BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads Of State from YJS BOXES OF BOOKS

President Bill Clinton My Life is the strikingly candid portrait of a global leader who decided early in life to devote his intellectual and political gifts, and his extraordinary capacity for hard work, to serving the public. It shows us the progress of a remarkable American, who, through his own enormous energies and efforts, made the unlikely journey from Hope,… Read more about this item

A presidential memoir of lasting importance, Carter's account of his rural Depression boyhood is a portrait of pre-Civil Rights Georgia that dramatizes unforgettably how the country has changed. It is, in many ways, a stunning and honest biography of the American South, written by one of its most talented sons. Simon & Schuster, First Edition, First Printing, 1/11/2001. Full #'s Line… Read more about this item

"Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye": Memories of John Fitzgerald Kennedy is a 1972 memoir of John F. Kennedy, written by two of his closest friends and advisors, David Powers and Kenneth O'Donnell, in collaboration with journalist Joe McCarthy. The book was a best-seller and was later adapted into a television movie of the same title in 1977. Little, Brown and Co,… Read more about this item

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., chronicles the short life of the Kennedy family's second presidential hopeful in "a story that leaves the reader aching for what cannot be recaptured" (Miami Herald). Schlesinger's account vividly recalls the forces that shaped Robert Kennedy, from his position as the third son of a powerful Irish Catholic political clan to his concern for issues of… Read more about this item

The Pulitzer prize-winning newsman's analysis of Kennedy's ideological journey toward increasing radicalism and a personal account of his subsequent successes (and single major defeat) along the campaign trail. Halberstam shows how Kennedy in his role as leader of the honorable opposition in the Democratic party became the caustic critic of the administration's ghetto policies as well as a more cautious… Read more about this item

In George Washington's Expense Account -- the best-selling expense account in history -- Kitman shows how Washington brilliantly turned his noble gesture of refusing payment for his services as commander in chief of the Continental Army into an opportunity to indulge his insatiable lust for fine food and drink, extravagant clothing, and lavish accommodations. In a close analysis of the… Read more about this item

Drawing on previously unknown personal documents, a study of F.B.I. files, and the presidential papers of nine administrations, this biography reveals the public record and private life of J. Edgar Hoover, America's most controversial law enforcer. The Free Press, First Edition, First Printing 03/02/1987. Full #'s line 1-10. Near Fine, clean, vibrant, no bumped corners. Dj Near… Read more about this item

This carries on the autobiography begun in This Is My Story, published in 1937, and carrying her life up to her husband's election as Governor of New York. There has been eager curiosity-and some concern- about the possible revelations this second volume (which ends with his death) might make. Reading the script convinces this reader, at least, that its popularity… Read more about this item

Decision Points is a memoir by former U.S. President George W. Bush. It was released on November 9, 2010, and the release was accompanied by national television appearances and a national tour. The book surpassed sales of two million copies less than two months after its release] breaking the record previously held by former President Bill Clinton's memoir My Life.… Read more about this item

Former Speaker of the House Marshall Cobleigh is a legend in New Hampshire politics. A significant force in legislature reform, he modernized the New Hampshire House of Representatives. His straight shooting style made him extremely controversial, but unlike many of today's politicians, "you always knew where Marshall stood." He desired a career of elected leadership that would culminate in becoming… Read more about this item

Churchill: Taken From the Diaries of Lord Moran: The Struggle for Survival, 1940-1965, by Charles McMoran Wilson Moran Winston Churchill's doctor, devoted friend, and confidant, Lord Moran, present a frank and intimate portrait of the Prime Minister from the tumultuous post-World War II years all the way up to his death in January 1965. In his unique position as a… Read more about this item

The Burden and the Glory, John F. Kennedy. The hopes and purposes of President Kennedy's second and third years in office as revealed in his public statements and addresses. Edited by Allan Nevins. Foreword by Lyndon B. Johnson. "It is the fate of this generation- of you in Congress and of me as President- to live with a struggle we did… Read more about this item

The Queen's personal life and her involvement in political crises are given equal attention in this detailed portrait of the British royal family in the twentieth century. With 32 pages of illustrations. WINDSOR GENEOLOGICAL CHART,dual end pages. With Prologue. A Note on Names. Royal Homes and Palace. Harcourt, First Edition , First Printing, 03/01/1977. Book is Near Mint clean and… Read more about this item

Published The personal correspondences of Mary Todd Lincoln create an intimate portrait of her life and marriage to Lincoln as well as her struggles after his death. Six hundred letters, many of them written in moments of desperation,many black and white pictures. Alfred A Knopf, New York, First Edition , 5th Printing 01/1973. Stated: Published September 27,1972, Reprinted Three Times… Read more about this item

Recollections of the late President by his Special Counsel. Covering the 1953-63 period, this is a "portrait of Kennedy's emergence into political maturity and of his increased knowledge of the country, of world affairs, of his own abilities and of administrative tactics as he fought the tough political battles of 1956-1960. Most of all, the book shows the man at… Read more about this item

Pierre Salinger offers an expert and warmly human perspective on the founding and forging of the New Frontier and the fantastic complexities and pressures that go with being press secretary to the president of the United States. (Good Read) Pierre Emil George Salinger (June 14, 1925 – October 16, 2004) was an American politician, author and journalist. He served as the… Read more about this item

Profiles in Courage is a 1957 Pulitzer Prize-winning volume of short biographies describing acts of bravery and integrity by eight United States Senators throughout the Senate's history. The book profiles senators who defied the opinions of their party and constituents to do what they felt was right and suffered severe criticism and losses in popularity because of their actions. It… Read more about this item

Louis Fischer was a Jewish-American journalist. Among his works were a contribution to the ex-Communist treatise The God that Failed (1949), a Life of Mahatma Gandhi (1950), basis for the Academy Award-winning film Gandhi (1982), as well as a Life of Lenin, which won the 1965 National Book Award in History and Biography Harper & Row, 06/1964. First Edition. … Read more about this item

Set to publish for the 30th anniversary of RFK's assassination, this book is a major reassessment of the public and private life of Robert Kennedy and the heretofore unexamined politcal legacy he left behindLike Richard Nixon, Robert F. Kennedy continues to fascinate historians because of his Shakespearean complexity -- his ambivalent flirtation with the left combined with his tough law,… Read more about this item

Chosen and annotated by the president himself, these speeches collect his concerns, his political philosophy, the triumphs, and the challenges, of his eight years in office.