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Product Description: Jenkins, himself a great Chancellor, looks at the lives and careers of the nineteen men who were Chancellor of the Exchequer between Gladstone's last administration and that of Clement Attlee, immediately after the Second World War and provides a unique insight into their personalities, their social backgrounds and their effect on the country at the time...read more

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9781447289678 | Pan Macmillan, April 23, 2015, cover price $25.35 | About this edition: Jenkins, himself a great Chancellor, looks at the lives and careers of the nineteen men who were Chancellor of the Exchequer between Gladstone's last administration and that of Clement Attlee, immediately after the Second World War and provides a unique insight into their personalities, their social backgrounds and their effect on the country at the time.

Dilke: A Victorian Tragedy

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Product Description: Sir Charles Dilke was born in 1843 and died in 1911. His career is one of the mysteries and tragedies of nineteenth-century history.In the summer of 1885 he was the youngest man in the outgoing cabinet and Gladstone's most likely successor as leader of the Liberal Party...read more

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9781448200498 | Bloomsbury USA Academic, December 20, 2012, cover price $21.99 | About this edition: Sir Charles Dilke was born in 1843 and died in 1911.

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Product Description: In his time, Harry S. Truman was one of the most under-rated presidents of the twentieth century. Succeeding the charismatic Roosevelt, he was often seen as an uninspiring leader, a poor diplomat and a fumbling politician. He was the first man to authorise the use of nuclear weapons, and was in office at the time when the multiplicity of hopes which arose at the end of the Second World War were inevitably disappointed...read more

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9780060155803 | Harpercollins, June 1, 1986, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: The founder of the Social Democratic Party of the U.

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9781448200771 | Bloomsbury USA Academic, December 20, 2012, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: In his time, Harry S.

9780060914226 | Reprint edition (Harpercollins, May 1, 1987), cover price $7.95 | About this edition: The founder of the Social Democratic Party of the U.

European Diary, 1977-1981

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Product Description: First published in 1989, this diary provides the background to two vital issues: our relations with the European Community and the state of politics in Britain. Few people are better qualified to know how we arrived where we are than Roy Jenkins...read more

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9781448200658 | Bloomsbury USA Academic, November 15, 2012, cover price $25.99 | About this edition: First published in 1989, this diary provides the background to two vital issues: our relations with the European Community and the state of politics in Britain.

Portraits and Miniatures

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9781448203215 | Bloomsbury USA Academic, November 15, 2012, cover price $18.99

Mr Balfour's Poodle

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Product Description: Jenkins' account of the constitutional struggle between the Liberal government of the early twentieth century and the House of Lords. The battle started with the introduction of the People's Budget of 1909 and continued through two general elections until 1911 when the Lords accepted the Parliament bill...read more

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9781448203208 | Bloomsbury USA Academic, August 14, 2012, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Jenkins' account of the constitutional struggle between the Liberal government of the early twentieth century and the House of Lords.

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Product Description: First published in 1984, this is the first biography of Stanley Baldwin for more than ten years, although there had been four in the preceding decade. This is strange, for Baldwin has recently begun to swim back into fashion. In part this is a function of growing nostalgia for his period of power, the 1920s and 1930s...read more

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9781448200689 | Bloomsbury USA Academic, August 14, 2012, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: First published in 1984, this is the first biography of Stanley Baldwin for more than ten years, although there had been four in the preceding decade.

Dirt Bike Ike: Pursuing the Dream

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Product Description: Ike Hebert is a teenager with a dream: to become a champion motocross racer. But there are many obstacles to achieving it. He comes from a poor, single parent family, he has learning and social disabilities, and has no freinds or resources...read more

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9781453804469 | Createspace Independent Pub, February 23, 2011, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Ike Hebert is a teenager with a dream: to become a champion motocross racer.

Dirt Bike Ike: Casting the Dream

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Product Description: What do you tell a teenager that is failing 9th grade, has learning disabilities, no social life, no direction, friends, money or hope? Ike Hebert is being raised by a single Mom who is holding down two jobs to keep their home together...read more

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9781438914855 | Authorhouse, October 30, 2008, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: What do you tell a teenager that is failing 9th grade, has learning disabilities, no social life, no direction, friends, money or hope?

9781463571665 | Createspace Independent Pub, June 4, 2008, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Ike Hebert has a dream, to become a champion motocross racer.

The Secret Beach

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By Roy Jenkins and Betty King

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9780755202027 | Authors Online Ltd, August 31, 2005, cover price $14.95

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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New York Times Bestselling Author Franklin Delano Roosevelt was a statesman whose massive achievements tower over the twentieth century. Elected to an unprecedented four terms in office, his accomplishments in leading the nation through depression and world war resonate to this day. In acute, stylish prose, Roy Jenkins -- who was a prominent British politician as well as a bestselling historian -- tackles all of the complexities and intricacies of Roosevelt's character.

By Roy Jenkins and Richard E. Neustadt

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9780754098652 | Large print edition (Chivers, June 1, 2004), cover price $55.01

9780786262922 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, March 1, 2004), cover price $29.45 | About this edition: New York Times Bestselling Author Franklin Delano Roosevelt was a statesman whose massive achievements tower over the twentieth century.

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9780754098669 | Large print edition (Chivers, June 1, 2004), cover price $22.01

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A protean figure and a man of massive achievement, FD Roosevelt was the only man to be elected to the presidency more than twice. He was a skilled politician with astounding flexibility; and, he oversaw an incomparable mobilization of American industrial and military effort. This book tackles the nuances and intricacies of FDR's character.

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9781405046329 | Pan Macmillan, May 7, 2004, cover price $27.05 | About this edition: A protean figure and a man of massive achievement, FD Roosevelt was the only man to be elected to the presidency more than twice.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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A profile by the author of Churchill and Gladstone discusses FDR's personality in light of his flexible political skills, management of the mobilization of the American industrial and military effort, and ability to foster loyalty in those around him. Simultaneous.

By Roy Jenkins, Richard Rohan (narrator) and Arthur Meier Schlesinger (editor)

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9781559279628 | Abridged edition (St Martins Pr, November 4, 2003), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: A profile of FDR discusses his personality in light of his flexible political skills, management of the mobilization of the American industrial and military effort, and ability to foster loyalty in those around him.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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A profile by the author of Churchill and Gladstone discusses FDR's personality in light of his flexible political skills, management of the mobilization of the American industrial and military effort, and ability to foster loyalty in those around him. 35,000 first printing.

By Roy Jenkins, Richard E. Neustadt (editor) and Arthur Meier Schlesinger (editor)

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9780805069594 | Times Books, November 1, 2003, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: A profile of FDR discusses his personality in light of his flexible political skills, management of the mobilization of the American industrial and military effort, and ability to foster loyalty in those around him.

Gladstone: A Biography

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A definitive biography of one of Britain's greatest nineteenth-century politicians and statesmen describes the life and times of William Ewart Gladstone, his ideas and contributions, and his role as prime minister, founder of the Liberal party, and political orator. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

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9780679451440 | Random House Inc, January 1, 1997, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Profiles the nineteenth century British Prime Minister who spent sixty-three of his eighty-nine years in the House of Commons

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9780812966411 | Reprint edition (Random House Inc, November 1, 2002), cover price $20.00 | About this edition: A definitive biography of one of Britain's greatest nineteenth-century politicians and statesmen describes the life and times of William Ewart Gladstone, his ideas and contributions, and his role as prime minister, founder of the Liberal party, and political orator.

Churchill: A Biography

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A comprehensive portrait of Britain's greatest modern prime minister and icon of modern history chronicles his many accomplishments, trials, and tribulations, both personal and political, that contributed to his great success as an invaluable leader. Reprint.

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9780374123543 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, November 1, 2001, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: Provides a glimpse into the extraordinary life of Britain's greatest prime minister, recreating his many accomplishments, trials, and tribulations throughout his life that contributed to his success.

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9780452283527 | Reprint edition (Plume, October 1, 2002), cover price $26.00 | About this edition: Provides a glimpse into the extraordinary life of Britain's greatest prime minister, recreating his many accomplishments, trials, and tribulations throughout his life that contributed to his success.

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9780786192076 | Mp3 una edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, June 1, 2002), cover price $54.95

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9780786122431 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, June 1, 2002), cover price $99.95 | About this edition: Winston Churchill is an icon of modern history.

9780786122844 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, June 1, 2002), cover price $76.95 | About this edition: Winston Churchill is an icon of modern history.

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Originally published in 1995, this is a biography of William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898), which charts the political career and personal life of the only person who saw four terms as the British Prime Minister and who left behind a long and successful line of legislation.

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9780333602164 | Macmillan Pub Ltd, February 1, 1996, cover price $45.00 | also contains A Sociology of Football in a Global Context | About this edition: His most ambitious and most satisfying book.

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9780330411714 | New edition (Pan Macmillan, September 6, 2002), cover price $16.90 | About this edition: Originally published in 1995, this is a biography of William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898), which charts the political career and personal life of the only person who saw four terms as the British Prime Minister and who left behind a long and successful line of legislation.

Churchill: Library Edition

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Product Description: From a very young age, Churchill believed he was destined to play a great role in the life of his nation. Roy Jenkinss narrative account of Churchills astounding career is one of the finest political biographies of our time.

By Roy Jenkins and Simon Vance (narrator)

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9780786160549 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, June 1, 2002), cover price $120.00 | About this edition: From a very young age, Churchill believed he was destined to play a great role in the life of his nation.

The British Liberal Tradition: From Gladstone to Young Churchill, Asquith, and Lloyd George--Is Blair Their Heir?

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9780802084545 | Univ of Toronto Pr, July 1, 2001, cover price $16.95

The Progressive Century: The Future of the Centre-Left in Britain

By Roy Jenkins (foreword by), Neal Lawson (editor) and Neil Sherlock (editor)

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9780333949610 | Palgrave Macmillan, March 1, 2001, cover price $105.00

The Chancellors: A History of the Leaders of the British Exchequer, 1886-1947

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Product Description: Jenkins looks at the lives and careers of the nineteen men who were Chancellor of the Exchequer between Gladstone's last appointment to the office and Attlee's last. Looks at the personalities, their social backgrounds and their effect on the country at the time.

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9780333730584 | Macmillan Pub Ltd, December 1, 1999, cover price $22.50 | About this edition: Jenkins looks at the lives and careers of the nineteen men who were Chancellor of the Exchequer between Gladstone's last appointment to the office and Attlee's last.

The Chancellorship of Oxford: A Contemporary View With a Little History

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Product Description: The Rt. Hon. Lord Jenkins, Chancellor of the University of Oxford, examines the history of the selection and electoral process of the office of Chancellor of the University of Oxford from the 18th century to 1960 and assesses the changes in the role and powers of the Chancellor, including those during his own period of office...read more

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9780199513819 | Clarendon Pr, April 1, 1997, cover price $12.50 | About this edition: The Rt.

A Life at the Center: Memoirs of a Radical Reformer

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One of Britain's most important political leaders recounts his odyssey through British and world politics and offers penetrating portraits of Wilson, Thatcher, the Kennedys, Nixon, and other memorable personalities.

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9780679413110 | Rep sub edition (Random House Inc, March 1, 1993), cover price $30.00 | About this edition: A Member of Parliament, and former Home Secretary, looks back on his life and political career, and shares his impressions of both British and American politicians

Roy Jenkins Gallery of 20th Century Portraits and Oxford Papers

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9780715392997 | David & Charles, June 1, 1989, cover price $25.90

Britain and the Eec

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9780844814636 | Crane Russak & Co, February 1, 1984, cover price $29.00

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