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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
All too human	George Stephanopoulos	All Too Human is a new-generation political memoir, written from the refreshing perspective of one who got his hands on the levers of awesome power at an early age. At thirty, the author was at Bill …	OL106196W
Decision Points	George W. Bush	In this candid and gripping account, President George W. Bush describes the critical decisions that shaped his presidency and personal life. George W. Bush served as president of the United States…	OL15437569W
To begin the world anew	Bernard Bailyn	With these character sketches of key figures of the American Revolution and illuminating probes of its circumstances, Bernard Bailyn reveals the ambiguities, complexities, and uncertainties of the fo…	OL15798568W
The Roosevelt cousins	Linda Donn	"At the turn of the twentieth century, in the brownstones of New York City and the country houses of Long Island and the Hudson River Valley, a generation of young Roosevelt cousins shared carriage r…	OL15844918W
A singular woman	Janny Scott	Award-winning reporter Scott uncovers the full breadth of Stanley Ann Dunham's inspiring and untraditional life.	OL17903735W
FDR	Ted Morgan	Morgan is one of the few biographers of Franklin Roosevelt to attempt a complete life in one volume. His Roosevelt, opportunistic and shallow as a young man, was transformed by his fight with polio. …	OL1961779W
Financing the 2000 election	David B. Magleby	A series of 10 papers, presented by Magleby (Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy, Brigham Young U.), explore the money issues behind the American political campaigns of 2000. Patterns of …	OL21178668W
Vrouwen van het Witte Huis	Wim Meiners	Thematisch opgezette beschrijving van de vrouwen die als First Lady het Witte Huis in Washington hebben bewoond, van Abigail Adams tot en met Hillary Clinton.	OL26180352W
Barack Obama, president van de Verenigde Staten	Willem Uylenbroek	Schets van leven, werk en achtergrond van Barack Obama, die in 2008 werd gekozen tot de eerste zwarte president van de Verenigde Staten.	OL26182582W
Truman	David McCullough	The Pulitzer Prize–winning biography of Harry S. Truman, whose presidency included momentous events from the atomic bombing of Japan to the outbreak of the Cold War and the Korean War, told by Americ…	OL2820747W
Presidential elections	Aaron Wildavsky,Nelson W. Polsby	Describes and analyzes the process by which Presidents of the United States are nominated and elected, appraises voting behavior and the influence of nonparty, independent activists, and suggests pos…	OL2947651W
Presidential transitions	Carl M. Brauer	After all the attention focused on the rhetoric and ritual of presidential campaigns, the almost total neglect of the weeks following the election is somewhat surprising. In less than three months, n…	OL2998878W
The presidents, first ladies, and vice presidents	Daniel C. Diller	Highlights the private and public lives of some of the most celebrated figures in U.S. politics.	OL3333733W
The Haldeman diaries	H. R. Haldeman	The White House diaries of H. R. Haldeman, Richard Nixon's Chief of Staff.	OL3461346W
The Path To Power	Robert A. Caro	Traces Johnson's life from his Texas childhood through his rise to political power and his successful 1948 senatorial campaign.	OL4195862W
Heinemann und die Deutschlandfrage	Diether Koch	Die Bundesrepublik wird mit Bundespräsident Heinemann von einem Mann repräsentiert, der zwar in den vierziger Jahrenihre Entstehung begrüßte, seit 1950 aber entscheidende Schritte ihres Weges für fal…	OL4577735W
Lyndon, an oral biography	Merle Miller	A biography of Lyndon Johnson ranging from his birth to his death in 1973. Includes interviews with Lady Bird, John Kenneth Galbraith, J. William Fulbright, Larry O'Brien, Hubert Humphrey, and hundre…	OL4621701W
Pat Nixon	Julie Nixon Eisenhower	This portrait follows the former First Lady from her birth in a boomtown mining shack to the White House and is full of anecdotes and behind-the-scenes glimpses of historical figures.	OL5269731W
Presidents and the people	Mel Laracey	"When the American president cannot get his way with Congress on something of great importance to him, he often appeals "over the heads" of Congress, directly to the American people. This kind of app…	OL6208873W
The President and the Constitution	George A. Nikolaieff	This compilation explores the constitutionality of the modern presidency, the growth of presidential power, the president's war powers and executive privilege as demonstrated in Mr. Nixon's confronta…	OL7009058W