10 Best And Worst Presidents - April 2024

The History Buff's Guide to the Presidents: Top Ten Rankings of the Best, Worst, Largest, and Most Controversial Facets of the American Presidency (History Buff's Guides)

Did you know that Warren G. Harding played poker in the White House at least once a week? Or that Richard Nixon was a Quaker? The History Buff's Guide to the Presidents takes a peek behind the scenes, revealing everything you ever wanted to know about the families, personal habits, and social lives of the most powerful job in the world. Author Thomas R. Flagel's unique perspective on the presidents makes this an essential book for the merely curious and hardcore history buffs alike. From George Washington to Barack Obama, Flagel's top ten lists compile the most religious presidents, the bigges... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1402271425
• UPC: 760789238314
• ASIN: 1402271425
• ISBN: 1402271425
• Manufacturer: Cumberland House

The Worst President in History: The Legacy of Barack Obama

The New Updated Edition of an Amazon Bestseller! The Most Comprehensive Takedown of the Obama Presidency! "If you want to know why the history books will have a dim view of Barack Obama, this is the book to read." --John Hawkins, Right Wing News and Townhall.comNow that Barack Obama is out of office, presidential "experts" and historians are ranking him as one of our nation's greatest presidents, placing him amongst Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson, and Truman.Obama's presidency was certainly consequential, but it was by no means great. The "greatness" narrative is being pushed by the media and... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1682618137
• ASIN: 1682618137
• ISBN: 1682618137
• Brand: Bombardier Books
• Manufacturer: Bombardier Books

President James Buchanan: A Biography

This balanced account of the life of the most misunderstood president fills a glaring gap in American biography.

• ASIN: 0945707118
• ASIN: 0945707118
• ISBN: 0945707118
• Brand: Brand: American Political Biography Press
• Manufacturer: American Political Biography Press

Your Own Worst Enemy

For fans of Andrew Smith and Frank Portman and the movies Election and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off comes a hilarious and satirical novel about the highs and (very low) lows of the electoral process, proving that the popular vote is the one that matters most. Stacey Wynn was the clear front-runner for Lincoln High student council president. But then French-Canadian transfer student Julia Romero entered the race…and put the moves on Stacey’s best friend/campaign adviser, Brian.Stacey also didn’t count on Tony Guo, resident stoner, whose sole focus is on removing the school’s ban of his fa... [Read More]

• ASIN: 006239942X
• ASIN: 006239942X
• ISBN: 006239942X
• Manufacturer: HarperTeen

The Wars of America

"Leckie treats not the causes of our wars, nor the controversies that have always attended them, nor their results, so often equivocal, debatable, or flatly disappointing, but the manner in which they were fought, their leadership, their pages of glory and of shame."--Allan Nevins, Saturday Review.

• ASIN: 0785809147
• ASIN: 0785809147
• ISBN: 0785809147
• Manufacturer: Book Sales

Oswald and the CIA: The Documented Truth About the Unknown Relationship Between the U.S. Government and the Alleged Killer of JFK

From the acclaimed author of JFK and Vietnam comes a book that uncovers the government's role in the Kennedy assassination more clearly than any previous inquiry. What was the extent of the CIA's involvement with Lee Harvey Oswald? Why was Oswald's file tampered with before the assassination of John F. Kennedy? And why did significant documents from that file mysteriously disappear? Oswald and the CIA answers these questions, not with theories, but with information from the primary sources themselves—ex-agents, officials, and secret records. To look at the Oswald file is to look at the most ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1602392536
• ASIN: 1602392536
• ISBN: 1602392536
• Brand: Skyhorse
• Manufacturer: Skyhorse

Whole Earth Discipline: Why Dense Cities, Nuclear Power, Transgenic Crops, Restored Wildlands, and Geoengineering Are Necessary

"This is a very scary book by a very bright man, offering a picture of humanity's future that is both ominous and exhilarating." -Edward O. Wilson This eye-opening book by the legendary author of the National Book Award-winning Whole Earth Catalog persuasively details a new approach to our stewardship of the planet. Lifelong ecologist and futurist Stewart Brand relies on scientific rigor to shatter myths concerning nuclear energy, urbanization, genetic engineering, and other controversial subjects, showing exactly where the sources of our dilemmas lie and offering a bold, inventive set of p... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0143118285
• ASIN: 0143118285
• ISBN: 0143118285
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

A Course Called Scotland: Searching the Home of Golf for the Secret to Its Game

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “One of the best golf books this century.” —Golf Digest From Tom Coyne—the author of the New York Times bestselling A Course Called Ireland, hailed as “a joy from start to finish” by The Wall Street Journal—comes the heartfelt and humorous celebration of his quest to play golf on every links course in Scotland, the birthplace of the game he loves.For much of his adult life, bestselling author Tom Coyne has been chasing a golf ball around the globe. When he was in college, studying abroad in London, he entered the lottery for a prized tee time in Scot... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1476754284
• ASIN: 1476754284
• ISBN: 1476754284
• Brand: Simon & Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

Monster Musume Vol. 13

Slime Time!Suu's been kidnapped! Kimihito and his houseful of monster girls set out to find her, but what starts as a simple search and rescue mission turns dangerous when Suu is forced to face off against a giant slime. A plus-sized water battle ensues and Kimihito is once again caught in the middle--literally! Which slime will reign supreme?

• ASIN: 1626927049
• ASIN: 1626927049
• ISBN: 1626927049
• Manufacturer: Seven Seas

Secret War

When Nick Fury finds a disturbing connection between many of Marvel's deadliest villains, he puts together a ragtag team of the MU's most misunderstood heroes for a secret mission to do what the US government could never allow, eventually leading to a super-powered blowout between a who's who of NYC heroes and mutants.

• ASIN: 0785142282
• ASIN: 0785142282
• ISBN: 0785142282
• Brand: Marvel Comics
• Manufacturer: Marvel

Tropic of Kansas: A Novel

A Seattle Times Noteworthy Book of 2017!“Futurist as provocateur! The world is sheer batshit genius . . . a truly hallucinatorily envisioned environment.”—William Gibson, New York Times bestselling and award-winning author“Timely, dark, and ultimately hopeful: it might not ‘make America great again,’ but then again, it just might.”—Cory Doctorow, New York Times bestselling and award winning author of Homeland Acclaimed short story writer and editor of the World Fantasy Award-nominee Three Messages and a Warning eerily envisions an American society unraveling and our borders clo... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0062563815
• ASIN: 0062563815
• ISBN: 0062563815
• Manufacturer: Harper Voyager

The Survivalist (Anarchy Rising)

"The Survivalist may be the best post-apocalyptic series out there," raves Steve Erwood of the Disaster Preparedness Blog. "In addition to a steady stream of gunfights with zombie-like mutants, roadway bandits, and opportunistic warlords, the books teach dozens of useful survival tricks. Learn to hotwire cars, construct homemade booby traps, build garbage-powered generators, and retrieve fuel from abandoned gas pumps."Bryan Foster, author of The Prepper's Handbook, says "It's rare to find books this entertaining that are so well researched." Nicholas Sansbury Smith, author of Extinctio... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1492340626
• ASIN: 1492340626
• ISBN: 1492340626
• Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War (Bccb Blue Ribbon Nonfiction Book Award (Awards))

Most Dangerous is the award-winning nonfiction account of an ordinary man who wielded the most dangerous weapon: the truth. In 1964, Daniel Ellsberg was a U.S. government analyst, helping to plan a war in Vietnam. It was the height of the Cold War, and the government would do anything to stop the spread of communism―with or without the consent of the American people. As the fighting in Vietnam escalated, Ellsberg turned against the war. He had access a top-secret government report known as the Pentagon Papers, and he knew it could blow the lid off of years of government lies. But did he have... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1596439521
• ASIN: 1596439521
• ISBN: 1596439521
• Brand: Roaring Brook Press
• Manufacturer: Roaring Brook Press

The Best "Worst President": What the Right Gets Wrong About Barack Obama

Political analyst and Democratic campaign veteran Mark Hannah and renowned New Yorker illustrator Bob Staake give Barack Obama the victory lap he deserves in this compendium that takes the president’s critics head-on and celebrates the president’s many underappreciated triumphs.Barack Obama’s election in 2008 was a watershed moment in American history that inspired supporters on the Left—and fired up enemies on the Right. Elected in the midst of multiple crises—a Wall Street meltdown that imperiled the global economy and American troops entangled in two foreign wars—Barack Obama’... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0062443054
• ASIN: 0062443054
• ISBN: 9780062443052
• Brand: Dey Street Books
• Manufacturer: Dey Street Books

Star Spangled Men: Americas Ten Worst Presidents

• ASIN: 0684836106
• ASIN: 0684836106
• ISBN: 0684836106
• Manufacturer: Scribner

The Presidents : Noted Historians Rank America's Best--and Worst--Chief Executives

9781541774339

• UPC: 948269529

The Worst Day of My Life Ever!: My Story about Listening and Following Instructions...or Not! (Paperback)

RJ has had a rough day he wakes up with gum stuck in his hair, misses recess because hes late to school, earns a zero on his math homework, kicks the ball into his own

• UPC: 15575420
• Rating: 4.5

Christians in the Age of Outrage : How to Bring Our Best When the World Is at Its Worst

Are you tired of reading another news story about Christians supposedly acting at their worst?Today there are too many examples of those claiming to follow Christ being caustic, divisive, and irrational, contributing to dismissals of

• UPC: 939395655

The Best Worst Thing (Paperback)

A simply told, deeply riveting, and perceptive debut novel that strikes a universal chord by exploring what it's like to be a 10-year-old who doesn't feel ready to grow up and leave childhood

• UPC: 56199069
• Rating: 4.0

Dealing with People You Can't Stand : How to Bring Out the Best in People at Their Worst

Dealing With People You Cant Stand offers practical tactics for resolving relationship challenges at work and home. It shows readers how to get things done, even when they are dealing with rude, crude, and inconsiderate

• UPC: 19720578
• Rating: 3.0

It Was the Best of Sentences, It Was the Worst of Sentences : A Writer's Guide to Crafting Killer Sentences

This innovative, humorous writing book from grammar-snob-hating Casagrande shows students and professionals alike how to craft bold, effective, reader-friendly sentences, one after

• UPC: 13243258

Behave : The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

"Why do we do the things we do? Over a decade in the making, this game-changing book is Robert Sapolsky's genre-shattering attempt to answer that question as fully as perhaps only he could, looking at

• UPC: 54975994
• Rating: 4.5

Infidelity : The Best Worst Thing That Could Happen to Your Marriage: The Complete Guide on How to Heal from Affairs

Don't let the trauma of the affair define the rest of your life. Your healing journey begins here. If you are reading this book, you are probably scared, hurt, angry, and devastated by the impact

• UPC: 695999948

Christians in the Age of Outrage : How to Bring Our Best When the World is at Its Worst

In this groundbreaking book featuring new survey research of evangelicals and their relationship to the age of outrage, Ed Stetzer offers a constructive way forward. You won’t want to miss Ed’s insightful analysis of our

• UPC: 227835254

World's Best (and Worst) Spooky Jokes

What is a ghost's favorite soccer position? Ghoulie! Jokes in this book are so funny, it's

• UPC: 56173293