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After Nick Guest moves in with a member of the English Parliament and his family, he encounters grand parties and hidden alliances. Nick experiences his first romance with a young black clerk and later with a beautiful and wealthy woman who will change his life.

A 1959 examination of Senator Joe McCarthy's political career, attempting to understand why he went on his rampant search for Communists.

A journalist who has covered the senator and presidential candidate since his campaign for the Senate offers a portrait that features his childhood and youth in Hawaii and his embrace of seemingly ruthless campaign tactics.

Examines the connections the original fifty-six men who signed the Declaration of Independence have to twenty-first-century American culture.

A biography of the Minnesota Democrat who served as a United States Senator and as Vice-President under Jimmy Carter before organizing his own campaign for election to the presidency in 1984.

Traces the life and work of this African-American woman who was a respected politician, teacher, and spokeswoman for democracy.

A biography of President Barack Obama, covering his upbringing, education, and campaign for the presidency before becoming the forty-fourth president of the U.S. in 2008.

A brief biography of the personal and professional life and career of Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi.

A biography of President Barack Obama, covering his upbringing, education, work as a community organizer and senator, and campaign for the presidency before becoming the forty-fourthpresident of the U.S. in 2008.

Examines the life and work of the politician who worked on the state and national level to protect the environment and was responsible for the first Earth Day in 1970.