ex-presidents

"After serving the highest office of American government, five men--Jimmy Carter, the late George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama--became members ofthe world's most exclusive fraternity. [The author] reveals what life is like after the presidency, and uncovers the complex relationships among these former presidents, and first ladies, in a nation that has been upended by the Oval Office's current, norm-breaking occupant, President Donald Trump. With an empathetic yet critical eye--and drawing on an Oval Office meeting with Donald Trump, first-hand testimony from the Carters, and interviews with top aides, friends, and family members of the former presidents--[the author] takes us inside an exclusive world."--Dust jacket flap.

Examines the life of Bill Clinton through 150 chronologically and topically arranged interviews with friends, colleagues, and rivals of the former president, including Bob Dole, James Carville, and Tom Brokaw.

President Reagan insider, Peggy Grande, shares behind-the-scenes stories, intimate moments, and insights into his presidency. She began working in the Los Angeles office of Ronald Reagan as a college student and earned her way into a ten-year position as his executive assistant. Her stories and photographs show a unique and private side of a leader as he lived his presidency as well as an unparalled perspective on the post-presidency of a political icon. Through it all Ronald Reagan remained true to his core beliefs, gentlemanly kindness, undying hope for his country and the American values he represented: faith, optimism, and patriotism.

Pilot Craig Dayton stages a daring escape when he lands in Athens to find Greek officials waiting to arrest his passenger, former U.S. president John Harris, on an Interpol warrant, but once back in the air, Dayton realizes a treaty signed by almost every nation in the world leaves them with no safe place to land.

Contains four mystery stories featuring the sleuth team of Henry Parker Britland IV, a wealthy former president, and his young wife, Sunday, a newly elected Congresswoman.

Presents a humorous recap of George W. Bush's presidential legacy, and discusses the Iraq War, the Taliban, torture, the economic crisis, and more.

Examines presidential power within the context of U.S. history and the ongoing relationships presidents and ex-presidents formed with one another.

The first complete oral history of Bill Clinton and his presidency, it includes more than one hundred and fifty chronologically and topically arranged interviews with key figures.