Background
Drury, Allen Stuart was born on September 2, 1918 in Houston, Texas, United States. Son of Alden Monteith and Flora (Allen) Drury.
(The #1 New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize winne...)
The #1 New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize winner Allen Drury’s Advise and Consent is one of the high points of 20th Century literature, a seminal work of political fiction—as relevant today as when it was first published. A sweeping tale of corruption and ambition cuts across the landscape of Washington, DC, with the breadth and realism that only an astute observer and insider can convey. Allen Drury has penetrated the world’s stormiest political battleground—the smoke-filled committee rooms of the United States Senate—to reveal the bitter conflicts set in motion when the President calls upon the Senate to confirm his controversial choice for Secretary of State. This novel is a true epic showing in fascinating detail the minds and motives of the statesmen, the opportunists, the idealists. From a Senate old-timer’s wily maneuvers, a vicious demagogue’s blistering smear campaign, the ugly personal jealousies that turn a highly qualified candidate into a public spectacle, to the tragic martyrdom of a presidential aspirant who refuses to sacrifice his principles for his career—never has there been a more revealing picture of Washington’s intricate political, diplomatic, and social worlds. Advise and Consent is a timeless story with clear echoes of today’s headlines. Includes Allen Drury’s never-before-published original preface to Advise and Consent, his essay for the Hoover Institution on the writing of the book, as well as poignant personal memoirs from Drury’s heirs.
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HB no DJ see my photos: Title: Advise and Consent 1st edition .Author: Allen Drury. Publisher: Doubleday. Cpyrt: 1959. English language. 616 pages. 9.4 by 6.2 by 1.4 inches.
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(The sequel to the Pulitzer Prize winning bestseller Advis...)
The sequel to the Pulitzer Prize winning bestseller Advise and Consent From Allen Drury, the 20th Century grand master of political fiction, a novel of the United Nations and the racial friction that could spark a worldwide powderkeg. International tensions rise as ambassadors and politicians scheme, using the independence of a small African nation as the focal point for hidden agendas. A cascade of events begun in the General Assembly Hall of the United Nations could lead to the weakening of the United States, the loss of the Panama Canal, and a possible civil war. Allen Drury paints a vivid and laseraccurate portrait of Washington and international politics, from top secret conferences, to elite cocktail parties, club luncheon rooms, and the private offices of the key players in government. A novel as relevant today as when it was first published.
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(The sequel to the Pulitzer Prize winning bestseller Advis...)
The sequel to the Pulitzer Prize winning bestseller Advise and Consent From Allen Drury, the 20th Century grand master of political fiction, a novel of the United Nations and the racial friction that could spark a worldwide powderkeg. International tensions rise as ambassadors and politicians scheme, using the independence of a small African nation as the focal point for hidden agendas. A cascade of events begun in the General Assembly Hall of the United Nations could lead to the weakening of the United States, the loss of the Panama Canal, and a possible civil war. Allen Drury paints a vivid and laseraccurate portrait of Washington and international politics, from top secret conferences, to elite cocktail parties, club luncheon rooms, and the private offices of the key players in government. A novel as relevant today as when it was first published.
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(The sequel to the Pulitzer Prize winning bestseller Advis...)
The sequel to the Pulitzer Prize winning bestseller Advise and Consent From Allen Drury, the 20th Century grand master of political fiction, a novel of the United Nations and the racial friction that could spark a worldwide powderkeg. International tensions rise as ambassadors and politicians scheme, using the independence of a small African nation as the focal point for hidden agendas. A cascade of events begun in the General Assembly Hall of the United Nations could lead to the weakening of the United States, the loss of the Panama Canal, and a possible civil war. Allen Drury paints a vivid and laseraccurate portrait of Washington and international politics, from top secret conferences, to elite cocktail parties, club luncheon rooms, and the private offices of the key players in government. A novel as relevant today as when it was first published.
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(It is one of the most fundamental questions facing Americ...)
It is one of the most fundamental questions facing America today: How justifiably, or irresponsibly, do the volatile and unbiased American media—press, television and radio—attempt to interfere with, and control, the political process and the foreign policy of the nation? In a hotly fought Presidential primary, the news media fractures along ideological lines, supporting and distorting the candidates’ records, manipulating the news rather than covering it. Capable of Honor, the third novel in the grand, bestselling Advise and Consent saga, is a compelling blockbuster that shines a harsh and revealing spotlight on how the media shapes the news, guides public opinion, creates policy—and tries to shape history itself.
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( Not for a day or two, but for two months, after a year ...)
Not for a day or two, but for two months, after a year of research and study, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Allen Drury traveled through the Republic of South Africa-without preconceptions, without pre-packaged solutinos, with neither automatic condemnation nor automatic approval of what he saw. He went with three basic purposes: to report honestly, to describe faithfully, to judge fairly. Because he went in this spirit he has produced in these pages perhaps the first well-balanced, compassionate, genuinely illuminating picture of a complex and troubled country whose gallant peoples and fearful racial problems make it of major importance to the world. Here you will find neither the pat slogans and easy cliches of the Republic's enemies nor the defensive self-serving arguments of her friends. Here you will find South Africa as South Africa is, speaking directly to you in the words of all her peoples, White Black, Indian, and Coloured. You will find a prosperous, surging, vigorously booming nation filled with well-meaning, desperately worried citizens of all races who hope against hope that time and mutual effort will permit them to achieve a peaceable, truly constructive answer for one of the toughest problems history ever handed any country. They are all here, in their own words, speaking directly to you as a master reporter heard them in hundreds of interviews: Prime Minister Verwoerd, Prime Minster Vorster, Mrs. Helen Suzman, Chief Albert Luthuli, Alan Paton, Anton Rupert, Nadine Gordimer, Ian Robertson, Sir de Villiers Graaff, and many, many more, of all races and from all walks of life. With the superb writing skill Allen Drury brings you in all its vivid reality a country that is at one and the same time great and petty admirable and tragic, hopeless and hopeful--"a very strange society" and a very human one, which you will understand as you never have before when you have read this book.
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(Non-fiction title by popular fiction author. An examinati...)
Non-fiction title by popular fiction author. An examination of South Africa during apartheid that resulted from a year of study and two months travel in the country.
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(The setting is Washington, D.C. The action begins when Pr...)
The setting is Washington, D.C. The action begins when President Harley Hudson is killed in an air crash. The Speaker of the House becomes President and calls for a national committee to select new nominees for the coming election. The theme of this novel is violence in American life--a violence promoted and condoned by politicians who are fools, dupes or knaves. The narrative moves quickly, full of the excitement and intrigue for which Allen Drury is well known.
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(The setting is Washington, D.C. The action begins when Pr...)
The setting is Washington, D.C. The action begins when President Harley Hudson is killed in an air crash. The Speaker of the House becomes President and calls for a national committee to select new nominees for the coming election. The theme of this novel is violence in American life--a violence promoted and condoned by politicians who are fools, dupes or knaves. The narrative moves quickly, full of the excitement and intrigue for which Allen Drury is well known.
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(The Advise and Consent series is a landmark of political ...)
The Advise and Consent series is a landmark of political fiction, displaying a depth of insider Washington knowledge and a canvas of compelling characters that catapulted each novel to the top of the bestseller lists. At the end of the previous novel, Preserve and Protect, Allen Drury left his readers with one of the greatest cliffhangers of all time. After an assassin’s bullet rings out, we are left to wonder who was killed—the Liberal Vice President Ted Jason, or staunch Conservative Presidential Candidate Orrin Knox? The answer to that question was so large that Pulitzer-Prize winner Drury had to write two novels, one exploring the full ramifications of each outcome. In Come Nineveh, Come Tyre, China and the Soviet Union are waiting and watching for any sign of weakness from the untried Ted Jason, survivor of the assassination attempt that took the life of Orrin Knox and catapulted him into the Presidency. Ted Jason has been thrust into this position of power—is he up to the challenge of leadership in such a time of crisis? Or will he bend too far toward appeasement, at the cost of freedom around the world? Looking at the stakes for the United States against the backdrop of war, politics, and scandal, President Jason must play winner-take-all in this game of politics.
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(The Advise and Consent series is a landmark of political ...)
The Advise and Consent series is a landmark of political fiction, displaying a depth of insider Washington knowledge and a canvas of compelling characters that catapulted each novel to the top of the bestseller lists. At the end of the previous novel, Preserve and Protect, Allen Drury left his readers with one of the greatest cliffhangers of all time. After an assassin’s bullet rings out, we are left to wonder who was killed—the Liberal Vice President Ted Jason, or staunch Conservative Presidential Candidate Orrin Knox? The answer to that question was so large that Pulitzer-Prize winner Drury had to write two novels, one exploring the full ramifications of each outcome. In Come Nineveh, Come Tyre, China and the Soviet Union are waiting and watching for any sign of weakness from the untried Ted Jason, survivor of the assassination attempt that took the life of Orrin Knox and catapulted him into the Presidency. Ted Jason has been thrust into this position of power—is he up to the challenge of leadership in such a time of crisis? Or will he bend too far toward appeasement, at the cost of freedom around the world? Looking at the stakes for the United States against the backdrop of war, politics, and scandal, President Jason must play winner-take-all in this game of politics.
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(The spectacular conclusion to the Egyptian epic begun in ...)
The spectacular conclusion to the Egyptian epic begun in A God Against the Gods. After his brother’s assassination, a new Pharaoh must take the throne and battle the corrupt and violent priesthood. His name is TUTANKHAMUN. Pulitzer Prize winning author Allen Drury paints a vivid, dramatic picture of the most tumultuous times in one of the greatest empires in human history. Following the murder of Akhenaten and the beautiful Nefertiti and the religious uproar that threatens to tear Egypt apart, the pharaoh has to defy the gods in order to rule his people. The master writer recreates ancient Egypt with all its pomp, glory, politics, and treachery, and brings legendary titans of history to life, with all their tragic—and all too human—flaws.
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(The spectacular conclusion to the Egyptian epic begun in ...)
The spectacular conclusion to the Egyptian epic begun in A God Against the Gods. After his brother’s assassination, a new Pharaoh must take the throne and battle the corrupt and violent priesthood. His name is TUTANKHAMUN. Pulitzer Prize winning author Allen Drury paints a vivid, dramatic picture of the most tumultuous times in one of the greatest empires in human history. Following the murder of Akhenaten and the beautiful Nefertiti and the religious uproar that threatens to tear Egypt apart, the pharaoh has to defy the gods in order to rule his people. The master writer recreates ancient Egypt with all its pomp, glory, politics, and treachery, and brings legendary titans of history to life, with all their tragic—and all too human—flaws.
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(Anna Kowalczek comes to Washington D.C. for her first jou...)
Anna Kowalczek comes to Washington D.C. for her first journalism job just as the United States is getting into World War II. She becomes friends with three other novice journalists, all of whom eventually become successful. Anna is not satisfied, however, she wants to start her own paper. To this end she marries Gordon Hastings, a rich senator from Texas. Using his money she begins building a communications empire. She persuades her friends to join her and over the years becomes an important force in the newspaper business. In the process, however, she loses her family and lets down her friends. "Anna Hastings" is the story of the rise of a driven woman to a position of power and an examination of the costs involved in getting there.
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From the publisher: Privately printed under the auspices of The Franklin Library exclusively for the members of The First Edition Society, this full leather-bound, 304 page, Limited First Edition of Allen Drury's, Anna Hastings, features Burgundy, Antique-rubbed, topgrain cowhide over boards stamped with 22-karat gold decorative gilt; a full leather ribbed spine stamped with 22-karat gilt lettering and decorative gilt; moiré end papers; bright gilt fore-edges all round; sewn-in, burgundy, satin page marker; illustrations by Uldis Klavins. Features The paper was specially milled for The Franklin Library First Edition Society-a 60-pound Antique White wove paper that has a life expectancy of over 400 years. The text is printed in 10-point Baskerville. This volume is bound in Burgundy, Antique-rubbed, topgrain cowhide and decorated with 22-karat gold embossing.
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(Privately printed under the auspices of The Franklin Libr...)
Privately printed under the auspices of The Franklin Library exclusively for the members of The First Edition Society, this full leather-bound, 304 page, Limited First Edition of Allen Drury's, Anna Hastings, features Burgundy, Antique-rubbed, topgrain cowhide over boards stamped with 22-karat gold decorative gilt; a full leather ribbed spine stamped with 22-karat gilt lettering and decorative gilt; moiré end papers; bright gilt fore-edges all round; sewn-in, burgundy, satin page marker; illustrations by Uldis Klavins. The paper was specially milled for The Franklin Library First Edition Society-a 60-pound Antique White wove paper that has a life expectancy of over 400 years. The text is printed in 10-point Baskerville. This volume is bound in Burgundy, Antique-rubbed, topgrain cowhide and decorated with 22-karat gold embossing.
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(The author reflects upon Egypt's intriguing past, its cul...)
The author reflects upon Egypt's intriguing past, its cultures and art as well as its present-day landscape. He has captured an Egypt that transcends the ages and provides a unique look at the rise and fall of an awesome civilization.
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(During the 1950s and 1960s, the Reader's Digest would com...)
During the 1950s and 1960s, the Reader's Digest would compile anthologies of BEST SELLERS selected from their popular quarterly CONDENSED BOOKS series. They chose quite well when they assembled this volume from 1960: ADVISE AND CONSENT, ACT ONE, MRS. 'ARRIS GOES TO PARIS and DEAR AND GLORIOUS PHYSICIAN. ADVISE AND CONSENT from 1959 was Washington, D.C. political novelist Alan Drury's breakthrough and a huge bestseller.
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(Sworn in as president after the death of his predecessor,...)
Sworn in as president after the death of his predecessor, Hamilton Delbacker suddenly must confront problems of enormous magnitude, including threatening statements issued by Yuri Serapin, premier of an economically and militarily revitalized Russia
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(Part One Of Two Parts ADVISE AND CONSENT is a study of ...)
Part One Of Two Parts ADVISE AND CONSENT is a study of political animals in their natural habitat and is universally recognized as THE Washington novel. It begins with Senate confirmation hearings for a liberal Secretary of State, and concludes two weeks later, after debate and controversy have exploded the issue into a major crisis. "I can recall no other novel in which there is so well presented a president's dilemma when his awful responsibility for the nation's interest conflicts with a personal code of good morals." (The New York Times)
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(As New. Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1977. ...)
As New. Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1977. Signed, Limited Edition. Signed by Allen Drury on the third free end paper. First Edition Thus. Includes the rather scarce 22-page "Notes from the Editors", which accompanied this edition in its original shipment. Octavo, 714 pp., illustrations by Walt Spitzmiller, commissioned for this edition. Full rich medium brown topgrain cowhide, gilt decorated and imprinted, spine panels rib divided, All Edges Gilt, moire endpapers of a beautiful, if rather indescribable, color, with matching satin page-marker ribbon. An early example of Franklin's always-lavish bindings, in a limited signed edition of Drury's 1959 Pulitzer Prize-winning political novel, which spent two years on the New York Times bestseller list. Paper is 60-pound '1854 Cream', typeface is 11-point Bodoni, gilt is 22 karat. The Franklin Library, doing what they did best. As New; pristine and flawless. As bright, tight and immaculate as it was on its first day in 1977. Please review scans. With the author's 'A Special Message to Subscribers from Allen Drury', written for this limited edition, and, of course, the separate 'Notes from the Editors'. Pristine, flawless. Pamphlet modestly toned at top. See scans. L-frnkln4
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(U.S. Secretary of State Raymond Cass Stanley faces the ul...)
U.S. Secretary of State Raymond Cass Stanley faces the ultimate challenge when he is forced to confront the leader of an oil-rich Middle East country that has obtained nuclear weapons and threatens to invade a neighboring nation. 35,000 first printing.
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(Praise for the Third Edition "This book provides in-depth...)
Praise for the Third Edition "This book provides in-depth coverage of modelling techniques used throughout many branches of actuarial science...The exceptional high standard of this book has made it a pleasure to read." -Annals of Actuarial Science Newly organized to focus exclusively on material tested in the Society of Actuaries' Exam C and the Casualty Actuarial Society's Exam 4, Loss Models: From Data to Decisions, Fourth Edition continues to supply actuaries with a practical approach to the key concepts and techniques needed on the job. With updated material and extensive examples, the book successfully provides the essential methods for using available data to construct models for the frequency and severity of future adverse outcomes. The book continues to equip readers with the tools needed for the construction and analysis of mathematical models that describe the process by which funds flow into and out of an insurance system. Focusing on the loss process, the authors explore key quantitative techniques including random variables, basic distributional quantities, and the recursive method, and discuss techniques for classifying and creating distributions. Parametric, non-parametric, and Bayesian estimation methods are thoroughly covered along with advice for choosing an appropriate model. New features of this Fourth Edition include: * Expanded discussion of working with large data sets, now including more practical elements of constructing decrement tables * Added coverage of methods for simulating several special situations * An updated presentation of Bayesian estimation, outlining conjugate prior distributions and the linear exponential family as well as related computational issues Throughout the book, numerous examples showcase the real-world applications of the presented concepts, with an emphasis on calculations and spreadsheet implementation. A wealth of new exercises taken from previous Exam C/4 exams allows readers to test their comprehension of the material, and a related FTP site features the book's data sets. Loss Models, Fourth Edition is an indispensable resource for students and aspiring actuaries who are preparing to take the SOA and CAS examinations. The book is also a valuable reference for professional actuaries, actuarial students, and anyone who works with loss and risk models. To explore our additional offerings in actuarial exam preparation visit www.wiley.com/go/c4actuarial .
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(The #1 New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize winne...)
The #1 New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize winner Allen Drury's Advise and Consent is one of the high points of 20th Century literature, a seminal work of political fiction-as relevant today as when it was first published. A sweeping tale of corruption and ambition cuts across the landscape of Washington, DC, with the breadth and realism that only an astute observer and insider can convey. Allen Drury has penetrated the world's stormiest political battleground-the smoke-filled committee rooms of the United States Senate-to reveal the bitter conflicts set in motion when the President calls upon the Senate to confirm his controversial choice for Secretary of State. This novel is a true epic showing in fascinating detail the minds and motives of the statesmen, the opportunists, the idealists. From a Senate old-timer's wily maneuvers, a vicious demagogue's blistering smear campaign, the ugly personal jealousies that turn a highly qualified candidate into a public spectacle, to the tragic martyrdom of a presidential aspirant who refuses to sacrifice his principles for his career-never has there been a more revealing picture of Washington's intricate political, diplomatic, and social worlds. Advise and Consent is a timeless story with clear echoes of today's headlines. Includes Allen Drury's never-before-published original preface to Advise and Consent, his essay for the Hoover Institution on the writing of the book, as well as poignant personal memoirs from Drury's heirs.
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(Praise for the Third Edition "This book provides in-depth...)
Praise for the Third Edition "This book provides in-depth coverage of modelling techniques used throughout many branches of actuarial science...The exceptional high standard of this book has made it a pleasure to read." -Annals of Actuarial Science Newly organized to focus exclusively on material tested in the Society of Actuaries' Exam C and the Casualty Actuarial Society's Exam 4, Loss Models: From Data to Decisions, Fourth Edition continues to supply actuaries with a practical approach to the key concepts and techniques needed on the job. With updated material and extensive examples, the book successfully provides the essential methods for using available data to construct models for the frequency and severity of future adverse outcomes. The book continues to equip readers with the tools needed for the construction and analysis of mathematical models that describe the process by which funds flow into and out of an insurance system. Focusing on the loss process, the authors explore key quantitative techniques including random variables, basic distributional quantities, and the recursive method, and discuss techniques for classifying and creating distributions. Parametric, non-parametric, and Bayesian estimation methods are thoroughly covered along with advice for choosing an appropriate model. New features of this Fourth Edition include: * Expanded discussion of working with large data sets, now including more practical elements of constructing decrement tables * Added coverage of methods for simulating several special situations * An updated presentation of Bayesian estimation, outlining conjugate prior distributions and the linear exponential family as well as related computational issues Throughout the book, numerous examples showcase the real-world applications of the presented concepts, with an emphasis on calculations and spreadsheet implementation. A wealth of new exercises taken from previous Exam C/4 exams allows readers to test their comprehension of the material, and a related FTP site features the book's data sets. Loss Models, Fourth Edition is an indispensable resource for students and aspiring actuaries who are preparing to take the SOA and CAS examinations. The book is also a valuable reference for professional actuaries, actuarial students, and anyone who works with loss and risk models. To explore our additional offerings in actuarial exam preparation visit www.wiley.com/go/c4actuarial .
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1118315324/?tag=2022091-20
(Praise for the Third Edition "This book provides in-depth...)
Praise for the Third Edition "This book provides in-depth coverage of modelling techniques used throughout many branches of actuarial science...The exceptional high standard of this book has made it a pleasure to read." -Annals of Actuarial Science Newly organized to focus exclusively on material tested in the Society of Actuaries' Exam C and the Casualty Actuarial Society's Exam 4, Loss Models: From Data to Decisions, Fourth Edition continues to supply actuaries with a practical approach to the key concepts and techniques needed on the job. With updated material and extensive examples, the book successfully provides the essential methods for using available data to construct models for the frequency and severity of future adverse outcomes. The book continues to equip readers with the tools needed for the construction and analysis of mathematical models that describe the process by which funds flow into and out of an insurance system. Focusing on the loss process, the authors explore key quantitative techniques including random variables, basic distributional quantities, and the recursive method, and discuss techniques for classifying and creating distributions. Parametric, non-parametric, and Bayesian estimation methods are thoroughly covered along with advice for choosing an appropriate model. New features of this Fourth Edition include: * Expanded discussion of working with large data sets, now including more practical elements of constructing decrement tables * Added coverage of methods for simulating several special situations * An updated presentation of Bayesian estimation, outlining conjugate prior distributions and the linear exponential family as well as related computational issues Throughout the book, numerous examples showcase the real-world applications of the presented concepts, with an emphasis on calculations and spreadsheet implementation. A wealth of new exercises taken from previous Exam C/4 exams allows readers to test their comprehension of the material, and a related FTP site features the book's data sets. Loss Models, Fourth Edition is an indispensable resource for students and aspiring actuaries who are preparing to take the SOA and CAS examinations. The book is also a valuable reference for professional actuaries, actuarial students, and anyone who works with loss and risk models. To explore our additional offerings in actuarial exam preparation visit www.wiley.com/go/c4actuarial .
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Drury, Allen Stuart was born on September 2, 1918 in Houston, Texas, United States. Son of Alden Monteith and Flora (Allen) Drury.
Bachelor, Stanford University, 1939. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Rollins College, 1961.
Editor Tulare (California) Bee, 1940-1941. County editor Bakersfield Californian, 1941-1942. Member Senate staff United Press International, Washington, 1943-1945.
Free lance correspondent, 1946. Nation editor Pathfinder magazine, 1947-1953. National staff Washington Evening Star, 1953-1954.
Member Senate staff New York Times, 1954-1959. Political contributor Reader's Digest, 1959-1962.
(From the publisher: Privately printed under the auspices...)
(Privately printed under the auspices of The Franklin Libr...)
(It is one of the most fundamental questions facing Americ...)
( Not for a day or two, but for two months, after a year ...)
(Sworn in as president after the death of his predecessor,...)
(The sequel to the Pulitzer Prize winning bestseller Advis...)
(The sequel to the Pulitzer Prize winning bestseller Advis...)
(The sequel to the Pulitzer Prize winning bestseller Advis...)
(The #1 New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize winne...)
(The #1 New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize winne...)
(The Advise and Consent series is a landmark of political ...)
(The Advise and Consent series is a landmark of political ...)
(Gevouwen rug / Folded back, Band wat verkleurd / Discolou...)
(Part One Of Two Parts ADVISE AND CONSENT is a study of ...)
(Part Two Of Two Parts ADVISE AND CONSENT is a study of ...)
(During the 1950s and 1960s, the Reader's Digest would com...)
(Praise for the Third Edition "This book provides in-depth...)
(Praise for the Third Edition "This book provides in-depth...)
(Praise for the Third Edition "This book provides in-depth...)
(The author reflects upon Egypt's intriguing past, its cul...)
(Story of a powerful Washington columnist and his influenc...)
(Notes from the journal of Allen Drury regarding the proce...)
("A Very Strange Society": A Journey to the Heart of South...)
(The spectacular conclusion to the Egyptian epic begun in ...)
(The spectacular conclusion to the Egyptian epic begun in ...)
(A novel of space and politics by this prolific 20th Centu...)
(HB no DJ see my photos: Title: Advise and Consent 1st edi...)
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(Non-fiction title by popular fiction author. An examinati...)
(Anna Kowalczek comes to Washington D.C. for her first jou...)
(Nixon Presidency photo documentation)
(The setting is Washington, D.C. The action begins when Pr...)
(The setting is Washington, D.C. The action begins when Pr...)
(Capable of Honor Allen Drury)
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(U.S. Secretary of State Raymond Cass Stanley faces the ul...)
Author: Advise and Consent, 1959 (Pulitzer prize for fiction 1960), A Shade of Difference, 1962, A Senate Journal, 1963, That Summer, 1965, Three Kids in a Cart, 1965, Capable of Honor, 1966, A Very Strange Society, 1967, Preserve and Protect, 1968, The Throne of Saturn, 1971, Courage and Hesitation, 1971, Come Nineveh, Come Tyre, 1973, The Promise of Joy, 1975, A God Against the Gods, 1976, Return to Thebes, 1976, Anna Hastings, 1977, Mark Coffin, United States Ship, 1979, Egypt: The Eternal Smile, 1980, The Hill of Summer, 1981, Decision, 1983, The Roads of Earth, 1984, Pentagon, 1986, Toward What Bright Glory?, 1990, Into What Far Harbor?, 1993, A Thing of State, 1995, Public Men, 1998.
Served with Army of the United States, 1942-1943. Member Cosmos Club, University Club (Washington), Bohemian Club (San Francisco), National Press Club, Sigma Delta Chi (national award for editorial writing 1941), Alpha Kappa Lambda.