Ambition, Pragmatism, and Party: A Political Biography of Gerald R. Ford
By: Scott Kaufman
3.74
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Within eight turbulent months in 1974 Gerald Ford went from the United States House of Representati…
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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. Gerald Ford and the Challenges of the 1970s
By: Yanek Mieczkowski
3.93
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
History has not been kind to Gerald Ford. His name evokes an image of either America's only unelect… read more
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3. The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
By: Nathaniel Philbrick
4.04
Format: 466 pages, Hardcover
Watch a video Read discussion questions for "The Last Stand." The bestselling author of "Mayflow… read more
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4. 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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5. Martha Washington: An American Life
By: Patricia Brady
3.89
Format: None pages, Paperback
With this revelatory and painstakingly researched book, Martha Washington, the invisible woman of A… read more
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6. 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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7. Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America
By: Walter R. Borneman
3.00
Format: None pages,
In Polk, Walter R. Borneman gives us the first complete and authoritative biography of a president … read more
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8. Louisa: The Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams
By: Louisa Thomas
3.91
Format: 337 pages,
An intimate portrait of Louisa Catherine Adams, the British-born American wife of John Quincy Adams… read more
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9. 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
10. Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David
By: Lawrence Wright
4.03
Format: 606 pages, Hardcover
A gripping day-by-day account of the 1978 Camp David conference, when President Jimmy Carter persua… read more
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11. Days of Fire: Bush and Cheney in the White House
By: Peter Baker
3.19
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
In Days of Fire, Peter Baker, Chief White House Correspondent for The New York Times, takes us on a… read more
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12. Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)
By: Marcel Proust , Simon Vance , Lydia Davis
4.15
Format: 710 pages, Mass Market Paperback
«Et tout d'un coup le souvenir m'est apparu. Ce goût, c'était celui du petit morceau de madeleine q… read more
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"Longtemps, je me suis couché de bonne heure."-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)
"the comfort of reclusion, the poetry of hibernation"-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)
"Now are the woods all black, But still the sky is blue."-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)
"Fall in love with a dog's bum, And thou'll think it pretty as a plum."-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)
13. 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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14. 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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15. 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
16. 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
17. 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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18. 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
19. 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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20. 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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21. Ambition, Pragmatism, and Party: A Political Biography of Gerald R. Ford
By: Scott Kaufman
3.74
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Within eight turbulent months in 1974 Gerald Ford went from the United States House of Representati… read more
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