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Wit and wisdom from Poor Richard's almanack (Modern Library humor and wit)
Par Benjamin Franklin. 2000
Selections from Benjamin Franklin's almanacs, which were published for a quarter-century beginning in 1732 and included agricultural predictions, meteorological data,…
and maxims. This edition focuses on observations and aphorisms such as "eat to live, not live to eat." Introduction by humorist Dave Barry. 2000Cleopatra and Antony: power, love, and politics in the ancient world
Par Diana Preston. 2009
Dual biography of Cleopatra, the fourth-decade-B.C. Egyptian queen, and Mark Antony, a Roman general, within the political, historical, and military…
context of the time. Details their love affair, their enemies, and their suicides, which led to the conquest of Alexandria and annexation of Egypt by Roman ruler Octavian. 2009Paul Revere's ride (Our American story)
Par Lori Mortensen. 2010
Discusses Paul Revere's bravery on the night of April 18, 1775, when this American hero rode his horse Brown Beauty…
to warn the colonists that British soldiers were headed to Lexington from Boston that same night. For grades K-3. 2010Award-winning music critic celebrates the sounds, people, and events of the years 1936 through 1938, as America emerged from the…
Great Depression. In a series of brief narratives, Orgill chronicles Amelia Earhart's around-the-world flight attempts, Joe Louis's triumph over German boxer Max Schmeling, and the rise of big bands. 2008Harry Truman's excellent adventure: the true story of a great American road trip
Par Matthew Algeo. 2009
Author retraces the 1953 2,500-mile cross-country road trip of Harry and Bess Truman. Describes the Trumans' post-presidential life in Missouri,…
when they lived on Harry's army pension, and provides first-person accounts of the original journey. 2009The conviction of Richard Nixon: the untold story of the Frost/Nixon interviews
Par James Reston. 2008
Historian describes serving as adviser to British journalist David Frost for the 1977 televised interviews with former president Richard Nixon.…
Discusses using House Impeachment Committee evidence in Frost's interrogation guide for the Watergate portion of the broadcast, watched by forty-five million Americans. 2007Destiny of the republic: a tale of madness, medicine, and the murder of a president
Par Candice Millard. 2011
Chronicles the life of James A. Garfield (1831-1881), the twentieth American president. Highlights Garfield's rise from poverty to the Oval…
Office. Details the attack by deranged office-seeker Charles Guiteau and the medical care that killed Garfield despite the efforts of Alexander Graham Bell. Bestseller. 2011Theodore Roosevelt: a twentieth-century life (Up Close)
Par Michael L Cooper. 2009
Biography of the twenty-sixth United States president, Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919). Describes Roosevelt's overcoming severe asthma as a child and becoming…
a man of high spirits with a sense of adventure, who demonstrated courage on the battlefield. Discusses his family life, political career, and conservation efforts. For grades 6-9. 2009Honest Abe Lincoln: easy-to-read stories about Abraham Lincoln (A holiday House Reader Ser.)
Par David A Adler. 2008
Biography of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) tells how he got the nickname "Honest Abe," how he helped both people…
and animals, why he grew a beard, and why he was shot and killed. Seven short chapters. For grades K-3. 2009The most wanted man in China: my journey from scientist to enemy of the state
Par Fang Lizhi. 2016
A profile of Fang Lizhi, one of China's most prominent scientists, whose questioning of the authority of the Communist regime…
led to his being stripped of his position in 1957. He spent the next few decades alternately denounced and reaccepted, until he finally fled to the United States in 1989. 2016We are the change we seek: the speeches of Barack Obama
Par Barack Obama, E. J. Dionne Jr., Joy-Ann Reid. 2017
A curated collection of twenty-seven of President Barack Obama's addresses, including his 2002 speech opposing the Iraq War and his…
final speech before the United Nations in 2016. The topics include--among other things--war, inequality, race relations, gun violence, and human rights. 2017The making of the president 2016: how Donald Trump orchestrated a revolution
Par Roger Stone. 2017
A political adviser and Republican strategist examines how Trump's campaign managed to deliver such a polarized and unexpected victory. Discusses…
the "silent majority," how the election shifted in typically Democratic states, the harnessing of discontent, and the use of guerilla-style grassroots campaigning. 2017In harm's way: JFK, World War II, and the heroic rescue of PT 109
Par Iain Martin. 2018
An account of John F. Kennedy's true survival story during World War II. As a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the…
Navy, he fought to save his PT 109 crew after a deadly collision with an enemy ship in the Pacific. For grades 4-7. 2018British historian traces the life of the thirty-second U.S. president--the only chief executive to serve more than two terms. Highlights…
Roosevelt's family history, his controversial concept of the New Deal for combating the Great Depression, and the 1941 entry of the country into World War II. 2003The breakthrough: politics and race in the age of Obama
Par Gwen Ifill. 2009
Editor and television pundit profiles the post-civil-rights generation of African American male politicians. Analyzes a trend in black politicians' abilities…
to successfully attract white support in local and state elections and Barack Obama's campaign for presidency. Discusses race-gender clashes, legacy politics, and up-and-coming elected officials. 2009Thurgood Marshall: a twentieth-century life (Up Close Ser.)
Par Chris Crowe. 2008
Biography traces the career of the civil rights lawyer and first African American justice on the United States Supreme Court.…
Describes Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993) growing up under segregation and winning the landmark 1954 desegregation case of Oliver Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. For grades 6-9. 2008Robert F. Kennedy: a twentieth-century life
Par Marc Aronson. 2008
Biography of the United States attorney general who later became a senator and was assassinated while campaigning for the presidency.…
Describes Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968) as a member of a Catholic family dynasty, a politician who cut deals, and a brother of President John Kennedy. For grades 6-9. 2007Lincoln: the biography of a writer
Par Fred Kaplan. 2008
Explores the life of Abraham Lincoln through the language of his writings. Posits that Lincoln's boyhood readings of Burns, Byron,…
Shakespeare, Aesop's fables, and the Bible shaped his ideas about liberty, love, and human nature and led to his use of clear, common speech to convey morality and democracy. 2008First family: Abigail and John
Par Joseph J. Ellis. 2010
A Pulitzer-prize winning author chronicles the brilliant lives of America's founding couple, John and Abigail Adams. This is an illuminating…
and often moving volume that is part political history, part biography, and part love story. For high school and adult readersGabby: a story of courage and hope
Par Jeffrey Zaslow, Gabrielle D. Giffords, Mark E. Kelly. 2011
Arizona congresswoman Giffords and her husband, astronaut Kelly, describe their lives before and after the near-fatal shooting of Giffords in…
January 2011. They discuss their anguish over the other victims, Kelly's support during Giffords's recovery, and Giffords's determination to return to work. Some violence and some strong language. Bestseller. 2011