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William Henry Harrison
The American Presidents Series: The 9th President,1841

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The president who served the shortest term—just a single month—but whose victorious election campaign rewrote the rules for candidates seeking America's...
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India Calling
An Intimate Portrait of a Nation's Remaking

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Reversing his parents' immigrant path, a young American-born writer returns to India and discovers an old country making itself new Anand Giridharadas sensed...
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Talk Show
Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets

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The legendary talk show host's humorous reminiscences and pointed commentary on the great figures he has known, and culture and politics today For years, Dick...
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Jimmy Carter

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The maverick politician from Georgia who rode the post- Watergate wave into office but whose term was consumed by economic and international crises A peanut...
  
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Herbert Hoover
The American Presidents Series: The 31st President, 1929-1933

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The Republican efficiency expert whose economic boosterism met its match in the Great Depression Catapulted into national politics by his heroic campaigns to...
  
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Abraham Lincoln
The American Presidents Series: The 16th President, 1861-1865

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America’s greatest president, who rose to power in the country’s greatest hour of need and whose vision saw the United States through the Civil War Abraham...
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John Tyler
The American Presidents Series: The 10th President, 1841-1845

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The first “accidental president,” whose secret maneuverings brought Texas into the Union and set secession in motion When William Henry Harrison died in April...
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Harry S. Truman
The American Presidents Series: The 33rd President, 1945-1953

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The plainspoken man from Missouri who never expected to be president yet rose to become one of the greatest leaders of the twentieth century In April 1945,...
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Zachary Taylor
The American Presidents Series: The 12th President, 1849-1850

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The rough-hewn general who rose to the nation’s highest office, and whose presidency witnessed the first political skirmishes that would lead to the Civil...
  
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George H. W. Bush
The American Presidents Series: The 41st President, 1989-1993

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The judicious statesman who won victories abroad but suffered defeat at home, whose wisdom and demeanor served America well at a critical time George Bush...
  

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Chester Alan Arthur
The American Presidents Series: The 21st President, 1881-1885

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The Gilded Age bon vivant who became America's unlikeliest chief executive-and who presided over a sweeping reform of the system that nurtured him Chester...
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Martin Van Buren
The American Presidents Series: The 8th President, 1837-1841

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The first president born after America's independence ushers in a new era of no-holds-barred democracy The first "professional politician" to become...
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Benjamin Harrison
The American Presidents Series: The 23rd President, 1889-1893

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The scion of a political dynasty ushers in the era of big government Politics was in Benjamin Harrison's blood. His great-grandfather signed the...
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Andrew Jackson
The American Presidents Series: The 7th President, 1829-1837

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The towering figure who remade American politics—the champion of the ordinary citizen and the scourge of entrenched privilege The Founding Fathers...
  
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Woodrow Wilson
The American Presidents Series: The 28th President, 1913-1921

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A comprehensive account of the rise and fall of one of the major shapers of American foreign policy On the eve of his inauguration as President, Woodrow...
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Ulysses S. Grant
The American Presidents Series: The 18th President, 1869-1877

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The underappreciated presidency of the military man who won the Civil War and then had to win the peace as well As a general, Ulysses S. Grant is routinely...
  
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James Buchanan
The American Presidents Series: The 15th President, 1857-1861

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A provocative reconsideration of a presidency on the brink of Civil War Almost no president was as well trained and well prepared for the office as James...
  
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Calvin Coolidge
The American Presidents Series: The 30th President, 1923-1929

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The austere president who presided over the Roaring Twenties and whose conservatism masked an innovative approach to national leadership He was known as...
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Warren G. Harding
The American Presidents Series: The 29th President, 1921-1923

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President Nixon’s former counsel illuminates another presidency marked by scandal Warren G. Harding may be best known as America’s worst...
  
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Rutherford B. Hayes
The American Presidents Series: The 19th President, 1877-1881

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A leader of the Reconstruction era, whose contested election eerily parallels the election debacle of 2000 The disputed election of 1876 between Rutherford...
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James Madison
The American Presidents Series: The 4th President, 1809-1817

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A bestselling historian examines the life of a Founding Father. Renowned historian and social commentator Garry Wills takes a fresh look at the life of...
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John Quincy Adams
The American Presidents Series: The 6th President, 1825-1829

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A vivid portrait of a man whose pre- and post-presidential careers overshadowed his presidency. Chosen by the House of Representatives after an inconclusive...
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The American Presidents Series: The 32nd President, 1933-1945

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A masterly work by the New York Times bestselling author of Churchill and Gladstone A protean figure and a man of massive achievement, Franklin Delano...
  
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John Adams
The American Presidents Series: The 2nd President, 1797-1801

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A revealing look at the true beginning of American politics Until recently rescued by David McCullough, John Adams has always been overshadowed by...
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