Reader's Advisory: Presidential Reading Here are just a few of the books that would never have been published if the current executive order limiting access to past presidential records had been in effect at that time. There are more than a few Pulitzer Prize winners among them. By Order of the President: The Use and Abuse of Executive Direct Action (Studies in Government and Public Policy) By Phillip J. Cooper Scholars and citizens alike have endlessly debated the proper limits of presidential action within our democracy. Yet few have truly understood the nature of the president's special powers and their impact on American life. In this volume, Phillip Cooper offers a cogent guide to these powers and shows how presidents from George Washington to George W. Bush have used and abused them in trying to realize their visions for the nation. ISBN: 0700611797 Publisher: University Press of Kansas US SRP: $ 39.95 US - (Discount: 10%) Binding: Hardcover Pub Date: June 2002 Eleanor and Harry: The Correspondence of Eleanor Roosevelt and Harry S Truman By Steve Neal This collection of the never-before-seen correspondence of Harry S Truman and Eleanor Roosevelt sheds important light on the relationship between two giants of 20th century American history. 20 photos. ISBN: 0743202430 Hardcover: $ 26.00 Pub Date: September 2002 Publisher: Scribner Book Company Grant By Jean Edward Smith Jean Smith has written a complete one-volume life of Ulysses S. Grant, the triumphant Union general and--in Smith's opinion--the underestimated president. He defends Grant's generalship, showing how his strategy brought victory to the Union and offers a convincing reevaluation of Grant's two terms in office. Grant will stir controversy among historians and will be avidly read by anyone with an interest in the Civil War. Photos. Maps. ISBN: 0684849267 Hardcover: $ 35.00 Pub Date: April 2001 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books The Great Tax Wars: Lincoln to Wilson: The Fierce Battles Over Money and Power That Transformed the Nation By Steven R. Weisman An insightful and important account of how the income tax was born--and how it became an instrument for social change and political power. This is the story of a crucial 60-year period of radical change in America, from the Civil War to World War I, when class war was narrowly averted, a nation built, and global power established. ISBN: 0684850680 Hardcover: $ 27.00 Pub Date: September 2002 Publisher: Simon & Schuster John Adams By David McCullough In his first book since Truman, one of America's most distinguished and popular biographers breathes life into history with this compelling look at the second president of the United States, John Adams. More than just a biography, this book looks at the birth of a young republic and explores the extraordinary factors that transformed 13 colonies into a united nation. ISBN: 0684813637 Hardcover: $ 35.00 Pub Date: May 2001 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Lincoln By David Herbert Donald The phenomenal national bestseller that is "the Lincoln biography for this generation" (Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.)--now in paperback. Drawing on resources not available until recently--including Lincoln's personal papers, archives, and newspaper reports--two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Herbert Donald presents a masterful account of Lincoln's rise to the presidency and the political and personal challenges he faced while in office. ISBN: 068482535X Paperback: $ 18.00 Pub Date: November 1996 Publisher: Touchstone Books Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson Culture By Robert A. Caro At the heart of this work is its unprecedented revelation of how legislative power works. Interweaving his narrative with a brilliantly astute and concise history of the Senate, Caro shows readers how political initiatives triumph or fail and how political genius functions. ISBN: 0394528360 Hardcover: $ 35.00 Pub Date: April 2002 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-63 By Taylor Branch Hailed as the most masterful story ever told of the American civil rights movement, Parting the Waters is destined to endure for generations. Branch provides an unsurpassed portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, rise to greatness and illuminates the courage, the deals, betrayals, and rivalries that determined history. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times Book Review, The Boston Globe, and the Los Angeles Times. ISBN: 0671687425 Paperback: $ 16.00 Pub Date: November 1989 Publisher: Touchstone Books Theodore Rex By Edmund Morris In the long-awaited sequel to The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, that won the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award for biography, Morris tells the story of Teddy Roosevelt's two successful terms as president of the United States. Photos throughout. ISBN: 0394555090 Hardcover: $ 35.00 Pub Date: November 2001 Publisher: Random House Trade Truman By David McCullough Huge, ambitious, and perfectly realized, Truman is an American masterpiece about the most American of Americans, a man who confounded the nation and the world by achieving a greatness all his own after coming to the presidency in FDR's giant shadow. An extraordinary and deeply moving biography, at once spare in its style yet rich in emotion and in detail. 48 pages of photographs. ISBN: 0671456547 Hardcover: $ 40.00 Pub Date: June 1992 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For even more books that would never have been published, check out the list on ipage®. Back to The In-gram Newsletter | Contact Us | Privacy Policy About The In-gram | Ingram Library Services | ipage.ingrambook.com Copyright 2003, Ingram Library Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved.