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Grover Cleveland

The American Presidents Series: The 22nd and 24th President, 1885-1889 and 1893-1897

The American Presidents

Henry F. Graff; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., General Editor Times Books

A fresh look at the only president to serve nonconsecutive terms. Though often overlooked, Grover Cleveland was a significant figure in American...

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Richard M. Nixon

The American Presidents Series: The 37th President, 1969-1974

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Elizabeth Drew; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., General Editor Times Books

The complex man at the center of America’s most self-destructive presidency In this provocative and revelatory assessment of the only president ever forced...

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Trade Paperback : $15.00 Buy	Thirty-Six Days The Complete Chronicle of the 2000 Presidential Election Crisis Correspondents of The New York Times; With an Introduction by Douglas Brinkley Times Books From the most trusted newspaper in the country, here is the complete story of the Election 2000 standoff that stopped American politics. Beginning on...

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Overthrow

America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq

Stephen Kinzer Times Books

“Detailed, passionate and convincing . . . [with] the pace and grip of a good thriller.”—Anatol Lieven, The New York Times Book Review "Regime change” did...

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Lessons in Disaster

McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam

Gordon M. Goldstein Times Books

A revelatory look at the decisions that led to the U.S. involvement in Vietnam, drawing on the insights and reassessments of one of the war’s architects "I...

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Disaster

Hurricane Katrina and the Failure of Homeland Security

Christopher Cooper and Robert Block Times Books

Based on exclusive interviews, the inside story of how America’s emergency response system failed and how it remains dangerously broken When Hurricane...

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The Supreme Court

The Personalities and Rivalries That Defined America

Jeffrey Rosen and Thirtenn/WNET Times Books

A leading Supreme Court expert recounts the personal and philosophical rivalries that forged our nation’s highest court and continue to shape our daily...

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The Price of Liberty

Paying for America's Wars

Robert D. Hormats Times Books

In a bracing work of history, a leading international finance expert reveals how our national security depends on our financial security More than two...

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In Nixon's Web

A Year in the Crosshairs of Watergate

L. Patrick Gray III with Ed Gray Times Books

The last untold story of Watergate—by the FBI director who maintained his silence for more than thirty years L.Patrick Gray III was the man caught in the...

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First Class Citizenship

The Civil Rights Letters of Jackie Robinson

Edited by Michael G. Long Times Books

Never-before-published letters offer a rich portrait of the baseball star as a fearless advocate for racial justice at the highest levels of American...

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Trade Paperback : $18.00 Buy	Portraits: 9/11/01 The Collected "Portraits of Grief" from The New York Times, Revised Edition The New York Times; Foreword by Howell Raines Times Books A new edition that now includes the complete New York Times profiles of those who died at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 Few aspects of The...

Hardcover : $23.00 Buy	Martin Van Buren The American Presidents Series: The 8th President, 1837-1841 The American Presidents Ted Widmer; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., General Editor Times Books 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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Out of the Blue

The Story of September 11, 2001, from Jihad to Ground Zero

Richard Bernstein and the Staff of The New York Times; With a new Afterword by the Author; Foreword by Howell Raines Times Books

Following the lives of heroes, victims, and terrorists of September 11, 2001, Richard Bernstein, one of The New York Times's most skillful journalists, weaves...

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George H. W. Bush

The American Presidents Series: The 41st President, 1989-1993

The American Presidents

Timothy Naftali; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., and Sean Wilentz, General Editors Times Books

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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Ulysses S. Grant

The American Presidents Series: The 18th President, 1869-1877

The American Presidents

Josiah Bunting III; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., General Editor Times Books

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 Monroe

The American Presidents Series: The 5th President, 1817-1825

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Gary Hart; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., General Editor Times Books

The former senator and presidential candidate offers a provocative new assessment of the first “national security president” James Monroe is remembered...

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Promises Betrayed

Waking Up from the American Dream

Bob Herbert Times Books

“Essential reading for anyone concerned about the state of the American people—and, by extension, of our country.” —Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Few journalists...

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Hardcover : $30.00 Buy	Brzezinski A Life on the Grand Chessboard of Power Patrick Vaughan Times Books The first biography of the influential national security adviser and strategic thinker whose ideas have helped shape American foreign policy for five...

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Becoming Justice Blackmun

Harry Blackmun's Supreme Court Journey

Linda Greenhouse Times Books

“A fascinating book. In clear and forceful prose, Becoming Justice Blackmun tells a judicial Horatio Alger story and a tale of a remarkable transformation . ....

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Winning the Right War

The Path to Security for America and the World

Philip H. Gordon Times Books

A new strategy for American foreign policy that looks beyond Iraq and changes the way we think about the war on terror. Six years into the “war on...

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