The President's Daughter

10 best books like The President's Daughter (Nan Britton): Poland, Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations, American Princess: A Novel of First Daughter Alice Roosevelt, The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West, Time of the Twins, Impeachment: An American History, The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House, Happier at Home: Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon a Project, Read Samuel Johnson, and My Other Experiments in the Practice of Everyday Life, Presidents of War: The Epic Story, from 1807 to Modern Times, The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business

Poland

Author	James A. Michener
ISBN	0449205878

This epic is a phenomenal account of a remarkable nation and a remarkable people.
It documents the resilience of the Polish people, in the face of experiencing their nation being crushed by invaders and more powerful neighbors, so many times.

It begins in 1981, at the time that Poland lay...

Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations

Author

Mira Jacob

A bold, wry, and intimate graphic memoir about American identity, interracial families, and the realities that divide us, from the acclaimed author of The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing.

“By turns hilarious and heart-rending, it’s exactly the book America needs at this moment.”—Celeste...

American Princess: A Novel of First Daughter Alice Roosevelt

Author	Stephanie Marie Thornton
ISBN	0451490908

A sweeping novel from renowned author Stephanie Marie Thornton...

Alice may be the president's daughter, but she's nobody's darling. As bold as her signature color Alice Blue, the gum-chewing, cigarette-smoking, poker-playing First Daughter discovers that the only way for a woman to...

The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West

Author	David McCullough
ISBN	1501168681

Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important and dramatic chapter in the American story—the settling of the Northwest Territory by dauntless pioneers who overcame incredible hardships to build a community based on ideals that would come to define our country.

As...

Time of the Twins

Author	Margaret Weis
ISBN	0786931582

The first title in the second Dragonlance novel trilogy is now being released for the first time ever in a trade hardcover edition. Featuring the stunning art and design that graced the cover of the paperback edition, this new version is a follow-up to the release of the Dragonlance novels Chronicles...

Impeachment: An American History

Author	Jeffrey A. Engel
ISBN	1984843508

Four experts on the American presidency review the only three impeachment cases from history--against Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Bill Clinton--and explore its power and meaning for today.

Impeachment is rare, and for good reason. Designed to check tyrants or defend the nation...

The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House

Author	Kate Andersen Brower
ISBN	0062305190

A remarkable history with elements of both In the President’s Secret Service and The Butler, The Residence offers an intimate account of the service staff of the White House, from the Kennedys to the Obamas.

America’s First Families are unknowable in many ways. No one has insight into...

Happier at Home: Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon a Project, Read Samuel Johnson, and My Other Experiments in the Practice of Everyday Life

Author	Gretchen Rubin
ISBN	0449014398

In the spirit of her blockbuster #1 New York Times bestseller The Happiness Project, Gretchen Rubin embarks on a new project to make home a happier place.
 
One Sunday afternoon, as she unloaded the dishwasher, Gretchen Rubin felt hit by a wave of homesickness. Homesick—why? She was standing...

Presidents of War: The Epic Story, from 1807 to Modern Times

Author	Michael R. Beschloss
ISBN	0307409600

From a preeminent presidential historian comes a groundbreaking and often surprising narrative of America’s wartime chief executives

It sometimes seems, in retrospect, as if America has been almost continuously at war. Ten years in the research and writing, Presidents of War is a fresh,...

The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business

Author	Patrick Lencioni
ISBN	0470941529

There is a competitive advantage out there, arguably more powerful than any other. Is it superior strategy? Faster innovation? Smarter employees? No, New York Times best-selling author, Patrick Lencioni, argues that the seminal difference between successful companies and mediocre ones has little...

I'll Be Seeing You

Author	Suzanne Hayes
ISBN	0778314952

I'll Be Seeing You is a deeply moving union of style and charm. Filled with unforgettable characters and grace, it is a timeless celebration of friendship and the strength and solidarity of women.

"I hope this letter gets to you quickly. We are always waiting, aren't we? Perhaps the greatest...

Atatürk: The Biography of the Founder of Modern Turkey

Author

Andrew Mango

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was virtually unknown until 1919, when he took the lead in thwarting the victorious Allies' plan to partition the Turkish core of the Ottoman Empire. He divided the Allies, defeated the last Sultan, and secured the territory of the Turkish national state, becoming the first...

Pimp: The Story of My Life

Author	Iceberg Slim
ISBN	0862415934

“A pimp is happy when his whores giggle. He knows they are still asleep...all whores have one thing in common just like the chumps humping for the white boss. It thrills ‘em when the pimp makes mistakes. They watch and wait for his downfall.

A pimp is the loneliest bastard on Earth. He’s...

The Dark Side of the Game: My Life in the NFL

Author	Tim Green
ISBN	0446605204

Loved the part about steroid-using players who bought "clean" urine and paid a doctor to pump it into their bladders through a catheter---all so they could then pass the urine test they knew was coming.

Also enjoyed his description of small talk on the field. Green says it's not all trash talk...

Women in Sunlight

Author	Frances Mayes
ISBN	0525526633

The story of four American strangers who bond in Italy and change their lives over the course of an exceptional year, from the bestselling author of Under the Tuscan Sun.

Don't miss Frances Mayes in PBS's Dream of Italy: Tuscan Sun Special!

She watches from her terrazza as the three...

1920: The Year that Made the Decade Roar

Author	Eric Burns
ISBN	1605987727

"The Roaring Twenties” is the only decade in American history with a widely applied nickname, and our collective fascination with this era continues. But how did this surge of innovation and cultural milestones emerge out of the ashes of The Great War?

No one has yet written a book about the...

Under Lying

Author	Janelle Harris
ISBN	1542092639

In this gripping novel of suspense, the disappearance of a couple’s baby daughter leaves everyone a suspect.

Susan has everything she ever wanted. A loving husband, an angelic daughter and the cottage of her dreams in County Cork. Her picture-perfect life seems too good to be true. And it...

When I Was Yours

Author

Lizzie Page

We stand in the back of the hall as the children troop in. Big ones, little ones. Straggly hair, cropped hair, curls… the adults surge forward to choose and soon there is just one child left, a little girl sitting on the floor. She is thin as a string bean and her sleeve is ragged and damp – like she’s...