Presidents & Heads of State
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James K. Polk: The American Presidents Series: The 11th President, 1845-1849
$32.99 Add to cartThe story of a pivotal president who watched over our westward expansion and solidified the dream of Jacksonian democracy
James K. Polk was a shrewd and decisive commander in chief, the youngest presi- Series: American Presidents
- Author: Seigenthaler, John, Sr.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 04 2004
- ISBN10: 0805069429
- Language: English
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Mandela’s Way: Lessons for an Uncertain Age
$17.00 Add to cartA compact, profoundly inspiring book that captures the spirit of Nelson Mandela, distilling the South African leader’s wisdom into 15 vital life lessons
We long for heroes and have too few. Nelson Man- Author: Stengel, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 20 2018
- ISBN10: 0525573577
- Language: English
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Mandela and the General
$19.95 Add to cartIn this thrilling graphic novel, Nelson Mandela’s fight against racism is about to spiral into an all-out race war. Unless he can win over his archenemy, the white supremacist General Viljoen, the dem… [more below]
- Author: Carlin, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: November 05 2018
- ISBN10: 0874868203
- Language: English
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My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams
$28.00 Read more“A wonderfully vivid account of the momentous era they lived through, underscoring the chaotic, often improvisatory circumstances that attended the birth of the fledgling nation and the hardships of d
- Author: Adams, Abigail
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: November 15 2010
- ISBN10: 0674057058
- Language: English
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Conversations with Jimmy Carter
$41.67 Add to cartWhen Jimmy Carter (b. 1924) lost the presidency in 1980, it would have been reasonable to think his public life was coming to an end. The moderate, evangelical, blue-jeans-wearing peanut farmer made a… [more below]
- Series: Literary Conversations
- Author: Head, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 172
- Publish Date: July 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1496846230
- Language: English
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JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956
$24.00 Add to cartA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR – A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian takes us as close as we have ever been to the real John F. Kennedy in this revelatory biography of the iconic, yet still
- Author: Logevall, Fredrik
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 816
- Publish Date: September 07, 2021
- ISBN10: 0812987020
- Language: English
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The Road Taken: A Memoir
$19.99 Add to cartA historic, sweeping memoir from United States Senator Patrick Leahy, currently the chamber’s longest-serving senator and President Pro Tempore.
In his landmark memoir The Road Taken, Patrick Leahy l- Author: Leahy, Patrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1982157364
- Language: English
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Presidents of War: The Epic Story, from 1807 to Modern Times
$22.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – From a preeminent presidential historian comes a “superb and important” (The New York Times Book Review) saga of America’s wartime chief executives
“Fascinating and heartbr… [more below]- Author: Beschloss, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 752
- Publish Date: October 22 2019
- ISBN10: 0307409619
- Language: English
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Andrew Johnson: A Biography
$29.99 Add to cartPolitically shrewd but fatally unable to adapt to new political realities, Andrew Johnson presided, disastrously, over the tumultuous first years of Reconstruction. In this provocative account, Hans T… [more below]
- Author: Trefousse, Hans Louis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: December 01 1997
- ISBN10: 0393317420
- Language: English
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Unlocking Your Inner Zelensky: Lessons We Can All Learn from an Unexpected Leader
$19.00 Add to cartVolodymyr Zelensky captivated the world when his country was invaded by Russia in February 2022. His appearances were accompanied by countless inspiring statements. But there’s a single one that infor
- Author: Kanzer, Jessie Asya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 125089476X
- Language: English
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Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream: The Most Revealing Portrait of a President and Presidential Power Ever Written
$22.99 Add to cartAn engrossing biography of President Lyndon Johnson from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Team of Rivals
Hailed by the New York Times as “the most penetrating, fascinating political biography I ha- Author: Kearns Goodwin, Doris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: March 26 2019
- ISBN10: 1250313961
- Language: English
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The Only Woman in the Room: Golda Meir and Her Path to Power
$66.58 Read moreA feminist biography of the only woman to become prime minister of Israel
In this authoritative and empathetic biography, Pnina Lahav reexamines the life of Golda Meir (1898-1978) through a feminist l- Author: Lahav, Pnina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 0691201749
- Language: English
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The Churchill Sisters: The Extraordinary Lives of Winston and Clementine’s Daughters
$18.99 Add to cartAs complex in their own way as their Mitford cousins, Winston and Clementine Churchill’s daughters each had a unique relationship with their famous father. Rachel Trethewey’s biography, The Churchill
- Author: Trethewey, Rachel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 22 2022
- ISBN10: 125086111X
- Language: English
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America, a Redemption Story: Choosing Hope, Creating Unity
$28.99 Add to cartThe American Dream isn’t a thing of the past, but a miracle of the present.
Now more than ever it’s easy to focus on the divisions that plague our nation. It may seem as if our best days are behind us,
- Author: Scott, Tim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 09 2022
- ISBN10: 1400236495
- Language: English
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Putin
$40.00 Read moreThe first comprehensive, fully up-to-date biography of Vladimir Putin, woven into the tumultuous saga of Russia over the last sixty years
Vladimir Putin is the world’s most dangerous man. Alone among- Author: Short, Philip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 864
- Publish Date: July 26 2022
- ISBN10: 1627793666
- Language: English
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The First Kennedys: The Humble Roots of an American Dynasty
$21.99 Read more“Here is that rare thing: an untold chapter in the Kennedy saga. . .Compelling and illuminating.”–Jon Meacham
Based on genealogical breakthroughs and previously unreleased records, this is the first b
- Author: Thompson, Neal
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 21 2023
- ISBN10: 0063268590
- Language: English
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First Friends: The Powerful, Unsung (and Unelected) People Who Shaped Our Presidents
$17.99 Read moreAN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
In the bestselling tradition of The Presidents Club and Presidential Courage, White House history as told through the stori
A USA TODAY “BEST BOOKS OF 2021” PICK!- Author: Ginsberg, Gary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: June 14, 2022
- ISBN10: 1538702932
- Language: English
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The Lion and the Unicorn: Gladstone vs. Disraeli
$27.99 Add to cartWilliam Gladstone and Benjamin Disraeli were the fiercest political rivals of the nineteenth century. Their intense mutual hatred was both ideologically driven and deeply personal. Their vitriolic due… [more below]
- Author: Aldous, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 402
- Publish Date: September 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0393349632
- Language: English
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Becoming FDR: The Personal Crisis That Made a President
$20.00 Read more“An illuminating account of how Franklin D. Roosevelt’s struggles with polio steeled him for the great struggles of the Depression and of World War II.”–Jon Meacham
“A valuable book for anyone who wa- Author: Darman, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 0812978781
- Language: English
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The King: The Life of Charles III
$29.99 Read moreFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Christopher Andersen comes a vivid and unsparing yet sympathetic portrait of one of the most complex and enigmatic figures of our time: Charles, who has taken… [more below]
- Author: Andersen, Christopher
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: November 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1501181599
- Language: English
