Presidents & Heads of State

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615776467Author Ted CohenFormat PaperbackPage Count 191Imprint Progressive PressPublisher Progressive PressWeight(grams) 304g

Winston Churchill was one of the most extraordinary leaders of the twentieth century. What enabled him to stand so steadfastly when all those around him seemed to turn back in fear? What enabled him to inspire whole nations to endure the unendurable and...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Gatekeepers comes a revelatory, insider’s look at how President Joe Biden and his team have battled to achieve their agenda—based on the author’s extraordinary access to the White House during two years...

A brilliant and novel examination of how Abraham Lincoln mastered the art of leadership"Abraham Lincoln had less schooling than all but a couple of other presidents, and more wisdom than every one of them. In this original, insightful book, Michael...

John Quincy Adams is widely recognized as America's most distinguished diplomat, taking into account the length and breadth of his public service and his influence on American foreign policy. In the course of this remarkable journey, John Quincy...

"Rough Rider in the White House" presents a fascinating psychological portrait of the twenty-sixth president of the United States, a man whose personal obsession with masculinity profoundly influenced the fate of a nation. Historian Sarah Watts argues...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486843636Author John GraftonFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.

There have been many books on Theodore Roosevelt, but there are none that solely focus on the last years of his life. Racked by rheumatism, a ticking embolism, pathogens in his blood, a bad leg from an accident, a bullet in his chest from an...

The 1970s and 1980s heralded the rise of neoliberalism in United States culture, fundamentally reshaping life and work in the United States. Corporate culture increasingly penetrated other aspects of American life through popular press CEO...

In this timely addition to the Ohio Short Histories of Africa series, Pamela Scully takes us from the 1938 birth of Nobel Peace Prize winner and two-time Liberian president Ellen Johnson through the Ebola epidemic of 2014-15. Charting her childhood and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143112648Author John KeeganFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 156gDimensions(mm) 181mm * 129mm *...

Portugal's poor military performance in the First World War, notably in Africa, restricted Afonso Costa's (1871-1937) ability to secure his diplomatic aims which, in any case, were highly unrealistic. Nevertheless, his loyal press in Portugal described...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496419835Author Jonathan SandysFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Tyndale MomentumPublisher Tyndale MomentumWeight(grams) 431g

Abraham Lincoln spent a quarter of his life-from 1816 to 1830, ages 7 to 21-learning and growing in southwestern Indiana. Despite the importance of these formative years, Lincoln rarely discussed this period, and with his sudden, untimely death in 1865,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590910290Author Donald B ColeFormat PaperbackPage Count 492Imprint Eastern NationalPublisher Eastern National

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781569767078Author Matthew AlgeoFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Zephyr PressPublisher Zephyr PressWeight(grams) 358gDimensions(mm) 228mm * 152mm * 15mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780916838362Author William DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 454g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250861542Author Philip ShortFormat PaperbackPage Count 912Imprint Holt McDougalPublisher Holt McDougalWeight(grams) 454g

2023 Foreword INDIES Finalist in Biography Modern biographies of Richard Nixon have been consumed with Watergate. All have missed arguably the most important perspective on Nixon as California's native son, the only U.S. president born and raised in...

Theodore Roosevelt largely is known today by stereotypes and his many accomplishments-but the full and fascinating essence of the man is fading. In this book, TR charges back!Historian Rick Marschall has collected almost five hundred quotations,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984882219Author Joshua ZeitzFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint VikingPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 539gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 162mm * 48mm

William Louis Poteat (1856-1938), the son of a conservative Baptist slaveholder, became one of the most outspoken southern liberals during his lifetime. He was a rarity in the South for openly teaching evolution beginning in the 1880s, and during his...

The 1970s and 1980s heralded the rise of neoliberalism in United States culture, fundamentally reshaping life and work in the United States. Corporate culture increasingly penetrated other aspects of American life through popular press CEO...

A definitive new volume of the retirement papers of Thomas JeffersonThis volume’s 601 documents show Jefferson dealing with various challenges. He is injured in a fall at Monticello, and his arm is still in a sling months later when he narrowly escapes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451659276Author Glenn BeckFormat PaperbackPage Count 287Imprint Threshold EditionsPublisher Threshold EditionsWeight(grams) 318g

G.C. "Red" Jones's classic memoir of growing up in rural eastern Kentucky during the Depression is a story of courage, persistence, and eventual triumph. His priceless and detailed recollections of hardscrabble farming, of the impact of...

This detailed account of Herbert Hoover's presidency reveals him as a staunch defender of constitutional government and one of our least understood presidents. Battling political partisanship while trying to place the needs of the nation as a whole over...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984855114Author Ronald C. White, Jr.Format PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Random House Trade PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 132g

In Peace Out of Reach, Stephen Eric Bronner offers an intriguing analysis and eyewitness account of the political and ideological conflicts plaguing the Middle East. Sharply critical of the United States' policies in Afghanistan and Iraq and concerned...

" The New World -- this empty land dazzlingly rich in forests, soils, rainfall, and mineral wealth -- was to represent a new beginning for civilized humanity. Unfortunately, even the best of the European settlers had a stronger eye for conquest than...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143116189Author David FromkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint The Penguin PressPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 231gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781596524033Author Larry JohnsonFormat HardbackPage Count 216Imprint TurnerPublisher TurnerWeight(grams) 1229g

Volumes 11 and 12, cover the period from January 1787 through March 1788 and deal with Jefferson's stay in France, as American Minister there. This is a rich period of personal correspondence and important documents, revealing, particularly, Jefferson's...

Ronald Reagan's Cold War strategy was well established in his first year in office and did not change throughout his presidency. It was to make absolutely sure in the minds of the Soviets that they too would be destroyed in a nuclear war - even as Reagan...

An important new edition of the foundational Lincoln biographyBook InformationISBN 9780252082078Author William H. HerndonFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint University of Illinois PressPublisher University of Illinois Press

James Madison led one of the most influential and prolific lives in American history, and his story,although all too often overshadowed by his more celebrated contemporaries,is integral to that of the nation. Madison helped to shape our country as...

Abraham Lincoln grew up in the long shadow of the Founding Fathers. Seeking an intellectual and emotional replacement for his own taciturn father, Lincoln turned to the great men of the founding,Washington, Paine, Jefferson,and their great documents,the...

As Africa and its diaspora commemorate fifty years of post-independence Pan-Africanism, this unique volume provides profound insight into the thirteen prominent individuals of African descent who have won the Nobel Peace Prize since 1950. From the...

Jimmy Carter: Citizen of the South uses oral histories and more than 215 photographs to look at the life of the former president and how the South nurtured him, provided a launching pad for his political career, and supported the various activities of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807002902Author Daniel S. LucksFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press