Presidents & Heads of State Books


Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln Best Price: $12.98 I have just completed Ms. Goodwin's book. I realize that a huge number of people will not like...	John Adams Best Price: $10.97 It's so much easier to learn & remember history when the writer allows you to become...	The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey Best Price: $8.43 I really looked forward to this book and will give it kudos for being nicely written. Quite...	Truman Best Price: $6.85 I couldn't have been more pleased with this book. I love David McCullough and he never ceases...	George Washington on Leadership Best Price: $14.89 If you are looking for a good book on leadership and you need to decide on the myriad of books...



The Leaders We Deserved (and a Few We Didn't): Rethinking the Presidential Rating Game Best Price: $17.27 I noticed that most of the negative reviews of this book seem to come from liberals. Well you...	Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt Best Price: $7.90 I thought I knew much about Theodore Roosevelt before I read this book, but learned even more...	JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters Best Price: $19.78 This reviewer raptly read Mark Lane's Rush To Judgement, Jim Garrison's On the Trail of the...	His Excellency: George Washington Best Price: $8.00 While it's totally hip to de-mythify things our parents (silly things) thought were good,...	Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela Best Price: $8.50 it is a very humourous and (I guess) honest book. He tells his tales as a child, and the...



American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson Best Price: $6.50 Absolute claptrap from a morally bankrupt excuse of a human being who cannot find his niche in...	The Lincolns: Portrait of a Marriage Best Price: $15.83 Well researched with excellent writing, Epstein catures the fascinating and complex relationship...	FDR Best Price: $11.69 FDR was well-written and it did not seem like a chore to plod through like a lot of other...	The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York Best Price: $10.50 Robert Caro's The Power Broker, a biography of Robert Moses, contains every attribute of a...	The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Modern Library Paperbacks) Best Price: $5.98 I could not put it down. A wonderfully written book about an exciting president, with great...

My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams Best Price: $21.92 I am very pleased with the quality of this book. I watched the John Adams series on HBO and...	Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America Best Price: $16.23 James K. Polk always shows up on the best Presidents' list along with the obvious Washingtons,...	The Reagan Diaries Best Price: $7.00 If you don't like being spoonfed only what your professors and the media want you to hear, you...	Four Days in November: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy Best Price: $10.97 Given that this book is essentially covered by the reviews of its primary source...	Assassination Vacation Best Price: $4.79 I usually don't write reviews, but when i saw that this book didn't have 5 of 5 stars i was...

The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams Best Price: $17.75 It is a very good book, the reading is really good!!! I loved reading the letters between...	The Twelve Caesars (Penguin Classics) Best Price: $8.64 Don't be put off by the antiquity of this book, its a fascinating look at the tremendous heights...	A Thousand Hills: Rwanda's Rebirth and the Man Who Dreamed It Best Price: $14.49 President Paul Kagame is a man who inspires a wide range of emotions in those who meet him. Some...	The Bush Tragedy Best Price: $12.00 This is an excellent psychological analysis of Bush and it's well written. For me, something...	Franklin and Lucy: President Roosevelt, Mrs. Rutherfurd, and the Other Remarkable Women in His Life Best Price: $14.00 In this biography, Persico paints an intimate portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt through the...

Theodore Rex (Modern Library Paperbacks) Best Price: $5.69 Edmund Morris's second book in a projected three volume set about Theodore Roosevelt is an...	The Greatest Presidential Stories Never Told: 100 Tales from History to Astonish, Bewilder, and Stupefy Best Price: $10.57 I married a history buff, and never know what to get him as a gift. I usually go through old...	The Conquest of Gaul (Penguin Classics) Best Price: $6.02 Why he came, what he saw, whom he conquered. Rendered unto the reader what is Caeser's story.	Eyewitness to Power: The Essence of Leadership Nixon to Clinton Best Price: $3.84 I was fortunate enough to hear David Gergan speak at my daughter's commencement last month....	White House Ghosts: Presidents and Their Speechwriters Best Price: $17.31 Schlesinger reviews each of the Presidential speech writers, from FDR through W. I found the...

Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989 Best Price: $5.38 This is an interesting review of some history. Some of it was in high school textbooks but long...	The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill Best Price: $7.70 A good review and background of famous quotes of Churchill. It also showed him to be a good...	Twilight at Monticello: The Final Years of Thomas Jefferson Best Price: $11.48 I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Being retired and elderly my self I am interested to see how...	Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, (Vintage) Best Price: $8.33 I had read Robert Caro's book on Robert Moses, and I found Master of the Senate to be an equally...	Write it When I'm Gone Best Price: $3.97 Like many baby boomers,I was grateful Gerald R. Ford was there when the nation needed him. After...

Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar Best Price: $10.95 Yowzahs! If you want a DETAILED biography of Stalin's political life then pick this up. I fully...	The Era of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933-1945: A Brief History with Documents (The Bedford Series in History and Culture) Best Price: $10.78 According to its title, the book compiles documents from 1933-1945, the era of Franklin D....	Abraham Lincoln and Civil War America: A Biography Best Price: $19.29 Bill Gienapp was a brilliant historian, and his work "The Origins of the Republican Party,...	Zachary Taylor: The 12th President, 1849-1850 (The American Presidents) Best Price: $12.29 Eisenhower handles Taylor's military career and his exploits in the Mexican War very neatly and...	With Malice Toward None: A Life of Abraham Lincoln Best Price: $4.70 Will anyone dare to write an accurate assessment of the 16th President or are the myths that...

Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship Best Price: $4.00 Jon Meacham has woven a beautiful account of these two great characters from a most human and...	A Remarkable Mother Best Price: $3.83 Very quick service. I got this book for my mom for Mother's Day and she loved it. I recommend...	Dinner with Mugabe: The Untold Story of a Freedom Fighter who Became a Tyrant Best Price: $18.71 With apologies to the above reviewer for twisting her review title, I agree with portions of the...	The Twelve Caesars (Penguin Classics) Best Price: $8.94 Suetonius gives us a fairly level-headed early history of the Roman leaders and gives a very...	The Portable Thomas Jefferson (Viking Portable Library) Best Price: $7.98 "The Portable Jefferson" consists of a vast collection of Jefferson's works. It...

The Autobiography and Other Writings (Penguin Classics) Best Price: $4.01 In many ways, this is, to someone coming to it for the first time, a very surprising book. For...	House of Abraham: Lincoln and the Todds, A Family Divided by War Best Price: $8.99 Why did the majority of the Todds choose the South over the North? Their's was a border state...	Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago Best Price: $5.99 Royko's a solid writer in the old mode of honest journalists. He takes any bias or subjectivity...	Lincoln Unmasked: What You're Not Supposed to Know About Dishonest Abe Best Price: $7.00 Very good reading. It reiterates much of what I had learned in school many years ago, before...	President Lincoln: The Duty of a Statesman Best Price: $14.70 Miller had an almost throwaway line about halfway through the book where he stated his opinion...

Ike: An American Hero Best Price: $10.91 Easy to read and enlightening about Eisenhower. If we hadn't had Eisenhower in WW 2 we would...	Fidel Castro: My Life: A Spoken Autobiography Best Price: $11.94 This is a great book. You learn a different side of Castro that is depicted in the media. He is...	Eisenhower: Soldier and President (The Renowned One-Volume Life) Best Price: $7.95 This is a great biography on an underrated president, and a very easy read. Ambrose is wonderful...	Carry a Big Stick: The Uncommon Heroism of Theodore Roosevelt (Leaders in Action Series) Best Price: $7.95 What a wonderful book! Teddy Roosevelt was brilliantly ressurected for us by George Grant in...	Thomas Jefferson: Author of America (Eminent Lives) Best Price: $11.77 If you need an extremely well-written, concise, sympathetic, balanced and reasonably complete...

The Road to Dallas: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy Best Price: $21.92 First of all I have not read a whole lot of books on the JFK assassination so I can not compare...	Young Stalin Best Price: $15.00 I'm probably in agreement with most in saying this is one of the most entertaining reads about...

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