Will Peters: 18 books

Pope John Paul II was a towering figure - a prime actor on the world political stage who brought his church through a troubled time with his strength, charisma, and sense of mission. Because of his leadership, the Catholic Church, though its rifts weren’t fully healed, grew in numbers and influence...

As the thirty-fourth president of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower confronted the most critical issues of the last century - from McCarthyism and school desegregation in the South to the Cold War and the build-up of the military industrial complex. As a leader, he worked quietly behind the...

John F. Kennedy possessed every advantage: wealth, good looks, intelligence, charm, and wit. And by the time he was assassinated at the age of forty-six - leaving a stunned world to mourn his death - he had learned what it meant to lead a nation. Here, in this short-form book, is what you can learn from the life of the thirty-fifth president of the United States.

There is no arguing J.P. Morgan's monumental influence. As both the guardian of America's financial sturdiness and a well-appointed exploiter of the system's regulatory shortcomings, his actions raised questions that still resonate: What does it mean for Wall Street to be out of control? How best can...