Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges—who, at the age of six, was the first black child to integrate into an all-white elementary school in...

Here are Afghan women in their own words. Words that are by turns inspiring, moving, courageous, and heartbreaking. Their powerful s...

Entertaining at the White House: Decades of Presidential Traditions richly documents 60 years of entertaining customs at 1600 Pennsy...

America's beloved and distinguished historian presents, in a book of breathtaking excitement, drama, and narrative force, the stirri...

The Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling biography of America’s founding father and second president that was the basis for the accla...

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Two White House Social Secretaries offer “an essential guide for getting along and getting ahead in our world today…by treating othe...

The Smithsonian First Ladies Collection is a beautifully illustrated book inspired by one of the most popular attractions at the Smi...

In My First Ladies, Nancy Clarke reveals the touching, funny, and illuminating story of what it was like to serve under six administ...

Ask anyone: September 11, 2001, was serene and lovely, a perfect day—until a plane struck the World Trade Center.But right now it is...

A commemoration of the 20th anniversary of 9/11 as told through stories and photographs from The Associated Press—covering everythin...

Amidst the nonstop turmoil of the War of 1812, the decisive First Lady takes action and inspires an anxious nation. Dolley Madison ...

This handsome guide to the American flag is a concise collection of the history and etiquette of the U.S. flag in an elegant hardcov...

Copied out by hand as a young man aspiring to the status of Gentleman, the 110 precepts which make up this work were based on a set ...

Drafted by Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776, the Declaration of Independence summarizes America's founding politic...

The landmark legal document of the United States, the U.S. Constitution comprises the primary law of the Federal Government. Signed ...