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Publisher
Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A surprising and intimate portrait of Margaret Thatcher, the first and only female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. One of the 20th century's most famous and influential women, Thatcher came from nowhere to smash through barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male-dominated world.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
During the period between 1964 and 1977: the royal family mourns the passing of Winston Churchill; the United Kingdom ushers in a new prime minister, the Labour Party's Harold Wilson whom Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth hear might be a Soviet spy; survives the Aberfan disaster; observes the Apollo 11 moon landing; and plans for the Investiture of Prince Charles. While Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon visit the USA, the queen, at the bidding of...
5) High dive
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First American edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 16
Physical Desc
321 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In September 1984, a bomb was planted at the Grand Hotel in the seaside town of Brighton, England, set to explode in twenty-four days when the British prime minister and her entire cabinet would be staying there. High Dive not only takes us inside this audacious assassination attempta decisive act of violence on the world stagebut also imagines its way into a group of unforgettable characters. Nimbly weaving together fact and fiction, comedy and...
Author
Publisher
Aguilar
Pub. Date
[2013], ©2012
Edition
1. ed.
Physical Desc
788 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
Español
Description
Esta autobiografía de Margaret Thatacher, única en su género por su veracidad, contundencia y amplia perspectiva histórica, expone además las convicciones de una firme mujer de gobierno, sus creencias, el perfeccionismo que la distinguió y su asombrosa determinación para enfrentar asuntos de estado.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2013-2016.
Edition
First United States edition.
Physical Desc
2 volumes : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"With unequaled authority and dramatic detail, the first volume of Charles Moore's authorized biography of Margaret Thatcher reveals as never before the early life, rise to power, and first years as prime minister of the woman who transformed Britain andthe world in the late twentieth century. Moore has had unique access to all of Thatcher's private and governmental papers, and interviewed her and her family extensively for this book. Many of her...
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Co
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
vii, 342 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Aldous re-examines the iconic friendship and uneasy alliance between President Ronald Reagan and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher--the couple who ended the Cold War.
Author
Publisher
Sentinel
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
xiii, 336 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A character study of the most important Anglo-American friendship since FDR and Churchill. During their eight overlapping years in office, President Reagan and Prime Minister Thatcher worked together to promote lower taxes, deregulation, free trade, and an aggressive stance against the Soviet Union. But according to journalist Wapshott, the relationship was much deeper than an alliance of mutual interests. Drawing on interviews and recently declassified...
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xii, 397 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A race-against-the-clock narrative that finally illuminates a history-changing event: the IRA's attempt to assassinate Margaret Thatcher and the epic manhunt that followed"--
"A bomb planted by the Irish Republican Army exploded at 2:54 a.m. on October 12, 1984. It was the last day of the Conservative Party Conference at the Grand Hotel in the coastal town of Brighton, England. Rooms were obliterated, dozens of people wounded, five killed. Prime...
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First Harper paperback edition.
Physical Desc
xxxii, 444 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"This is the first book to look at the history of globalization through the lens of individuals who did something transformative, as opposed to describing globalization through trends, policies, or particular industries. From Silk to Silicon tells the story of who these men and women were, what they did, how they did it and how their achievements continue to shape our world today."--Amazon.com.
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