Us Presidents Best To Worst - April 2024

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: 1541774337
• ASIN: 1541774337
• ISBN: 1541774337
• Manufacturer: PublicAffairs

The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York

Everywhere acknowledged as a modern American classic, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and chosen by the Modern Library as one of the hundred greatest books of the twentieth century, The Power Broker is a huge and galvanizing biography revealing not only the saga of one man's incredible accumulation of power, but the story of the shaping (and mis-shaping) of New York in the twentieth century. Robert Caro's monumental book makes public what few outsiders knew: that Robert Moses was the single most powerful man of his time in the City and in the State of New York. And in telling the Moses story, C... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0394720245
• ASIN: 0394720245
• ISBN: 0394720245
• Brand: Vintage
• Manufacturer: Vintage

Red War (A Mitch Rapp Novel Book 15)

*Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller* The #1 New York Times bestselling series returns with Mitch Rapp racing to prevent Russia’s gravely ill leader from starting a full-scale war with NATO. “Mills is the only writer capable of filling the enormous void left by Vince Flynn.”—The Real Book SpyWhen Russian president Maxim Krupin discovers that he has inoperable brain cancer, he’s determined to cling to power. His first task is to kill or imprison any of his countrymen who can threaten him. Soon, though, his illness becomes serious enough to require a more dramatic diversion—war wit... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07B3WJ9X7
• ASIN: B07B3WJ9X7
• Manufacturer: Atria/Emily Bestler Books

The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World

"An immersive, mildly gonzo and depressingly well-timed book about the drenching effects of global warming, and a powerful reminder that we can bury our heads in the sand about climate change for only so long before the sand itself disappears." (Jennifer Senior, New York Times) A New York Times Critics' Top Book of 2017One of Washington Post's 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2017One of Booklist's Top 10 Science Books of 2017What if Atlantis wasn't a myth, but an early precursor to a new age of great flooding? Across the globe, scientists and civilians alike are noticing rapidly rising sea le... [Read More]

• ASIN: B06XFL2TJF
• ASIN: B06XFL2TJF
• Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company

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

Theodore Roosevelt: A Life From Beginning to End (Biographies of US Presidents Book 26)

Theodore RooseveltThere was truly no one like Theodore Roosevelt. From a sickly boy, Teddy (as the world came to know him) would transform himself into the apex of vigor and energy. From husband, father and rancher to hunter, governor and president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt led a most extraordinary life. Inside you will read about...✓ Early Life & Education✓ Early Political Career and Marriage✓ The Old West and a New Beginning✓ Early Public Life✓ Becoming a National Figure✓ Governor and Vice President✓ Presidency✓ Post-Presidency✓ Election of 1912 and Final Yea... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01INE5VJO
• ASIN: B01INE5VJO

The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America

In THE WORST HARD TIME, Timothy Egan put the environmental disaster of the Dust Bowl at the center of a rich history, told through characters he brought to indelible life. Now he performs the same alchemy with the Big Burn, the largest-ever forest fire in America and the tragedy that cemented Teddy Roosevelt's legacy in the land. On the afternoon of August 20, 1910, a battering ram of wind moved through the drought-stricken national forests of Washington, Idaho, Montana, whipping the hundreds of small blazes burning across the forest floor into a roaring inferno that jumped from treetop to rid... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0547394608
• ASIN: 0547394608
• ISBN: 0547394608
• Brand: Mariner Books
• Manufacturer: Mariner Books

It's Even Worse Than You Think: What the Trump Administration Is Doing to America

New York Times Bestseller The Trump administration is remaking the government. It's Even Worse Than You Think: What the Trump Administration Is Doing to America tells us exactly how it is making America worse again.Bestselling author and longtime Trump observer David Cay Johnston shines a light on the political termites who have infested our government under the Trump Administration, destroying it from within and compromising our jobs, safety, finances, and more. No journalist knows Donald Trump better than David Cay Johnston, who has been following him since 1988. It's Even Worse Than You Th... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1501174169
• ASIN: 1501174169
• ISBN: 9781501174162
• Brand: Simon & Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

Barons of the Sea: And Their Race to Build the World's Fastest Clipper Ship

“A fascinating, fast-paced history…full of remarkable characters and incredible stories” about the nineteenth-century American dynasties who battled for dominance of the tea and opium trades (Nathaniel Philbrick, National Book Award-winning author of In the Heart of the Sea).There was a time, back when the United States was young and the robber barons were just starting to come into their own, when fortunes were made and lost importing luxury goods from China. It was a secretive, glamorous, often brutal business—one where teas and silks and porcelain were purchased with profits from th... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1476745978
• ASIN: 1476745978
• ISBN: 1476745978
• Brand: Simon & Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

Uncle Tom's Cabin (AmazonClassics Edition)

• ASIN: B073W9N1W8
• ASIN: B073W9N1W8
• Manufacturer: AmazonClassics

Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan (Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series)

The powerful and riveting new book in the multimillion-selling Killing series by Bill O'Reilly and Martin DugardAutumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe but is escalating in the Pacific, where American soldiers face an opponent who will go to any length to avoid defeat. The Japanese army follows the samurai code of Bushido, stipulating that surrender is a form of dishonor. Killing the Rising Sun takes readers to the bloody tropical-island battlefields of Peleliu and Iwo Jima and to the embattled Philippines, where General Douglas MacArthur has made a triumphant return and is plotting... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01CNTUGF4
• ASIN: B01CNTUGF4
• ISBN: 1627790632
• Manufacturer: Henry Holt and Co.

Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Patriots

The must-have companion to Bill O'Reilly's historical docudrama Legends and Lies: The Patriots, an exciting and eye-opening look at the Revolutionary War through the lives of its leadersThe American Revolution was neither inevitable nor a unanimous cause. It pitted neighbors against each other, as loyalists and colonial rebels faced off for their lives and futures. These were the times that tried men's souls: no one was on stable ground and few could be trusted. Through the fascinating tales of the first Americans, Legends and Lies: The Patriots reveals the contentious arguments that turned fr... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1627797890
• ASIN: 1627797890
• ISBN: 1627797890
• Brand: MELIA PUBLISHING SERVICES
• Manufacturer: Henry Holt and Co.

Crap Taxidermy

A humorous look at what happens when taxidermy goes terribly wrong, by the founder of the hit website crappytaxidermy.com.A relaxed toad enjoying a smoke and a brew. A cat with eerily flexible front legs. A smiling lion with receding gums. Whether you choose to laugh or cringe at these spectacularly bad attempts at taxidermy, you won't be able to tear your eyes away from the curiosities inside. This volume brings together the very best of the worst (along with a DIY "Stuff Your Own Mouse" lesson by an Insect Preparator from the American Museum of Natural History), showcasing the most perverse ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1607748207
• ASIN: 1607748207
• ISBN: 1607748207
• Brand: Kat Su
• Manufacturer: Ten Speed Press

Hitler's Last Days: The Death of the Nazi Regime and the World's Most Notorious Dictator

By early 1945, the destruction of the German Nazi State seems certain. The Allied forces, led by American generals George S. Patton and Dwight D. Eisenhower, are gaining control of Europe, leaving German leaders scrambling. Facing defeat, Adolf Hitler flees to a secret bunker with his new wife, Eva Braun, and his beloved dog, Blondi. It is there that all three would meet their end, thus ending the Third Reich and one of the darkest chapters of history. Hitler's Last Days is a gripping account of the death of one of the most reviled villains of the 20th century―a man whose regime of murder an... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1627793968
• UPC: 884201042317
• ASIN: 1627793968
• ISBN: 1627793968
• Brand: Henry Holt Company
• Manufacturer: Henry Holt

The American Political Tradition: And the Men Who Made it

The American Political Tradition is one of the most influential and widely read historical volumes of our time. First published in 1948, its elegance, passion, and iconoclastic erudition laid the groundwork for a totally new understanding of the American past. By writing a "kind of intellectual history of the assumptions behind American politics," Richard Hofstadter changed the way Americans understand the relationship between power and ideas in their national experience. Like only a handful of American historians before him—Frederick Jackson Turner and Charles A. Beard are examples—Hofs... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0679723153
• ASIN: 0679723153
• ISBN: 0679723153
• Brand: Hofstadter, Richard
• Manufacturer: Vintage

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

9781541774339

• UPC: 948269529

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

The Best "Worst President"

9780062443052

• UPC: 49745053

The Best Worst President - eBook

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

• UPC: 738629079

My Worst/Best Sleepover Party - eBook

Rose decides to have a sleepover party for her birthday. What she thought was a great idea turns into a nightmare when the two most popular girls in the class declare they won't attend if

• UPC: 214692629

From the Best to the Worst-A Personal Odyssey with 12 American Presidents

From the Best to the Worst-A Personal Odyssey with 12 American

• UPC: 727678166

Africa's Best and Worst Presidents : How Neocolonialism and Imperialism Maintained Venal Rules in Africa

Africa's Best and Worst Presidents seeks to deconstruct the current superstructure that colonialism created and maintains. It chastises and challenges Africans, academics in the main, to revisit and write a true history of

• UPC: 55673512

The Life of Herbert Hoover: Keeper of the Torch, 1933-1964

In this monumental contribution to Hoover scholarship, eminent historian Gary Dean Best chronicles the post-presidential decades of this important historical figure, and the achievements of a distinguished career that extended far beyond Herbert Hoover's

• UPC: 21308985