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Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and former Wall Street Journal publisher, Karen House has gained unprecedented insights into Saudi Arabia and its controversial leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman through her more than forty years of experience covering the Arab kingdom. Drawing on extensive interviews with the Crown Prince, his family, and his inner ring of advisors, The Seventh Son explains in full what shaped the man who is reshaping Saudi Arabia.

Whether you are a longtime lover of history, a trivia collector with too many pub quiz trophies, or someone who just likes a good story told well, US Presidents offers a sharply entertaining and informative account of America’s leaders.

This new edition of Well… There You Go Again! The Humor That Shaped America captures nearly every quip, joke and anecdote told by Ronald Reagan during his presidency. It’s a virtual clinic on how to use humor as a persuasion tool. It’s also very funny. Even Democrats will laugh. From quips about taxing and spending to jokes about economists, bureaucracy and government regulation, the collection is as pertinent today as ever. Humor has become a lost art in politics. People should learn to disagree without personal attacks and hostility.

Abraham Lincoln the Christian By William J. Johnson "No man was ever more justly enshrined in the hearts of a liberty-loving people than Abraham Lincoln." Was Abraham Lincoln a Christian? In this deeply moving and historically grounded work, Abraham Lincoln the Christian, author William J. Johnson offers an inspiring and intimate portrait of the 16th President of the United States—not just as a statesman, but as a man of faith. With reverence and clarity, Johnson draws from rare testimonies, personal letters, and speeches—some nearly forgotten by time—to present the spiritual side of ...

William McKinley is known today as the champion of high protective tariffs. That is most certainly true, and the McKinley Presidency was the zenith of the Era of Protection. But he was much more. Anti-imperial, anti-Wall street, the champion of trade unions and working-class Americans, the ally and last defender of voting and citizenship rights for black Americans and much more. His administration was the Apex of the American System of Economics, but as was the case with Abraham Lincoln, the essence of McKinley is not to be found in his policies alone. It is in examining his character and ...

In a nation once synonymous with violence, corruption, and despair, a young, tech-savvy president promised radical change—and delivered. Bukele: Creating the New El Salvador offers an incisive exploration of Nayib Bukele’s meteoric rise and his controversial yet transformative presidency. Donald Elton meticulously examines how Bukele broke decades of stagnation and fear by dramatically reducing crime rates through an unprecedented war on gangs, modernizing infrastructure, and challenging deep-seated corruption. The charismatic Bukele bypassed traditional politics, wielding social media ...

En una nación que alguna vez fue sinónimo de violencia, corrupción y desesperanza, un joven presidente con dominio tecnológico prometió un cambio radical—y cumplió. Bukele: Creando el Nuevo El Salvador ofrece una exploración incisiva del ascenso meteórico de Nayib Bukele y su presidencia transformadora y polémica. Donald Elton examina meticulosamente cómo Bukele rompió décadas de estancamiento y miedo al reducir dramáticamente las tasas de criminalidad mediante una guerra sin precedentes contra las pandillas, modernizando la infraestructura y desafiando la corrupción ...

Women have made their mark on history in a variety of ways. However, the list of well-known women leaders is rather shorter than a similar list of men leaders. Some of these female leaders, like Queen Elizabeth I and Queen Elizabeth II, are familiar to many people. Their stories are in this book. Also herein are the stories of many lesser-known female leaders, whose stories as just as compelling as those famous queens'. It's not just countries, either. In this book you will find stories of women leaders of movements. Most people can probably Rosa Parks as a leader of the civil rights ...

Mächtige Könige, Kaiser und Staatsmänner haben die Geschicke der Welt geprägt. Von Alexander dem Großen, Katharina der Großen, George Washington über Elisabeth I. und Otto von Bismarck bis zu Franklin Roosevelt, Lenin, John F. Kennedy, Helmut Schmidt und Nelson Mandela: diese 15 packenden Biografien erzählen von Aufstieg, Krisen und Vermächtnis großer Herrscher und Staatslenker.

James Madison (March 16, 1751-June 28, 1836) was an American statesman, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817. Madison was popularly acclaimed the "Father of the Constitution" for his pivotal role in drafting and promoting the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights. The following is a reading of President Madison's second-term inaugural address on March 4, 1809.