In best selling author Walter Isaacson`s vivid and witty full-scale biography, we discover why Franklin turns to us... ... Read More

ISBN:  0-7435-3365-8
Author:  Walter Isaacson

We`ve heard the name "Condoleezza Rice" over and over again as the spokesperson for President George W. Bush in matters of national security and foreign affairs.... ... Read More

ISBN:  1-58926-139-9
Author:  Antonia Felix

An American icon and hero faces a nation and a world in transition. ... Read More

ISBN:  1-55927-770-X
Author:  Tom Wicker

Written by acclaimed historian Douglas Brinkley, this is the first full-scale, intimate account of John Kerry`s Navy career.... ... Read More

ISBN:  0-06-058371-1
Author:  Douglas Brinkley

A comprehensive account of the rise and fall of one of the major shapers of American foreign policy. ... Read More

ISBN:  1-55927-917-6
Author:  HW Brands

Charlemagne was easily one of the most fascinating figures in Western civilization, as well as the most heroic and romantic.... ... Read More

ISBN:  1-929718-47-0
Author:  Richard Winston

An abused child, yet confident of her destiny to reign, a woman in a man`s world, passionately sexual yet, she said, a virgin, Elizabeth I was to be famed as England`s most successful ruler.... ... Read More

ISBN:  0-7540-0716-2
Author:  David Starkey

Roosevelt`s presidency was one of the most eventful in U.S. history... ... Read More

ISBN:  1-59397-352-7
Author:  Roy Jenkins

The life of Harry S. Truman is one of the greatest of American stories, filled with vivid characters and dramatic events.... ... Read More

ISBN:  1-4025-8178-5
Author:  David McCullough

As a general, Ulysses S. Grant is routinely described in glowing terms: the man who turned the tide of the Civil War, who accepted Lee`s surrender at Appomattox.... ... Read More

ISBN:  1-59397-542-2
Author:  Josiah Bunting III

In a rich and riveting narrative, Jane Dunn reveals the extraordinary rivalry between regal cousins.... ... Read More

ISBN:  0-7366-9730-6
Author:  Jane Dunn

Wealthy Virginia planter, revolutionary general, and founding president, George Washington was the most illustrious public man of his time.... ... Read More

ISBN:  1-55927-993-1
Author:  James MacGregor Burns ,  Susan Dunn

Of all the crowned heads of Europe, there was none to match the dignity, grace, and magnificence of Louis XIV, the greatest king in French history.... ... Read More

ISBN:  1-929718-49-7
Author:  Nancy Mitford

From the dignified grace of Augustus to the cruel debauchery of Nero, this history chronicles all the vices and virtues of the first twelve rulers of Imperial Rome.... ... Read More

ISBN:  1-929718-39-X
Author:  Suetonius

As a naval officer, P.O.W., and one of America`s most admired political leaders, John McCain has seen countless acts of bravery and self-sacrifice.... ... Read More

ISBN:  1-415900-24-8
Author:  John McCain with Mark Salter