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Chronicles the life of the president who saw America through the Cuban Missile Crisis, established the Peace Corps, and was assassinated during his first term.

A prosecutor goes after the truth about JFK’s assassination in a New York Times–bestselling author’s “most enthralling legal thriller to date” (Vincent Bugliosi).
In a forgotten corner of the Georgetown library, New York prosecutor Butch Karp is about to commit a felony. He cracks the seal on a government file, in which he finds papers, a ledger, a reel of film, and a small jar that holds a chunk of...

On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed. What if you could change it back? The author's new novel is about a man who travels back in time to prevent the JFK assassination. In this novel that is a tribute to a simpler era, he sweeps readers back in time to another moment, a real life moment, when everything went wrong: the JFK assassination. And he introduces readers to a character who has...

New York Times bestselling author imagines the affair between John F. Kennedy and Alicia Corning Clark--and the child they may have had. Based on a real story--in 1950, a young, beautiful Polish refugee arrives in Hyannisport, Massachusetts to work as a maid for one of the wealthiest families in America. Alicia is at once dazzled by the large and charismatic family, in particular the oldest son, a rising politician named Jack. Alicia and Jack are...

Former Marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger investigates the events of November 22, 1963, and the third bullet that so decisively ended the life of John F. Kennedy. Swagger is asking questions that few have asked before: Why did the third bullet explode? Why did Lee Harvey Oswald, about to become the most hunted man on earth, risk it all by returning to his rooming house to secure a pistol he easily could have brought with him? How could a conspiracy that...

A former personal assistant to John F. Kennedy, Jr. shares the story of their professional relationship and close friendship, describing how she landed her job under less-than-ideal circumstances, Kennedy's political beliefs, and his untimely death.

As the world still reeled from the tragic and historic events of November 22, 1963, William Manchester set out, at the request of the Kennedy family, to create a detailed, authoritative record of President John F. Kennedy's death, including the days immediately preceding and following the assassination. Through hundreds of interviews, extensive travel, and firsthand observation, and with unique access to the proceedings of the Warren Commission, Manchester...

The gripping account of the events leading up to the most notorious crime of the twentieth century, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and how it forever changed America. Adapted from Bill O'Reilly's bestselling historical thriller, Killing Kennedy, this audio book will have young readers and grown-ups too, hooked on this fascinating and colorful period of history.

A study of the political career, especially the Presidency, of John F. Kennedy. Includes reprints of and excerpts from articlesin the New York Times.