Evan Thomas: 20 books
John Paul Jones
Sailor, Hero, Father of the American Navy
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
The New York Times bestseller from master biographer Evan Thomas brings to life the tumultuous story of the father of the American Navy.
John Paul Jones, at sea and in the heat of the battle, was the great American hero of the Age of Sail. He was to history what Patrick O’Brian’s Jack Aubrey...
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Sandra Day O'Connor
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2019
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The intimate, inspiring, and authoritative biography of Sandra Day O’Connor, America’s first female Supreme Court justice, drawing on exclusive interviews and first-time access to Justice O’Connor’s archives—by the New York Times bestselling author Evan Thomas.
“She’s...
Being Nixon
A Man Divided
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
**The landmark New York Times bestselling biography of Richard M. Nixon, a political savant whose gaping character flaws would drive him from the presidency and forever taint his legacy. **
“A biography of eloquence and breadth . . . No single volume about Nixon’s long and interesting...
by Evan Thomas
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
This bestselling biography of legendary trial lawyer Edward Bennett Williams is "a skillful and lively portrait of a larger-than-life lawyer" (Kirkus Reviews).
Legendary attorney Edward Bennet Williams was arguably the best trial lawyer ever to practice. Now, for the first time, bestselling...
Sea of Thunder
Four Commanders and the Last Great Naval Campaign 1941-1945
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2006
Evan Thomas takes us inside the naval war of 1941-1945 in the South Pacific in a way that blends the best of military and cultural history and riveting narrative drama. He follows four men throughout: Admiral William ("Bull") Halsey, the macho, gallant, racist American fleet commander; Admiral Takeo...
The Very Best Men
The Daring Early Years of the CIA
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
Drawing on extensive interviews with old spooks and the social friends and family of his subjects, The Very Best Men is a fascinating narrative that brings to life a crucial piece of American history.
The Very Best Men is the story of the CIA's early days as told through the careers of four...
The War Lovers
Roosevelt, Lodge, Hearst, and the Rush to Empire, 1898
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2010
On February 15th, 1898, the American ship USS Maine mysteriously exploded in the Havana Harbor. News of the blast quickly reached U.S. shores, where it was met by some not with alarm but great enthusiasm.
A powerful group of war lovers agitated that the United States exert its muscle across...
by Mike Allen, Evan Thomas, Politico
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012
Two of America’s most perceptive political reporters join forces for an unprecedented behind-the-scenes look at the race for the White House in POLITICO’s Playbook 2012, a series of four instant digital books on the 2012 presidential election. The second edition, Inside the Circus, pulls back...
Ike's Bluff
President Eisenhower's Secret Battle to Save the World
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2012
Evan Thomas's startling account of how the underrated Dwight Eisenhower saved the world from nuclear holocaust.
Upon assuming the presidency in 1953, Dwight Eisenhower set about to make good on his campaign promise to end the Korean War. Yet while Eisenhower was quickly viewed by many as a...
by Mike Allen, Evan Thomas, Politico
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
Two of America’s most perceptive political reporters join forces for an unprecedented behind-the-scenes look at the race for the White House in POLITICO’s Playbook 2012, a series of four instant digital books on the 2012 presidential election. The first edition, The Right Fights Back, follows...
Robert Kennedy
His Life
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2013
He was "Good Bobby," who, as his brother Ted eulogized him, "saw wrong and tried to right it . . . saw suffering and tried to heal it." And "Bad Bobby," the ruthless and manipulative bully of countless conspiracy theories. Thomas's unvarnished but sympathetic and fair-minded portrayal is packed with...
The Wise Men
Six Friends and the World They Made
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
A captivating blend of personal biography and public drama, The Wise Men introduces the original best and brightest, leaders whose outsized personalities and actions brought order to postwar chaos: Averell Harriman, the freewheeling diplomat and Roosevelt's special envoy to Churchill and Stalin; Dean...
by Lothar Brock, Thomas Homer-Dixon, Renat Perelet
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Nils Petter Gleditsch International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO) & Department of Sociology and Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trond heim This book could hardly have happened but for the end of the Cold War. The decline of the East-West conflict has...
The Everything Big Book of Jokes
Hundreds of the Shortest, Longest, Silliest, Smartest, Most Hilarious Jokes You've Never Heard!
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2014
Have you heard the one about...
You'll laugh yourself silly with The Everything Big Book of Jokes! Inside this sidesplitting collection, you'll find only the most popular kinds of jokes, riddles, and funnies from a dynamic professional comedian, including:
Short jokes, one-liners, and...
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