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Language
English
Description
"The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers a fresh and compelling portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz. On Winston Churchill's first day as prime minister, Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. Poland and Czechoslovakia had already fallen, and the Dunkirk evacuation was just two weeks away. For the next twelve months, Hitler would wage a relentless bombing campaign, killing 45,000...
Publisher
distributed exclusively in Canada by Alliance Films
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
The Iron Lady is a portrayal of Margaret Thatcher, the enigmatic, highly controversial figure who became the first and only female Prime Minister of England. It is the journey of a 'common' grocer's daughter whose social ambition and steel will, along with the love of her husband and confidant, propelled her to unprecedented power in a world dominated by men.
Author
Series
The Gabriel Allon volume Book 13
Language
English
Description
The wayward son of Israeli intelligence, Gabriel Allon is plunged into a high stakes game of murder, espionage, and corruption after a beautiful young British woman vanishes on the island of Corsica, which threatens to destroy a prime minister's career.
Author
Language
English
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Description
In 1909, Clementine steps off a train with her new husband, Winston. An angry woman emerges from the crowd to attack, shoving him in the direction of an oncoming train. Just before he stumbles, Clementine grabs him by his suit jacket. This will not be the last time Clementine Churchill will save her husband. LADY CLEMENTINE is the ferocious story of the ambitious woman beside Winston Churchill, the story of a partner who did not flinch through the...
5) Darkest hour
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
During the early days of World War II, the fate of Western Europe hangs on the newly appointed British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Hitler, or fight on against incredible odds.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Short-listed as one of the 15 best documentaries of 2010, Mugabe and the White African is the story of one family’s astonishing bravery as they fight to protect their property, their livelihood and their country. Mike Campbell is one of the few white farmers left in Zimbabwe since its leader, Robert Mugabe, enacted his disastrous land redistribution program. Once the breadbasket of Africa, Zimbabwe has since spiraled into chaos, the economy decimated...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A "dual biography of Winston Churchill and George Orwell, with a focus on the pivotal years from the mid-1930s through the 1940s, when their farsighted vision and inspired action in the face of the threat of fascism and communism helped preserve democracy for the world"--
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The mayor of London and former Spectator editor challenges popular misconceptions to assess Churchill's enduring influence on the world, discussing the many contradictions of his life and his considerable political and military achievements.
12) Golda Meir
Author
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
1983
Language
English
Description
Traces the life and accomplishments of the woman Zionist who at the age of seventy became the prime minister of Israel.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The definitive biography of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, detailing the remarkable rise and political brilliance of the most powerful--and elusive--woman in the world. The Chancellor is at once a riveting political biography and an intimate human story of a complete outsider--a research chemist and pastor's daughter raised in Soviet-controlled East Germany--who rose to become the unofficial leader of the West. Acclaimed biographer Kati Marton...
16) Ali G indahouse
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
The hip-hopping, white gangsta-rapper wannabe gets entangled in an evil plot to overthrow the Prime Minister of Great Britain. Carlton, an unscrupulous member of the House has the intention of upsetting the current Prime Minister in the next election. Hoping to attract negative attention to the leader, Ali G is promoted as a running mate of sorts, a tactic that backfires in Carlton's face as the rapper quickly ascends the political ladder. Ali G is...
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