The book explores the unique childhoods of four U.S. Presidents: Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Lyndon B. Johnson. Each grew up in vastly different environments, from Lincoln's impoverished frontier life to Roosevelt's affluent New York upbringing, and Johnson's modest Texas home. It delves into how their distinct backgrounds shaped their character and leadership, examining both their individual traits and shared qualities that propelled them to lead the nation during critical historical moments.
Doris Kearns Goodwin Pořadí knih (chronologicky)
Doris Kearns Goodwin, profesorka historie, zkoumá dynamiku vedení a osobní vztahy, které utvářejí historické události. Její práce se vyznačuje hlubokým vhledem do psychologie klíčových postav a precizním zobrazením historického kontextu. Goodwin mistrně proplétá narativní přístup s pečlivým historickým výzkumem, aby oživila minulé éry a nabídla čtenářům poutavé a poučné čtení. Její schopnost odhalit lidský rozměr za velkými událostmi z ní činí nezastupitelnou vypravěčku amerických dějin.







The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian reflects on her 42-year marriage with Dick Goodwin, one of the shining stars of John F. Kennedy's New Frontier and the journey of going through the letters, diaries, documents and memorabilia he saved over the years.
Leadership: lessons from the presidents for turbulent times
- 496 stránek
- 18 hodin čtení
Doris Kearns Goodwin's magnum opus tackles the big leadership questions- are leaders born or made? Do the times make the leader or does the leader make the times? In LeadershipGoodwin draws upon four of the presidents she has studied - Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lyndon B. Johnson - to show how they first recognized leadership qualities within themselves, and were recognized as leaders by others. By looking back to their first entry into public life, when their paths were filled with confusion, hope, and fear, we can share their struggles and follow their development into leaders. This seminal work provides a roadmap for aspiring and established leaders. In today's polarized world, these stories of authentic leadership in time of surpassing fracture and fear take on a singular urgency.
The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt and the Golden Age of Journalism
- 910 stránek
- 32 hodin čtení
From the bestselling author of Team of Rivals, the astonishing story of Roosevelt and the remaking of America číst celé
An ambitious and wide-ranging new collection from Annie Leibovitz, one of the most famous photographers of our time, choosing her subjects simply because they mean something to her.
Abraham Lincoln se narodil v rodině chudého farmáře, matka mu brzy zemřela a číst a psát se naučil sám vlastními silami. Ve čtrnácti opustil domov, vystřídal řadu zaměstnání jako dřevorubec, lovec či obchodník a díky své houževnatosti, lásce ke knihám a v neposlední řadě řečnickému umění se vypracoval až na samotný vrchol. Ve své době však měl nejen věrné přátele a obdivovatele, ale i nesmiřitelné nepřátele, jak dokládají události ze 14. dubna 1865. Právě jeho posledními lety se podrobně zabývá tato biografie z pera skvělé americké autorky, nositelky Pulitzerovy ceny.
From Joe and Rose's private wedding in the Archbishop of Boston's personal chapel, full circle to John and Carolyn's secret nuptials in a former slave chapel on a secluded island, Kennedy Weddings takes you to each event, with photographs, anecdotes, memories and souvenirs.For three generations the Kennedy family has been in the public eye, and for three generations their marriages have been the equivalent of "Royal Matches." This book covers the senior generation wedding of Joe and Rose, the second generation weddings--most notably of Jack and Jackie, Bobby and Ethel--and all of the third generation John Jr. and Carolyn Bessette, Caroline and Ed Schlossberg, Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kerry and Andrew Cuomo, Kathleen and Peter Townsend, Courtney and Paul Hill, Michael and Victoria Gifford.The accompanying images, acquired from members of the Kennedy family, private collections of friends, and the JFK Library and National Archives, are as rare as they are unusual--many have never been published, or were published only at the time of the wedding. Kennedy Weddings is the result of years of extensive research and has benefited from the unprecedented cooperation of many members of the Kennedy family, most especially of Senator Edward Kennedy's office.
By the award-winning author of Team of Rivals and The Bully Pulpit, Wait Till Next Year is Doris Kearns Goodwin’s touching memoir of growing up in love with her family and baseball. Set in the suburbs of New York in the 1950s, Wait Till Next Year re-creates the postwar era, when the corner store was a place to share stories and neighborhoods were equally divided between Dodger, Giant, and Yankee fans. We meet the people who most influenced Goodwin’s early life: her mother, who taught her the joy of books but whose debilitating illness left her housebound: and her father, who taught her the joy of baseball and to root for the Dodgers of Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Pee Wee Reese, Duke Snider, and Gil Hodges. Most important, Goodwin describes with eloquence how the Dodgers’ leaving Brooklyn in 1957, and the death of her mother soon after, marked both the end of an era and, for her, the end of childhood.
No Ordinary Time
Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II
- 768 stránek
- 27 hodin čtení
Winner of the Pulitzer for History, No Ordinary Time is a chronicle of one of the most vibrant & revolutionary periods in US history. With an extraordinary collection of details, Goodwin weaves together a number of story lines—the Roosevelt’s marriage & partnership, Eleanor’s life as First Lady, & FDR’s White House & its impact on America as well as on a world at war. Goodwin melds these into an intimate portrait of Eleanor & Franklin Roosevelt & of the time during which a new, modern America was born.
The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys
- 1094 stránek
- 39 hodin čtení
Chronicles the story of three generations of the Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys, beginning in 1863 with the baptism of John Francis Fitzgerald and closing with the inauguration of John Fitzgerald Kennedy in January 1961


