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  Faith of Our Mothers: The Stories of Presidential Mothers from Mary Washington to Barbara Bush

  by Harold I. Gullan

  Faith of Our Mothers tells the remarkable stories of the mothers of our nation's presidents and of their influence on their sons. Presidential scholar Harold Gullan explores these engaging persons in chronological order, examining the lives and formative roles played by America's forty-three first mothers. A fascinating read, Faith of Our Mothers delves into a significant but neglected facet of American... (more)
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  Being George Washington

  The Indispensable Man, as You've Never Seen Him

  by Glenn Beck

  Glenn Beck revisited Thomas Paine’s famous pre-Revolutionary War call to action in his #1 New York Tim es bestseller Glenn Beck’s Common Sense . Now he brings his historical acumen and political savvy to this fresh, new interpretation of The Federalist Papers , the 18th-century collection of political essays that defined and shaped our Constitution and laid bare the “original argument” between states’ rights... (more)