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Schwartz, Heather E.

Summary: "Former Vice President Joe Biden played an essential role in the Obama administration. Follow his career from Delaware's longest-serving senator to his race back to the White House"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2021

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BIDEN SCH

Woodward, Bob

Summary: The transition from President Donald J. Trump to President Joseph R. Biden Jr. stands as one of the most dangerous periods in American history. Woodward and Costa take readers deep inside the Trump White House, the Biden White House, the 2020 campaign, and the Pentagon and Congress, with vivid, eyewitness accounts of what really happened. They also provide a look at Biden's presidency as he...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 973.933 WOO

Gregory, Paul R.

Summary: "In The Oswalds, Paul Gregory--labeled by Robert Oswald as the 'only' friend of Lee Harvey Oswald and his soviet wife Marina--breaks nearly sixty years of silence to reveal how the soul of a killer took shape. Two hours after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, television cameras captured police escorting a suspect into Dallas police headquarters. Meanwhile in the student center at...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Diversion Books 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 GRE

Duraffourg, Willy

Summary: "This graphic novel explores the youth of the author of The Lord of the Rings, and his traumatic experience of the battlefields of the First World War, which will forge the imagination of his literary work" --

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ablaze Publishing 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 921 TOLKIEN, J.R.R. DUR

Hansen, Grace

Summary: This title will introduce little readers to the 46th president of the United States, Joe Biden.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Kids 2021

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BIDEN HAN

Summary: An intimate documentary portrait of underground artist Robert Crumb, whose unique drawing style and sexually and racially provocative subject matter have made him a household name in popular American art. Zwigoff candidly and colorfully delves into the details of Crumb's incredible career, as well as his past, including his family of reclusive eccentrics, some of the most remarkable people ever...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2010

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DOC CRU

Lienemann, David

Summary: "These visually arresting photographs and behind-the-scenes stories show Biden stepping into his own as a leader ready to guide a nation in distress. This book traces Biden's vice presidency in unprecedented detail, shedding light on who he is as a political leader and patriot, and also as a father, husband, and friend"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Voracious, Little, Brown and Company 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.932 LIE

Nevala-Lee, Alec

Summary: "From Alec Nevala-Lee, the author of the Hugo and Locus Award finalist Astounding, comes a revelatory biography of the visionary designer who defined the rules of startup culture and shaped America's idea of the future. During his lifetime, Buckminster Fuller was hailed as one of the greatest geniuses of the twentieth century. As the architectural designer and futurist best known for the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FULLER, BUCKMINSTER NEV

Biden, Jill

Summary: Joe Biden grew up in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the oldest of four children. His parents always encouraged him and his siblings to be independent and strong. The family moved to Wilmington, Delaware, where at twenty-nine, Biden was elected one the youngest United States Senators ever elected. This is his story.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD 921 BID

Bolton, John R.

Summary: As President Trump's National Security Advisor, Bolton spent many of his 453 days in the room where it happened. After working in the Reagan and both Bush presidencies, he has a great eye for the Washington inside game. What Bolton saw with Trump astonished him: a President for whom getting re-elected was the only thing that mattered, even if it meant endangering or weakening the nation. Here...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2020

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BOL

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BOLTON, JOHN R BOL

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: B BOLTON BOL

Currie, Stephen

Summary: "Joe Biden was elected president in 2020. His supporters saw their candidate's ultimate victory as a triumph for their vision of America. Few political leaders in American history have had as long a career in politics and government as Biden"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: ReferencePoint Press 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 BID

Gaines, Ann

Summary: Take a look inside the life and future presidency of the Joseph Biden, the 46th President of the United States.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BID

Smith, Richard Norton

Summary: For many Americans, President Gerald Ford was the genial accident of history who controversially pardoned his Watergate-tarnished predecessor, presided over the fall of Saigon, and became a punching bag on Saturday Night Live. Yet as Richard Norton Smith reveals in a book full of surprises, Ford was an underrated leader whose tough decisions and personal decency look better with the passage of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FORD, GERALD R. SMI

Page, Susan

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: Former First Lady Barbara Pierce Bush was one of the country's most popular and powerful figures. Here Page tells the riveting tale of a woman who helped define two American presidencies-- and an entire political era. As first the wife and then the mother of American presidents, Barbara Bush became an astute and trusted political campaign strategist, invested herself deeply in expanding...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BUSH, BARBARA PAG

Fine, Karen R.

Summary: "All Creatures Great and Small meets Being Mortal in this compelling memoir of one woman's dream to become a veterinarian in a field historically dominated by men, and how, through her work both with her patients and their people, she comes to better understand humanity, mortality, and the unique role animals play in our lives. Karen Fine always knew that she wanted to be a vet and wasn't going...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books, a Division of Penguin Random House, LLC 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.089 FIN

Gormley, Beatrice

Summary: A biography of Joe Biden, the 46th President of the United States​: from childhood through the Senate to his election as vice president and, in 2020, as president. The road to the presidency of the United States was a long--and determined--one for Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. From Joe's childhood in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Wilmington, Delaware, his close-knit, devoted family gave him...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin : an imprint of Simon & Schuster Childrens Publishing Division 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BID

Rose, Rachel

Summary: "Long-serving congressman, Vice President, and now President. Joe Biden's journey to the highest position in the land has been long and winding. As a child, he didn't let his stutter stop him from success; as a senator, he carried on despite personal heartbreak; and now, as president, we'll see all this man can do. Learn about the spectacular life of America's 46th president"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bearport Publishing Company 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BID

Ehrlich, Paul R.

Summary: "Acclaimed as a public scientist and as a spokesperson on pressing environmental and equity issues, delivering his message from the classroom to 60 Minutes, Paul R. Ehrlich reflects on his life, including his love affair with his wife, Anne, his scientific research, his public advocacy, and his concern for global issues. Interweaving the range of his experiences--as an airplane pilot, a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 EHRLICH, PAUL R. EHR

Schreckinger, Ben

Summary: An exploration of Joe Biden as told through his extended family. In November 2020, Americans did not just elect Joe Biden: they got a package deal. The entire Biden family are sure to play a defining role in his presidency, just as they have in every one of his endeavors. Schreckinger believes the best way to understand Biden-- his values, fears and motives-- is to understand his family. He...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 SCH

Osnos, Evan

Summary: "Illuminates Biden's long and eventful career in the Senate, his eight years as Obama's vice president, his sojourn in the political wilderness after being passed over for Hillary Clinton in 2016, his decision to challenge Donald Trump for the presidency,and his choice of Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate. Osnos ponders the difficulties Biden will face if elected and weighs how...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BIDEN, JOE OSN

Russell, R. K.

Summary: Told through the people and moments that have shaped him, the first out active NFL player to identify as bisexual shares his story, showing the life-changing power of embracing who you are and fighting to make space so others can do the same.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Andscape 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RUSSELL, R.K. RUS

Thomas, R. Eric

Summary: "The beloved bestselling author of Here for It presents a collection of heartening, thoughtful, and laugh-out-loud funny essays about the lifelong search for community and returning home. After going viral "reading" the chaotic political news, having one-too-many awkward social encounters, and coming to terms with his intersecting identities, R. Eric Thomas is ready to live his best life. Or,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2023

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.603 THO

Young, R. J.

Summary: "With journalistic skill, heart, and hope, Requiem for the Massacre reckons with the racial tension in Tulsa, Oklahoma one hundred years after the most infamous act of racial violence in American history"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 YOUNG, R.J. YOU

Biden, Jill

Summary: Joey is the first ever picture book about the young life of Joe Biden, the 47th Vice President of the United States, and includes never before told family stories about the president-elect and former vice president's childhood-written by Jill Biden, his spouse. Joe Biden grew up in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the oldest of four children. His parents always encouraged him and his siblings to be...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG BID

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