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Description for My Life
Paperback. A 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. This book presents the life of a great national and international figure, President Bill Clinton revealed with all his talents and contradictions. Num Pages: 1024 pages, 32. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 50. Weight in Grams: 758. Good, clean copy; minor shelf wear on cover.
President Bill Clinton's My Life is the strikingly candid self-portrait of a world leader who decided in early life to devote his intellectual and political gifts, and his extraordinary capacity for hard work, to serving the people of America and the entire world population. It is the fullest, most concretely detailed, most nuanced account of a presidency ever written, and a testament to the positive impact that his work and his political ideals had on America and on the world. Here is the life of a great national and international figure, revealed with all his talents and contradictions. Filled with fascinating moments and insights, it is told openly, directly, in President Clinton's immediately recognisable voice. A fascinating journey through American politics, and one of the world's most famous politicians, and popular presidents.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
Used, Good
Number of Pages
1056
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099441359
SKU
KSG0001381
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About President Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton served as the forty-second President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. George W Bush was his successor and George H W Bush his predecessor. Since leaving office, Clinton has been heavily involved in public speaking and humanitarian work. He has remained active in political matters, campaigning for Democratic presidential candidates, notably his wife in the 2008 presidential election. Hilary Clinton, is also a powerful force in world politics; she was the United States Senator for New York from 2001-9 and the 67th United States Secretary of State under Barack Obama.
Reviews for My Life
My Life is, without question, the best written U.S. presidential tome of all time
Douglas Brinkley
Financial Times
Bill Clinton has given an unprecedented story of a White House life and the roads that led to it
Peter Stothard
The Times
You can't help but feel you're in the company, one on one, of the man himself... The narrative is engaging... The accounts of high-wire diplomacy... are all riveting
Jonathan Freedland
Guardian
His book tells, in an extraordinary way, a truly heartening story of American democracy
Peter Jay
Evening Standard
By a generous measure ... the richest American presidential autobiography - no other book tells us as vividly or fully what it is like to be president of the United States ... And he can write
Larry McMurtry
The New York Times Book Review
A hell of a good story
Frank McCourt
Entertainment Weekly
It's an almost voluptuous pleasure to read Clinton when he's recounting and analyzing a political race or a legislative battle, whether it's one of his own or somebody else's
The New Yorker
Consistently fascinating
The Seattle Times
Clinton talks with disarming frankness [and] writes with grace and fluidity . . . He is also a born storyteller
The New Republic
Might just be the perfect representation of the man himself
The Plain Dealer
Douglas Brinkley
Financial Times
Bill Clinton has given an unprecedented story of a White House life and the roads that led to it
Peter Stothard
The Times
You can't help but feel you're in the company, one on one, of the man himself... The narrative is engaging... The accounts of high-wire diplomacy... are all riveting
Jonathan Freedland
Guardian
His book tells, in an extraordinary way, a truly heartening story of American democracy
Peter Jay
Evening Standard
By a generous measure ... the richest American presidential autobiography - no other book tells us as vividly or fully what it is like to be president of the United States ... And he can write
Larry McMurtry
The New York Times Book Review
A hell of a good story
Frank McCourt
Entertainment Weekly
It's an almost voluptuous pleasure to read Clinton when he's recounting and analyzing a political race or a legislative battle, whether it's one of his own or somebody else's
The New Yorker
Consistently fascinating
The Seattle Times
Clinton talks with disarming frankness [and] writes with grace and fluidity . . . He is also a born storyteller
The New Republic
Might just be the perfect representation of the man himself
The Plain Dealer