Jimmy Carter, Author . Simon & Schuster $27 (465p) ISBN 978-0-7432-5542-4
With this intricately detailed novel of the American South and the Revolutionary War, President Carter becomes our first chief executive, past or present, to publish a work of fiction. By concentrating on Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas from 1763
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Jimmy Carter. Simon & Schuster, $28 (272p) ISBN 978-1-501115-63-9
While there’s no gainsaying Carter’s active and selfless post–White House life, this uneven volume is largely a superficial treatment of events and personalities covered elsewhere in more depth, including by the former president himself. Readers...
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Jimmy Carter, Author Dutton Books $16.99 (208p) ISBN 978-0-525-44959-1
This thought-provoking, timely offering from former president Carter introduces readers to the often-unnoticed process of peace negotiations and lays the groundwork for a new understanding of the role peace plays in everyday life. Relying heavily on
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Jimmy Carter, Author Bantam Books $9.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-553-34781-4
Here, the former president reminisces about his childhood--fishing with his daddy and learning to hunt, encounters with rattlesnakes and getting lost in the woods. He charts his and his wife's progress in fly-fishing and takes us on piscatorial...
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Jimmy Carter, Author Bantam Books $18.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-553-05301-2
Carter regards fly-fishing as one of the most gratifying activities of his life; he devotes half of this journal to that noble sport. Fishin' and huntin' were basic skills for boys in the rural South; in the Depression era, fish and game provided...
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Jimmy Carter, Author Puffin Books $6.99 (224p) ISBN 978-0-14-037440-7
Jimmy Carter continues his call to peace with the newly revised edition of his widely acclaimed Talking Peace: A Vision for the Next Generation, originally published in 1993. In addition to updating previous discussions, the former President has...
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Jimmy Carter, Author Dutton Books $19.99 (224p) ISBN 978-0-525-45517-2
Jimmy Carter continues his call to peace with the newly revised edition of his widely acclaimed Talking Peace: A Vision for the Next Generation, originally published in 1993. In addition to updating previous discussions, the former President has...
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Jimmy Carter, Author Crown Publishers $22 (223p) ISBN 978-0-8129-2079-6
In this engrossing account of his first campaign for public office, the former President describes himself as a naive 38-year-old farmer and small-businessman who got an education in the rough-and-tumble of Georgia politics. The year was 1962, and...
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Jimmy Carter, Author Ballantine Books $12.95 (160p) ISBN 978-0-345-42592-8
When President Carter's 1980 electoral defeat brought involuntary retirement, at age 56, from his position at the White House, he had no set plans for the future. According to this sprightly essay, he and wife Rosalynn, now in their 70s, have...
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Jimmy Carter, Author University of Arkansas Press $24.95 (224p) ISBN 978-1-55728-398-6
It is astounding how little attention has been paid to Jimmy Carter's life--before, during and after his presidency--by publishers and biographers. University of Georgia sociologist Morris tries to fill the void with this thematic biography of a U.S.
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Jimmy Carter, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30 (592p) ISBN 9780374280994
The snarl behind the toothy grin emerges in these acerbic entries culled from the 39th president's personal diary. Carter vents against everyone, from Congress ("disorganized juvenile delinquents"), to the press ("completely irresponsible and...
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Jimmy Carter, Author . Simon & Schuster $21 (192p) ISBN 978-0-7432-7033-5
Former president and Nobel laureate Carter has published several memoirs. His latest heartfelt effort tackles a somewhat abstract topic: how sharing affects the enjoyment of any activity. When he was a boy in Archery, Ga., Carter realized he had to...
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Jimmy Carter, Author . Simon & Schuster $25 (212p) ISBN 978-0-7432-8457-8
After several books on spirituality and homespun values (most recently Sharing Good Times
), President Carter turns his attention to the political arena. He is gravely concerned by recent trends in conservatism, many of which, he argues, stem from...
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Jimmy Carter, Author . Simon & Schuster $26 (272p) ISBN 978-1-4165-5880-4
Less a memoir than an extended brochure for his nonprofit institution, the Carter Center, President Carter's latest book ruminates on his work since leaving the Oval Office. With major programs in election monitoring, conflict negotiation and...
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Jimmy Carter, Author . Simon & Schuster $22.95 (240p) ISBN 978-1-4165-6245-0
Former president Carter (author of Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid
as well as many inspirational books) now offers readers the story of his extraordinary mother, Lillian Carter (1898–1983). After laying out some family history, he comes to...
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Jimmy Carter, Author , read by the author. Simon & Schuster Audio $29.95 (
, unabridged, five CDs, 4.5 hrs., $29.95 ISBN ) ISBN 978-0-7435-7104-3
, unabridged, five CDs, 4.5 hrs., $29.95 ISBN ) ISBN 978-0-7435-7104-3
Former President Carter offers this personal memoir concerning his relationship with his mother, Miss Lillian, who is equally as engaging and thoroughly appealing as her son. Reading with passion, honesty and clarity, Carter relates his mother's
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Jimmy Carter, Author Random House Inc $23 (400p) ISBN 978-0-8129-2736-8
In this rich and very intimate spiritual autobiography, the former president shares his living Christian faith. Carter's deep faith is rooted in his family and community, and he traces the growth and development of his faith through his career in...
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Jimmy Carter, Author Simon & Schuster $27 (264p) ISBN 978-0-7432-8502-5
The term ""good-faith"" is almost inappropriate when applied to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a bloody struggle interrupted every so often by negotiations that turn out to be anything but honest. Nonetheless, thirty years after his first trip to
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Jimmy Carter, Author, Rosalynn Carter, With Random House (NY) $16.95 (198p) ISBN 978-0-394-55858-5
The former President and First Lady alternate first-person reminiscences with sections written jointly to tell the story of their lives after leaving the White House in 1980. Frankly acknowledging the trauma of the lost election, the Carters record...
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Jimmy Carter, Author, Jimmy Carter, Read by , read by the author. Simon & Schuster Audio $29.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-7435-8345-9
The former president’s audio edition of his latest title has an enhanced CD featuring downloadable, helpful maps and relevant historical documents. The maps, in particular, add valuable context and demonstrate the volatile overlapping of...
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Jimmy Carter, Author, Jimmy Carter, Read by , read by the author. Simon & Schuster Audio $29.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-7435-6726-8
The second release of former president Carter's Sunday Mornings in Plains audio series presents five lessons in which Carter explores the early ministry of Jesus as portrayed by the Gospel of Mark. These sessions were recorded at Maranatha...
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Jimmy Carter, Author, Jimmy Carter, Read by , read by the author. Simon & Schuster Audio $29.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-7435-6176-1
Former president Carter, who captured a Grammy for Our Endangered Values, now embarks on an ambitious audio-only series. Since leaving the White House more than 25 years ago, Carter has led a weekly adult Sunday school class at Maranatha Baptist...
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Jimmy Carter, Author, Jimmy Carter, Read by , read by the author. S&S Audio $29.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-7435-5593-7
It's hard to use standard criteria to assess this book. Former President Carter is not a very good reader; his tone is flat, and his pronunciation sometimes difficult. Nor is he a literary stylist; there is neither music nor imagery in his down-t
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Jimmy Carter, read by the author. Audioworks, unabridged, six CDs, 6.5 hrs., $29.99 ISBN 978-1-4423-7264-1
Carter addresses the many cultural and institutional issues that put women at a disadvantage in the U.S. and abroad. He calls upon religious leaders, world leaders, and activists to fight for women's rights and guarantee parity in all aspects of...
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Jimmy Carter, Author, Rosalynn Carter, Joint Author University of Arkansas Press $24.95 (224p) ISBN 978-1-55728-388-7
The former President and First Lady discuss their lives after the White House, touching on causes such as health care, Habitat for Humanity and The Carter Center. (Dec.)
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Jimmy Carter, Author, Various, Author, Bettina Stiekel, Editor Atheneum Books $17.95 (272p) ISBN 978-0-689-86310-3
Who better to answer life's most intriguing questions than the thinkers who have made the most important contributions to world peace, medicine, literature, economics and more? In The Nobel Book of Answers: The Dalai Lama, Mikhail Gorbachev,...
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Jimmy Carter, Author, Amy Carter, Illustrator , with illus. by Amy Carter. Simon & Schuster $20 (160p) ISBN 978-0-7432-2491-8
This slim yet deeply textured memoir detailing former president Carter's Christmases as a boy in rural Georgia, as a naval officer, a politician and president serves as an excellent companion to his earlier, bestselling memoir, An Hour Before...
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