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A full life

reflections at ninety
2015
Reaching his ninetieth birthday, Jimmy Carter--thirty-ninth President, Nobel Peace Prize winner, and international humanitarian--reflects on his public and private life.

Redeemer

the life of Jimmy Carter
2014
A biography of President Jimmy Carter that includes a discuss about how the progressive principles of a born-again Evangelical Christian peanut farmer, which included racial justice, women's rights, and concern for the plight of the poor, won the presidency in 1976.

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a portrait of my father
George W. Bush covers the entire scope of the elder President Bush's life and career, including his service in the Pacific during World War II, his pioneering work in the Texas oil business, and his political rise as a Congressman, U.S. Representative to China and the United Nations, CIA Director, Vice President, and 41st President of the United States.

Prophet from Plains

Jimmy Carter and his legacy
2007

Living faith

2001
Former President Jimmy Carter shares the values, experiences, and Christian beliefs that have shaped his life, offering lessons from the Bible and personal experience, and sharing stories of people whose lives have touched his in positive, lasting ways.

Thirteen days in September

Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David
Examines the history of the thirteen days President Jimmy Carter, Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin, and Egyptian president Anwar Sadat spent in 1978 at Camp David, culminating in the signing of the first peace treaty in the modern Middle East, between Israel and Egypt.

Israel through my lens

sixty years as a photojournalist
2007
David Rubinger provides an account of his sixty years as a photojournalist in Israel, sharing the stories behind some of his most famous pictures, telling of the personalities he has met and photographed, and chronicling the changes that have occurred in the country since he began his work. Includes reproductions of Rubinger's personal and professional photographs.

Far from home

memories of World War II and afterward
2005
The author presents the second installment of her autobiography where she describes her life from her move to Washington to the present.

Chief of staff

Lyndon Johnson and his presidency
2004
William Marvin Watson chronicles the experiences he had while serving as Lyndon Johnson's Chief of Staff, offering an inside look at the President and life in the White House.

City room

2003
Arthur Gelb chronicles the forty-five years he spent working for "The New York Times", recounting the events and personalities that had the most impact on his life and career.

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