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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The damning inside story of Joe Biden's decline while in office – and the desperate attempts of his inner circle to hide it from the American people. 'Explosive' Guardian 'Explosive' The Times 'Explosive' Daily Mail 'Explosive' Politico...

How did a once faceless bureaucrat, a man whose own wife said he was born under the sign of the vampire, become the idealized face of Russian manhood and its authoritarian leader? Deputy Mayor Putin examines the man behind the myth. We will explore how Putin’s formative years shaped and drove him and how the supporting cast of characters he gathered along the way helped him get to the Kremlin’s inner sanctum.

By the time of his death on July 23, 1885, Ulysses S. Grant was an icon in the historical memory of the United States. Just a few decades later, however, constant criticism of his military and political leadership had tarnished his reputation. Today’s historians have a far more balanced assessment of Grant as a Union Army general and an American president—and that appraisal is at the heart of Understanding Ulysses S. Grant: Portrait of a Warrior.

The future of democracy is uncertain. Populist world leaders are dominating headlines and creating a new kind of politics that challenges democratic values and the liberal order. They influence the media, exert economic power, appoint judges, cultivate populism and seek to undermine the very institutions which brought them into power. In this gripping narrative, Misha Glenny, journalist and best-selling author of McMafia, tells the stories of six strongmen’s unexpected rise.

Presidents Are People Too! transforms American presidents into real-life people - complete with flaws, quirks, and scandals you won't find in history books.

Few things illustrate the magnetism of the Kennedy era like Marilyn Monroe co-headlining the President's massive birthday fundraiser, and suggestively crooning "Happy Birthday." But only a privileged few know what happened months earlier, when the two icons spent a weekend at a private summit hosted by Bing Crosby, and later, after the New York extravaganza, at the top secret, invitation-only midnight affair at a millionaire's Manhattan town house.

“The most memorable contribution to this year’s American political literature, however, was not a printed book. The Trump Tapes…is an audio collection that offers a passport to the heart of darkness.” —The Guardian “An uncharacteristic warning from one of the most respected...

조 바이든이 제 46대 미국 대통령 당선 수락 연설을 하러 카멀라 해리스의 소개를 받고 무대 전면으로 겅중겅중 뛰어나오는 모습을 보셨나요? 어떤 미국 뉴스 프로그램에서는 중계자가 그 장면을 보며 "지금 이 순간만큼은 나이 티를 내지 않겠다고 결심한 것 같군요"라고 코멘트를 했습니다. 그렇습니다. 조 바이든, 풀 네임 조셉 로비네트 "조" 바이든 주니어는, 집무를 시작하는 2021년에는 78살인 미국 역사상 최고령 대통령 당선자 입니다. 그의 이야기 궁금하시죠?