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Showing 1 - 10 of 1244632 Products Page 1 <-- Page 1 --> Page 2 Product Description Availability Price Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln Brand: Simon & Schuster - Part: The life and times of Abraham Lincoln have been analyzed and dissected in countless books. Do we need another Lincoln biography? In Team of Rivals, esteemed historia... In Stock $21.00 $11.47 American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House Brand: Random House - Part: Andrew Jackson, his intimate circle of friends, and his tumultuous times are at the heart of this remarkable book about the man who rose from nothing to create the modern presidency. Beloved and hated, venerated and reviled, Andrew Jackson was an orphan who fought his way to the pinnacle of power, bending the nation to his will in the cause of democracy. Jackson’s election in 1828 ushered in a new and lasting era in which the people, not distant elites, were the guiding force in American politics. Democracy made its stand in the Jackson years, and he gave voice to the hopes and the fears of a restless, changing nation facing challenging times at home and threats abroad. To tell the saga of Jackson’s presidency, acclaimed author Jon Meacham goes inside the Jackson White House. Drawing on newly discovered family letters and papers, he details the human drama–the family, the women, and the inner circle of advisers–that shaped Jackson’s private world through years of storm and victory.One of our most significant yet dimly recalled presidents, Jackson was a battle-hardened warrior, the founder of the Democratic Party, and the architect of the presidency as we know it. His story is one of violence, sex, courage, and tragedy. With his powerful persona, his evident bravery, and his mystical connection to the people, Jackson moved the White House from the periphery of government to the center of national action, articulating a vision of change that challenged entrenched interests to heed the popular will–or face his formidable wrath. The greatest of the presidents who have followed Jackson in the White House–from Lincoln to Theodore Roosevelt to FDR to Truman–have found inspiration in his example, and virtue in his vision.Jackson was the most contradictory of men. The architect of the removal of Indians from their native lands, he was warmly sentimental and risked everything to give more power to ordinary citizens. He was, in short, a lot like his country: alternately kind and vicious, brilliant and blind; and a man who fought a lifelong war to keep the republic safe–no matter what it took. Jon Meacham in American ... In Stock $30.00 $16.00 Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time Brand: Penguin (Non-Classics) - Part: The astonishing, uplifting story of a real-life Indiana Jones and his humanitarian campaign to use education to combat terrorism in the Taliban’s backyard Anyone w... In Stock $15.00 $7.00 Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance Brand: Crown - Part: Nine years before the Senate campaign that made him one of the most influential and compelling voices in American politics, Barack Obama published this lyrical, unse... In Stock $25.95 $15.43 The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression Brand: Harper Perennial - Part: In The Forgotten Man, Amity Shlaes, one of the nation's most-respected economic commentators, offers a striking reinterpretation of the Great Depression. She traces... In Stock $15.95 $8.44 The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World Brand: Penguin Press HC, The - Part: Niall Ferguson follows the money to tell the human story behind the evolution of finance, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest upheavals on what he ... In Stock $29.95 $19.12 The Post-American World Brand: W. W. Norton - Part: Book Description "This is not a book about the decline of America, but rather about the rise of everyone else." So begins Fareed Zakaria's important new work on the era we are now entering. Following on the success of his best-selling The ... In Stock $25.95 $14.44 Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief Brand: Penguin Press HC, The - Part: James McPherson, a bestselling historian of the Civil War, illuminates how Lincoln worked with—and often against— his senior commanders to defeat the Confederacy a... In Stock $35.00 $19.50 The Wordy Shipmates Brand: Riverhead Hardcover - Part: The Wordy Shipmates is New York Times–bestselling author Sarah Vowell’s exploration of the Puritans and their journey to America to become the people of John Winth... In Stock $25.95 $14.41 Kill Bin Laden: A Delta Force Commander's Account of the Hunt for the World's Most Wanted Man Brand: St. Martin's Press - Part: The mission was to kill the most wanted man in the world--an operation of such magnitude that it couldn’t be handled by just any military or intelligence force... In Stock $25.95 $16.51 Showing 1 - 10 of 1244632 Products Page 1 <-- Page 1 --> Page 2