The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World
By: A.J. Baime
4.55
Format: 461 pages, Kindle Edition
The dramatic, pulse-pounding story of Harry Truman’s first four months in office, when this unlikel…
Want to Read $ 13.99"After a few minutes Truman went back inside the White House, so he could call his mother and personally deliver the news: World War II was over. ("That was Harry," ninety-two-year-old Mamma Truman said after hanging up. "Harry's such a wonderful man... I knew he'd call.")"-A.J. Baime, The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World
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1. An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963
By: Robert Dallek
3.99
Format: 849 pages, Paperback
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"She was a little removed,"-Robert Dallek, An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963
2. Ronald Reagan: A Life From Beginning to End (Biographies of US Presidents)
By: Hourly History , Henry Freeman
4.27
Format: 49 pages, Kindle Edition
Ronald Reagan Free BONUS Inside!* * * Read On Your Computer, MAC, Smartphone, Kindle Reader, iPad, … read more
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3. Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream: The Most Revealing Portrait of a President and Presidential Power Ever Written
By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
3.75
Format: 272 pages,
Doris Kearns Goodwin's classic life of Lyndon Johnson, who presided over the Great Society, the Vie… read more
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4. The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War
By: H.W. Brands
4.57
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From master storyteller and historian H. W. Brands, twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, comes … read more
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5. Eisenhower in War and Peace
By: Jean Edward Smith
4.06
Format: 976 pages, Hardcover
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYThe Christian Science Monitor • St. Louis Post-DispatchIn… read more
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"Jealousy knows no logic, nor does it respect reciprocity."-Jean Edward Smith, Eisenhower in War and Peace
"The loneliness of command had made Eisenhower emotionally self-sufficient."-Jean Edward Smith, Eisenhower in War and Peace
"Patton would have said a warmer goodbye to his horse, The author writes on Eisenhower's cold dismissal of his wartime lover."-Jean Edward Smith, Eisenhower in War and Peace
"Eisenhower on Patton: "Fundamentally, he is so avid for recognition as a great commander that he won't with ruthlessly suppress any habit that will jeopardize it."-Jean Edward Smith, Eisenhower in War and Peace
6. Ike's Bluff: President Eisenhower's Secret Battle to Save the World
By: Evan Thomas
3.89
Format: 575 pages, Hardcover
Upon assuming the presidency in 1953, Dwight Eisenhower came to be seen by many as a doddering ligh… read more
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7. FDR
By: Jean Edward Smith
4.08
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
One of today's premier biographers has written a modern, comprehensive, indeed ultimate book on the… read more
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8. Dwight Eisenhower: A Life From Beginning to End
By: Hourly History
4.60
Format: None pages,
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9. A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland
By: Troy Senik
4.16
Format: 384 pages, ebook
“A thoroughly engaging and enjoyable” (National Review) biography of Grover Cleveland—the honest, p… read more
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10. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
4.71
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
An Unfinished Love A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America’s most … read more
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11. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
By: Erik Larson
4.24
Format: 565 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more
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"A house divided against itself cannot stand."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
12. The Wingmen: The Unlikely, Unusual, Unbreakable Friendship Between John Glenn and Ted Williams
By: Adam Lazarus
4.20
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The untold story of the unique fifty-year friendship between two American John Glenn, the unassail… read more
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13. The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis
By: George Stephanopoulos
4.45
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
George Stephanopoulos, former senior advisor to President Clinton and for more than 20 years anchor… read more
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14. Bad Blood: Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert F. Kennedy, and the Tumultuous 1960s
By: Jeffrey K. Smith
4.26
Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition
The tumultuous decade of the 1960s began with promise and hope, when John F. Kennedy became the you… read more
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15. The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World
By: A.J. Baime
4.55
Format: 461 pages, Kindle Edition
The dramatic, pulse-pounding story of Harry Truman’s first four months in office, when this unlikel… read more
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"After a few minutes Truman went back inside the White House, so he could call his mother and personally deliver the news: World War II was over. ("That was Harry," ninety-two-year-old Mamma Truman sa…"-A.J. Baime, The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World
16. Five Days That Shocked the World : Eyewitness accounts from Europe at the end of World War II
By: Nicholas Best
4.43
Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition
‘A gripping account of the last days of World War II… It reads like a thriller, informs like a scho… read more
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17. Hermann Göring: A Life from Beginning to End (World War 2 Biographies)
By: Hourly History
3.95
Format: 107 pages, Kindle Edition
Discover the dark life of Hermann Göring...Free BONUS Inside!One of Hitler’s most notorious henchme… read more
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18. Mrs. Ike
By: Susan Eisenhower
4.31
Format: 551 pages, Kindle Edition
In an era where Americans are desperately seeking heroes and mentors, here is the story of how a sa… read more
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19. Dwight D. Eisenhower: An Associated Press Biography
By: Relman Morin
4.48
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
A stirring exploration of our thirty-fourth President, Dwight D. Eisenhower.From the time of his ch… read more
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20. Harry S. Truman: A Life from Beginning to End (Biographies of US Presidents)
By: Hourly History
4.30
Format: 44 pages, Kindle Edition
Discover the remarkable life of Harry S. Truman...Free BONUS Inside!Seen by many as one of America’… read more
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21. Framed & Hunted: A True Story of Occult Persecution
By: Edward Williams
4.37
Format: 425 pages, Kindle Edition
Backpacking around Australia in the year 2000, the author unwittingly found himself the target of o… read more
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"Do you want to live, Sander?"-Edward Williams, Framed & Hunted: A True Story of Occult Persecution
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"Had I left some children behind somewhere in the world?"-Edward Williams, Framed & Hunted: A True Story of Occult Persecution
