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84) Rage
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Woodward draws from hundreds of hours of interviews with President Trump, as well as other firsthand witnesses. He also had access to the participants' notes, emails, diaries, calendars and confidential documents. The result is a vivid window into Trump's mind, a combative interchange mixed with surprising moments of doubt. Woodward shows how Trump's responses to the crises of 2020 were rooted in the instincts, habits and style he developed during...
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English
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This multiple biography is centered on Lincoln's mastery of men and how it shaped the most significant presidency in the nation's history. Historian Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political genius, as the one-term congressman rises from obscurity to prevail over three gifted rivals to become president. When Lincoln emerged as the victor at the Republican National Convention, his rivals were dismayed. Throughout the turbulent 1850s, each had energetically...
86) Wilson
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English
Description
One hundred years after his inauguration, Woodrow Wilson still stands as one of the most influential figures of his century, and one of the most enigmatic. From the scholar-president who ushered the country through its first great world war to the man of intense passion and turbulence, from the idealist determined to make the world "safe for democracy" to the stroke-crippled leader who incapacity was among the century's greatest secrets, this is an...
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English
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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE AND THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • One of Modern Library’s 100 best nonfiction books of all time • One of Esquire’s 50 best biographies of all time
“A towering biography . . . a brilliant chronicle.”—Time
This classic biography is the story of seven men—a naturalist, a writer, a lover, a hunter, a ranchman, a soldier, and...
“A towering biography . . . a brilliant chronicle.”—Time
This classic biography is the story of seven men—a naturalist, a writer, a lover, a hunter, a ranchman, a soldier, and...
Author
Language
English
Description
O'Reilly offers a detailed examination of how the decisions President Obama is making, the programs he is championing, and the support and opposition he is getting from others will ultimately impact everyday Americans. He backs up his analyses with behind-the-scenes information culled from campaign interviews with Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain, as well as details of his confrontations with Congressman Barney Frank and others.
94) Breaking cover
Author
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
[1980]
Physical Desc
288 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
96) Lincoln speeches
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Group
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
xxx, 171 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
97) Work hard, study-- and keep out of politics!: adventures and lessons from an unexpected public life
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
xvii, 460 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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