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Brought to you by Penguin. 'James Patterson and Bill Clinton are the dream team' Lee Child 'Propulsive, exhilarating, and unnervingly believable' Karin Slaughter 'Superb thriller, expertly told... More please' Piers Morgan 'Even better than their first ' Daily Mail 'I loved this book ' Ross King...

Brought to you by Penguin. The global number one bestselling authors team up again for a gripping political thriller, unravelling a shocking murder accusation at the White House. Clinton and Patterson are back. And they're better than ever. The President of the United States is up for...

Brought to you by Penguin. THE GLOBAL NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER The President is missing. The world is in shock. Terrorists are planning a devastating attack. And they have help from traitors inside the White House. The only thing standing in their way is a President determined to save his people...

Winner of the British Book Awards, Biography of the Year, 2005.

President Bill Clinton's My Life is the strikingly candid portrait of a global leader who decided in early life to devote his intellectual and political gifts, and his extraordinary capacity for hard work, to serving the public. It is the fullest, most concretely detailed, most nuanced account of a presidency ever written, and a testament to the positive impact on America and on the world of his work and his ideals.

Brought to you by Penguin. A powerful, candid, and richly detailed memoir from an American icon, revealing what life looks like after the presidency: triumphs, tribulations, and all. On 20th January 2001, after nearly thirty years in politics — eight of them as President of the United States...

Here, for the first time, is a collection of short speeches by the charismatic doctor and social activist Paul Farmer. One of the most passionate and influential voices for global health equity and social justice, Farmer encourages young people to tackle the greatest challenges of our times. Engaging, often humorous, and always inspiring, these speeches bring to light the brilliance and force of Farmer's vision in a single, accessible volume.

In Back to Work, Bill Clinton addresses the urgent economic challenges facing the United States and offers a plan to get America "back into the future business". He details how to get out of the current economic crisis and lay a foundation for long-term prosperity, offering specific recommendations on how to put people back to work, increase bank lending and corporate investment, double exports, restore the manufacturing base, and create new businesses.

Here, from Bill Clinton, is a call to action. Giving is an inspiring look at how each of us can change the world. First, it reveals the extraordinary and innovative efforts now being made by companies and organizations and by individuals to solve problems and save lives both "down the street and around the world". Then it urges us to seek out what each of us, "regardless of income, available time, age, and skills", can do to help.

Es gibt Dinge, die nur ein Präsident wissen kann. Es gibt Dinge, die nur ein Präsident tun kann. Doch was geschieht, wenn der Präsident verschwindet?

William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States, from 1993 to 2001. Previously he served as governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and 1983 to 1992 and as the state's attorney general from 1977 to 1979. A member of the Democratic Party, ideologically Clinton was a New Democrat, and many of his policies reflected a centrist Third Way philosophy of governance.

Midt i en international krise sker det umulige. Den amerikanske præsident forsvinder. Hvad der følger er tre af de mest dramatiske dage i præsidentens liv - måske i USA's historie. Og det hele kunne ske i virkeligheden...

Die Familie des Ex-Präsidenten und Navy SEAL Matthew Keating steht auf der Todesliste eines der weltweit gefährlichsten Terroristen. Nachdem eine gescheiterte Militäraktion in Libyen ihn seine zweite Amtszeit gekostet hat, lebt er nun mit seiner Frau und der gemeinsamen Tochter im ländlichen New Hampshire. Alles, was er will, ist, mit seiner Familie ein ruhiges, anonymes Leben zu führen.

This collection includes the key speeches made by President William J. Clinton during his presidency. This includes his inaugural speeches, State of the Union addresses, and addresses on NAFTA, gays in the military, the Lewinsky allegations, health-care reform, the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and foreign policy statements on the Middle East, Bosnia, Rwanda, and Ghana. These speeches form a powerful firsthand account of the Clinton presidency.

When fourteen-year-old Carlotta Walls walked up the stairs of Little Rock Central High School on September 25, 1957, she and eight other black students only wanted to make it to class. But the journey of the “Little Rock Nine,” as they came to be known, would lead the nation on an even...

Hay secretos que sólo un presidente puede saber. Hay situaciones que sólo un presidente puede resolver. Pero hay decisiones que ni siquiera un presidente querría tomar. La presidencia de los Estados Unidos pende de un hilo. El presidente, Jonathan Duncan, está a punto de ser destituido y es presa fácil de los tiburones de Washington cuando, acorralado por la prensa, cuestionado por la opinión pública y sus propios colaboradores, se enfrenta al mayor ataque que Estados Unidos haya sufrido nunca. Sin nadie en quien confiar, el presidente Duncan deberá desaparecer para actuar en la sombra, aún a riesgo de que le consideren sospechoso y traidor.

A former soldier turned movie star turned spy must stop a catastrophic nuclear weapons deal. This gripping thriller from Thomas Caplan propels readers around the globe-from Hollywood to Rome, the Black Sea to the Mediterranean-and to the very brink of nuclear abyss. The novel's charismatic hero...

In December 1967, Chuck Robb was catapulted onto the national scene when he married Lynda Bird Johnson, the daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson, in a nationally broadcast White House wedding. Shortly thereafter, Robb, a US Marine, deployed to Vietnam, where he commanded India Company of the 3rd Battalion, 7th Regiment, and was awarded the Bronze Star. These two experiences - seemingly polar opposites - illustrate much about the eventual Virginia governor and US senator, who combined a commitment to family with an ingrained sense of civic duty on the national stage.

In The Idea of America, Darren Walker argues that we can narrow our widening divides by rediscovering our common aspirations and common good. This prescient, timely compendium introduces us to an essential leader of and for our moment—in his own words—through his most essential reflections, essays, and speeches. Walker calls for courageous, moral leadership from us all—challenging us to step back from the extremes, to lean into nuance and complexity, and to build longer bridges.

Die kraftvollen, offenen und detailreichen Memoiren einer amerikanischen Ikone, die zeigen, wie das Leben nach der Präsidentschaft aussieht: Triumphe, ...