Orem Library

Traces the childhood, college years, and political accomplishments of the controversial 2008 presidential candidate.

Senator Rand Paul, leading national politician and 2016 Presidential candidate, presents his vision for America.
From his electrifying thirteen-hour filibuster against administration-orchestrated drone strikes against U.S. citizens, to leading the discourse on criminal justice, Senator Rand Paul has taken Washington by storm. His outreach to this country's minority communities alone- championing reforms of mandatory minimum sentencing,...

Presents a portrait of the personal life and career of Sam Houston who is best known for defeating the Mexican Army in 1836 and establishing Texas as an independent nation.

The Senate Majority Leader presents a tale of Washington politics interspersed with the story of his own life, describing his impoverished rural childhood, his stint at the head of Nevada's Gaming Commission, and his decades in Congress.

Autobiography of the Democratic senior senator from Minnesota.

Mahoney, former JFK Scholar at the U. of Massachusetts and the Kennedy Library and current teacher at the Thunderbird School of International Management in Phoenix, provides a dual biography of Jack and Bobby Kennedy, describing their relationship and the role their bond played in their accomplishments, blunders and, ultimately, their murders.

Drawing on records of the Truman Committee as well as other materials, an award-winning senior editor and executive producer at NPR recounts how Harry Truman cobbled together a bipartisan team of men and women that took on powerful corporate entities and the Pentagon to fight wartime corruption, paving his path to the White House.

Presents a pictorial biography of three Kennedy brothers--John, Robert, and Edward--and focuses on the political ambitions of the Kennedy family and their strong family bonds throughout the years.