Presidents & Heads of State

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

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781951274405Author Jason StahlFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Centennial BooksPublisher Centennial Books

When Grace Anna Goodhue wed Calvin Coolidge in 1905, she thought then that marriage ""has seldom united two people of more vastly different temperaments and tastes."" Warm and vivacious to her husband's dour and taciturn, Grace was to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416558811Author President Jimmy CarterFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 268g

Born on January 17, 1863, in Manchester, England, David Lloyd George is perhaps best known for his service as prime minister of the United Kingdom during the second half of World War I. While many biographies have chronicled his life and political...

Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States. Known as "Old Hickory," he was the first President who championed the rights of the 'common man'. Originally from the frontier, he was known for being rough in speech and mannerisms...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of New York Historical Society American History Book Prize 2018 and PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography 2018. Short-listed for Los Angeles Times Book...

President Abraham Lincoln is known as the Great Emancipator, the Savior of the Union, and an American martyr to the people who read about him. But that was not how his sons knew him. Presidential historian Alan Manning invites readers to see not the...

The day was hot and sticky. The man in the rowboat was an impetuous hothead. His row across the choppy Hudson that morning led to a confrontation that has burned bright in the American mind for more than two hundred years.When the most notorious duel in...

Following his New York Times bestselling classics comes this sparkling account of the joys of sharing the simple pleasures of life from Jimmy Carter. In this wonderfully evocative volume, Jimmy Carter writes about the things that matter most, the simple...

Enjoy fascinating look at the life of this extraordinary historic figure. Beginning in the backwoods of Kentucky, Abraham Lincolns life story is toldfrom his childhood and young adulthood to becoming a businessman, soldier, surveyor, lawyer, politician,...

Belarus is an isolated country dominated by one man. Few tourists go there despite its fascinating, cultured past and beautiful countryside. Belarussians are friendly and hospitable yet they rarely have the chance to speak their minds and are deprived of...

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...

The definitive edition of Thomas Jefferson's papers from the end of his presidency until his death continues with Volume Two, which covers the period from 16 November 1809 to 11 August 1810. Both incoming and outgoing letters are included, totaling 518...

Never has there been a president less content to sit still behind a desk than Theodore Roosevelt. When we picture him, he's on horseback or standing at a cliff's edge or dressed for safari. And Roosevelt was more than just an adventurer-he was also a...

Oliver Cromwell has been both applauded and reviled and his memory invoked in periods and in countries other than his own. This complex historiography has left us today with many different versions of Cromwell as man, general and statesman of which the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807029572Author Daniel LucksFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press

Some presidents throw out baseball's first pitch of the season. Some post picks for college basketball's March Madness. One might tweet about a football player kneeling. President Richard M. Nixon phoned Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula to suggest plays...

When it comes to the Founding Fathers, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, and Alexander Hamilton are generally singled out as the great minds of early America. Up until the present day, George Washington has never been taken seriously as an intellectual...

Analysis of a group of images of kingship and queenship from Anglo-Saxon England explores the implications of their focus on books, authorship and learning. Between the reign of Alfred in the late ninth century and the arrival of the Normans in 1066,...

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...

Once a powerful figure who reversed the disintegration of China and steered the country to Allied victory in World War II, Chiang Kai-shek fled into exile following his 1949 defeat in the Chinese civil war. As attention pivoted to Mao Zedong's communist...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995123021Author David CohenFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Massey University PressPublisher Massey University PressWeight(grams) 686g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781618933836Author Lou CannonFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Time Inc Home EntertaimentPublisher Time Inc Home EntertaimentWeight(grams)...

Barack Obama: The Movement for Change tells the story of a visionary leader who refuses to be limited by America's history and determines instead to change it. His plan for change is the latest expression of a movement for justice: a movement that has...

Barack Obama: The Movement for Change tells the story of a visionary leader who refuses to be limited by America's history and determines instead to change it. His plan for change is the latest expression of a movement for justice: a movement that has...

Nelson Mandela became a legend in his own lifetime. The son of a chief, he qualified as a lawyer, then was one of the leaders of the African National Congress whose long, heroic struggle against the infamous system of Apartheid is vividly described in...

Nelson Mandela became a legend in his own lifetime. The son of a chief, he qualified as a lawyer, then was one of the leaders of the African National Congress whose long, heroic struggle against the infamous system of Apartheid is vividly described in...