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The American Vice Presidency
From Irrelevance to Power
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
The American Vice Presidency is an all-inclusive examination of the vice presidency throughout American history. Acclaimed political journalist and author Jules Witcover chronicles each of the 47 vice presidents, including their personal biographies and their achievements--or lack thereof--during...
by Esperanza Toral
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 16, 2012
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 16, 2012
Ignacio Comonfort fue un mexicano sobresaliente del siglo XIX. Destacado militar y político poblano, fue diputado, Ministro de Guerra, y Presidente de la República. Fue protagonista en varios momentos definitorios del país y se convirtió en un individuo ejemplar de la historia mexicana. Conoce la vida de uno de los arquitectos de la soberanía del Estado Mexicano.
by Chauncey Holt
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Released for the first time 16 years after his death, this startling autobiography by one of the so-called “three tramps” from the John F. Kennedy assassination reveals the details of Chauncey Marvin Holt’s many claims. Much mystery and suspicion still swirls around that fateful day in November...
A Farther Shore
Ireland's Long Road to Peace
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2003
He’s been imprisoned, shot at, denounced, shunned, and banned, yet Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams remains resolute in his belief that peace is the only viable option for the Irish people. Adams led the oldest revolutionary movement in Ireland on an extraordinary journey from armed insurrection...
Abraham Lincoln
A Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
In the first multi-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln to be published in decades, Lincoln scholar Michael Burlingame offers a fresh look at the life of one of America’s greatest presidents. Incorporating the field notes of earlier biographers, along with decades of research in multiple manuscript...
Blood on the Moon
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2001
Winner of the 2001 The Lincoln Group of New York's Award of Achievement A History Book Club Selection The assassination of Abraham Lincoln is usually told as a tale of a lone deranged actor who struck from a twisted lust for revenge. This is not only too simple an explanation; Blood on the Moon reveals...
The Problem of Democracy
The Presidents Adams Confront the Cult of Personality
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2019
**"Told with authority and style. . . Crisply summarizing the Adamses' legacy, the authors stress principle over partisanship."--The Wall Street Journal
How the father and son presidents foresaw the rise of the cult of personality and fought those who sought to abuse the weaknesses...
Betty Ford
First Lady, Women's Advocate, Survivor, Trailblazer
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2018
**From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Five Presidents and The Kennedy Detail comes an “**insightful and beautifully told look into the life of one of the most public and admired first ladies” (Publishers Weekly)—Betty Ford.
Betty Ford: First Lady, Women’s Advocate, Survivor,...
The Wonderful Story of Washington
And the Meaning of His Life for the Youth and Patriotism of America
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
The classic biography of first American President, George Washington.
Did Lincoln Own Slaves?
And Other Frequently Asked Questions About Abraham Lincoln
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2008
In the bicentennial year of Lincoln's birth, here is the one indispensable book that provides all you need to know about our most revered president in a lively and memorable question-and-answer format.You will learn whether Lincoln could dunk a basketball or tell a joke. Was he the great emancipator...
by John Adams
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2004
In addition to being an uncompromising defender of liberty, esteemed diplomat, and successor to George Washington, John Adams was a passionate and prolific writer. Adams biographer John Patrick Diggins gathers an impressive variety of his works in this compact, original volume, including parts of...
A Colossal Wreck
A Road Trip Through Political Scandal, Corruption and American Culture
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013
Alexander Cockburn was without question one of the most influential journalists of his generation, whose writing stems from the best tradition of Mark Twain, H.L. Menchken and Tom Paine. Colossal Wreck, his final work, finished shortly before his death in July 2012, exemplifies the prodigious literary...
The Impossible Presidency
The Rise and Fall of America's Highest Office
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
A bold new history of the American presidency, arguing that the successful presidents of the past created unrealistic expectations for every president since JFK, with enormously problematic implications for American politics
In The Impossible Presidency, celebrated historian Jeremi Suri charts...
by Jose Marti.
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2012
José Julián Martí y Pérez was born in Havana, Cuba on January 28, 1853. He is one of the most renowned writers in the history of Cuba and Latin America. He essentially devoted his life to the cause of independence and to the foundation of a new Cuban nation. As we perceive...