Jonathan Reckford

Jimmy Carter

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Virginia

Seven Simple Virtues That Will Change Your Life and the World

Inspiring and insightful, Our Better Angels: Seven Simple Virtues That Will Change Your Life and the World celebrates the shared principles that unite and enable us to overcome life's challenges together. "When the waters rise, so do our better angels."--President Jimmy Carter Jonathan Reckford, the CEO of Habitat for Humanity, has seen time and again the powerful benefits that arise when people from all walks of life work together to help one another. In this uplifting book, he shares true stories of people involved with Habitat as volunteers and future homeowners who embody seven timeless virtues--kindness, community, empowerment, joy, respect, generosity, and service--and shows how we can all practice these to improve the quality of our own lives as well as those around us. A Vietnam veteran finds peace where he was once engaged in war. An impoverished single mother offers her family's time and energy to enrich their neighbors' lives. A Zambian family of nine living in a makeshift tent makes room to shelter even more. A teenager grieving for his mother honors her love and memory by ensuring other people have a place to call home. A former president of the United States leads by example with a determined work ethic that motivates everyone around him to be the best version of themselves. These stories, and many others, illustrate how virtues become values, how cooperation becomes connection, and how even the smallest act of compassion can encourage actions that transform the world around us. Here are tales that will make readers laugh and cry and embrace with passion the calling of our better angels to change the way we take care of ourselves, our families, our communities, and the world.

Our Better Angels

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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Ohio

A Novel of the Revolutionary War

A novel of the American South during the Revolutionary War follows Ethan Pratt, his wife Epsey, and their neighbors, Kindred and Mavis Morris, as they become caught up in the conflict and the problems confronting local Indian tribes.

The Hornet's Nest

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The former president and best-selling author of Keeping Faith recalls some of the simple joys that he has enjoyed throughout the years, especially those that he has shared with members of his family, friends, and colleagues, from attending big league baseball games and annual holiday trips with his family to working together at the Carter Center. 350,000 first printing.

Sharing Good Times

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Arthur M. Blank

Massachusetts

Foreward by President Jimmy Carter

A WALL STREET JOURNAL AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER

Featuring an introduction by President Jimmy Carter

The Home Depot cofounder and owner of the NFL's Atlanta Falcons and MLS's Atlanta United shares a vision and a roadmap for values-based business.



Arthur M. Blank believes that for good companies, purpose and profit can-and should-go hand in hand. And he should know. Together with cofounder Bernie Marcus, Blank built The Home Depot from an idea and a dream to a $50 billion-dollar company, the leading home improvement retailer in the world. And even while opening a new store every 42 hours, they never lost sight of their commitment to care for their people and communities. In fact, in 2001, The Home Depot was voted America's most socially responsible company.



Blank left The Home Depot that same year with a burning question: Could the values and culture that made that company great be replicated? Good Company takes readers inside the story of how he did just that-turning around a struggling NFL team, rebooting a near-bankrupt retail chain, building a brand-new stadium, revitalizing a blighted neighborhood, launching a startup soccer club, and more.



"When good companies put the wellbeing of their customers, their associates, and their communities first, financial success will follow," Blank writes. "The entrepreneurs and business leaders of today and tomorrow have an extraordinary opportunity: to prove that through upholding values we can create value-for the company, for the customer, and for the community."



Good Company

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Nebraska

In this book President Carter shares his intimate knowledge of the history of the Middle East and his personal experiences of the principal actors, and he addresses sensitive political issues many British and American officials shy from. This is a challenging and provocative book.

Palestine Peace Not Apartheid

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Dan Ariail

Cheryl Heckler-Feltz

Oregon

The Spiritual Biography of Jimmy Carter

"Throughout his career as a statesman, Jimmy Carter has been guided by his Christian beliefs. The Carpenter's Apprentice explores his spiritual development, offering an intimate insight into the role his faith has played in both public service and private life." "Through interviews with friends and family, The Carpenter's Apprentice explores the roots of Carter's faith and the way he lives out a genuine and down-to-earth Christianity today, including his childhood and family background, the presidential years, the historic 1979 Camp David Accords, his Sunday school teaching experiences, his marital partnership with Rosalynn, his work with Habitat for Humanity, the founding and philosophy of the Carter Center, his work as an international peacemaker, and the behind-the-scenes successes of his trip to North Korea." "The Carpenter's Apprentice includes exclusive quotes, personal interviews, and never-before-published anecdotes, as well as a special section on what to see and do if you plan to visit Plains, Georgia. It also describes the unique ministry of Jimmy Carter's local church: how visitors from around the world are welcome and what it's like to hear the former President teach in Sunday school."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

The Carpenter's Apprentice

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In an intimate portrait of one man's journey of faith, the former president incorporates scriptural passages, personal experiences, and anecdotes about friends, family members, and colleagues who inspired him to demonstrate how a dynamic faith can enrich one's public and private life. 200,000 first printing. Tour.

Living Faith

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"Follows the events surrounding the seizure of American embassy personnel through their historic first day of freedom on January 20, 1981"

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Michigan

The American Hostage Story

⭐ 444 Days

Douglas Brinkley

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Jimmy Carter's Quest for Global Peace

Reveals the range of activities former president Jimmy Carter has pursued since 1980, his enormous influence in world politics, and his complex relationship with Fidel Castro and other leaders

The Unfinished Presidency

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Louisiana

Randall Balmer

This ex library copy is in perfect shape.

Alaska

The Life of Jimmy Carter

Discusses how the progressive principles of a born-again Evangelical Christian peanut farmer, which included racial justice, women's rights and concern for the plight of the poor, won the presidency in 1976—a sharp contrast to today's conservative views of the Religious Right. 25,000 first printing.

Redeemer

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Missouri

A Remarkable Motheris President Carter's loving, admiring, wry homage to Miss Lillian Carter, who championed the underdog always, even when her son was president.A registered nurse, pecan grower, university housemother, Peace Corps volunteer, public speaker, and renowned raconteur, Miss Lillian ignored the mores and prejudices of the racially segregated South of the Great Depression years. She was an avid supporter of the Brooklyn Dodgers (because she happened to attend the first major league baseball game in which Jackie Robinson, from Cairo, Georgia, played), was a favored guest on television talk shows (usually able to "steal the microphone" from hosts such as Johnny Carson and Walter Cronkite), and an important role model for the nation. Jimmy Carter's mother emerges from this portrait as redoubtable, generous, and forward-looking. He ascribes to her the inspiration for his own life's work of commitment and faith.

A Remarkable Mother

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Georgia

Gayle King

Some dog-eared pages and a small blue mark on top spine. Otherwise excellent condition. 

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Connecticut

Inspiring Words from Inspiring People

In this New York Times bestseller, Gayle King collects her favorite inspiring letters from the popular CBS This Morning segment Note to Self, in which twenty-first century luminaries pen advice and encouragement to the young people they once were. What do Congressman John Lewis, Dr. Ruth, and Kermit the Frog wish they could tell their younger selves? What about a gay NFL player or the most successful female race car driver? In Note to Self, CBS This Morning cohost Gayle King shares some of the most memorable letters from the broadcast’s popular segment of the same name. With essays from such varied figures as Oprah, Vice President Joe Biden, Chelsea Handler, and Maya Angelou—as well as poignant words from a Newtown father and a military widow—Note to Self is a moving reflection on the joys and challenges of growing up and a perfect gift for any occasion.

Note to Self

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White House Diary

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First Edition, 1996. Former Library Book. 

Thomas W. Lippman

New York

How Anwar Sadat and His 1973 War Changed the World

"Assessment of Anwar Sadat and the 1973 War, as well as the event's global implications"--

Hero of the Crossing (Signed)

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Never been read no highlighting no notes like new novel of the Revolutionary War By President Jimmy Carter

Texas

Washington

Hardcover copy of Our Endangered Values by Jimmy Carter

Oklahoma

America's Moral Crisis

The former president shares his personal views on moral values as they relate to key issues today, evaluating the controversial and increasing intersection between religious and political arenas.

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