The Epic Story, from 1807 to Modern Times
by Michael Beschloss
Recommended by Bill Gates
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in American History, Most Recommended Books, and Politics.
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, magisterial, intimate look at a procession of American leaders...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in American History, Most Recommended Books, and Politics.
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Bill Gates
Co-founder of Microsoft; co-chair of the Gates Foundation
“The richest insights for me came from the fact that the book’s broad scope lets you draw important crosscutting lessons about presidential leadership.”
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Consider The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy. Recommended by 8 sources.
“Soft-spoken, heavily illustrated fable built from short dialogues and watercolor sketches. Each spread pairs a spare line of text with a loose drawing, so the pleasure is visual and aphoristic rather than narrative; readers collect felt-true sentences more than plot. Most useful when you want quick consolations, a prompt for conversation with a child, or a pause during a rough day. Limiting if you want sustained argument, concrete advice, or tightly plotted storytelling: the repetition of gentleness can feel sentimental or thin after a while.”
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