Robert Lacey

Excellent condition. FORD is above all the story of a handful of powerful individuals whose ambitions have helped shape modern American society 

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Florida

The Men and the Machine

Ford

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Benjamin J. Stein

Excellent condition. Like new. The untold story of Michael Mullen and the conspiracy to bilk the nation 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

The Untold Story of Michael Milken and the Conspiracy to Bilk the Nation

Reveals how Michael Milken sold $200 billion of junk bonds, turned corporate America upside down, and cost the taxpayers billions, leading to an eeconomic recession

A License to Steal

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M. Joycelyn Elders

David Chanoff

Excellent condition. Like new
From Sharecroppers Daughter to Surgeon General of the United States of America 

From Sharecropper's Daughter to Surgeon General of the United States of America

A great deal of controversy has surrounded both the tenure and resignation of former Surgeon General Jocelyn Elders. Now, for the first time, Dr. Elders shares both the travails and triumphs of her life in an autobiography which is not only a political memoir chock full of insider information, but also a chronicle of the triumphant rise of a great-granddaughter of slaves and impoverished child of sharecroppers to the highest medical position in the Unites States. of photos.

Joycelyn Elders, M. D.

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Paul Kendrick

Stephen Kendrick

Excellent condition. Like new. How a Revolutionary Black Liberator Struggled to End Slavery and Save the Union 

How a Revolutionary Black Leader and a Reluctant Liberator Struggled to End Slavery and Save the Union

Describes how two towering figures of the nineteenth century--Abraham Lincoln and Federick Douglass--set the groundwork in three historic meetings to abolish slavery in the United States, despite their differing perspectives on the war and the institution of slavery.

Douglass and Lincoln

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Carl Blumay

Henry Edwards

The Real Armand Hammer

At his death in 1990, multimillionaire capitalist Armand Hammer was known as a philanthropist, a peacemaker, and a family man. Now close Hammer associate Carl Blumay reveals the powerful Hammer's dark side--his marriages, his self-serving deals, sly maneuvers for political favors, ruthless manipulation of business associates, and more. Here at last is the truth about the myth that the man himself created. Photographs.

Dark Side of Power

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Richard B. Myers

Malcolm McConnell

Richard Myers

Excellent condition. Like new. General Richard B. Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the critical four years following September 11, 2001, looks back over his career and provides a candid, revealing insider’s view of the war on terror and proposes a bold new plan that will prepare America for the diverse national security challenges of the twenty first century 

Serving on the Front Lines of National Security

Even centuries later, the final decades of the twentieth century are still regarded as one of the darkest and most perilous chapters in the history of humanity Now, as an ancient and forbidden technology tempts mankind once more, Captain James T. Kirk of the "Starship Enterprise(TM)" must probe deep into the secrets of the past, to discover the true origins of the dreaded Eugenics Wars -- and of perhaps the greatest foe he has ever faced.
1974 A.D. An international consortium of the world's top scientists have conspired to create the Chrysalis Project, a top-secret experiment in human genetic engineering. The project's goal is the creation of a new super-race to take command of the entire planet.
Gary Seven, an undercover operative for an advanced alien species, is alarmed by the project's objectives; he knows too well the apocalyptic consequences of genetic manipulation. But he may already be too late. One generation of super-humans has already been conceived. Seven watches as the children of Chrysalis-in particular, a brilliant youth named Khan Noonien Singh -- grow to adulthood. Can Khan's dark destiny be averted -- or is Earth doomed to fight Singh a global battle for supremacy?
"The Eugenics Wars: Volume One" is a fast-paced thriller that explores the rise of the conqueror known as Khan.

Eyes on the Horizon

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Garry Wills

Excellent condition. Like new. A landmark examination of Christianity’s place in American life across the broad sweep of this country’s history, from the Puritans to the presidential administration of George W. Bush 

American Christianities

Gary Wills has won significant acclaim for his bestselling works of religion and history. Here, for the first time, he combines both disciplines in a sweeping examination of Christianity in America throughout the last 400 years. Wills argues that the struggle now'as throughout our nation's history'is between the head and the heart, reason and emotion, enlightenment and Evangelism. A landmark volume for anyone interested in either politics or religion, Head and Heart concludes that, while religion is a fertile and enduring force in American politics, the tension between the two is necessary, inevitable, and unending.

Head and Heart

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David Brock

A biography of the controversial first lady examines the political and social influences that have shaped her, her role in the Clinton White House, and her struggle to maintain her personal and political integrity

The Seduction of Hillary Rodham

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Mark K. Updegrove

Like new. Please see pictures. Americans have long been defined by how they face adversity. This is perhaps nowhere more evident than in how the nation’s chief executives have tackled myriad issues upon entering the White House…

Eight Presidents Who Took Office in Times of Crisis

Americans have long been defined by how they face adversity. This is perhaps nowhere more evident than in how the nation’s chief executive has tackled myriad issues upon entering the White House. The ways that U.S. presidents handle the vast responsibilities of the Oval Office determine the fate of the nation---and, in many cases, the fate of the world. In this fascinating narrative, presidential historian Mark Updegrove looks at eight U.S. presidents who inherited unprecedented crises immediately upon assuming the reigns of power. George Washington led a fragile and fledgling nation while defining the very role of the presidency. When Thomas Jefferson entered the White House, he faced a nation bitterly divided by a two-party schism far more severe than anything encountered today. John Tyler stepped into the office of the presidency during the constitutional crisis left by the first death of a sitting president. Abraham Lincoln inherited a divided nation on the brink of war. Franklin D. Roosevelt sought to quell America’s fears during the depths of the Great Depression. His successor, Harry S. Truman, was sworn in as commander in chief at the close of World War II, and John F. Kennedy stepped into the increasingly heated atmosphere of the cold war. In the wake of Watergate, the first unelected president, Gerald R. Ford, aimed to end America’s “long national nightmare.” As the forty-fourth president takes office, Updegrove presents a timely look at these chief executives and the challenges they faced. In examining the ways in which presidents have addressed crises, Baptism by Fire illustrates the importance of character in leadership—and in the resilience of America itself.

Baptism by Fire

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Ron Suskind

Book is in excellent condition. Like new. Please see pictures. A story of truth and hope in an age of extremism 

A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism

From Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author Ron Suskind comes a startling look at how America lost its way and at the nation's struggle, day by day, to reclaim the moral authority upon which its survival depends. From the White House to Downing Street, from the fault-line countries of South Asia to the sands of Guant#65533;namo, Suskind offers an astonishing story that connects world leaders to the forces waging today's shadow wars and to the next generation of global citizens. Tracking down truth and hope within the Beltway and far beyond it, Suskind delivers historic disclosures with this emotionally stirring and strikingly original portrait of the post-9/11 world.

In a sweeping, propulsive, and multilayered narrative, The Way of the World investigates how America relinquished the moral leadership it now desperately needs to fight the real threat of our era: a nuclear weapon in the hands of terrorists. Truth, justice, and accountability become more than mere words in this story. Suskind shows where the most neglected dangers lie in the story of "The Armageddon Test" --a desperate gamble to send undercover teams into the world's nuclear black market to frustrate the efforts of terrorists trying to procure weapons-grade uranium. In the end, he finally reveals for the first time the explosive falsehood underlying the Iraq War and the entire Bush presidency.

While the public and political realms struggle, The Way of the World simultaneously follows an ensemble of characters in America and abroad who are turning fear and frustration into a desperate--and often daring--brand of human salvation. They include a striving, twenty-four-year-old Pakistani #65533;migr#65533;, a fearless UN refugee commissioner, an Afghan teenager, a Holocaust survivor's son, and Benazir Bhutto, who discovers, days before her death, how she's been abandoned by the United States at her moment of greatest need. They are all testing American values at a time of peril, and discovering solutions--human solutions--to so much that has gone wrong.

For anyone hoping to exercise truly informed consent and begin the process of restoring the values and hope--along with the moral clarity and earned optimism--at the heart of the American tradition, The Way of the World is a must-read.

The Way of the World

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Stephen W. Hines

Book is in excellent condition. Like new. Please see pictures. Americas favorite storyteller as remembered by her family, friends, and neighbors 

A collection of stories, letters, interviews, and recollections of Laura Ingalls Wilder in her youth and adult years, including recipes for Ma's famous pickles and other dishes she knew

I Remember Laura

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Emily Couric

Book is in excellent condition. Like new. Please see pictures. Profiles 10 noted attorneys and their clients in ten groundbreaking cases. 

The People and Stories Behind Ten Dramatic Divorce Cases

The Divorce Lawyers

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Sheryl Weinstein

Book is in excellent condition. Like new. Please see pictures. 

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Love, Money, Bernie, and Me

Nobody knew Bernie like I did, and nobody knows about me…

Sheryl Weinstein met Bernie Madoff when she was just shy of forty, and went on to have a twenty-year secret, intimate relationship with the man now known as an evil mastermind, a villain of the greatest proportions. 

It was 1988 and Sheryl was facing a huge dilemma.  Bernie Madoff was paying her a great deal of attention.  She was in the midst of a rocky marriage and feeling vulnerable, when the powerful Wall Street mogul began making overtures.  As a successful CPA and head of a major charitable organization, she had a lot to lose.  She directed him to take things slowly. 

Over the next five years, there were business meetings over lunch, followed by intimate dinners in hotel rooms and finally, private moments that for a time seemed intensely satisfying to them both. “I’m not to be trusted,” he once told her casually. She ignored it, having no idea how prophetic those words would be.  After all, her relationship with Bernie was passionate and profound.  She felt desirable.  She was the one nobody knew about, with the window into the real man.  So careful about investing her money, when the SEC cleared him in 1992 she decided to get in all the way--with her heart, her soul--and her financial future.

Sheryl was in the wrong place at the wrong time.  She couldn't possibly have imagined the devastation that would befall her.  Learning the truth was shattering on so many levels. 

Many books are being written about the scale of Madoff's fraud, but until now, nothing has shown the man through private eyes.  Sheryl Weinstein's riveting story reveals a Madoff who will shock and surprise you.  From the boardroom to the bedroom, in each other, the two found something that had been lacking in their own lives.  It's a story with tragic overtones--a drama that only now could find a devastating conclusion.

Madoff's Other Secret

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Douglass H. Hubbard

A Naval Intelligence Memoir

Special Agent, Vietnam

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Patricia Beard

Book is in excellent condition. Like new. Please see pictures. The inside story of the power struggle that rocked Wall Street’s most prestigious financial institution. 

The Fight for the Soul of Morgan Stanley

The inside story of the power struggle that rocked Wall Street's most prestigious financial institution What began with a shot over the bow ended in a shocking coup d'etat. In less than four months a group of eight retired executives orchestrated a stunning revolt within Morgan Stanley, the venerable and—until recently—most successful financial services firm on Wall Street. Now acclaimed journalist and historian Patricia Beard brings together the entire behind-the-scenes story in Blue Blood and Mutiny, a real-life business thriller exposing the tale that shook high finance. In March 2005 the business world woke up to an unprecedented full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal calling for the removal of Morgan Stanley's CEO. It was paid for by a cohort of eight former Morgan Stanley executives, including an ex-chairman and an ex-president, who soon would be dubbed the "Eight Grumpy Old Men." Their target was CEO Philip Purcell, a midwesterner who had come to power following Morgan Stanley's 1997 merger with Dean Witter Discover, where Purcell had been chief executive. In his eight years as CEO, Purcell had presided over a 50 percent decline in stock price since its peak in 2000 and a series of high-profile government and civil lawsuits that had tarnished the company's once-sterling reputation. Just a few months after the Journal ad, Purcell would retire under pressure, and former president John Mack, who had been pushed out by Purcell, was appointed CEO. The "Eight Grumpy Old Men" won the battle. The revolt of the Eight is about more than the stock price, or any bottom-line metrics: it signals a clash of cultures and a battle for the soul of American business. Since its founding, Morgan Stanley has been an elite enterprise guided by J. P. Morgan Jr.'s motto "A First Class Business in a First Class Way." The House of Morgan stood for something larger than success with honor; its ethos was unique—some would say sacred—and the eight retired executives believed this ideal had been undermined during Purcell's reign. Opening the long-closed doors of a bastion of Wall Street that has maintained the strictest privacy until now, Blue Blood and Mutiny weaves the history of Morgan Stanley with the inside story of the fight for dominance between two competing business cultures—one, the collegial meritocracy handed down from the days of J. P. Morgan, and the other, a cold, contemporary corporate model. Here is the season's must-read book for anyone who wants to understand the future of American business.

Blue Blood and Mutiny

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Jan Karon

A final volume in the popular Mitford Years series finds Father Tim contemplating the revival of a remote mountaintop church, a challenge he hopes will be his ultimate calling but fears will be an impossible task. By the author of At Home in Mitford. 1,200,000 first printing.

Light from Heaven

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Joseph Cicippio

Richard Hope

Dan Rather

Book is in excellent condition. Like new. Please see pictures. Beirut hostage, Joseph Cicippio, writes about his horrendous ordeal in this groundbreaking book 

The Joseph Cicippio Five-Year Hostage Ordeal

Chains to Roses

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James Traub

Book is in excellent condition. Like new. Please see pictures. The story of Wedtech is a narrative of human folly on an extravagant scale…

The Outlandish Story of Wedtech

The story of the rise and fall of Wedtech and of corrupt practices in the awarding of defense contracts.

Too Good to Be True

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Gary Rivlin

Book is in excellent condition. Like new. Please see pictures. This is the story of Washington’s improbable victory over Jane Byrne, heir to the late Richard J Daley’s political empire, and over Daley’s eldest son…

Chicago's Harold Washington and the Politics of Race

Fire on the Prairie

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Kevin Phillips

Item is in good condition. Some spotting on pages. 

Wealth and the American Electorate in the Reagan Aftermath

Assesses the political and economic implications of America's new rich and their money culture and the future of U.S. politics

The Politics of Rich and Poor

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Emily Cho

Hermine Lueders

Book is in excellent condition. Like new. Please see pictures. Distilled from her years as Americas best-known image consultant, Emily Cho gives you the kind of help you need to live all your lives…on the job and off. 

Looking, Working, Living Terrific 24 Hours a Day

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Michael Schmidt

Book is in excellent condition. Like new. Please see pictures. Since the reunification of Germany in the fall of 1989, the world has witnessed the widespread and terrible growth of racial, xenophobic, and fascistic outbursts throughout the country…

Violent Extremism in Unified Germany and Beyond

Since reunification in the fall of 1989, the world has witnessed the terrible and widespread growth of racial, economic, and fascistic outbursts in the German state. From the legacy of the Nazis to the advent of historical revisionism about the Holocaust to the skinhead shock-troops of today, this book explores an issue at the heart of our politics, whether in Western Europe or America.

The New Reich

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E. J. Bird

Book is in excellent condition. Like new. Please see pictures. An Anasazi boy living long ago in the cliffs of the American Southwest shares a series of adventures with his pet bear and his best friend during his eleventh summer. 

The Rainmakers

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Susan Bixler

Book is in excellent condition. Please see pictures. Marketing yourself visually by Americas top corporate image consultant 

Abstract: The importance of non-verbal communication and the power of visual projection are demonstrated in this guide to developing a professional image. The two components of non-verbal communication that are discussed are wardrobe and body language. Wardrobe includes clothing, accessories, make-up, hair and skin care, and grooming. Recommendations are given for dressing appropriately to suit variables such as type of industry, business occasion , audience, climate, and region. Advantages of "classic" dressing are listed. Shopping tips on clothing color, fabric, and style are described. Aspects of body language include making entrances, shaking hands, making eye contact, and positioning the body. Suggestions are given for using body language effectively in a business setting. The rules of corporate etiquette are described. The interview image is discussed and specific suggestions are made for making a good first impression. Tips for presenting a particular image at "special" business functions are given. Additional features include wardrobe inventories for men and women that can be used to develop new clothing combinations and assess future wardrobe needs. (AJ).

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