Books about Washington

An electrifying debut novel of a young woman's love for a vampire.

In 1954 a fisherman is found dead in the nets of his boat, and a local Japanese-American man is charged with his murder. In the course of his trial, it becomes clear that what is at stake is more than one man's guilt. For San Piedro is haunted by the memory of what happened to its Japanese residents during World War II.

The dramatic sequel to Twilight, following the tale of a teenage girl whose love for a vampire gets her into trouble .

Joseph Ellis follows Washington from his military career to his presidency, illuminating the difficulties the first executive faced as he worked to keep the emerging country united in the face of adversarial factions. He details aspects of Washington's private life - his marriage and subsequent entrance into the upper echelons of Virginia's plantation society, his large debts, his attitude ...

The third book in the New York Times bestselling vampire romance series that has developed a cult following among teens

A true story of Washington Crossing the Delaware - how George Washington saved the faltering American Revolution with daring attack at Christmas 1776.

Twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Truman and John Adams.

A great choice handbook for travelers who want a different experience and a new perspective. This inclusive edition provides advice on hiking Mount St. Helens, whale-watching at Westport, shopping at farmers markets, and experiencing Seattle's nightlife.

Within eight years of the death of George Washington in 1799, a biography of the President was written by John Marshall and published in five volumes. The abridged volume of 1849 is reproduced in this volume, with a foreword and notes by the editors and maps of battle campaigns.

Now re-issued with an appreciation by Henry Kissinger, this is the late Katharine Graham's Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiography.

Housekeeping is the story of Ruth and Lucille, orphans growing up in the small desolate town of Fingerbone in the vast northwest of America. Abandoned by a succession of relatives, the sisters find themselves in the care of Sylvie, the remote and enigmatic sister of their dead mother. Steeped in imagery of the bleak wintry landscape around them, the sisters' struggle towards adulthood is ...

A biography of Hillary Rodham Clinton, this book covers several important moments of her life. Starting from her childhood desires, her student years where she met Bill Clinton, to her mishandling of the press and her hostility to the opposition that clouded her entry into Washington, it gives us account of the complex human being.