His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life
By: Jonathan Alter
4.34
Format: 800 pages, Hardcover
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1. An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963
By: Robert Dallek
3.99
Format: 849 pages, Paperback
Drawing on previously unavailable material and never-before-opened archives, An Unfinished Life is … read more
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"She was a little removed,"-Robert Dallek, An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963
2. Lyndon B. Johnson: Portrait of a President
By: Robert Dallek
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Robert Dallek's brilliant two-volume biography of Lyndon Johnson has received an avalanche of prais… read more
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3. Bush
By: Jean Edward Smith
4.22
Format: None pages,
Distinguished presidential biographer Jean Edward Smith offers a "comprehensive and compelling" (Th… read more
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4. 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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5. An Hour Before Daylight: Memories of a Rural Boyhood
By: Jimmy Carter
4.48
Format: 252 pages, Paperback
In An Hour Before Daylight,Jimmy Carter, bestselling author of Living Faithand Sources of Strength,… read more
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6. The Survivor: Bill Clinton in the White House
By: John F. Harris , John F. Harris
4.10
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
New York TimesBestseller The definitive account of one of the most accomplished, controversial, and… read more
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7. Hoover: The Life and Times of Herbert Hoover
By: Kenneth Whyte
3.21
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
The definitive biography of one of the most remarkable Americans of the twentieth century, Herbert … read more
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8. 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
9. 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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10. Richard Nixon: The Life
By: John A. Farrell
3.86
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Brilliantly researched, authoritatively crafted by a prize-winning biographer, and lively on the pa… read more
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11. Reagan: The Life
By: H.W. Brands
3.64
Format: 211 pages, Hardcover
From master storyteller and New York Timesbestselling Historian H. W. Brands comes the definitive b… read more
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12. 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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13. Romney: A Reckoning
By: McKay Coppins
4.36
Format: 416 pages, ebook
A remarkably illuminating biography of the political maverick, filled with revelations and written … read more
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14. Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush
By: Jon Meacham
4.12
Format: 794 pages, Kindle Edition
From Pulitzer Prize winner and #1 New York Times bestselling author Jon Meacham comes a sweeping ye… read more
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"Where Goldwater-ites saw the world in black and white, Rockefeller noted shades of gray."-Jon Meacham, Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush
15. Reagan: An American Journey
By: Bob Spitz
4.15
Format: 863 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling biographer Bob Spitz, a full and rich biography of an epic American… read more
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"He based these anecdotes largely on stories he'd read in unverified accounts in small-town newspapers and crackpot magazines. It didn't matter that most of the facts and figures didn't check out. The…"-Bob Spitz, Reagan: An American Journey
16. The Last Politician: Inside Joe Biden's White House and the Struggle for America's Future
By: Franklin Foer
3.87
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Franklin Foer tells the definitive insider story of the first two years of the Biden presidency, wi… read more
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17. An Ordinary Man: The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford
By: Richard Norton Smith
4.46
Format: 992 pages, Hardcover
From the preeminent presidential scholar and acclaimed biographer of historical figures including G… read more
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18. His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life
By: Jonathan Alter
4.34
Format: 800 pages, Hardcover
From one of America’s most respected journalists and modern historians comes the highly acclaimed, … read more
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19. The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter
By: Kai Bird
4.35
Format: 772 pages, Hardcover
An essential re-evaluation of the complex triumphs and tragedies of Jimmy Carter's presidential leg… read more
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"...Carter is sometimes perceived as a failure simply because he refused to make us feel good about the country. He insisted on telling us what was wrong and what it would take to make things better. …"-Kai Bird, The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter
"Watching the podium dance that night from the convention floor was Paul Corbin, a longtime Kennedy family retainer. Corbin had been working for the Kennedys ever since he first encountered Bobby Kenn…"-Kai Bird, The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter
"...Ironically, three decades later President Barack Obama introduced a universal health insurance bill modeled closely after the Carter bill. Mondale´s former aide Richard Moe wrote that Obamacare ¨b…"-Kai Bird, The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter
"After it was all over, the Carter people were stunned by Kennedy´s conduct. Why? Why would the Kennedy crowd persist in defeat, knowing that their displays of rancor would only further weaken a Democ…"-Kai Bird, The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter
20. There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland
By: Steven Hyden
4.21
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A thought-provoking exploration of Bruce Springsteen’s iconic album, Born in the U.S.A. —a record … read more
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21. When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s
By: John Ganz
4.23
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A lively, revelatory look back at the convulsions at the end of the Reagan era―and their dark legac… read more
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