First Ladies Throughout History | Biography

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  • Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies

    • ASIN: 1504038673
    • ISBN: 1504038673
    • Manufacturer: Open Road Media

    In this New York Times bestseller, the White House chief usher for nearly three decades offers a behind-the-scenes look at America’s first families.  J. B. West, chief usher of the White House, directed the operations and maintenance of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue—and coordinated its daily life—at the request of the president and his family. He... [Read More]

  • America's First Daughter: A Novel

    • ASIN: 0062347268
    • ISBN: 0062347268
    • Brand: William Morrow Co
    • Manufacturer: William Morrow Paperbacks

    THE NEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY BESTSELLERIn a compelling, richly researched novel that draws from thousands of letters and original sources, bestselling authors Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie tell the fascinating, untold story of Thomas Jefferson's eldest daughter, Martha "Patsy" Jefferson Randolph--a woman who kept the secrets of our most enigm... [Read More]

  • Educated: A Memoir

    • ASIN: 0399590501
    • Brand: Manning
    • Manufacturer: Random House

  • Betty Ford: First Lady, Women's Advocate, Survivor, Trailblazer

    • ASIN: 1501164686
    • ISBN: 1501164686
    • Manufacturer: Gallery Books

    An intimate and insightful biography of Betty Ford, the groundbreaking, candid, and resilient First Lady and wife of President Gerald Ford, from the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Five Presidents and Mrs. Kennedy and Me.Betty Ford: First Lady, Women’s Advocate, Survivor, Trailblazer is the inspiring story of an ordinary Midwestern girl... [Read More]

  • Becoming

    • ASIN: 1524763136
    • ISBN: 1524763136
    • Brand: WaterBrook Press
    • Manufacturer: Crown Publishing Group

    An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States  #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNER In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United Stat... [Read More]

  • First Ladies of the Republic: Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, Dolley Madison, and the Creation of an Iconic American Role

    • ASIN: 147988653X
    • ISBN: 147988653X
    • Manufacturer: NYU Press

    How the three inaugural First Ladies defined the role for future generations, and carved a space for women in AmericaAmerica’s first First Ladies―Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, and Dolley Madison―had the challenging task of playing a pivotal role in defining the nature of the American presidency to a fledgling nation and to the world. In F... [Read More]

  • The Glass Castle: A Memoir

    • ASIN: 074324754X
    • ISBN: 9780743247542
    • Brand: Scribner
    • Manufacturer: Scribner

  • Into the Wild

    • ASIN: 0385486804
    • ISBN: 0385486804
    • Brand: Random House
    • Size: Exclusive Paper Glossy
    • Manufacturer: Anchor Books

  • Ella Fitzgerald: A Biography Of The First Lady Of Jazz

    • ASIN: 0306806428
    • ISBN: 0306806428
    • Manufacturer: Da Capo Press

    The life of the very private and media-shy Ella Fitzgerald has long been shrouded in a mixture of half-truths and fiction. What emerges in Stuart Nicholson's groundbreaking biography is a remarkable story of a poor black girl's determination to realize the American Dream in the face of racial and sexual prejudice. She succeeded, and is now the defi... [Read More]

  • The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

    • ASIN: 1400052181
    • ISBN: 9781400052189
    • Brand: Brand: Crown
    • Manufacturer: Broadway Books

    Now an HBO® Film starring Oprah Winfrey and Rose Byrne#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERHer name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor black tobacco farmer whose cells—taken without her knowledge in 1951—became one of the most important tools in medicine, vital for developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, ... [Read More]

  • The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

    • UPC: 884567537410
    • ASIN: 1439170916
    • ISBN: 1439170916
    • Brand: Scribner Book Company
    • Manufacturer: Scribner

    Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and now a documentary from Ken Burns on PBS, The Emperor of All Maladies is a magnificent, profoundly humane “biography” of cancer—from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the twentieth century to cure, control, and conquer it to a radical new understanding of its e... [Read More]

  • The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel

    • ASIN: 1501161938
    • ISBN: 1501161938
    • Brand: Washington Square Press
    • Manufacturer: Washington Square Press

    “Riveting, heart-wrenching, and full of Old Hollywood glamour, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is one of the most captivating reads of 2017.” –BuzzFeed “The epic adventures Evelyn creates over the course of a lifetime will leave every reader mesmerized. This wildly addictive journey of a reclusive Hollywood starlet and her tumultuous Tin... [Read More]

  • The Girl with Seven Names

    • ASIN: 0007554850
    • ISBN: 0007554850
    • Brand: William Collins
    • Manufacturer: William Collins

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAn extraordinary insight into life under one of the world’s most ruthless and secretive dictatorships – and the story of one woman’s terrifying struggle to avoid capture/repatriation and guide her family to freedom.As a child growing up in North Korea, Hyeonseo Lee was one of millions trapped by a secretive and brutal... [Read More]

  • Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, and Baking Biscuits

    • ASIN: 1501166271
    • ISBN: 1501166271
    • Brand: Atria Books
    • Manufacturer: Atria Books

    Academy Award–winning actress, producer, and entrepreneur Reese Witherspoon invites you into her world, where she infuses the southern style, parties, and traditions she loves with contemporary flair and charm.Reese Witherspoon’s grandmother Dorothea always said that a combination of beauty and strength made southern women “whiskey in a teacu... [Read More]

  • Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person

    • ASIN: B00YTG3C0G
    • Brand: Simon & Schuster
    • Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

  • I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

    • UPC: 884340159730
    • ASIN: 0316322423
    • ISBN: 0316322423
    • Brand: Back Bay Books
    • Manufacturer: Back Bay Books

    A MEMOIR BY THE YOUNGEST RECIPIENT OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE As seen on Netflix with David Letterman"I come from a country that was created at midnight. When I almost died it was just after midday."When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an ... [Read More]

  • Born Survivors: Three Young Mothers and Their Extraordinary Story of Courage, Defiance, and Hope

    • ASIN: B00NVLNZ8Y
    • Manufacturer: Harper

    The Nazis murdered their husbands but concentration camp prisoners Priska, Rachel, and Anka would not let evil take their unborn children too—a remarkable true story that will appeal to readers of The Lost and The Nazi Officer’s Wife, Born Survivors celebrates three mothers who defied death to give their children life.Eastern Europe, 1944: Thre... [Read More]

  • Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Pantheon Graphic Library)

    • ASIN: 037571457X
    • ISBN: 037571457X
    • Brand: Pantheon
    • Manufacturer: Pantheon

    A New York Times Notable Book A Time Magazine “Best Comix of the Year” A San Francisco Chronicle and Los Angeles Times Best-seller Wise, funny, and heartbreaking, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi’s graphic memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the story of her l... [Read More]

  • The Hiding Place

    • ASIN: 0800794052
    • ISBN: 9780800794057
    • Brand: Baker Pub Group/Baker Books
    • Manufacturer: Chosen Books

    "Every experience God gives us . . . is the perfect preparation for the future only He can see."--Corrie ten BoomCorrie ten Boom was a Dutch watchmaker who became a heroine of the Resistance, a survivor of Hitler's concentration camps, and one of the most remarkable evangelists of the twentieth century. In World War II she and her family risked the... [Read More]

  • The Last Castle: The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation's Largest Home

    • ASIN: B01CO34IQM
    • Brand: Unknown
    • Manufacturer: Atria Books

    From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Girls of Atomic City comes the fascinating true story behind the magnificent Gilded Age mansion Biltmore—the largest, grandest residence ever built in the United States.Orphaned at a young age, Edith Stuyvesant Dresser claimed lineage from one of New York’s best known families. She grew up in... [Read More]

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