Presidents & Heads of State

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538756232Author James PattersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Grand Central PublishingPublisher Grand Central PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400067657Author Jon MeachamFormat HardbackPage Count 864Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 1242gDimensions(mm) 242mm...

"A wonderfully vivid account of the momentous era they lived through, underscoring the chaotic, often improvisatory circumstances that attended the birth of the fledgling nation and the hardships of daily life."-Michiko Kakutani, New York TimesIn 1762,...

The extraordinary partnership of Barack Obama and Joe Biden is unique in American history. The two men, their characters and styles sharply contrasting, formed a dynamic working relationship that evolved into a profound friendship. Their affinity was not...

The extraordinary partnership of Barack Obama and Joe Biden is unique in American history. The two men, their characters and styles sharply contrasting, formed a dynamic working relationship that evolved into a profound friendship. Their affinity was not...

Transporting us from Buffalo to Alaska, Washington to Key West, Vowell has crafted a narrative that is much more than a historical travelogue - it is the disturbing and mesmerising story of how American death has been manipulated by popular culture,...

Sportsman. Naturalist. Warrior. President. There are so many sides to Theodore Roosevelt that it is easy to overlook one of his most enduring contributions to American public life: the use of fame to fuel his political career. In this concisely...

Readers around the world have been enthralled by journalist and New York Times bestselling author Bill O'Reilly's Killing series - riveting works of nonfiction that explore the most famous events in history. Now, O'Reilly turns his razor-sharp...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982191092Author David S BrownFormat HardbackPage Count 432Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book CompanyWeight(grams) 594gDimensions(mm)...

From teenage love to World War II to the White House--a love affair for the ages rooted in family and service. "The First Couple of the Greatest Generation, the Bushes were bright and funny, strong and devoted, loving and enduring. Here is their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780977465781Author Larry HancockFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint JFK Lancer Productions & PublicationsPublisher JFK Lancer Productions &...

Prelude to Leadership is the private diary of John F. Kennedy when he was a 28-year-old reporter in Europe. It offers a short yet intimate look into the mind of the man who was to become the 35th President of the United States. As World War II was ending...

The first vice president to become president on the death of the incumbent, John Tyler (1790-1862) was derided by critics as ""His Accidency."" In this biography of the tenth president, Edward P. Crapol challenges depiction's of Tyler...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781627793667Author Philip ShortFormat HardbackPage Count 864Imprint Henry Holt & CompanyPublisher Henry Holt & CompanyWeight(grams) 1016gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781732738904Author John C GoldFormat PaperbackPage Count 116Imprint Goldness PublishingPublisher Goldness PublishingWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Abraham Lincoln began his presidency admitting that he knew "but little of ships," but he quickly came to preside over the largest national armada to that time, not eclipsed until World War I. Written by naval historian Craig L. Symonds, Lincoln and His...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780795353406Author Stuart JamiesonFormat PaperbackPage Count 334Imprint Rosetta BooksPublisher Rosetta Books

One of the greatest American presidents, Franklin Delano Roosevelt built a coalition of labour, ethnic, urban, low-income and African American voters that underwrote the Democratic Party's national ascendancy from the 1930s to the 1980s. Over his four...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781989555835Author Steve PaikinFormat HardbackPage Count 337Imprint The Sutherland House Inc.Publisher The Sutherland House Inc.

George and Barbara Bush belonged to and were active members of a Houston church for more than 50 years. The rector of that church, Reverend Russell Jones Levenson, Jr., believes he was invited into private moments with these public individuals so he...

George Washington a man of honor, bravery and leadership. He is known as America's first President, a great general, and a humble gentleman, but how did he become this man of stature?The Education of George Washington answers this question with a new...

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Bestselling author J. Randy Taraborrelli reveals the unsung heroines of the inimitable Bush family dynasty: not only First Ladies Barbara and Laura, but other colorful women whose stories have been left out of history for far too long, including...

In Slobodan Milosevic and the Destruction of Yugoslavia former U.S. foreign service officer Louis Sell fills a gap in the literature on the Yugoslav conflicts by covering both the domestic Yugoslav side of the collapse and the history and consequences of...

George Washington dominates the narrative of the nation's birth, yet American history has largely forgotten what he knew: that the country's fate depended less on grand rhetorical statements of independence and self-governance than on land--Indian land...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541742499Author Anna FifieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint PublicAffairsPublisher PublicAffairsWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 206mm * 137mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982182915Author Bob WoodwardFormat HardbackPage Count 512Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 703gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 156mm...

The seminal biography of one of America's towering, enigmatic figures. From his boyhood in Ohio to the battlefields of the Civil War and his presidency during the crucial years of Reconstruction, this Pulitzer Prize-winning biography traces the entire...

Historians have long viewed President John Tyler as one of the nation's least effective heads of state. In President without a Party- the first fullA -scale biography of Tyler in more than fifty years and the first new academic study of him in eight...

The definitive biography of the mercurial Soviet leader who succeeded and denounced Stalin. Nikita Khrushchev was one of the most complex and important political figures of the twentieth century. Ruler of the Soviet Union during the first decade after...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998235103Author President Obama BookFormat HardbackPage Count 114Imprint Presidential BooksPublisher Presidential BooksWeight(grams) 376g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Ambassador Book Award 1998 and National Book Awards 1997.Book InformationISBN 9780679764410Author Joseph J. EllisFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Vintage...

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Bill Clinton remains the great American enigma. John Gartner, a practicing psychologist, unravels the mystery of Clinton's complex nature by questioning the well-crafted Clinton life story we thought we knew. Travelling through Arkansas, Gartner...

With a novelist's skill and a scholar's meticulous detail, Fawn M. Brodie portrays Thomas Jefferson as he wrestled with the great issues of his time: revolution, religion, power, race, and love-ambivalences that exerted a subtle but powerful influence on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143111214Author Robert DallekFormat PaperbackPage Count 704Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 595gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 139mm...

In 1784, Thomas Jefferson made a deal with one of his slaves, 19-year-old James Hemings. The Founding Father was traveling to Paris to serve as ambassador to France. Jefferson wanted to bring James along for a particular purpose - to master the art of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780618082513Author Mary SoamesFormat PaperbackPage Count 768Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 1075gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 157mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143132158Author Stephen KotkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 1184Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 1100gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

This is an engaging and vivid account of S.R. Nathan's rise from humble origins to become Singapore's longest serving President. This engrossing and engaging book tells the story of Singapore's President S.R. Nathan in his own words. It takes readers on...