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"Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright . . . reflects on the final stages of one's career, and working productively into your later decades in this revealing . . . memoir"--Provided by publisher.

"Six-time New York Times bestselling author and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright--one of the world's most admired and tireless public servants--reflects on the final stages of one's career, and working productively into your later decades in this revealing, funny, and inspiring memoir"--Provided by publisher.

Biography of Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, discussing her childhood in Europe and Denver, Colorado, her marriage, and her careers in politics and as a professor.

Focuses on the accomplishments of the former United States ambassador to the United Nations who became the first woman to serve as Secretary of State.

Madeleine Albright served as America's sixty-fourth secretary of state from 1997 to 2001 and she was part of the generation that lived through World War II. Before she was twelve, her native country, Czechoslovakia, was invaded by the Nazis. As her family fled, Madeleine experienced terror, the art of survival, and the bomb shelters of London. Many decades after the war she found out about her family's Jewish heritage.

A biography of Madeleine Albright, the first female Secretary of State, appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1997, tracing her diplomatic career, and discussing the early influences that led her into a life of government service.

Focuses on the career of the former United States ambassador to the United Nations who became the first woman to serve as Secretary of State.

Former secretary of state Madeleine Albright tells her life story, discussing her childhood, her adventures in parenthood and grandparenthood, her foreign policy experiences and peacekeeping efforts, and the Clinton and post-Clinton years.

A biography of the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, from her childhood in war-torn Prague, Czechoslovakia, to her appointment as the first woman Secretary of State.