Best Presidents In History - April 2024

Presidents of War

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
• Manufacturer: Crown

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

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: 1328505685
• ASIN: 1328505685
• ISBN: 9781328505682
• Brand: Mariner Books
• Manufacturer: Mariner Books

50 American Heroes Every Kid Should Meet, 3rd Edition

Heroes come in all sizes, colors, and ages, and 50 American Heroes Every Kid Should Meet (2nd Revised Edition) introduces readers to a diverse cast of great Americans. The remarkable stories of fifty inspiring Americans are highlighted, from Jane Addams to Louis Zamperini. Revised in 2016 by the original authors to include ten new heroes, the book includes up-to-date websites and booklists. With the most current biographical information available, this edition is sure to inform and inspire readers.

• ASIN: 1512413283
• ASIN: 1512413283
• ISBN: 1512413283
• Brand: MILLBROOK
• Manufacturer: Millbrook Press

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: 1524763136
• ASIN: 1524763136
• ISBN: 1524763136
• Brand: WaterBrook Press
• Manufacturer: Crown Publishing Group

Leadership: In Turbulent Times

• ASIN: 1476795924
• ASIN: 1476795924
• ISBN: 1476795924
• Brand: SIMON AND SCHUSTER
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

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: 1476794146
• ASIN: 1476794146
• ISBN: 1476794146
• Brand: Gallery Books
• Manufacturer: Gallery Books

These Truths: A History of the United States

• ASIN: 0393635244
• ASIN: 0393635244
• ISBN: 0393635244
• Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company

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: 159420487X
• ASIN: 159420487X
• ISBN: 9781594204876
• Manufacturer: Penguin Press

The 50 States: Explore the U.S.A. with 50 fact-filled maps!

A 2016 Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People (National Council for the Social Studies-Children's Book Council)In 51 charmingly illustrated infographic maps, explore every state of the USA from Alabama to Wyoming and the nation’s capital to discover more than 2,000 facts that celebrate the people, cities, nature, and historic events that have helped make America what it is today. You'll also get an expansive guide to the state flags and US presidents. Ghost towns, swamp tours, the center of the universe…bacon donuts, brainy berries, salmon jerky…The French Fry King, The Moth... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1847807119
• ASIN: 1847807119
• ISBN: 9781847807113
• Brand: WIDE EYED
• Manufacturer: Wide Eyed Editions

Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize In the tradition of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, a stunningly vivid historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West, centering on Quanah, the greatest Comanche chief of them all.S. C. Gwynne’s Empire of the Summer Moon spans two astonishing stories. The first traces the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history. The second entails one of the most remarkable narratives ever to come out of the Old West: the epic saga of the pioneer woman Cynthia An... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1416591052
• ASIN: 1416591052
• ISBN: 9781416591054
• Brand: Scribner Book Company
• Manufacturer: Scribner

Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“One of the most important books I’ve ever read―an indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the world.” – Bill Gates“Hans Rosling tells the story of ‘the secret silent miracle of human progress’ as only he can. But Factfulness does much more than that. It also explains why progress is so often secret and silent and teaches readers how to see it clearly.” ―Melinda Gates"Factfulness by Hans Rosling, an outstanding international public health expert, is a hopeful book about the potential for human progress when we work off facts rather tha... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1250107814
• ASIN: 1250107814
• ISBN: 1250107814
• Brand: Flatiron Books
• Manufacturer: Flatiron Books

Alexander Hamilton

A New York Times Bestseller, and the inspiration for the hit Broadway musical Hamilton!Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow presents a landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, the Founding Father who galvanized, inspired, scandalized, and shaped the newborn nation.In the first full-length biography of Alexander Hamilton in decades, Ron Chernow tells the riveting story of a man who overcame all odds to shape, inspire, and scandalize the newborn America. According to historian Joseph Ellis, Alexander Hamilton is “a robust full-length portrait, in my view the best ever written, of t... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0143034758
• ASIN: 0143034758
• ISBN: 0143034758
• Brand: Penguin Books
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pulitzer Prize–winning author Jon Meacham helps us understand the present moment in American politics and life by looking back at critical times in our history when hope overcame division and fear.NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR • The Christian Science Monitor • Southern Living Our current climate of partisan fury is not new, and in The Soul of America Meacham shows us how what Abraham Lincoln called the “better angels of our nature” have repeatedly won the day. Painting surprising portraits of Lincoln and other presidents, including Ul... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0399589813
• ASIN: 0399589813
• ISBN: 0399589813
• Manufacturer: Random House

The Fifth Risk

New York Times Bestseller What are the consequences if the people given control over our government have no idea how it works?"The election happened," remembers Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, then deputy secretary of the Department of Energy. "And then there was radio silence." Across all departments, similar stories were playing out: Trump appointees were few and far between; those that did show up were shockingly uninformed about the functions of their new workplace. Some even threw away the briefing books that had been prepared for them.Michael Lewis’s brilliant narrative takes us into the e... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1324002646
• ASIN: 1324002646
• ISBN: 9781324002642
• Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company

Republic of Spin: An Inside History of the American Presidency - eBook

“A brilliant, fast-moving narrative history of the leaders who have defined the modern American presidency.”—Bob WoodwardIn Republic of Spin—a vibrant history covering more than one hundred years of politics—presidential historian David Greenberg recounts the rise

• UPC: 850497134
• Rating: 3.667

Presidents' Body Counts: The Twelve Worst and Four Best American Presidents Based on How Many Lived or Died Because of Their Actions - eBook

peak No Evil About Presidents. So say most textbooks, journalists, commentators, and even some historians. Not in this book. An eye opening look at all the evil done by presidents, mass murder, incompetence, and terrorism,

• UPC: 243974204

Presidents' Body Counts: The Twelve Worst and Four Best American Presidents Based on How Many Lived or Died Because of Their Actions - eBook

Endorsed by the Thom Hartmann Show. Over 1000 downloads!Speak No Evil About Presidents. So say most textbooks, journalists, commentators, and even some historians. Not in this book.An eye opening look at all the evil done

• UPC: 952904303

Presidents' Body Counts: The Twelve Worst and Four Best American Presidents Based on How Many Lived or Died Because of Their Actions - eBook

Endorsed by the Thom Hartmann Show! Over 1000 downloads! Most rankings of presidents are popularity contests based on most recognized or best liked based on the political bias of the judges. This book abandons all

• UPC: 674542309

Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy - eBook

For over forty years the truth about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy has been obscured. This book releases us from a crippling distortion of American history.This extraordinary and historic book required twenty years

• UPC: 369879449
• Rating: 4.75

History of the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, President of The United States - eBook

U.S. president Andrew Johnson was thrust suddenly into the seat of power as a result of Abraham Lincoln's assassination. In the tumultuous Reconstruction period, Johnson clashed with lawmakers who were trying to protect the rights

• UPC: 854975029

History of the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, President of the United States - eBook

This is a contemporary history, written by Edmund Ross, that looks at the Reconstruction Era and the political tensions that led to the impeachment of Andrew Johnson. A table of contents is

• UPC: 684826654

Kazakhstan's Geoeconomic Quest for Power in a Multipolar World: History on the Steppes from Tsars to the Soviets, Military and Security, Oil Fields and Uranium, President Nursultan Nazarbayev - eBook

This late 2017 report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction.Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan has managed to overcome a crumpling economy and ethnic tensions to become the wealthiest

• UPC: 103629591

The Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson – History Of The First Attempt to Impeach the President of The United States & The Trial that Followed - eBook

Little is now known to the general public of the history of the attempt to remove President Andrew Johnson in 1868, on his impeachment by the House of Representatives and trial by the Senate for

• UPC: 294710141

Boko Haram in Nigeria Encyclopedia: Confronting Terrorism from the Islamic Sect, Threat to Homeland, Political History and Expansion, Attacks, President Goodluck Jonathan - eBook

This unique ebook provides comprehensive coverage of the Boko Haram terror group in Nigeria. The group has claimed responsibility for the bombing of a bus station in April 2014 which killed over 70 people, and

• UPC: 934159592

Obama : 101 Best Covers: the Story of His Presidency & Legacy in Photos,...

• UPC: 193344403551
• Category: Nonfiction
• Price: 6 USD

Founding Fathers Know Best: Is the President Leading the Country in the Wrong Di

• UPC: 273749781137
• Category: Other Books
• Price: 4 USD