The "Other" Holiday - February 2012
While retailers play up the holiday on the 14th, here are some books inspired by the "other" holiday this month. There is a wide variety listed, you may even find a romance. Happy Reading....
	The Complete Book of U.S. Presidents By: William A. DeGregorio Summary: Chronologically profiles America's chief executives from George Washington to Barack Obama, including facts about each leader's childhood, education, religious beliefs, military service, election, and administration.
	Mount Vernon Love Story: A Novel of George and Martha Washington By: Mary Higgins Clark Summary: We follow George Washington as he exits the White House after his presidency. The novel is more interested in Washington the husband than the nation's leader, and focuses on his sometimes bumpy marriage to Martha. Also Available in: Large Print, Audiobook Review Read First Chapter
	Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter By: Seth Grahame-Smith Summary: While Abraham Lincoln is widely lauded for saving a Union and freeing millions of slaves, his valiant fight against the forces of the undead has remained in the shadows for hundreds of years. Also Available in: Large Print, Audiobook, Downloadable audiobook, ebook Review
	The Unexpected George Washington: His Private Life By: Harlow Giles Unger Summary: Through personal letters, diaries, and other primary sources, describes the life of America's first president. Review
	Leadership Lessons of Abraham Lincoln: Strategies, Advice, and Words of Wisdom on Leadership, Responsibility, and Power By: Abraham Lincoln; edited with introductions by Meg Distinti Summary: The best, most thought-provoking, and inspiring excerpts from Lincoln’s speeches and writings have been collected in an effort to help today’s business leaders apply his principles to their own work and life.
	The Handy Presidents Answer Book By: David L. Hudson Summary: Revealing important answers to foreign policy questions and decisions made during times of war, as well as presidential actions in times of economic boom and bust, this fun and absorbing anthology provides a thorough overview of more than 200 years of U.S. presidents.
	Washington's Lady: A Novel By: Nancy Moser   Summary: Though still a young woman, Martha Custis is a widow. But she is not without means and has no desire to remarry. Not, that is, until a striking war hero steps into her life and she realizes she is ready to love again. Awards Review
	The Emancipator's Wife: A Novel of Mary Todd Lincoln By: Barbara Hambly Summary: Mary Todd Lincoln as few have seen and none will forget–the fascinating, controversial woman, the woman who loved Abraham Lincoln. Also Available in: Large Print Review Read First Chapter
	The Ascent of George Washington: The Hidden Political Genius of an American Icon By: John Ferling Summary: A revisionist assessment of the first president reveals how Washington utilized persuasion, manipulation, and deniability throughout the Revolutionary War and his presidency while maintaining a public image of virtue and non-ambitious service. Also Available in: Audiobook Review
	Bloody Crimes: The Chase for Jefferson Davis and the Death Pageant for Lincoln's corpse By: James L. Swanson  Summary: A masterful weaving together of the stories of two fallen leaders as they made their last expeditions through the bloody landscape of a wounded nation. Also Available in: Audiobook, ebook Review
	The Essential Book of Presidential Trivia By: Noah McCullough Summary: Hours of entertainment with an illustrated tour of America’s forty-three presidents, from George Washington to George W. Bush. Read First Chapter
	The Go-Between: A Novel of the Kennedy Years By: Frederick Turner Summary: A faded newspaperman contemplates life as a hack. Then one day he finds the scoop of a lifetime in a Chicago basement: diaries belonging to the infamous Judith Campbell Exner. The girl who waltzed into the midst of America’s most powerful politicians, entertainers, and criminals as they conspired to rule America. Review
	Murder at the President's Door: An Eleanor Roosevelt Mystery By: William Harrington for the estate of Elliott Roosevelt Summary: When the slain body of a White House police officer is discovered outside the President's bedroom door, our favorite First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, must comb Washington D.C.'s underworld to expose the President's would-be assassin. Also Available in: Large Print Review
	The American President By: Philip B. Kunhardt, Jr., Philip B. Kunhardt III, Peter W. Kunhardt Summary: This remarkable book provides a new understanding of the legacy and impact of the most important American institution, helping to bring focus to the ways in which presidents have affected the history of our nation. Review
	Lives of the Presidents: Fame, Shame (and What the Neighbors Thought) By: Kathleen Krull Summary: Presents the lives of the presidents, focusing on their roles as parents, husbands, pet owners, and neighbors, while also including humorous anecdotes.