Page, Susan

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...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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Updegrove, Mark K.

Summary: Updegrove tracks the two Bush presidents from their formative years through their post-presidencies. He examines the failed presidential candidacy of Jeb Bush, which derailed the Bush presidential dynasty. Updegrove reveals for the first time their influences and perspectives on each other's presidencies; their views on family, public service, and America's role in the world; and their...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017

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Updegrove, Mark K.

Summary: Updegrove tracks the two Bush presidents from their formative years through their post-presidencies. He examines the failed presidential candidacy of Jeb Bush, which derailed the Bush presidential dynasty. Updegrove reveals for the first time their influences and perspectives on each other's presidencies; their views on family, public service, and America's role in the world; and their...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harperluxe 2017

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Baker, Russ

Summary: The long-hidden story of a family we thought we knew--and of a power-making apparatus that we have barely begun to comprehend. George W. Bush left office as one of the most unpopular presidents in American history. Russ Baker asks the question that lingers even as this benighted administration winds down: Who really wanted this man at the helm, and why did his backers promote him despite his...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Press 2009

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Rumsch, BreAnn

Summary: This biography introduces readers to George W. Bush including his early political career and key events from Bush's administration including the September 11 terrorist attacks, the Iraq War, and Hurricane Katrina. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Checkerboard Library an imprint of ABDO Publishing 2021

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Brower, Kate Andersen

Summary: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Residence and First Women--also a New York Times bestseller--comes a poignant, news-making look at the lives of the five former presidents in the wake of their White House years, including the surprising friendships they have formed through shared perspective and empathy.After serving the highest office of American government, five men--Jimmy...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2020

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Phillips, Kevin

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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2004

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Risen, James.

Summary: With relentless media coverage, it is hard to believe that we still might not know some of the most significant facts about the presidency of George W. Bush. Yet beneath the surface events of the Bush presidency lies a secret history that involves domestic spying, abuses of power, and outrageous operations. It includes a CIA that became caught in a political crossfire that it could not...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2006

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Unger, Craig.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2004

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Unger, Craig.

Summary: Author Craig Unger discusses the weave of influence, investment, and policy between the House of Saud and the House of Bush.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2004

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Gibson, John

Summary: Bestselling author John Gibson shows that George W. Bush was the victim of a concentrated effort by Democrats and their allies in the press to discredit and distort virtually everything he did. That effort was amazingly successful.

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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2009

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Summary: A profile of former President George W. Bush as part of the landmark Presidents series.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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Gore, Albert

Summary: "At the time George W. Bush ordered American forces to invade Iraq, 70 percent of Americans believed Saddam Hussein was linked to 9/11. Voters in Ohio, when asked by pollsters to list what stuck in their minds about the 2004 presidential campaign, most frequently named two Bush television ads that played to fears of terrorism. We live in an age when the 30-second television spot is the most...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2007

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Bush, George W. (George Walker)

Summary: A collection of military oil paintings and profiles presents the stories of post-9/11 veterans, their experiences on the battlefield, road to recovery, and continuing contributions as civilians.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2017

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Bush, Laura Welch

Summary: The intimate and startlingly candid memoir from one of America's most beloved and private first ladies. In a captivating and compelling voice, Laura Bush tells the story of her unique journey from dusty Midland, Texas, to the world stage and the White House. Her compassion, her sense of humor, her grace, and her uncommon willingness to bare her heart makes Laura Bush's story deeply, revelatory...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2010

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Kessler, Ronald

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Publisher / Publication Date: Sentinel 2004

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Hersh, Seymour M.

Summary: "Seymour M. Hersh brings together reporting, along with new revelations, to answer the critical question of the last three years: how did America get from the clear morning when hijackers crashed airplanes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon to a divisive and dirty war in Iraq?" "In Chain of Command, Hersh takes an unflinching look behind the public story of President Bush's "war on...

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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2004

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Cafferty, Jack.

Summary: A popular CNN commentator examines the lives and actions of powerful individuals who have damaged America, discussing such topics as corporate scandals, constitutional crises, lobbyist misdoings, illegal immigration, ethics reform, and the 2008 presidential campaign.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley 2007

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 CAF

Draper, Robert.

Summary: In this press-wary administration, journalist Draper has accomplished a small miracle: He has knocked on all the right doors, and thus become the first author to tell a personality-driven history of the Bush years. With access to all the key figures of this administration and perhaps 200 other players, Draper delivers an intimate portrait of a tumultuous decade and a beleaguered administration,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2007

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.93 DRA

Gormley, Beatrice.

Summary: Profiles the life of the forty-third president, including his childhood, education, early career, role as governor of Texas, and the 2000 campaign and election.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin Paperbacks 2001

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McClellan, Scott.

Summary: The former White House press secretary examines how and why the Bush administration went awry, providing a look at George W. Bush and his top aides in terms of such crises as Hurricane Katrina, the Iraq war, and Washington's political infighting.

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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2008

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 MCC

Woodward, Bob.

Summary: Bob Woodward offers an analysis of the Bush Administration. He discloses secret plans, conversations, and meetings held with political leaders that directly influenced the war in Iraq.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Audioworks 2008

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Baker, Peter

Summary: "From the senior White House correspondent for The New York Times comes the definitive history of the Bush and Cheney White House--a tour de force narrative of those dramatic and controversial eight years. Taking readers into the offices of the West Wing and the cabins of Air Force One, Peter Baker tells the gripping inside story of the Bush and Cheney era. Theirs was the most fascinating...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2013

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Bush, George W. (George Walker)

Summary: Decision Points is the extraordinary memoir of America's 43rd president. Shattering the conventions of political autobiography, George W. Bush offers a strikingly candid journey through the defining decisions of his life while writing honestly and directly about his flaws and mistakes, as well as his accomplishments.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2010

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