Rove, the brilliant political operator whose scorched-earth partisanship infamously earned him the moniker «Bush’s Brain» and provoked some observers to label him as dangerous to American democracy. How, after leaving the Bush administration…
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Harold Wilson: The Unprincipled Prime Minister?: A Reappraisal of Harold Wilson
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en BiografíasThis year marks the centenary of Harold Wilson’s birth, the fiftieth anniversary of his most impressive general election victory and forty years since his dramatic resignation as Prime Minister. He was one of the longest-serving premiers of the twentieth century, having won a staggering four general elections, yet, despite this monumental record, his place in…
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The Architect: Karl Rove and the Master Plan for Absolute Power
President George W. Bush dubbed Karl Rove “The Architect” for his skill in creating an unprecedented campaign and fund-raising machine. But Rove’s ambitions have always been far more sweeping—to build a right-wing dynasty that can dominate American politics for decades. Rove’s master plan imagines a political system so controlled by Republicans that it is resisted…
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Centrist Rhetoric: The Production of Political Transcendence in the Clinton Presidency
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Focused on the centrist rhetoric of President Bill Clinton, Centrist Rhetoric explores questions about the basic nature and function of pleas to transcend partisan division. Using close textual analysis in the context of a broader theoretical argument about rhetoric, democracy, and transcendence, this book promises a fresh approach to dealing with the contradictions inherent to…
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Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight
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en BiografíasFrom the moment he set foot on it, Karl Rove has rocked America’s political stage. He ran the national College Republicans at twenty-two, and turned a Texas dominated by Democrats into a bastion for Republicans. He launched George W. Bush to national renown by unseating a popular Democratic governor, and then orchestrated a GOP White…
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Where the Buck Stops: The Personal and Private Writings of Harry S. Truman
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en BiografíasHarry Truman was a man of common sense and uncommon insights. In this frank book, the thirty-third president of the United States speaks directly about the office of the presidency, about the best and worst presidents, and his own experience holding office. Nearly every page contains a «Trumanism» – an unexpected insight, a little-known anecdote,…
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Perón: una biografía
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en BiografíasReedición del estudio clásico sobre la vida de Juan Domingo Perón. Biografia canónica del hombre que marcó la historia argentina del siglo XX y que, a cuarenta años de su muerte, sigue vivo en el escenario político del país y en sus relatos sobre pasado, presente y futuro de la Nación. A setenta años de…
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Le siècle de Peron : Essai sur les démocraties hégémoniques
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en BiografíasElu président de l’Argentine en 1946, dans le prolongement du coup d’Etat militaire de 1943, Juan Perón, a gouverné le pays presque dix ans – avec son épouse Eva, devenue une véritable icône – avant d’être renversé et condamné à l’exil. Mais le président déchu, resté extraordinairement populaire, a continué, depuis l’exil, de peser sur…