13 best-selling biography books like Lincoln's Mentors: The Education of a Leader by Michael Gerhardt

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Lincoln's Mentors: The Education of a Leader

By: Michael Gerhardt

3.89

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant and novel examination of how Abraham Lincoln mastered the art of leadership “Abraham Li…

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1. Bloody Crimes: The Chase for Jefferson Davis and the Death Pageant for Lincoln's Corpse

By: James L. Swanson

3.57

Format: 160 pages,

On the morning of April 2, 1865, Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, received a telegram… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • presidents
  • nonfiction

2. Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt

By: H.W. Brands

3.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A sweeping, magisterial biography of the man generally considered the greatest president of the twe… read more

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3. Changes That Heal: How to Understand the Past to Ensure a Healthier Future

By: Henry Cloud

4.06

Format: 32 pages,

This book focuses on four developmental tasks -- bonding to others, separating from others, integra… read more

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4. 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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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • us presidents
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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5. Life After Power: Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House

By: Jared Cohen

4.27

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author of Accidental Presidents explores what happens after the most pow… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • us presidents
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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6. White Cat, Black Dog: Stories

By: Kelly Link

3.84

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Seven ingeniously reinvented fairy tales that play out with astonishing consequences in the modern … read more

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  • audiobook
"Pity the introvert with the face of a therapist or a kindergarten teacher. Like the werewolf, we are uneasy in human spaces and human company, though we wear a human skin."

-Kelly Link, White Cat, Black Dog: Stories

"And so, some think it may be possible to survive their presence if only one can enter into a state in which one is not afraid. Only we are so very afraid of them. How could we not be? They are monste…"

-Kelly Link, White Cat, Black Dog: Stories

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7. Brought Forth on This Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration

By: Harold Holzer

4.13

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed Abraham Lincoln historian Harold Holzer, a groundbreaking account of Lincoln’s grapp… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • us presidents
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. 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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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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9. On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

By: Ronald C. White Jr.

4.45

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of A. Lincoln and American Ulysses comes the dramatic an… read more

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  • american history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
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10. Hell Put to Shame: The 1921 Murder Farm Massacre and the Horror of America's Second Slavery

By: Earl Swift

3.98

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Chesapeake Requiem comes a gripping new wor… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom

By: Ilyon Woo

3.99

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller | New York Times 10 Best Books of 2023 The remarkable true story of El… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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12. When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day

By: Garrett M. Graff

4.59

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky and Pulitzer Prize finalist… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. Ascent to Power: How Truman Emerged from Roosevelt's Shadow and Remade the World

By: David L. Roll

4.44

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

The fascinating story behind the most consequential presidential transition in US history, from Fra… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • nonfiction
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14. The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American Superpower

By: Michel Paradis

4.46

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling new biography of Dwight Eisenhower set in the months leading up to D-Day, when he grew … read more

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  • american history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
Cover of Team America: Patton, MacArthur, Marshall, Eisenhower, and the World They Forged by Robert L. O'Connell

15. 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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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
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16. Lincoln In Private: What His Most Personal Reflections Tell Us About Our Greatest President

By: Ronald C. White

4.13

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of A. Lincoln and American Ulysses, a revelatory glimpse… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • us presidents
  • nonfiction
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17. Lincoln's Mentors: The Education of a Leader

By: Michael Gerhardt

3.89

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant and novel examination of how Abraham Lincoln mastered the art of leadership “Abraham Li… read more

Similar categories in Michael Gerhardt's Lincoln's Mentors: The Education of a Leader book and Michael Gerhardt's Lincoln's Mentors: The Education of a Leader

  • audiobook
  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • us presidents
  • nonfiction
  • leadership
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18. Smart Leadership: Four Simple Choices to Scale Your Impact

By: Mark Miller

4.25

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Escape the mediocrity that ensnares so many in business and become a better, more effective leader.… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • leadership
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19. Mr. Churchill in the White House: The Untold Story of a Prime Minister and Two Presidents

By: Robert Schmuhl

3.98

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Winston Churchill’s frequent stays at the White House inform this illuminating account of America a… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Why We Love Football: A History in 100 Moments by Joe Posnanski

20. Why We Love Football: A History in 100 Moments

By: Joe Posnanski

4.45

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A moving celebration of the history of American football from the New York Times bestselling author… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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21. War

By: Bob Woodward

4.43

Format: 441 pages, Kindle Edition

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Bob Woodward tells the revelatory, behind-the-scenes story of three … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"President Trump had secretly sent Putin a bunch of Abbott Point of Care Covid test machines for his personal use as the virus spread rapidly through Russia."

-Bob Woodward, War

"Overall, Hamas killed more than 1,200 Israelis and dragged more than 240 hostages and back across the border into underground tunnels in Gaza. It was the deadliest attack in Jewish history since the …"

-Bob Woodward, War

"The second high-profile Trump critis was retired General Stanley McChrystal, who had commanded U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan a decade earlier. McChrystal had recently appeared on CNN and called…"

-Bob Woodward, War

"In the 2020 election, Trump received 74 million votes, more than any presidential candidate in history with the exception of Joe Biden, who won 81 million votes. Biden secured the Electoral College w…"

-Bob Woodward, War

11 Top audiobook books like Lincoln's Mentors: The Education of a Leader by Michael Gerhardt

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4.27

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White Cat, Black Dog: Stories

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3.84

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Brought Forth on This Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration

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