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Product Description: Who could have foreseen the start of World War I twenty-five years before the assassination of a Serbian archduke plunged Europe into war? Who could have predicted the rise of al-Qaeda nearly eight decades before anyone had heard of Osama bin Laden? Winston Churchill did...read more

Hardcover:

9781596987753 | 1 reprint edition (Regnery Pub, November 19, 2012), cover price $27.95 | About this edition: "Perhaps it is a cliche that a politician thinks of the next election and a statesman of the next generation, yet my grandfather found merit in the maxim.
9780391017863, titled "Medieval Thought from St. Augustine to Ockham" | Humanities Pr, June 1, 1958, cover price $15.50 | also contains Medieval Thought from St. Augustine to Ockham | About this edition: A comprehensive study of medieval ideas written for the layman.

Paperback:

9781621573333 | Reprint edition (Regnery Pub, June 1, 2015), cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Who could have foreseen the start of World War I twenty-five years before the assassination of a Serbian archduke plunged Europe into war?

CD/Spoken Word:

9781470807948 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, November 19, 2012), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: ''Churchill: The Prophetic Statesman''reveals the astonishingly accurate predictions of Britain's most famous Prime Minister, and how his critics perceived them throughout his political career.

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Product Description: [MP3CD audiobook format in vinyl case.]''Churchill: The Prophetic Statesman''reveals the astonishingly accurate predictions of Britain's most famous Prime Minister, and how his critics perceived them throughout his political career...read more

CD/Spoken Word:

9781470807955 | Mp3 una edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, November 19, 2012), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: [MP3CD audiobook format in vinyl case.
9781470807931, titled "Churchill: The Prophetic Statesman: Library Edition" | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, November 19, 2012), cover price $76.00 | About this edition: [Library Edition Audiobook CD in vinyl case.

Discusses the similaries in the early years, education, and military training of the two great leaders and explores their evolving friendship.

Hardcover:

9780761525615 | 1 edition (Prima Pub, October 1, 2001), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Discusses the similaries in the early years, education, and military training of the two great leaders and explores their evolving friendship.

Paperback:

9780307335883 | Broadway Books, October 23, 2004, cover price $19.00 | About this edition: Discusses the similaries in the early years, education, and military training of the two great leaders and explores their evolving friendship.

Miscellaneous:

9780307555861 | Crown Pub, March 3, 2010, cover price $19.00

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Product Description: In 1998, Professor Humes and Doctor Ryals traveled with Edward Nixon, the brother of the President, to the People's Republic of China. While retracing Nixon's steps, they interviewed those Chinese Foreign Service experts who had planned the president's meetings with Mao Tse-tung and Chou En-lai...read more

Paperback:

9780761847380 | Univ Pr of Amer, November 30, 2009, cover price $29.99 | About this edition: In 1998, Professor Humes and Doctor Ryals traveled with Edward Nixon, the brother of the President, to the People's Republic of China.

Hardcover:

9780307460370, titled "The Wit and Wisdom of William F. Buckley, Jr." | Random House Inc, October 30, 2016, cover price $23.00

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Presents tips for effective public speaking and presentations with techniques used by such historical figures as Winston Churchill, Napoleon, and Benjamin Franklin.

Paperback:

9780761563518 | 1 edition (Three Rivers Pr, April 1, 2002), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Presents tips for effective public speaking and presentations with techniques used by such historical figures as Winston Churchill, Napoleon, and Benjamin Franklin.

Miscellaneous:

9780307559913 | Crown Pub, February 19, 2009, cover price $14.95

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Product Description: In Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, the premier collection of noted sayings, Mark Twain is the only American with more citations under his name than Franklin Delano Roosevelt. FDR was the greatest raconteur to occupy the White House between the presidencies of Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan...read more

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9780061231483, titled "The Wit & Wisdom of F D R" | Perennial, March 1, 2008, cover price $13.99 | About this edition: In Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, the premier collection of noted sayings, Mark Twain is the only American with more citations under his name than Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

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Product Description: Book by Humes, James C.

Paperback:

9780687491254 | Dimensions for Living, March 15, 2007, cover price $12.00 | About this edition: Book by Humes, James C.

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An in-depth, richly illustrated study of Winston Churchill offers a thought-provoking look at the remarkable life of a gifted, complex, and often troubled world leader. 50,000 first printing.

Hardcover:

9780789493187 | Dk Pub, April 1, 2003, cover price $23.00 | About this edition: An in-depth, illustrated study of Winston Churchill offers a look at the life of a gifted, complex, and often troubled world leader.

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Product Description: Citizen Shakespeare is a biography of Shakespeare that reveals the influence and interplay of English history on Shakespeare's plays. Written in a manner, which portrays the author's enthusiasm for the subject, this book will appeal to Shakespearean scholars, students of English literature, and anyone interested in the events that shaped the life and writings of William Shakespeare...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Hardcover:

9780761820499 | Univ Pr of Amer, April 1, 2003, cover price $88.00 | About this edition: Citizen Shakespeare is a biography of Shakespeare that reveals the influence and interplay of English history on Shakespeare's plays.
9780275941536 | Praeger Pub Text, February 1, 1993, cover price $42.95 | About this edition: James Humes's portrait is a flesh-and-blood picture of William Shakespeare, who came from Stratford to seek his fame and fortune in the theater world of London in pursuit of his dream--to return to Stratford as a gentleman and a country squire.

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Product Description: giving funny speeches (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Hardcover:

9780785815358 | Castle, May 1, 2002, cover price $8.99 | About this edition: giving funny speeches

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Product Description: "Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves." Rather than the dour soul he sometimes appeared to be, Abraham Lincoln enjoyed a fine, often barbed sense of humor as this lively collection of his salty stories, anecdotes, quotes and speech excerpts proves...read more

Hardcover:

9780517207192 | Gramercy, December 1, 1999, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: "Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

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A former White House speechwriter illustrates how the timeless rules the former leader used as the basis for his presidency and often his life had a profound impact on history and other political powers. Reprint. 17,500 first printing.

Paperback:

9780684848167 | Touchstone Books, October 23, 1998, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Presents the ten rules that the former president believed were essential guidelines for leadership and negotiation

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The former president's speechwriter and longtime friend explores through example how the Ten Commandments Nixon created for himself and lived by influenced his political career, the nation, and other celebrated political figures. 25,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

Hardcover:

9780684837956 | Scribner, October 1, 1997, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: Presents the ten rules that the former president believed were essential guidelines for leadership and negotiation

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One of the most sought-after speechwriters in history offers a hilarious behind-the-scenes perspective on presidential history, from the individual Nixon thought was 'Deep Throat' to why Ronald Reagan was his own best speechwriter. IP. (view table of contents)

Hardcover:

9780895264336 | Regnery Pub, May 1, 1997, cover price $22.50 | About this edition: The author offers a personal perspective on national politics

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Product Description: Churchill: Speaker of the Century

Paperback:

9780812861518 | Reprint edition (Scarborough House, June 1, 1996), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Churchill: Speaker of the Century

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Product Description: Continuing the popular Wit & Wisdom series, this treasury of quotations and anecdotes illuminate the life and achievements of America's most beloved patriot: Benjamin Franklin.

Hardcover:

9780060171728, titled "Wit and Wisdom of Benjamin Franklin: A Treasury of More Than 900 Quotations and Anecdotes" | Harpercollins, March 1, 1995, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: Combines humorous quotes with anecdotes about Franklin's inventions and innovations, including newspaper editorials, the Navy, bifocals, Daylight Saving Time, the Franklin stove, and shock treatment.

Paperback:

9780060926977 | Perennial, March 1, 1996, cover price $13.00 | About this edition: Continuing the popular Wit & Wisdom series, this treasury of quotations and anecdotes illuminate the life and achievements of America's most beloved patriot: Benjamin Franklin.

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Hundreds of stories, anecdotes, quotes, speech excerpts, and opinions by Abraham Lincoln offer a portrait of the man as a brilliant writer, clever lawyer, and witty politician.

Hardcover:

9780060172442 | Harpercollins, January 1, 1996, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: A collection of anecdotes and quotes by Abraham Lincoln offers a portrait of the man as a writer, clever lawyer, and witty politician

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Product Description: Book by Humes, James C.

Hardcover:

9780688108687 | William Morrow & Co, March 1, 1992, cover price $19.00 | About this edition: Fine in Fine jacket HARDCOVER.

Paperback:

9780688140755 | Reissue edition (Quill, April 1, 1995), cover price $8.00 | About this edition: Book by Humes, James C.

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