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Author
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xi, 305 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Bernard Goldberg takes dead aim at the America Bashers (the cultural elites who look down their snobby noses at "ordinary" Americans and detest so much of what this country is about)...the Hollywood Blowhards (incredibly ditzy celebrities who think they're smart just because they're famous)...the TV Schlockmeisters (including the one whose show has been compared to a churning mass of maggots devouring rotten meat)...the Intellectual Thugs (big-wigs...
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Decision Points is the extraordinary memoir of America's 43rd president. Shattering the conventions of political autobiography, George W. Bush offers a strikingly candid journey through the defining decisions of his life while writing honestly and directly about his flaws and mistakes, as well as his accomplishments.
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The [Bush] administration has squandered the opportunity to eliminate al Qaeda... A new al Qaeda has emerged and is growing stronger, in part because of our own actions and inactions. It is in many ways a tougher opponent than the original threat we faced before September 11, and we are not doing what is necessary to make America safe from that threat." No one has more authority to make that claim than Richard Clarke, the former counterterrorism...
9) My life
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A candid portrait of a global leader who decided early in his life in Hope, Arkansas, to devote his intellectual and political gifts to serving the public. The most concretely detailed account of a presidency encompassing not only the high points and crises, but the way the presidency actually works.
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bill O'Reilly calls the famous and powerful to account, and dares to get personal, questioning just how much our closest friends, families, and lovers do look out for us. He delivers a powerful message about personal responsibility and self-reliance in an uncertain world, forcing us to ask just how much genuine altruism is left in a society that thrives on self-indulgence and ruthless competition.
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a captivating and compelling voice that ranks with many of the greatest memoirists, Laura Bush tells the story of her unique path from dusty Midland, Texas, to the world stage as First Lady. She captures presidential life in the frantic and fearful months after 9/11, and humorously lifts the curtain on what really happens inside the White House.
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
From two of the best political reporters in the country comes the gripping inside story of the historic 2008 presidential election. In this volume, the authors use their unrivaled access to pull back the curtain on the Obama, Clinton, McCain, and Palin campaigns.
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Abridged.
Physical Desc
3 audio discs (approximately 3 hr., 30 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Contains Stephen's most deeply held knee-jerk beliefs on the American family, race, religion, sex, sports, and many more topics." Includes this comedian and television pundit's "fight for the traditional values that have served this country so well for so long."
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Former FBI director James Comey shares his never-before-told experiences from some of the highest-stakes situations of his career in the past two decades of American government, exploring what good, ethical leadership looks like, and how it drives sound decisions. His journey provides an unprecedented entry into the corridors of power, and a remarkable lesson in what makes an effective leader. Mr. Comey served as director of the FBI from 2013 to...
Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
1000L
Physical Desc
188 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
This fascinating biography covers McCain's life, from growing up as the son of a four-star admiral to his own time at the Naval Academy, his service as a pilot, and his experience as a prisoner of war. It explores McCain's 30 years as a senator, as well as his two bids for the presidency.
18) Bush
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xxii, 808 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Distinguished presidential biographer Jean Edward Smith offers a critical yet fair biography of George W. Bush, showing how he ignored his advisors to make key decisions himself--most disastrously in invading Iraq--and how these decisions were often driven by the Presidents deep religious faith. In Bush, presidential biographer, Jean Edward Smith, demonstrates that it was not Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, or Condoleezza Rice, but President Bush himself...
Author
Language
English
Description
In Our Endangered Values, Jimmy Carter offers a personal consideration of "moral values" as they relate to the important issues of the day. He puts forward a passionate defense of separation of church and state, and a strong warning about where the country is heading as the lines between politics and rigid religious fundamentalism are blurred. Carter describes his reactions to recent disturbing societal trends that involve both religious and political...