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Thomas M. Menino, former five-term mayor of Boston

"A revealing memoir by Boston's beloved five-term mayor, explaining the power behind Boston's success and lessons for Washington power brokers After twenty years of service, Mayor Thomas Menino is stepping down from his office as one of the longest-serving major-city mayors in United States history--and one of the most popular politicians in modern memory. His political career has stretched from the busing crisis of the 1970s to the city's extraordinary response to the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013. Menino tells exclusive behind-the-scenes stories of urban politics and provides inspiration for Washington with his proven, people-focused method: "Do the small stuff so you can win the credibility to do the big stuff." He's not known as a fancy talker, but he gets things done. Under his wing, the city has enjoyed unprecedented economic growth while fostering a new attitude of acceptance. Menino shows how a very old city shook off its Puritan roots and racial tensions to become a truly twenty-first-century city"--

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James Lincoln Collier

Explores the childhood, character, and influential events that shaped the life of Alexander Hamilton, one of America's founding fathers.

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Daniel Coit Gilman

A Virginia veteran of the Revolutionary War who was elected to the new U.S. Senate in 1790 and later served as Secretaries of War and State prior to becoming U.S. President (1817-1825). “A short, simple account of the most important events in Monroe’s life. Contains a thorough bibliography of Monroe and the Monroe doctrine.” — A.L.A. Catalog 1926

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Yegor Gaidar

"Yegor Gaidar, one of Russia's first post-Soviet prime ministers and principal architect of its historic transformation to a market economy, here presents his account of governing in the tumultuous early 1990s. Though still in his forties, Gaidar has already played a pivotal role in contemporary Russian political history, championing the cause of dramatic economic reform, aggressive privatization of state enterprises, and painful fiscal discipline in the face of widespread popular resistance."--BOOK JACKET. "Gaidar remains active in Russian politics, having formed his own political party, Russia's Democratic Choice. In this book, he brings his story through Yeltsin's cliffhanger re-election in 1996, and assesses the still-precarious state of the market reforms and democratic politics."--BOOK JACKET.