"A literal son of the Chicago political machine, Rostenkowski was installed in politics by his father, Alderman Joseph P. Rostenkowski, and by his mentor, Mayor Richard J. Daley.
Joseph Bonanno provides a unique view of life inside the Mafia, describing the organization and its important figures and his vision of this closed society as a confederacy of men of honor.
A two-volume collection of reminiscences by one of Britain's most famous historians and critics, published posthumously in 1881.
Dans ce livre, ambitieux et modeste à la fois, relatant avec aisance l'histoire - parfois pleine de bruit et de fureur - de la biologie moléculaire et des hommes qui l'ont portée, Christophe Ronsin fait oeuvre de passeur, passeur de ...
Recounts the author's experiences as a marine sergeant in the Iraq War and his battles with alcoholism and post-traumatic stress disorder after returning to the United States.
In a sweeping drama that moves from the Depression and Spanish Civil War to the HUAC hearings and end of the McCarthy era, Maraniss weaves his father’s story through the lives of his inquisitors and defenders as they struggle with the ...
Aksi masa Tan Malaka 1926 ini mempunyai revolusi yang mana untuk menentukan kelas yang memegang kekuasaan negara, politik, dan ekonomi, serta dijalankan dengan cara kekeerasan.
Unique in conception, this volume contributes importantly to current debates on writing, texts, and reflexivity in anthropology.
A short memoir of of a young man in a wheelchair meeting the Triratna Buddhist Community in Glasgow in the 1970's.