Presidents & Heads of State
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Lincoln: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartBeneath the surface of the apparently untutored and deceptively frank Abraham Lincoln ran private tunnels of self-taught study, a restless philosophical curiosity, and a profound grasp of the fundamen… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Guelzo, Allen C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 05 2009
- ISBN10: 0195367804
- Language: English
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Yes, Sir! Mr. President
$28.95 Add to cartWhen Bill Clinton was elected president, that meant Howie Franklin made history. He became the first U.S. Air Force flight attendant to serve five U.S. presidents aboard Air Force One. From his days s… [more below]
- Author: Franklin, Howie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: July 24 2015
- ISBN10: 0981687229
- Language: English
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The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s
$23.00 Add to cartA New York Times bestseller, this is the “outstanding” (The Atlantic), insightful, and authoritative account of Dwight Eisenhower’s presidency.
Drawing on newly declassified documents and thousands of- Author: Hitchcock, William I.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: March 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1451698429
- Language: English
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Benjamin Harrison: The American Presidents Series: The 23rd President, 1889-1893
$33.99 Add to cartThe scion of a political dynasty ushers in the era of big government
An engrossing ferry to 19th century America, Benjamin Harrison is sure to capture every political enthusiast’s attention. Join Char- Series: American Presidents
- Author: Calhoun, Charles W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 06 2005
- ISBN10: 0805069526
- Language: English
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Martin Van Buren: The American Presidents Series: The 8th President, 1837-1841
$34.00 Add to cartThe first president born after America’s independence ushers in a new era of democracy
Dive deep into the political life of the first president born after America’s independence. Martin Van Buren, ski- Series: American Presidents
- Author: Widmer, Ted
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 05 2005
- ISBN10: 0805069224
- Language: English
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Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman
$26.99 Add to cart“Never has a President of the United States, or any head of state for that matter, been so totally revealed, so completely documented” (Robert A. Arthur).
Plain Speaking is the bestselling book based- Author: Miller, Merle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 346
- Publish Date: October 11 2022
- ISBN10: 0795300190
- Language: English
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Historic Photos of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
$42.99 Add to cartFDR became an American icon. The hundreds of photos in Historic Photos of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, from the collections of the FDR presidential library, portray him throughout his life and career,
- Series: Historic Photos
- Author: Gilmore, Matthew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 202
- Publish Date: September 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1683369815
- Language: English
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Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant: Volume Two
$38.95 Add to cartThis digital reproduction of the C.L. Webster Shoulder Board Set, Volume 2 of 2. Born in 1822, Grant was the son of an Ohio tanner. He went to West Point reluctantly and graduated in the middle of his
- Author: Grant, Ulysses S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 654
- Publish Date: December 19 1998
- ISBN10: 158218190X
- Language: English
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Harding: The Jazz Age President
$19.99 Read more“Presidents are ranked wrong. In Harding: The Jazz Age President, Ryan Walters mounts a case that Harding deserves to move up–and supplies the evidence to make that case strong. -Amity Shlaes, bestse… [more below]
- Series: Presidents
- Author: Walters, Ryan S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1684514282
- Language: English
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Wisconsin for Kennedy: The Primary That Launched a President and Changed the Course of History
$24.95 Read moreThe behind-the-scenes story of JFK’s 1960 Wisconsin primary campaign
When John F. Kennedy ran for president in 1960, he did something no candidate had done before: he leveraged the power of state pri- Author: Hollars, B. J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1976600170
- Language: English
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Kennedy and King: The President, the Pastor, and the Battle Over Civil Rights
$25.99 Add to cartA New York Times Editors’ Choice Pick
“Kennedy and King is an unqualified masterpiece of historical narrative . . . A landmark achievement.” — Douglas Brinkley, New York Times bestselling author of R- Author: Levingston, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: March 27 2018
- ISBN10: 0316267384
- Language: English
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A Charge to Keep: My Journey to the White House
$17.99 Add to cartI was not elected to serve one party, but to serve one nation. The president of the United States is the president of every single American, every race and every background. Whether you voted for me o
- Author: Bush, George W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 23 2001
- ISBN10: 0060957921
- Language: English
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Frank & Marilyn: The Lives, the Loves, and the Fascinating Relationship of Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe
$30.00 Add to cartFrank Sinatra! Marilyn Monroe! Never before teamed in a book, yet theirs was a seven-year friendship and on-and-off intimate relationship shrouded in secrecy and fraught with danger.
Frank Sinatra and- Author: Epstein, Edward Z.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: December 13 2022
- ISBN10: 1637585861
- Language: English
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Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting for
$22.00 Add to cartRecalling pivotal moments from her dynamic career on the front lines of American diplomacy and foreign policy, Susan E. Rice–National Security Advisor to President Barack Obama and US Ambassador to t… [more below]
- Author: Rice, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: August 04 2020
- ISBN10: 1501189980
- Language: English
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River Without a Cause: An Expedition Through the Past, Present and Future of Theodore Roosevelt’s River of Doubt
$29.95 Read moreA riveting journey down Theodore Roosevelt’s “river of doubt” with a diverse crew of adventurers, scientists, and Indigenous leaders who shine light on the past, present, and future of a natural wonde… [more below]
- Author: Moses, Sam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1639365575
- Language: English
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Ike’s Bluff: President Eisenhower’s Secret Battle to Save the World
$24.99 Add to cartEvan Thomas’s startling account of how the underrated Dwight Eisenhower saved the world from nuclear holocaust.
Upon assuming the presidency in 1953, Dwight Eisenhower set about to make good on his c- Author: Thomas, Evan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: September 10 2013
- ISBN10: 0316091030
- Language: English
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With Malice Toward None: A Biography of Abraham Lincoln
$19.99 Add to cart“The standard one-volume biography of Lincoln.” —Washington Post
“Certainly the most objective biography of Lincoln ever written.” –David Herbert Donald, New York Times Book Review
The definitive life
- Author: Oates, Stephen B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: February 08 2011
- ISBN10: 0060924713
- Language: English
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Elon Musk: A Biography of an Entrepreneur
$24.99 Add to cartELON MUSK
Driven by idealism and the desire to be actively involved in the progression of humankind, Elon Musk has been dubbed a “thrillionaire” by The New York Times; a tech entrepreneur using his wea
- Author: Greene, Joseph
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 66
- Publish Date: December 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1959018612
- Language: English
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Amer Pres: Harrison
$33.00 Add to cartThe president who served the shortest term–just a single month–but whose victorious election campaign rewrote the rules for candidates seeking America’s highest office
William Henry Harrison died ju- Series: American Presidents (Times)
- Author: Collins, Gail
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: January 17 2012
- ISBN10: 0805091181
- Language: English
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James Buchanan: The American Presidents Series: The 15th President, 1857-1861
$31.99 Add to cartA provocative reconsideration of a presidency on the brink of Civil War
Almost no president was as well trained and well prepared for the office as James Buchanan. He had served in the Pennsylvania st- Series: American Presidents
- Author: Baker, Jean H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: June 07 2004
- ISBN10: 0805069461
- Language: English
