Elections category: 1210 books
Summary of The Bully Pulpit
by Doris Kearns Goodwin | Includes Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016
Summary of The Bully Pulpit by Doris Kearns Goodwin | Includes Analysis Preview: Doris Kearns Goodwin describes the life and leadership of Theodore Roosevelt in this historical work. Roosevelt emerges as a large-than-life character who takes on the financial trusts of huge...
Nixon & Rockefeller
A Double Portrait
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2016
A fascinating analysis of two of the most important figures in 1960s American politics, written during their battle for the GOP presidential nomination.
Richard Milhous Nixon was one of the most controversial politicians in America’s history: a California congressman, senator, vice president,...
Plunkitt of Tammany Hall
A Series of Very Plain Talks on Very Practical Politics
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1995
Plunkitt of Tammany Hall
A Series of Very Plain Talks on Very Practical Politics
William L. Riordan
“Nobody thinks of drawin’ the distinction between honest graft and dishonest graft.”
This classic work offers the unblushing, unvarnished wit and wisdom of one of the most fascinating figures...
The Persecution of Sarah Palin
How the Elite Media Tried to Bring Down a Rising Star
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2009
The real story of the Republican vice presidential nominee and her collision with the elite liberal media
As the second woman ever nominated as a candidate for vice president, Alaska governor Sarah Palin became an instant phenomenon. Americans were enthralled by a woman with charm, ambition,...
Adams vs. Jefferson
The Tumultuous Election of 1800
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2004
It was a contest of titans: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, two heroes of the Revolutionary era, once intimate friends, now icy antagonists locked in a fierce battle for the future of the United States. The election of 1800 was a thunderous clash of a campaign that climaxed in a deadlock in the Electoral...
A Call to Service
My Vision for a Better America
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2004
In more than three decades of public service, from the battlefields of Vietnam to the floor of the U.S. Senate, John Kerry has proven himself to be one of our country’s great statesmen. A leader noted as much for his independence as for his integrity, he has always been inspired by the principles...
by Jim Bishop
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
A minute-by-minute narrative account of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, The Day Kennedy Was Shot captures the action, mystery, and drama that unfolded on November 22, 1963.
Author Jim Bishop’s trademark hour-by-hour suspenseful storytelling drives this account of an unforgettable...
by Ted Rall
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Now a NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, Bernie is the must-have guidebook to the Bernie Sanders campaign -- and the uncompromising candidate behind it. Insightful, funny, and accessible, this biography-in-graphic-novel-form of the presidential candidate explains both his early life and political rise, but...
An American Voter
My Love Affair with Presidential Politics
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2008
When Joan Sullivan was sixteen, her sister got married on their sprawling farm in New Jersey. Bill Bradley, the senator and former NBA player, was among the guests. Suddenly, magically, Joan found herself on the basketball court with him. An athlete herself, awed by his dedication to both sports and...
Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?
And Other Questions You Should Have Answers to When You Work in the White House
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
New York Times bestseller!
If your funny older sister were the former deputy chief of staff to President Barack Obama, her behind-the-scenes political memoir would look something like this...
Alyssa Mastromonaco worked for Barack Obama for almost a decade, and long before his run for...
HRC
State Secrets and the Rebirth of Hillary Clinton
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2014
The mesmerizing story of Hillary Clinton's political rebirth, based on eyewitness accounts from deep inside her inner circle
Hillary Clinton’s surprising defeat in the 2008 Democratic primary brought her to the nadir of her political career, vanquished by a much younger opponent whose message...
The Audacity to Win
How Obama Won and How We Can Beat the Party of Limbaugh, Beck, and Palin
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2010
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David Plouffe not only led the effort that put Barack Obama in the White House, but he also changed the face of politics forever and reenergized the idea of democracy...
The Signal and the Noise
Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2012
"One of the more momentous books of the decade."—The New York Times Book Review
Nate Silver built an innovative system for predicting baseball performance, predicted the 2008 election within a hair’s breadth, and became a national sensation as a blogger—all by the time he was...
by Capitol Reader
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2013
This ebook consists of a summary of the ideas, viewpoints and facts presented by Richard J. Elkus, Jr. in his book “Winner Take All: How Competitiveness Shapes the Fate of Nations”. This summary offers a concise overview of the entire book in less than 30 minutes reading time. However this work does...