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The Best Presidential Writing
Book - 2020
A wide-ranging treasury of presidential writings is comprised of history-shaping and lesser-known speeches, excerpts, and personal notes, from Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and FDR's "Infamy" speech to JFK's "Profiles in Courage" and Barack...
Based on a decade of research and reporting, Author in Chief tells the story of America's presidents as authors--and offers a delightful new window into the public and private lives of our highest leaders.
"Lydia Maria Child (1802-1880) was for a time one of America's most beloved authors, known for household manuals and children's poems, including the immortal "Over the River and Through the Wood." But in 1833, having converted to the abolitionist...
Visionary. Iconoclast. Political Survivor. The extraordinary story of the life and political career of Governor Jerry Brown. Jerry Brown is no ordinary politician. Like his state, he is eclectic, brilliant, unpredictable and sometimes weird. And,...
"This memoir gave me an insight into the role of the US Secretary of State. Clinton describes this role from the day she was offered the position to her retirement. She allows 1 long chapter to each country she visited, often describing how she ar..."
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