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Author
Publisher
William Morrow/HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
"Newly updated, the definitive biography of the forty-seventh Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden, which examines the fascinating life of a man who has shaped Washington politics for more than four decades, including his years in the Obama White House."--Amazon.com.
Author
Language
English
Description
This is the story of a man who faced down personal challenges and tragedy, to become a public servant who refuses to be cynical about political leadership. As a senator from Delaware since 1973, Joe Biden has been a witness to the major events of the past four decades and a relentless actor in trying to shape recent American history. Here he reveals what these experiences taught him about himself, his colleagues, and the institutions of government....
Author
Publisher
Threshold Editions
Language
English
Description
"In his unmistakable voice and with an insider's eye on history, former Vice President Dick Cheney tells the story of his life and the nearly four decades he has spent at the center of American politics and power"--
"A memoir from the former Vice President of the United States"--
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Draws on unpublished memoirs, unreleased government files, private papers, and interviews with Kennedy's close family and colleagues to chronicle his transformation from 1950s cold warrior to a liberal champion of the working class, the poor, and minorities.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A revelatory new portrait of Robert F. Kennedy by the anchor of MSNBC's Hardball depicts him as a perpetual family underdog, sharing insights into his decision to join the military as a common sailor, his ability to connect with voters from all walks of life and his assassination during his 1968 campaign.
Author
Publisher
Three Rivers Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"The ultimate guide to America's favorite vice president, filled with all of the key moments, all of the lessons, and none of the malarkey. The aviators. The Amtrak. The ice cream cones. The memes. Few politicians are as iconic, or as beloved, as Joe Biden. Now, in The Book of Joe, Biden fans will finally have the definitive look at America's favorite vice president-and what he can teach us. Structured around key moments in Biden's life and career-and...
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Pub
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
A memoir in which Pat Schroeder recalls her twenty-four years as a member of the House of Representatives, discussing her struggle to balance her family life and career; telling of the presidents, House speakers, and other high-profile people she served with; and reviewing some of the important issues she championed.
10) Goldwater
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c1988
Language
English
Description
Goldwater relates his private and public life as a legislator whose career in the Senate spanned four decades.
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The epic, definitive biography of Ted Kennedy--an immersive journey through the life of a complicated man and a sweeping history of the fall of liberalism and the collapse of political morality. Edward M. Kennedy was never expected to succeed. The youngest of nine, he lacked his brothers' natural gifts and easy grace. Yet after winning election to the Senate at the tender age of thirty, he became the most consequential legislator of his lifetime,...
Author
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Joe Biden was elected president in 2020. His supporters saw their candidate's ultimate victory as a triumph for their vision of America. Few political leaders in American history have had as long a career in politics and government as Biden"--
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A portrayal of Joe Biden's long and eventful career in the Senate, his eight years as Obama's vice president, his sojourn in the political wilderness after being passed over for Hillary Clinton in 2016, his decision to challenge Donald Trump for the presidency, and his choice of Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bearport Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Long-serving congressman, Vice President, and now President. Joe Biden's journey to the highest position in the land has been long and winding. As a child, he didn't let his stutter stop him from success; as a senator, he carried on despite personal heartbreak; and now, as president, we'll see all this man can do. Learn about the spectacular life of America's 46th president"--
19) Pure Goldwater
Author
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Profiles the life and political career of Senator Barry Goldwater, drawing on his private journals, correspondence, and interviews to shed new light on the man, the politician, and his place in the American political landscape.
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
If any two people can be called indispensable in launching the conservative movement in American politics, they are William F. Buckley Jr. and Barry Goldwater. Buckley's National Review was at the center of conservative political analysis from the mid-fifties onward. But the policy intellectuals knew that to actually change the way the country was run, they needed a presidential candidate, and the man they turned to was Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater....
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