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Discusses London's darkest year during the blitz through the day-to-day experience of Winston Churchill and those closest to him.

"Winston Churchill's famous grin is known worldwide, but there are many stories behind that smile, including military school, Nazis, terrified citizens, marriage, underground bunkers, grandchildren, and more"--Provided by publisher.

"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to Angela Merkel. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--.

"Israel's youngest prime minister, as well as its longest serving prime minister, with the exception of Israel's first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion. Netanyahu has puzzled and amazed both his supporters and critics. He has experienced success, failure, and then success again. He believes in and has fought for a strong Israel, as a military, political, and economic power. Netanyahu was born into an actively Zionist family whose own history mirrors that of Israel, her strengths and her struggles. A son, brother, scholar, soldier, and politician--each of these roles have shaped the leader Bibi is today"--Provided by publisher.

"Presents the biography of Indira Gandhi against the backdrop of her political, historical, and cultural environment"--Provided by publisher.

Presents a brief biography of Tony Blair, Prime Minister of Great Britain since 1997, and includes a description of his childhood in Scotland, his education and university days, political career, and leadership through the events of September 11, 2001 and the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

When we seek an example of great leaders with unalloyed courage, the person who comes to mind is Winston Churchill: the iconic, visionary war leader immune from the consensus of the day, who stood firmly for his beliefs when everyone doubted him. But how did young Winston become Churchill? What gave him the strength to take on the superior force of Nazi Germany when bombs rained on London and so many others had caved? In Churchill, Andrew Roberts gives readers the full and definitive Winston Churchill, from birth to lasting legacy, as personally revealing as it is compulsively readable. Roberts gained exclusive access to extensive new material: transcripts of War Cabinet meetings, diaries, letters and unpublished memoirs from Churchill's contemporaries. The Royal Family permitted Roberts--in a first for a Churchill biographer--to read the detailed notes taken by King George VI in his diary after his weekly meetings with Churchill during World War II. This treasure trove of access allows Roberts to understand the man in revelatory new ways, and to identify the hidden forces fueling Churchill's legendary drive. We think of Churchill as a hero who saved civilization from the evils of Nazism and warned of the grave crimes of Soviet communism, but Roberts's masterwork reveals that he has as much to teach us about the challenges leaders face today--and the fundamental values of courage, tenacity, leadership and moral conviction.

Examines the life of Benazir Bhutto against the backdrop of her political, historical, and cultural environment.

"... a dual biography of Winston Churchill and George Orwell, with a focus on the pivotal years from the mid-1930s through the 1940s, when their farsighted vision and inspired action in the face of the threat of fascism and communism helped preserve democracy for the world."--Provided by publisher.