Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?browse=true&N=3+7265+4294965275+6643 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1650581 In previous works the author has written powerfully about the relationship between personality and politics. This book represents the culmination of this approach to political history. Having written widely on civil rights and womens history, the author brings the themes of all his scholarship together in this book about the Clintons co-presidency, two people committed to both sex and race equality. From the beginning, he argues, the personal chemistry between the Clintons shaped definitively their political careers. She was instrumental in his triumphs as Arkansas governor and saved his presidential candidacy by standing with him during the Gennifer Flowers sex scandal. He responded by delegating presidential powers to her that no other First Lady had ever exercised. Often tempestuous, their relationship had as many lows as it did highs, but the trajectory of the Clintons political lives can only be understood through the prism of their personal relationship. Full of insights about health care, Kenneth Starr, and welfare reform, this work gives texture and depth to the Clintons lives, including the extent to which the Lewinsky scandal finally freed Hillary to become a politician in her own right and return to the consensus reformer she had been in college and law school. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1638502 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1567250 Provides a close examination of the final two years of the Bush Presidency in a revealing and riveting look at the new House of Representatives, elected in the history-making 2010 midterm elections. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668951 Presents the story of Gary Michael Hilton, a former Green Beret paratrooper and expert outdoorsman with a penchant for violence and depravity, who was convicted of murdering two young women and suspected of killing many others. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1468642 Condoleezza Rices compelling story of eight years serving at the highest levels of government. In her position as Americas chief diplomat, Rice traveled almost continuously around the globe, seeking common ground among sometimes bitter enemies, forging agreement on divisive issues, and compiling a remarkable record of achievement. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1568709 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1100577 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1111993 The never-before-told story of Laura Lings capture by the North Koreans and the role her sister played in bringing about her rescue by President Bill Clinton. A piercing look inside the worlds most secretive nation as well as a moving tale of sisterhood and love. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1189582 Decision Points is the extraordinary memoir of Americas 43rd president. Shattering the conventions of political autobiography, George W. Bush offers a strikingly candid journey through the defining decisions of his life while writing honestly and directly about his flaws and mistakes, as well as his accomplishments. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1059596 From the moment he set foot on it, Karl Rove has rocked Americas political stage. He ran the national College Republicans at 22, and turned a Texas dominated by Democrats into a bastion for Republicans. He launched George W. Bush to national renown by unseating a popular Democratic governor, and then orchestrated a GOP White House win at a time when voters had little reason to throw out the incumbent party. For engineering victory after unlikely victory, Rove became known as the Architect. Because of his success, Rove has been attacked his entire career, accused of everything from campaign chicanery to ideological divisiveness. In this frank memoir, Rove responds to critics, passionately articulates his political philosophy, and defends the choices he made on the campaign trail and in the White House.--From publisher description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1061358 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1117049 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1186973 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1185058 Decision Points is the extraordinary memoir of Americas 43rd president. Shattering the conventions of political autobiography, George W. Bush offers a strikingly candid journey through the defining decisions of his life while writing honestly and directly about his flaws and mistakes, as well as his accomplishments. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=973536 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1021559 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=830601 The long-hidden story of a family we thought we knew--and of a power-making apparatus that we have barely begun to comprehend. George W. Bush left office as one of the most unpopular presidents in American history. Russ Baker asks the question that lingers even as this benighted administration winds down: Who really wanted this man at the helm, and why did his backers promote him despite his obvious liabilities and limitations? This book goes deep behind the scenes to deliver an arresting new look at George W. Bush, his father George H. W. Bush, their family, and the network of figures in intelligence, the military, finance, and oil who enabled the familys rise to power. Baker offers new insights into lingering mysteries, from the death of John F. Kennedy to Richard Nixons downfall in Watergate, and helps us understand why we have not known these things before.--From publisher description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=760543 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=880014 William Jefferson Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States is undoubtedly the greatest American enigma of our age--a dark horse that captured the White House, fell from grace and was resurrected as an elder statesman whose popularity rises and falls based on the days sound bytes. John Gartners In Search of Bill Clinton unravels the mystery at the heart of Clintons complex nature and why so many people fall under his spell. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=772807 The former White House press secretary examines how and why the Bush administration went awry, providing a look at George W. Bush and his top aides in terms of such crises as Hurricane Katrina, the Iraq war, and Washingtons political infighting. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=761164 Provides tips on achieving success in business and in life, discussing thinking big, passion, instincts, creating luck, fear, revenge, momentum, and prenuptial agreements, and includes frequently asked questions and testimonials. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=724016 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=743835 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=688916 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=724002 In this press-wary administration, journalist Draper has accomplished a small miracle: He has knocked on all on the right doors, and thus become the first author to tell a personality-driven history of the Bush years. With access to all the key figures of this administration and perhaps 200 other players, Draper delivers an intimate portrait of a tumultuous decade and a beleaguered administration, with a special emphasis on how the very personality of this strong-willed president has affected the outcome of events. Though the headlines may be familiar, the details, the utterly inside account of how events transpired will come as fresh reportage to even the most devoted followers of mainstream media coverage. Draper allows us to witness in complete granularity the personal force of a president determined to achieve big things, who confronted the history of his time with what can surely be described as dead certainty.--From publisher description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=734257 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=700553 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=743826 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=654077 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=652783 State of Denial examines how the Bush administration avoided telling the truth about Iraq to the public, to Congress, and often to themselves. Two days after the May report, the Pentagon told Congress, in a report required by law, that the appeal and motivation for continued violent action will begin to wane in early 2007. In this detailed inside story of a war-torn White House, Bob Woodward reveals how White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card, with the indirect support of other high officials, tried for 18 months to get Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld replaced. The president and Vice President Cheney refused. At the beginning of Bushs second term, Stephen Hadley, who replaced Condoleezza Rice as national security adviser, gave the administration a D minus on implementing its policies. A secret report to the new Secretary of State Rice from her counselor stated that, nearly two years after the invasion, Iraq was a failed state. State of Denial reveals that at the urging of Vice President Cheney and Rumsfeld, the most frequent outside visitor and Iraq adviser to President Bush is former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who, haunted still by the loss in Vietnam, emerges as a hidden and potent voice. Woodward reveals that the secretary of defense himself believes that the system of coordination among departments and agencies is broken, and in a secret May 1, 2006, memo, Rumsfeld stated, the current system of government makes competence next to impossible. State of Denial answers the core questions: What happened after the invasion of Iraq? Why? How does Bush make decisions and manage a war that he chose to define his presidency? And is there an achievable plan for victory? Bob Woodwards third book on President Bush is a sweeping narrative - from the first days George W. Bush thought seriously about running for president through the recruitment of his national security team, the war in Afghanistan, the invasion and occupation of Iraq, and the struggle for political survival in the second term.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=604632 Journey with David Zeller as he travels from student life in California to a life of voluntary poverty in the countryside and villages of India, and back again - with plenty of stops in between. Through the gift of storytelling, Zeller will inspire and entertain you as he explains how the lessons he learned first-hand from spiritual luminaries as diverse as Carl Rogers, Ram Dass, Sai Baba, Nakasono Sensei, and Reb Gedaliah Kenig, among many others, ultimately became the stepping stones that allowed him to reclaim his own spiritual heritage with more passion and conviction that hed ever known before. Ideal for anyone who has ever wondered how - or if - exploring other spiritual traditions can enrich ones own, this compelling collection of Rabbi Zellers remarkable experiences within a variety of faiths assures us that no spiritual lesson truly learned is ever lost.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=659549 A biography of the forty-third president. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=617342 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=642715 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=656493 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=475787 A biography of the forty-third president of United States which discusses his personal life, education, and political career. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=496540 An introduction to the life of George W. Bush, who became the forty-third president after the closest presidential race in United States history. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=491231 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=460015 An introduction to the life of the former Texas librarian and teacher who, as the wife of the forty-third president, became First Lady in 2001. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=528982 Presents both sides of the 2000 ballot issue, explains how the elections work, and lets the reader conclude about the decision made by the Supreme Court.