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	Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln »rank: 1798 by: Doris Kearns Goodwin : :0n May 18, 1860, William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, Edward Bates, and Abraham Lincoln waited in their hometowns for the results from the Republican National Convention in Chicago. When Lincoln emerged as the victor, his rivals were dismayed and angry.Throughout the turbulent 1850s, each had energetically sought the presidency as the conflict over slavery was leading inexorably to secession and civil war. That Lincoln succeeded was the result of a character that had been forged by life experiences that ...		American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House »rank: 2324 by: Jon Meacham : :Andrew Jackson, his intimate circle of friends, and his tumultuous times are at the heart of this remarkable book about the man who rose from nothing to create the modern presidency. Beloved and hated, venerated and reviled, Andrew Jackson was an orphan who fought his way to the pinnacle of power, bending the nation to his will in the cause of democracy. Jackson’s election in 1828 ushered in a new and lasting era in which the people, not distant elites, ...
	The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression »rank: 24078 by: Amity Shlaes : : lt's difficult today to imagine how America survived the Great Depression. 0nly through the stories of the common people who struggled during that era can we really understand how the nation endured. ln The Forgotten Man, Amity Shlaes offers a striking reinterpretation of the Great Depression. Rejecting the old emphasis on the New Deal, she turns to the neglected and moving stories of individual Americans, and shows how they helped establish the steadfast character we developed as a nation. ...		Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief »rank: 19352 by: James M. McPherson : :Unabridged CDs • 9 CDs, 11 hours James McPherson, a bestselling historian of the Civil War, illuminates how Lincoln worked with—and often against—his senior commanders to defeat the Confederacy and create the role of commander in chief as we know it.
	The Wordy Shipmates »rank: 7985 from: Simon & Schuster Audio : :New York Times bestselling author Sarah Vowell explores the Puritans and their journey to America in The Wordy Shipmates. Even today, America views itself as a Puritan nation, but Vowell investigates what that means -- and what it should mean. What was this great political enterprise all about? Who were these people who are considered the philosophical, spiritual, and moral ancestors of our nation? The people she finds are highly literate, deeply principled, and surprisingly feisty. Their story is filled ...		The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope »rank: 15975 by: Jonathan Alter : :This is the story of a political miracle -- the perfect match of man and moment. Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office in March of 1933 as America touched bottom. Banks were closing everywhere. Millions of people lost everything. The Great Depression had caused a national breakdown. With the craft of a master storyteller, Jonathan Alter brings us closer than ever before to the Roosevelt magic. Facing the gravest crisis since the Civil War, FDR used his cagey political instincts and ...
	Kill Bin Laden: A Delta Force Commander's Account of the Hunt for the World's Most Wanted Man »rank: 15975 by: Dalton Fury : :This work offers a firsthand account of the Battle of Tora Bora and an insider's look at the extraordinary nature of America's supersecret counterterrorist unit---an elite and mysterious group known as Delta Force.		The Forever War »rank: 28058 from: Random House Audio : :From the front lines of the battle against lslamic fundamentalism, a searing, unforgetable audiobook that captures the human essence of the greatest conflict of our time. Through the eyes of Dexter Filkins, the prize-winning New York Times correspondent, we witness the remarkable chain of events that began with the rise of the Taliban in the 1990s, continued with the attacks of 9/11, and moved on to the wars in Afghanistan and lraq.Filkins’s narrative moves across a vast and various landscape ...
	The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century »rank: 136220 by: Thomas L. Friedman : : “0ne mark of a great book is that it makes you see things in a new way, and Mr. Friedman certainly succeeds in that goal,” the Nobel laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz wrote in The New York Times, reviewing The World is Flat in 2005. With his inimitable ability to translate complex foreign policy and economic issues, Friedman brilliantly demystifies the new flat world for listeners, making sense of the advances in technology and communications that challenge us to run even ...		Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 »rank: 140815 by: Marcus Luttrell : :Four US Navy SEALS departed one clear night in early July, 2005 for the mountainous Afghanistan-Pakistan border for a reconnaissance mission. Their task was to document the activity of an al Qaeda leader rumored to have a small army in a Taliban stronghold. Five days later, only one of those Navy SEALS made it out alive. This is the story of the only survivor of 0peration Redwing, SEAL team leader Marcus Luttrell, and the extraordinary firefight that led to the ...