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Angler: the Cheney vice presidency
Par Barton Gellman. 2008
Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter Barton Gellman details the inner workings of Vice President Dick Cheney's office through interviews with…
Cheney's colleagues and critics. Discusses the war in Iraq, the interrogation of prisoners, domestic espionage, and Cheney's beliefs supporting a strong commander in chief. Bestseller. 2008Gerald R. Ford (The american Presidents Ser.)
Par Douglas Brinkley. 2007
Personal and political snapshot of Gerald Ford (1913-2006), who succeeded Richard Nixon as commander in chief in 1974 after the…
Watergate scandal forced Nixon to resign. Chronicles Ford's ascent in Michigan's Republican Party and national politics that led to his three-year presidential term. Discusses his achievements and Midwestern character. 2007The war within: a secret White House history, 2006-2008 (Bush at war ; #4)
Par Bob Woodward. 2008
Woodward examines President George W. Bush's management of the war in Iraq. Discusses political, social, and moral issues involved, including,…
Woodward reports, the United States spying on Iraqi allies and estrangement between the White House and the U.S. military. Sequel to State of Denial (RC 63560, BR 16804). Bestseller. 2008Michelle: a biography
Par Liza Mundy. 2008
Washington Post staff writer describes Michelle Obama's life from childhood through her political journey of becoming America's first African American…
first lady. Discusses her being the child of a Chicago city worker; her Ivy League education and successful career; marriage to Barack, who calls her "the boss"; and motherhood. 2008Unsolved political mysteries (Mysteries and conspiracies)
Par David Southwell. 2008
Describes conspiracy theories involving famous people, such as Malcolm X, Hillary Clinton, and Saddam Hussein, and events, such as the…
Watergate scandal and the attack on Pearl Harbor. For senior high and older readers. 2004Lincoln legends: myths, hoaxes, and confabulations associated with our greatest president
Par Edward Steers. 2007
The author dispels fourteen common myths about U.S. president Abraham Lincoln. Includes rumors about his birthplace and illegitimacy, religious conversion,…
love affair with Ann Rutledge, homosexual tendencies, and the assassination conspiracy theory. 2007Stand tall, Abe Lincoln (Turning Point Bks.)
Par Judith St. George. 2008
Portrays the childhood of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), who was born in a log cabin in Kentucky. Describes Abe's chores, irregular…
schooling, and pet pig. Relates his mother's death and his father's remarriage to Sally, a widow with three children, who encouraged Abe to read and study. For grades 2-4. 2008Reconciliation: Islam, democracy, and the West
Par Benazir Bhutto. 2008
Former prime minister of Pakistan recounts her 2007 return home after eight years in exile. She calls for reconciliation among…
religions and nations, boldly asserts the true nature of Islam, and offers a practical road map for bringing societies together. Bestseller. 2008Barack Obama: the politics of hope (Shapers of America)
Par William Davis. 2008
Biography of Illinois senator Obama (born 1961), the son of a Kenyan father and a white Kansan mother. Discusses Obama's…
upbringing in Hawaii and Indonesia. Recounts his education, community work, and political career through the start of his presidential campaign in 2007. For junior and senior high readers. 2008Twilight at Monticello: the final years of Thomas Jefferson
Par Alan Pell Crawford. 2008
Uses primary sources to chronicle the postpresidential years (1809-1826) of Thomas Jefferson. Describes problems he had with a dysfunctional extended…
family, agricultural mismanagement, soaring debt, and deteriorating health. Highlights Jefferson's establishment of the secular University of Virginia and his correspondence with John Adams. 2008My dearest friend: letters of Abigail and John Adams
Par John Adams. 2007
The editors selected 289 entries from the voluminous correspondence between the man who became the second president and Abigail--his wife,…
advisor, and friend. The couple, who endured many separations until John's presidency ended in 1801, began writing in 1762 and discussed the war, John's political career, and their family. 2007Her way: the hopes and ambitions of Hillary Rodham Clinton
Par Jeff Gerth, Don Van Natta. 2007
Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporters analyze Hillary Clinton's personal and public life, including her years in Arkansas, the White…
House, and the U.S. Senate and as a 2008 presidential candidate. Authors conducted interviews and researched documents to portray Clinton's legislative career, faith-based social activism, and marriage. 2007Love and Louis XIV: the women in the life of the Sun King
Par Antonia Fraser. 2006
Royal biographer, author of The Lives of the Kings and Queens of England (BR 15910), researches the life of French…
king Louis XIV (1638-1715). Highlights the influence of his pious mother; his wife, first cousin Maria Teresa of Spain; and his mistresses, including the governess of his illegitimate children. 2006Details the life of America's fifth president James Monroe (1758-1831), who is primarily known for the doctrine that bears his…
name. Traces Monroe's career as a soldier, diplomat, and politician who created a standing military and a national bank. Highlights the signing of the Missouri Compromise that regulated slavery. 2005FDR
Par Jean Edward Smith. 2007
Professor draws on archives to pen a biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the thirty-second president of the United States. Chronicles…
his political career as governor of New York and four terms as commander in chief. Explores his complex personal life involving his family and mistresses. 2007Twice as good: Condoleezza Rice and her path to power
Par Marcus Mabry. 2007
African American Newsweek reporter examines ways Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's childhood and education contributed to her professional success. Highlights…
her parents' view of racism, with their emphasis on individual effort as the path to empowerment. Investigates Rice's loyalty to president George W. Bush and their shared political views. 2007Supreme discomfort: the divided soul of Clarence Thomas
Par Kevin Merida. 2007
Two African American Washington Post reporters examine the character and career of conservative Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas, who succeeded…
Thurgood Marshall on the bench in 1991. They explore Thomas's childhood and education, postulate about his estrangement from the black community, and review his rulings. 2007Fallen founder: the life of Aaron Burr
Par Nancy Isenberg. 2007
Biography of Revolutionary War veteran, lawyer, and vice president Aaron Burr (1756-1836). Portrays the lies, slander, and factionalism of late-eighteenth-…
and early-nineteenth-century American politics. Details rival Alexander Hamilton's subversion of Burr's career before their 1804 duel. Analyzes Burr's involvement with General James Wilkinson and Burr's 1807 trial for treason. 2007Adopted son: Washington, Lafayette, and the friendship that saved the Revolution
Par David A Clary. 2007
Historian uses archives to detail the personal relationship between the Marquis de Lafayette and George Washington during the American Revolution.…
Explores the development of both men into military and political leaders and their bond, which extended through Lafayette's doomed democratic experiment and imprisonment in France. 2007Princeton historian analyzes the seventh American president, Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), in the context of his times. Portrays Jackson as a…
military hero who endorsed the concept of the people as a sovereign power. Highlights Jackson's 1828 election at the dawn of the Age of the Democratic Revolution. 2005