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Profiles in Courage

Profiles in Courage more books like this

by John F Kennedy

In this Pulitzer Prize-winning collection, John F. Kennedy tells the stories of eight U.S. senators who put principle above popularity. Kennedy singled out John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, Edmund G. Ross, Robert A. Taft, and four other individuals who risked their political lives to embrace their most heartfelt beliefs.

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Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson

Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson more books like this

by Robert A Caro

The third volume of Caro's biography of Lyndon Johnson tells of his role as leader of the United Sates Senate. Caro explicates Johnson's deft use of power, which included cajoling, deal-making, and even intimidation. Johnson made history when he craftily built a coalition of Northern and Southern Democrats that successfully passed the Civil Rights ...

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Hopes and Dreams: The Story of Barack Obama

Hopes and Dreams: The Story of Barack Obama more books like this

by Steve Dougherty

The First Biographical Portrait Ever of This Key Political Figure Written by a leading journalist and filled with more than 100 color photographs, this authoritative and up-to-the-moment new biography provides much-needed perspective on one of the most important figures on the national political stage. An lively overview of Obama's life, this ...

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Advise and consent more books like this

by Allen Drury

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A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton

A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton more books like this

by Carl Bernstein

"A Woman in Charge" . . . stands as a model of contemporary political biography . . . Bernstein has produced an excellent book: thorough, balanced, judicious and deeply reported.

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The Case Against Hillary Clinton

The Case Against Hillary Clinton more books like this

by Peggy Noonan

This highly critical look at the record and character of Hillary Clinton very acutely examines her career as lawyer and first lady, focusing on her role in a series of scandals in Arkansas (Whitewater) and Washington (Travelgate, Filegate) that the author feels have left the country irreparably harmed. Noonan was a speechwriter for President ...

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John Glenn a Memoir

John Glenn a Memoir more books like this

by John Glenn

In this memoir, Glenn recounts his career challenges and milestones as a Marine fighter pilot, an astronaut, and a four-term U.S. Senator. He provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse into how his Discovery mission in 1998 differed from his five-hour solo flight in 1962, when he became the first American to orbit the Earth.

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Worth the Fighting for: A Memoir

Worth the Fighting for: A Memoir more books like this

by John S McCain, Mark Salter

This candid followup to McCain's A FLAG FOR OUR FATHERS brings him to the Senate and his long career in public service, where he served as a sometimes irascible populist Republican. He shares his thoughts on the battles he fought, the personalities he admired and those he thought much less of, and his vision of America that is based on values, ...

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The Last Brother: The Rise and Fall of Teddy Kennedy

The Last Brother: The Rise and Fall of Teddy Kennedy more books like this

by Joe McGinniss

Personally acquainted and sympathetic with his subject, the author of The Selling of the President, among other works, brings to startling life the childhood, brief triumph, and long downward slide of Ted Kennedy--a man at war with himself, doomed to live in the giant shadow of his brothers.

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Robert F. Kennedy: His Time more books like this

by Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Jr.

This portrait by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and long-time Kennedy family confidante, traces the life of Robert F. Kennedy and includes his role as brother and advisor to President John F. Kennedy, his achievements as U.S. senator, and Kennedy's own personal quest as advocate for many liberal causes of the '60s. It also provides a ...

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Master of the Senate: The Years of LBJ, Vol. III

Master of the Senate: The Years of LBJ, Vol. III more books like this

by Robert A Caro

The third volume of Caro's biography of Lyndon Johnson tells of his role as leader of the United Sates Senate. Caro explicates Johnson's deft use of power, which included cajoling, deal-making, and even intimidation. Johnson made history when he craftily built a coalition of Northern and Southern Democrats that successfully passed the Civil Rights ...

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Tour of Duty: John Kerry and the Vietnam War

Tour of Duty: John Kerry and the Vietnam War more books like this

by Douglas G Brinkley

Historian Brinkley presents an in-depth account of John Kerry's experiences in the Navy during the war in Vietnam, and shows how these experiences shaped his character. Kerry, a Yale graduate who had enlisted, rose to the rank of lieutenant, saw action, and received the Purple Heart three times. After the war, Kerry was active in the organization ...

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The enemy within. more books like this

by Robert F. Kennedy

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Dance of Legislation more books like this

by Eric Redman

The Dance of Legislation has long been considered a classic description of the legislative process. In it, Eric Redman draws on his two years as a member of Senator Warren Magnuson's staff to trace the drafting and passing of a piece of legislation -- S.4106, the National Health Service Bill -- with all the maneuvers, plots, counterplots, ...

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See Jane Date more books like this

by Melissa Senate

Twenty-eight-year-old Jane Gregg, an assistant editor at a publishing house, goes on a series of dates (most of them bad--some of them horrible) as she searches for true love.

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While the Music Lasts: My Life in Politics more books like this

by William M Bulger

The autobiography of a popular Massachusett's politician who has been the president of the Massachusett senate for seventeen years.

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RFK: A Candid Biography of Robert F. Kennedy more books like this

by C. David Heymann

A biography of Robert F. Kennedy, based on many interviews conducted by the author, in which subjects have many stories to tell--some of them salacious. It is written for a popular audience, and, at times, calls into question Kennedy's character, ability, and ambition. Organized around people in his life both loved and hated, it focuses on ...

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When Every Moment Counts: What You Need to Know about Bioterrorism from the Senate's Only Doctor more books like this

by Bill Frist, Senator, M.D., William H Frist, M D Frist

This citizen's manual on bioterrorism is written by the U.S. senator who is also a practicing physician. Senator First uses a question-and-answer format to present the most practical and up-to-date information on this current topic.

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House and Senate more books like this

by Ross K Baker

Exploring everything from the very different physical settings of the House and Senate to the important distinctions that emerge from the vast differences in the size of their memberships, Baker allows the reader to peek into colorful and hidden corners of Capitol Hill.

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House Mouse, Senate Mouse more books like this

by Peter W Barnes

The Squeaker of the House and the Senate Mouse-jority Leader have a big job to do: Miss Tuftmore's second grade class in Moussouri has written Congress with an idea for a law to declare a National Cheese! But in a big country, it's not always easy to get everyone to agree on an important isssue.

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Charles Sumner & the Coming of the Civil War more books like this

by David Herbert Donald

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Kingfish: The Reign of Huey P. Long more books like this

by Richard D White, Jr.

From the moment he took office as governor in 1928 to the day an assassin's bullet cut him down in 1935, Huey Long wielded all but dictatorial control over the state of Louisiana. "Kingfish" is a balanced, lucid, and absolutely spellbinding portrait of the life and times of this incendiary figure.

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John F. Kerry: The Complete Biography by the Boston Globe Reporters Who Know Him more books like this

by M Kranish

This biography of John F. Kerry is researched and written by several reporters from the Boston Globe. They delve into his family origins (he is not Irish but rather has Jewish-Austrian, aristocratic roots and is the son of a suicide), his years at Yale, and his service in Vietnam, where he earned three Purple Hearts, among other honors. They also ...

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The Education of a Public Man: My Life and Politics more books like this

by Hubert H Humphrey

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Edward M. Kennedy: A Biography more books like this

by Adam Clymer

In this biography of the Senator from Massachusetts, Adam Clymer chronicles Kennedy's success in Congress on issues such as health care, his leadership role in the liberal wing of his party, and his enduring presence in many of the major political and news events of the second half of the century. He also addresses the many tragedies that befell ...

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