• The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World

    “[A] well-judged and hugely readable book . . . few are as entertaining.”—Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times “A. J. Baime is a master. His reporting and storytelling are woven to hypnotic effect. This is history and humanity in lush, vivid color.”—Doug Stanton, author of The Odyssey of Echo Company   Heroes are often defined as ordinary characters who get pushed into extraordinary circumstances, and through courage and a dash of luck, cement their place in history. Chosen as FDR’s fourth-term vice president for his well-praised work ethic, good judgment, and lack of enemies, Harry ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: B01MQVT9TG
    • ASIN: B01MQVT9TG
    • Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

  • Presidents of War: The Epic Story, from 1807 to Modern Times

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From a preeminent presidential historian comes a “monumental and profoundly important” (Ron Chernow) saga of America’s wartime chief executivesBILL GATES’S SUMMER READING LISTTen years in the research and writing, Presidents of War is a fresh, magisterial, intimate look at a procession of American leaders as they took the nation into conflict and mobilized their country for victory. It brings us into the room as they make the most difficult decisions that face any President, at times sending hundreds of thousands of American men and women to their deat... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0307409600
    • ASIN: 0307409600
    • ISBN: 9780307409607
    • Brand: Crown
    • Manufacturer: Crown

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

    The complete rankings of our best -- and worst -- presidents, based on C-SPAN's much-cited Historians Surveys of Presidential Leadership. Over a period of decades, C-SPAN has surveyed leading historians on the best and worst of America's presidents across a variety of categories -- their ability to persuade the public, their leadership skills, the moral authority, and more. The crucible of the presidency has forged some of the very best and very worst leaders in our national history, along with much in between.Based on interviews conducted over the years with a variety of presidential biograph... [Read More]

    • ASIN: B07GVF4MXH
    • ASIN: B07GVF4MXH
    • Manufacturer: PublicAffairs

  • Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies

    In this New York Times bestseller, the White House chief usher for nearly three decades offers a behind-the-scenes look at America’s first families.  J. B. West, chief usher of the White House, directed the operations and maintenance of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue—and coordinated its daily life—at the request of the president and his family. He directed state functions; planned parties, weddings and funerals, gardens and playgrounds, and extensive renovations; and, with a large staff, supervised every activity in the presidential home. For twenty-eight years, first as assistant to the chie... [Read More]

    • ASIN: B00F3QYL06
    • ASIN: B00F3QYL06
    • Manufacturer: Open Road Media

  • Grant

    The #1 New York Times bestseller.New York Times Book Review 10 Best Books of 2017Pulitzer Prize winner Ron Chernow returns with a sweeping and dramatic portrait of one of our most compelling generals and presidents, Ulysses S. Grant.   Ulysses S. Grant's life has typically been misunderstood. All too often he is caricatured as a chronic loser and an inept businessman, or as the triumphant but brutal Union general of the Civil War. But these stereotypes don't come close to capturing him, as Chernow shows in his masterful biography, the first to provide a complete understanding of the general ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0143110632
    • ASIN: 0143110632
    • ISBN: 0143110632
    • Brand: Penguin Books
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Books

  • America's First Daughter: A Novel

    The New York Times and USA Today BestsellerIn a compelling, richly researched novel that draws from thousands of letters and original sources, bestselling authors Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie tell the fascinating, untold story of Thomas Jefferson's eldest daughter, Martha "Patsy" Jefferson Randolph--a woman who kept the secrets of our most enigmatic founding father and shaped an American legacy.From her earliest days, Patsy Jefferson knows that though her father loves his family dearly, his devotion to his country runs deeper still. As Thomas Jefferson's oldest daughter, she becomes his he... [Read More]

    • ASIN: B00ZP4KE70
    • ASIN: B00ZP4KE70
    • Manufacturer: William Morrow Paperbacks

  • President without a Party: The Life of John Tyler

    Historians have long viewed President John Tyler as one of the nation’s least effective heads of state. In President without a Party―the first full­-scale biography of Tyler in more than fifty years and the first new academic study of him in eight decades―Christopher J. Leahy explores the life of the tenth chief executive of the United States. Born in the Virginia Tidewater into an elite family sympathetic to the ideals of the American Revolution, Tyler, like his father, worked as an attorney before entering politics. Leahy uses a wealth of primary source materials to chart Tyler’s ea... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0807172545
    • ASIN: 0807172545
    • ISBN: 0807172545
    • Manufacturer: LSU Press

  • The United States of Trump: How the President Really Sees America

    A rare, insider’s look at the life of Donald Trump from Bill O'Reilly, the bestselling author of the Killing series, based on exclusive interview material and deep researchReaders around the world have been enthralled by journalist and New York Times bestselling author Bill O’Reilly’s Killing series—riveting works of nonfiction that explore the most famous events in history. Now, O’Reilly turns his razor-sharp observations to his most compelling subject thus far—President Donald J. Trump. In this thrilling narrative, O’Reilly blends primary, never-before-released interview materi... [Read More]

    • ASIN: B07PNPKVBF
    • ASIN: B07PNPKVBF
    • Manufacturer: Henry Holt and Co.

  • America's Reluctant Prince: The Life of John F. Kennedy Jr.

    *A New York Times Bestseller*A major new biography of John F. Kennedy Jr. from a leading historian who was also a close friend, America’s Reluctant Prince is a deeply researched, personal, surprising, and revealing portrait of the Kennedy heir the world lost too soon.   Through the lens of their decades-long friendship and including exclusive interviews and details from previously classified documents, noted historian and New York Times bestselling author Steven M. Gillon examines John F. Kennedy Jr.’s life and legacy from before his birth to the day he died. Gillon covers the highs, th... [Read More]

    • ASIN: B07Q1XSMRQ
    • ASIN: B07Q1XSMRQ
    • Manufacturer: Dutton

  • Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford

    The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Kennedy and Me and Five Days in November reflects on his seventeen years on the Secret Service for presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford.The assassination of one president, the resignation of another, and the swearing-in of the two who followed those traumatic events. Clint Hill was there, on duty, through Five Presidents. After an extraordinary career as a Special Agent on the White House Detail, Clint Hill retired in 1975. His career spanned the administrations of Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Ri... [Read More]

    • ASIN: B015WNZ5HW
    • ASIN: B015WNZ5HW
    • Manufacturer: Gallery Books

  • My Dear Hamilton: A Novel of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton

    From the New York Times bestselling authors of America’s First Daughter comes the epic story of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton—a revolutionary woman who, like her new nation, struggled to define herself in the wake of war, betrayal, and tragedy. Haunting, moving, and beautifully written, Dray and Kamoie used thousands of letters and original sources to tell Eliza’s story as it’s never been told before—not just as the wronged wife at the center of a political sex scandal—but also as a founding mother who shaped an American legacy in her own right.A general’s daughter…Coming of age on t... [Read More]

    • ASIN: B072F14H1Z
    • ASIN: B072F14H1Z
    • Manufacturer: William Morrow Paperbacks

  • All the Best, George Bush: My Life in Letters and Other Writings


    • ASIN: 1501106678
    • ASIN: 1501106678
    • ISBN: 9781501106675
    • Brand: Scribner
    • Manufacturer: Scribner

  • Becoming

    An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States  #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNER In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America—the first African American to serve in that role—she helped create the most welcoming and inclusive White House in history, while also establishing herself as a powerful advocate for women and girls in the U.S. and around the world,... [Read More]

    • ASIN: B079ZYWJJ8
    • ASIN: B079ZYWJJ8
    • Manufacturer: Crown

  • Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed America

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The strength and prestige of the American presidency has waxed and waned since George Washington. Accidental Presidents looks at eight men who came to the office without being elected to it. It demonstrates how the character of the man in that powerful seat affects the nation and world.Eight men have succeeded to the presidency when the incumbent died in office. In one way or another they vastly changed our history. Only Theodore Roosevelt would have been elected in his own right. Only TR, Truman, Coolidge, and LBJ were re-elected. John Tyler succeeded William Henry ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: B07GNVYDT8
    • ASIN: B07GNVYDT8
    • Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

  • Our Country's Presidents: A Complete Encyclopedia of the U.S. Presidency

    National Geographic presents the 43 individuals who have led the U.S., plus America's newest commander-in-chief, in this up-to-date, authoritative, and lavishly illustrated family, school, and library reference. It features comprehensive profiles of the 43 former presidents along with timelines and descriptions of crucial events during their terms. Information about the 2016 president-elect is also included.   Thematic spreads cover a variety of topics from the history of voting rights to writing a presidential letter. Full-page portraits, famous quotes, and fascinating facts help kids get t... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1426326858
    • ASIN: 1426326858
    • ISBN: 1426326858
    • Brand: National Geographic Society
    • Manufacturer: National Geographic Children's Books

  • Stand Tall, Abe Lincoln : A Compelling Biography of the Early Years of the Sixteenth U.S. President!

    Growing up poor in Kentucky and Indiana, Abraham Lincoln lost his mother before he was ten, but Sally Johnston, who married Abe's father a year later, brought a library of books to their log cabin

    • UPC: 39125582
    • Rating: 4.3

  • Our Country's Presidents : A Complete Encyclopedia of the U.S. Presidency

    "[F]eatures comprehensive profiles of the 44 former presidents along with timelines and descriptions of crucial events during their terms. Information about the 2016 president-elect is also

    • UPC: 53596915
    • Rating: 5.0

  • Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents : Strange Stories and Shocking Trivia from Inside the White House

    Includes all-new chapter about the 45th POTUS, Donald J. Trump. This updated and redesigned edition of Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents features outrageous and uncensored profiles of our commanders in chief--complete with hundreds of

    • UPC: 55104796
    • Rating: 4.0

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

    The complete rankings of our best -- and worst -- presidents, based on C-SPAN's much-cited Historians Surveys of Presidential Leadership. Over a period of decades, C-SPAN has surveyed leading historians on the best and worst

    • UPC: 948269529

  • Scholastic Book of Presidents : A Book of U.S. Presidents

    Previously published under the title: Mr.

    • UPC: 52895016

  • The Complete Book of US Presidents

    In this momentous election year, experience the history and personal stories of all 44 U.S. Presidents in this beautifully illustrated edition.From the first president, George Washington, to the most recent, Barack Obama, the United States

    • UPC: 47876974

  • Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents - eBook

    Includes all-new chapter about the 45th POTUS, Donald J. Trump.This updated and redesigned edition of Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents features outrageous and uncensored profiles of our commanders in chief—complete with hundreds of little-known,

    • UPC: 775051270
    • Rating: 4.0

  • U.S. Presidents For Dummies - eBook

    Forty-three Americans have held the job of President of the United States. Each has a story, be it one of vision, accomplishment, conflict, scandal, triumph, or tragedy. And each story is at the center of

    • UPC: 610515355
    • Rating: 5.0

  • Controversial US Presidents | Biography of Presidents Junior Scholars Edition | Children's Biography Books - eBook

    Who were some of the most controversial US presidents? You’ll know the answer in this educational book for kids. Find out how and why these presidents are controversial. Read about their achievements and their “bad”

    • UPC: 331602777

  • Stories of Presidencies : US Presidents Franklin, Washington, Hoover and Eisenhower | Biography of US Presidents Junior Scholars Edition | Children's Biography Books - eBook

    America is what it is today because of the decisions made by its former leaders. Not all decisions were good but they were used as jump-off points to learn lessons and make better decisions. In

    • UPC: 441564424

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