An Unfinished Life
By Robert Dallek
An Unfinished Life has been called "the first authoritative single-volume life of John F. Kennedy to be written in nearly four decades." Using firsthand sources, freshly unearthed documents, and never-before-opened archives, prizewinning historian Robert Dallek reveals even more about our 35th President, of whom many biographies have been written. While exploring JFK's strengths, Dallek never shies away from his weaknesses, giving us a new look at this complex President whose mystique continues to this day.
 

George Bush : the Life of a Lonestar Yankee
By Herbert S. Parmet
Presidential biographer Herbert S. Parmet discusses the life of another son of a prominent wealthy New England family. Like JFK, George H.W. Bush was Ivy League-educated, a World War II hero and ultimately entered politics. The author not only had access to many of George Bush's personal papers, but also had several interviews with him, so the resulting biography is fairly comprehensive and sympathetic.


My Life
By Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton's journey to the White House and his eight years as our 42nd President is detailed in his candid autobiography, My Life. As in his speech, Clinton writes eloquently and with much detail (for 957 pages!) in this book hailed as "a remarkably intimate, persuasive look at the boy he was, the President he became, and man he is today."
 

A Woman in Charge
By Carl Bernstein
Carl Bernstein, provides a comprehensive look at this Presidential hopeful, showing the trajectory of her life and career. Working with hundreds of interviews of her friends, colleagues, and enemies, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bernstein has been praised for his detailed and fair depiction of this very complex woman who may be our first female President.
 

Man of the People: The Life of John McCain
By Paul Alexander
Political journalist Paul Alexander offers an objective, in-depth account of the life of this contender for the White House, detailing his rise as a naval officer, through his years as POW, to his distinguished political career.


In The Audacity of Hope
By Barack Obama
In this book, Barack Obama calls for a different brand of politics - a politics for those weary of bitter partisanship and alienated by the "endless clash of armies" we see in Congress and on the campaign trail; a politics rooted in the faith, inclusiveness, and nobility of spirit at the heart of "our improbable experiment in democracy."
 

Nader: Crusader, Spoiler, Icon
By Justin Martin
This biography takes consumer advocate Ralph Nader from his birth to his role in the controversial presidential election of 2000. The focus is overwhelmingly on Nader's public life, describing his first battles with General Motors, his founding of the Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs), and many other activities.