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Inside the White House
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Noel Grove |
In collaboration with the White House Historical Association, National Geographic presents this authoritative overview of Americas first home featuring never before published stories and photographs.… |
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O, Democracy!
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Kathleen Rooney |
It's late spring of 2008, and one of Illinois' two Democratic senators is poised to become the next president of the United States. Colleen Dugan works for the other one--not on Capitol Hill, but in … |
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Good morning, Mr. Mandela
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Zelda La Grange |
Zelda la Grange grew up in South Africa as a white Afrikaner who supported the rules of segregation. Yet just a few years after the end of Apartheid she would become a most trusted assistant to Nelso… |
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Eisenhower
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Paul Johnson |
Acclaimed historian Paul Johnson's lively, succinct biography of Dwight D. Eisenhower explores how his legacy endures today with a focus on Eisenhower's years as a five-star general and his time as t… |
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George W. Bush
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Mann, Jim |
A biography of the controversial president whose time in office was defined by the September 11 attacks and the War on Terrorism. |
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Return to sender
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Ralph Nader |
"In letters addressed to Presidents George Bush and Barack Obama, Ralph Nader provides incisive critiques of more than a decade of American policy decision and indecision. Each letter offers frank ad… |
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Flawed giant
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Robert Dallek |
*Flawed Giant*—the monumental concluding volume to Robert Dallek's biography of Lyndon Baines Johnson—provides the most through, engrossing account ever published of Johnson's years in the national s… |
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Finale
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Thomas Mallon |
"Captures the crusading ideologies, blunders, and glamour of the still-hotly-debated Reagan years, taking readers to the political gridiron of Washington, the wealthiest enclaves of Southern Californ… |
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Killing the messenger
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Brock, David |
Once a leading attacker of the Clintons, David is now the progressive movement's defender and truth-teller. In this personal account, Brock disarms the far-reaching tentacles of the Republican Leviat… |
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Reagan
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Henry William Brands |
H. W. Brands establishes Ronald Reagan as one of the two great presidents of the twentieth century, a true peer to Franklin Roosevelt. Reagan is an irresistible portrait of an underestimated politici… |
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The President's daughter
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Kimberly Brubaker Bradley |
A fictionalized account of ten-year-old Ethel Roosevelt's early experiences in the White House after her father, Theodore Roosevelt, becomes president in 1901. |
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The naturalist
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Darrin P. Lunde |
"The surprising story of our "naturalist president" Theodore Roosevelt and how his lifelong passion for the natural world set the stage for America's wildlife conservation movement. No United States … |
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The year of indecision, 1946
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Kenneth Weisbrode |
An account of Truman's first year in office argues that the tensions and issues that the nation faced are similar to those America faces today. |
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Kick Kennedy
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Barbara Leaming |
"Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy was the incandescent life-force of the fabled Kennedy family, her father's acknowledged "favorite of all the children" and her brother Jack's "psychological twin." She was th… |
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The political life of Abraham Lincoln
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Sidney Blumenthal |
"A multi-volume history of Lincoln as a political genius--from his obscure beginnings to his presidency, assassination, and the overthrow of his post-Civil War dreams of Reconstruction. The first vol… |
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Father Lincoln
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Alan Manning |
A historian follows Lincoln from his law practice in Springfield through the war years in the White House, covering his relationship with his sons and how he managed to balance a successful career wi… |
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Black man, White House : an oral history of the Obama years
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D. L. Hughley |
"Drawing upon satirical interviews with the most notorious public figures of our day, a stand-up comic, actor and radio and TV host presents a hilarious send-up of the Obama years that looks at the p… |
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Faustian bargains
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Joan Mellen |
"Perhaps no president has a more ambiguous reputation than LBJ. A brilliant tactician, he maneuvered colleagues and turned bills into law better than anyone. But he was trailed by a legacy of underha… |
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A child's first book of Trump
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Michael Ian Black |
The Trump is a curious creature, very often spotted in the wild, but confounding to our youngest citizens. A business mogul, reality TV host, and now & political candidate? Kids (and, let's be honest… |
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True faith and allegiance
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Alberto R. Gonzales |
"True Faith and Allegiance is the highly-anticipated personal history from Alberto R. Gonzales, former Attorney General of the United States and former Counsel to the President--the only lawyer and o… |
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