John Adams
 Amazon.com Review: Left to his own devices, John Adams might have lived out his days as a Massachusetts country lawyer, devoted to his family and friends. As it was, events swiftly overtook him, and Adams--who, David McCullough writes, was "not a [... more]
$38.00
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Theodore Rex
Amazon.com Review: In this lively biography, Edmund Morris returns to the gifted, energetic, and thoroughly controversial man whom the novelist Henry James called "King Theodore." In his two terms as president of the United States, Roosevelt [... more]
$37.95
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Blood on the Moon: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Superb account of Assassination Plot against Lincoln: Edward Steers wrote one of the best accounts of Lincoln Assassination in recent history. Although his writing style is bit dry as many reviewers in the past have noted, his research is untouchable and [... more]
$45.00
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The President's House
The President's House: Often, history is written in broad sweep narratives that can be static and boring to the reader. Although William Seale wrote more than 1,000 pages on the history of the White House, you can be assured that there is nothing static [... more]
$39.95
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Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson
Amazon.com Review: Robert Caro's Master of the Senate examines in meticulous detail Lyndon Johnson's career in that body, from his arrival in 1950 (after 12 years in the House of Representatives) until his election as JFK's vice president in 1960. This, [... more]
$35.00
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Behind the Oval Office: Getting Reelected Against All Odds
Amazon.com Review: Given the call-girl scandal that ended Dick Morris's career as Bill Clinton's chief political strategist, maybe they should have called this one "Under the Oval Office." The book is recommended because in Clinton's " [... more]
$16.95
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Dereliction of Duty: The Eyewitness Account of How ...
Amazon.com Review: Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Robert "Buzz" Patterson was a military aide to President Clinton from May 1996 to May 1998 and one of five individuals entrusted with carrying the "nuclear football"—the bag containing [... more]
$27.95
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Lincoln's Sanctuary: Abraham Lincoln and the Soldiers' Home
excellent and timely: This is a well written book and very timely as action is being taken to renovate the Lincoln Cottage. I reside on the grounds of the Soldiers' Home where the cottage is located and know the value of the cottage in our history. The [... more]
$30.00
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The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
How Old Man Moses Kept Rolling Along: When Shea Stadium is demolished later this year, it will mark another diminishment of the legacy of Robert Moses, the man who built the stadium along with so many of the parks, highways, and buildings that made New [... more]
$24.00
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The Kennedy Curse: Why Tragedy Has Haunted America's ...
Not much new except for rumors, gossip and innuendo...: In Edward Klein's The Kennedy Curse: Why America's First Family Has Been Haunted by Tragedy for 150 Years, there isn't much new here except for pure gossip, rumor and innuendo. Klein starts off to [... more]
$24.95
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Khrushchev: The Man and His Era
REVIEW OF WILLIAM TAUBMAN'S KHRUSCHEV BY JOHN CHUCKMAN: It's about time we had a decent biography of Nikita Khruschev. Khruschev is a more important historical figure than seems generally appreciated today. He was something of a refreshing presence on [... more]
$35.00
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Truman
Amazon.com Review: This warm biography of Harry Truman is both an historical evaluation of his presidency and a paean to the man's rock-solid American values. Truman was a compromise candidate for vice president, almost an accidental president after [... more]
$22.00
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