From her childhood as the number one box office draw in the world to her political career, this feature length film is the definitive story of a unique celebrity.

"Mike Pompeo recounts his political career"-- "Mike Pompeo is the only person ever to have served as both America's most senior diplomat and the head of its premier espionage agency. As the only four-year national security member of President Trump's Cabinet, he worked to impose crushing pressure on the Islamic Republic of Iran, avert a nuclear crisis with North Korea, deliver unmatched support for Israel, and bring peace to the Middle East. Drawing...

Introduces readers to the lives of the fifty-six men who signed the Declaration of Independence, describing who they were, their professions, and how their lives changed in the years that followed.

"Thomas Jefferson asserted that if there was any leader of the Revolution, "Samuel Adams was the man." With high-minded ideals and bare-knuckle tactics, Adams led what could be called the greatest campaign of civil resistance in American history. Stacy Schiff returns Adams to his seat of glory, introducing us to the shrewd and eloquent man who supplied the moral backbone of the American Revolution. He employed every tool available to rally a town,...

"Find out about the life of Barack Obama from his childhood and education to how he became President of the United States and what he achieved. The book has photographs and a simple text suitable for young children."--

"Shaking up New York and national politics by becoming the first African American congresswoman and, later, the first Black major-party presidential candidate, Shirley Chisholm left an indelible mark as an 'unbought and unbossed' firebrand and a leader in politics for meaningful change. Anastasia C. Curwood interweaves Chisholm's public image, political commitments, and private experiences to create a definitive account of a consequential life"--

The founder and editor of the New-York Tribune, Horace Greeley was the most significant-and polarizing-American journalist of the nineteenth century. To the farmers and tradesmen of the rural North, the Tribune was akin to holy writ. To just about everyone else-Democrats, southerners, and a good many Whig and Republican political allies-Greeley was a shape-shifting menace: an abolitionist fanatic; a disappointing conservative; a terrible liar; a power-hungry...

Chronicles the friendship between President Theodore Roosevelt and Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts, who encouraged one another to mine the greatness that lay within each of them despite the political disagreements that almost tore them apart.

A guide to the 2008 presidential candidates provides an overview of each candidate, covering their basics, which includes career, religion, and education; their stand on the war in Iraq, health care, taxes, the economy, and other significant issues; and their strengths and weaknesses.