Mickey Herskowitz

Gene Tierney

Recreating the glamour of Hollywood in the 1940s, the actress tells of the roles she played, the rich and famous men who have pursued her, the failure of her first marriage, and her struggle against mental illness

Self-portrait

Nellie Connally

The wife of the late governor of Texas, John Connally, offers her own eyewitness version of the Kennedy assassination, sharing her personal diary of the events that unfolded both before and following November 22, 1963, disputing the Warren Commission's findings, and providing an intensely personal perspective on the nation's tragedy. 100,000 first printing.

Our Final Hours with President John F. Kennedy

From Love Field

Alfred de Marigny

Offers an account of the crime, a look at expatriate European aristocrats, and a portrait of the Duke of Windsor

The True Story of the Duke of Windsor and the Murder of Sir Harry Oakes

A Conspiracy of Crowns

The Greatest Generation's Greatest Team

The 1939 Texas Aggies

Lorianne Crook

Charlie Chase

Nashville's most famous talk-show hosts, Crook and Chase, offer entertaining anecdotes and insider secrets about their best shows, their own rise to television fame, and their most unforgettable guests. Reprint.

Crook and Chase

John Connally

In June 1993, John Connally, a legend in Texas and a powerful figure in national politics for several crucial decades of this turbulent century, died of complications of pulmonary fibrosis, a condition brought on by wounds sustained from an assassin's bullet that fateful day in Dallas - November 22, 1963. In History's Shadow, finished right before Connally's death, is the story of his life in politics, told with an unmistakable Texas twang. It was a life of almost Shakespearean range, marked by great triumphs as well as personal tragedy and heartbreak. He wanted to be President, but that is the only ambition that eluded him. He lived under thirteen Presidents and served under Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon. He knew American government - and the men who ran it - as intimately as anyone in our time. In History's Shadow is a true epic of the American century. Raised in rural poverty during the Depression in a farm family of seven children, Connally retained a deep-seated love of the hardscrabble Texas land his whole life. "I am part of a dwindling breed shaped by the soil of rural America . . . you don't engage the land, let it punish and feed you, and not understand the cycles of life." He enrolled at the University of Texas at age sixteen, determined to train as a trial lawyer. While still in law school, he worked for the campaign of an aspiring congressman named Lyndon Johnson, and followed him to Washington. Thus began an intimate political friendship that would have a decisive effect on Connally's life and career, as the rough-and-tumble young Texans rose to positions of national and international influence. Yet as closely as he served Johnson, and later President Richard Nixon as Secretary of the Treasury in the early 1970s, it was always events in his home state that gained John Connally his most lasting notoriety. After a brief stint as Secretary of the Navy under John F. Kennedy he ran for governor of Texas, and it was in his first term that he accompanied President Kennedy on a good-will trip in the state that had been essential to Kennedy's narrow victory. The two men were driving through the streets of Dallas, waving to enthusiastic throngs, when a mere six-second interval changed the course of history: "I heard what I thought was a rifle shot. I turned my head in the direction of the sound. . . . In the middle of my turn I felt a thud, as if someone had pounded me on the back with a fist, a blow so hard I doubled over. My eyes were still open. I could see blood drenching my shirt and I knew I had been hit." Nothing in the years of subsequent investigations and myriad conspiracy theories caused Connally to doubt the findings of the Warren Commission - that a deranged Lee Harvey Oswald was the sole assassin. In the turbulent events of later years - his switch from the Democratic to the Republican Party, the scandals of Watergate, his indictment and acquittal on bribery charges, his personal bankruptcy in the late 1980s - John Connally witnessed more history "than any school can teach." He endured to remake his career as an adviser to business and government, and to take stock of the state of America under President Bill Clinton. In History's Shadow is as encompassing, straight-shooting, and larger than life as the man himself.

An American Odyssey

In History's Shadow

Michael K. Deaver

Confidant, friend, and political advisor to the president for more than twenty years discusses his rise and fall within the Washington hierarchy

In which the Author Talks about Ronald and Nancy Reagan... and Himself

Behind the Scenes

George W. Bush

I was not elected to serve one party, but to serve one nation. The president of the United States is the president of every single American, every race and every background. Whether you voted for me or not, I will do my best to serve your interests, and I will work to earn your respect. I will be guided by President Jefferson's sense of purpose: to stand for principle, to be reasonable in manner, and, above all, to do great good for the cause of freedom and harmony. The presidency is more than an honor, it is more than an office. It is a charge to keep, and I will give it my all. --George W. Bush, December 13, 2000, Texas House of Representatives In A Charge to Keep, George W, Bush offers readers a warm, insightful, and honest look at the personal and political experiences that have shaped his values and led to his decision to run for president. The George W. Bush who leaps off these pages has his mother's wit and down-to-earth personality, his father's energy and competitive drive, and his own unique style and philosophy. Written with his long term communications director, Karen Hughes, A Charge to Keep is a revealing look into the background, philosophy, family, and heart of our new president.

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