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English
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"In 1971, Hillary Rodham is a young woman full of promise. Life magazine covered her Wellesley commencement speech, she's attending Yale Law School, and she's on the forefront of student activism and the women's rights movement. Then she meets a fellow law student named Bill Clinton. A charismatic Southerner, Bill is already laying the groundwork for his political career. In each other, Hillary and Bill find a profound intellectual, emotional, and...
2) My life
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Language
English
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In this autobiography, President Bill Clinton portrays himself as a global leader who decided early in life to devote his intellectual and political gifts, and his extraordinary capacity for hard work, to serving the public.
3) Bill Clinton
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Language
English
Description
"This biography introduces readers to Bill Clinton including his early political career and key events from Clinton's administration including the North American Free Trade Agreement, the 2000 Camp David Summit, and the Iraq Liberation Act. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information."--Publisher's website.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xi, 466 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
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 day's sound bytes. John Gartner's In Search of Bill Clinton unravels the mystery at the heart of Clinton's complex nature and why so many people fall under his spell.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
230 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Joe Klein, best-selling author of Primary Colors and one of our most brilliant political analysts, now tackles the subject he knows best: Bill Clinton. Astute, even-handed, and keenly intelligent, The Natural is the only book to read if you want to understand exactly what happened–to the military, to the economy, to the American people, to the country–during Bill Clinton’s presidency, and how the decisions made...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
386 p. : photographs ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
An evaluation of the post-presidential life of Bill Clinton draws on interviews with friends, associates, and adversaries to address questions about how he has adjusted to a life of reduced power, the nature of his relationship with Hillary, and the state of his health.
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Series
Publisher
Child's World
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
48 p. : col. ill. ; 20 x 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A thorough, illustrated biography discussing the president's childhood, his career, his family, and his term as President of the United States. Includes a time line and glossary. The Our Presidents series-today's standard for presidential biographies-offers a unique glimpse of the world through the eyes of our leaders. Each of these books is as unique as the person it portrays, featuring personal recollections of childhood and explaining how crucial...
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Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 367 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Barack Obama's speech on the Edmund Pettus Bridge to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery marches should have represented the culmination of Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream of racial unity. Yet, in Fracture, MSNBC national correspondent Joy-Ann Reid shows that, despite the progress we have made, we are still a nation divided--as seen recently in headline-making tragedies such as the killing of Trayvon Martin and the uprisings in...
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Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
xi, 496 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Though Bill Clinton has been out of office since 2001, public fascination with him continues unabated. Many books about Clinton have been published in recent years, but no single-volume biography covers the full scope of Clinton's life from the cradle to the present day; and books on Clinton have tended to be highly polarized, casting the former president in an overly positive or negative light. In this, the first complete oral history of Clinton's...
Author
Series
Gonzo papers volume 4
Language
English
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"Hunter S. Thompson is to drug-addled, stream-of-consciousness, psycho-political black humor what Forrest Gump is to idiot savants."
—The Philadelphia Inquirer
Since his 1972 trailblazing opus, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail, Hunter S. Thompson has reported the election story in his truly inimitable, just-short-of-libel style. In Better than Sex, Thompson hits the dusty trail again—without leaving home—yet manages to...
—The Philadelphia Inquirer
Since his 1972 trailblazing opus, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail, Hunter S. Thompson has reported the election story in his truly inimitable, just-short-of-libel style. In Better than Sex, Thompson hits the dusty trail again—without leaving home—yet manages to...
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xxxi, 504 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The definitive account of one of the most accomplished, controversial, and polarizing figures in American history
Bill Clinton is the most arresting leader of his generation. He transformed American politics, and his eight years as president spawned arguments that continue to resonate. For all that has been written about this singular personality–including Clinton’s own massive autobiography–there...
The definitive account of one of the most accomplished, controversial, and polarizing figures in American history
Bill Clinton is the most arresting leader of his generation. He transformed American politics, and his eight years as president spawned arguments that continue to resonate. For all that has been written about this singular personality–including Clinton’s own massive autobiography–there...
Author
Series
Encyclopedia of presidents volume 42
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
110 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Bill Clinton was the first Democrat elected to two full terms since Franklin Roosevelt. As governor of Arkansas, Clinton helped improve education and the economy in his state. In 1992, Clinton won the Democratic presidential nomination and defeated President George Bush. His most ambitious initiative, to create universal health care, was defeated early in his term, but he succeeded in taking steps to encourage the growth of the economy. In 1994 conservative...
Author
Publisher
Verso
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
122 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Just as the necessary qualification for a good liar is a good memory, so the essential equipment of a would-be lie detector is a good timeline, and a decent archive."
In No One Left To Lie To, a New York Times bestseller, Christopher Hitchens casts an unflinching eye on the Clinton political machine and offers a searing indictment of a president who sought to hold power at any cost.
With blistering wit and meticulous documentation, Hitchens masterfully...
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Publisher
Regnery Publishing, a Salem Communications Company
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Physical Desc
xviii, 302 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
On the surface, they are allies, two of the most powerful Democratic families on the political landscape, shaping American policy for years to come. Behind the scenes, they are bitter enemies, rivals fueled by great personal animosity.
#1 New York Times bestselling author Edward Klein unveils the jealousy, hostility, and outright rancor that divide the Clintons and Obamas. Now, as the Clintons attempt to maneuver their way back into the White House,...
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