Incomparable Grace: JFK in the Presidency
By: Mark K. Updegrove
4.19
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
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1. Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis
By: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. , Robert F. Kennedy
3.60
Format: 316 pages, Paperback
During the thirteen days in October 1962 when the United States confronted the Soviet Union over it… read more
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2. 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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3. Two Days in June: John F. Kennedy and the 48 Hours that Made History
By: Andrew Cohen
1.00
Format: 168 pages, ebook
On two consecutive days in June 1963, in two lyrical speeches, John F. Kennedy pivots dramatically … read more
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4. Camelot's Court: Inside the Kennedy White House
By: Robert Dallek
3.71
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
In anticipation of the fiftieth anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination comes this riveting,… read more
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"The art of diplomacy is finding a reasonable route among imperfect alternatives."-Robert Dallek, Camelot's Court: Inside the Kennedy White House
"JFK to RFK: To survive in politics, you sometimes have to be willing to make fun of yourself."-Robert Dallek, Camelot's Court: Inside the Kennedy White House
"They are pretty good at improvising, but God help us if they are given time to think. Dean Atchison"-Robert Dallek, Camelot's Court: Inside the Kennedy White House
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. Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon
By: Larry Tye
3.77
Format: None pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author of Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend Larry Tye wa… read more
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7. Profiles in Courage
By: Caroline Kennedy , Robert F. Kennedy , John F. Kennedy
3.92
Format: 245 pages, Hardcover
The Pulitzer Prize winning classic by President John F. Kennedy, with an introduction by Caroline K… read more
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"To be courageous, these stories make clear, requires no exceptional qualifications, no magic formula, no special combination of time, place and circumstance."-Caroline Kennedy, Profiles in Courage
"You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve. You don't have to know about Plato and Aristotle to serve. You don't have to know E…"-Caroline Kennedy, Profiles in Courage
"If by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people-their health, their housi…"-Caroline Kennedy, Profiles in Courage
8. War: How Conflict Shaped Us
By: Margaret MacMillan
3.57
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
Is peace an aberration? The bestselling author of Paris 1919 offers a provocative view of war as an… read more
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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. The Final Witness: A Kennedy Secret Service Agent Breaks His Silence After Sixty Years
By: Paul Landis
3.73
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Dallas, Texas. November 22, 1963. Shots ring out at Dealey Plaza. The president is struck in the he… read more
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11. 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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12. Camera Girl: The Coming of Age of Jackie Bouvier Kennedy
By: Carl Sferrazza Anthony
3.99
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
“One of the most detailed, nuanced portraits of Jackie to date.” — The Washington Post An illumi… read more
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13. JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956
By: Fredrik Logevall
4.55
Format: 792 pages, Hardcover
A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian takes us as close as we have ever been to the real John F. Kenne… read more
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14. When the Game Was War: The NBA's Greatest Season
By: Rich Cohen
3.90
Format: 265 pages, Hardcover
The gritty, no-holds-barred account of the 1987 NBA season, a thrilling year of fierce battles and … read more
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15. G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century
By: Beverly Gage
4.37
Format: 864 pages, Hardcover
A major new biography of J. Edgar Hoover that draws from never-before-seen sources to create a grou… read more
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16. 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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17. The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan in the White House and the World
By: William Inboden
4.50
Format: 596 pages, Hardcover
An in-depth and masterful account of how Ronald Reagan’s foreign policy "team of rivals" ended the … read more
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"Fortunately, Marhsall found an eager audience in fellow intellectual Ikle, who recognized at once that ONA's analysis and prescriptions for the Cold War reinforced Reagan's intuitions. Together Ikle …"-William Inboden, The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan in the White House and the World
18. And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
By: Jon Meacham
4.46
Format: 676 pages, Hardcover
The life and moral evolution of Abraham Lincoln, exploring why and how Lincoln confronted secession… read more
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19. Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America
By: Steve Inskeep
4.02
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From journalist and historian Steve Inskeep, a compelling and nuanced exploration of the political … read more
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"Writing history is a relay, which is also true of history itself. We build, if we can, on the legacies that are left us."-Steve Inskeep, Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America
20. White House by the Sea: A Century of the Kennedys at Hyannis Port
By: Kate Storey
4.16
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
“Impeccably researched…captivating!” —Elin Hilderbrand * “A well-paced history.” — The New York Tim… read more
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21. 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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22. 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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23. The Next Civil War: Dispatches from the American Future
By: Stephen Marche
3.66
Format: 238 pages, Hardcover
The United States is coming to an end. The only question is how. “Should be required reading for a… read more
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24. Hacking School Discipline: 9 Ways to Create a Culture of Empathy and Responsibility Using Restorative Justice
By: Nathan Maynard
3.98
Format: 202 pages, Kindle Edition
Eliminate old-school punishments and create a community of responsible, productive learners Are yo… read more
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25. You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live: Ten Weeks in Birmingham That Changed America
By: Paul Kix
4.55
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From journalist Paul Kix, the riveting story, never before fully told, of the 1963 Birmingham Campa… read more
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26. Hearts of Darkness: Serial Killers, the Behavioral Science Unit, and My Life as a Woman in the FBI
By: Jana Monroe
3.68
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Mindhunter, Criminal Minds, and My Favorite Murder, a riveting memoir of a trailblazing… read more
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"The devil, or whatever force was behind that disembodied knife in her mind, has never made anyone do anything. The devil just applauds when it happens."-Jana Monroe, Hearts of Darkness: Serial Killers, the Behavioral Science Unit, and My Life as a Woman in the FBI
"Our answers were rarely found in confessional sessions in a jailhouse interrogation room despite how hard serial killers like Ted Bundy and Edmund Kemper tried to play their interviewers. Our answers…"-Jana Monroe, Hearts of Darkness: Serial Killers, the Behavioral Science Unit, and My Life as a Woman in the FBI
27. Incomparable Grace: JFK in the Presidency
By: Mark K. Updegrove
4.19
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Acclaimed author and historian Mark K. Updegrove, head of the LBJ Foundation and presidential histo… read more
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28. The Trials of Harry S. Truman: The Extraordinary Presidency of an Ordinary Man, 1945-1953
By: Jeffrey Frank
4.02
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
A New Yorker Best Book of the Year Jeffrey Frank, author of the bestselling Ike and Dick, returns … read more
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29. Ted Kennedy: A Life
By: John A. Farrell
4.35
Format: 752 pages, Hardcover
An enthralling and groundbreaking new biography of one of modern America's most fascinating and con… read more
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30. The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s
By: William I. Hitchcock
4.34
Format: 672 pages, Hardcover
An original and penetrating assessment of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, showing Ike’s enormous in… read more
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31. Team America: Patton, MacArthur, Marshall, Eisenhower, and the World They Forged
By: Robert L. O'Connell
4.31
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
Now in paperback, from national bestselling author and acclaimed military historian Robert L. O’Con… read more
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