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1) George and Laura: portrait of an American marriage

Author

Andersen, Christopher P

Publisher

William Morrow/HarperCollinsPublishers

Pub. Date

2002.

Language

English

2) The world as it is: a memoir of the Obama White House

Author

Rhodes, Ben

Publisher

Random House

Pub. Date

[2018]

Language

English

3) Ulysses S. Grant: triumph over adversity, 1822-1865

Author

Simpson, Brooks D

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin

Pub. Date

2000.

Language

English

4) Ten minutes from normal

Author

Hughes, Karen

Publisher

Viking

Pub. Date

2004.

Language

English

5) Once upon a secret: my affair with President John F. Kennedy and its aftermath

Author

Alford, Mimi

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

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In the summer of 1962, nineteen-year-old Mimi Beardsley arrived by train in Washington, D.C., to begin an internship in the White House press office. The Kennedy Administration had reinvigorated the capital and the country--and Mimi was eager to contribute. For a young woman from a privileged but sheltered upbringing, the job was the chance of a lifetime. Although she started as a lowly intern, Mimi made an impression on Kennedy's inner circle and,...

6) Ulysses S. Grant: the unlikely hero

Author

Korda, Michael

Series

Eminent lives

Publisher

Atlas Books/HarperCollins

Pub. Date

2004.

Language

English

7) Political profiles: John McCain

Author

Wells, Catherine

Series

Political profiles

Publisher

Morgan Reynolds Pub

Pub. Date

[2008]

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 4

Language

English

8) The Bidens: inside the first family's fifty-year rise to power

Author

Schreckinger, Ben

Publisher

Twelve

Pub. Date

2021.

Language

English

Description

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Publisher Annotation: A sweeping investigation into Biden, Inc. From the family's humble Irish roots to its current place on the political stage and more, The Bidens is the authoritative history of the Biden family. 352pp., 75K

9) Barack and Michelle: portrait of an American marriage

Author

Andersen, Christopher P

Publisher

William Morrow

Pub. Date

[2009]

Language

English

Description

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One of America's bestselling pop-culture and current-events authors reveals the inside story of the First Couple, in this biography of the history-making family.

10) Trump revealed: an American journey of ambition, ego, money, and power

Author

Kranish, Michael

Publisher

Scribner

Pub. Date

2016.

Language

English

11) Lincoln's last trial: the murder case that propelled him to the presidency

Author

Abrams, Dan

Publisher

Hanover Square Press

Pub. Date

2018

Language

English

Description

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Recreates Abraham Lincoln's last murder trial--a case in which he had a deep personal involvement as he defended the son of a close friend and loyal supporter, and was forced to form an alliance with a longtime enemy to win.

12) Donald J. Trump: a president like no other

Author

Black, Conrad

Publisher

Regnery Publishing, a division of Salem Media Group

Pub. Date

[2018]

Language

English

Description

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"Conrad Black, bestselling author of Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Champion of Freedom and Richard M. Nixon: A Life in Full, turns his attention to his "friend" President Donald J. Trump and provides the most intriguing and significant analysis yet of Trump's political rise. Ambitious in intellectual scope, contrarian in many of its opinions, and admirably concise, this is surely set to be one of the most provocative political books you are likely to...

13) Ulysses S. Grant: an album

Author

McFeely, William S

Publisher

W.W. Norton

Pub. Date

[2003]

Language

English

14) Portrait and biographical album of Lee County, Iowa: containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and biographies of all the governors of...

Publisher

Selby Pub

Pub. Date

1989.

Language

English

15) Where they stand: the American presidents in the eyes of voters and historians

Author

Merry, Robert W

Publisher

Simon & Schuster

Pub. Date

2012.

Language

English

Description

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Merry examines how and why presidents succeed and fail by recounting the judgments of historians and comparing them to how the voters saw things.

16) First family: Abigail and John

Author

Ellis, Joseph J

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf

Pub. Date

[2010]

Language

English

Description

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John and Abigail Adams left a remarkable portrait of their lives together in their personal correspondence: both were prolific letter writers (although John conceded that Abigail was the more gifted), and over the years they exchanged more than twelve hundred letters. Joseph J. Ellis distills them to give us an account both intimate and panoramic; part biography, part political history, and part love story. Ellis describes their first meeting as inauspicious--John...

17) Standing my ground: a Capitol police officer's fight for accountability and good trouble after January 6th

Author

Dunn, Harry

Publisher

Hachette Books

Pub. Date

2023.

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

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"Walking the halls of democracy as a Capitol Police officer, Harry Dunn was a man slowly experiencing an awakening. It sparked after the election of our first Black president. It grew as his belief in the bravery and honor of law enforcement was shaken by Ferguson and countless other cases of police brutality towards Black people. It continued to burn brighter as he watched members of Congress, many of whom he had befriended, lose their way to partisanship,...