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Live Auction Catalog - Carter Center Winter Weekend 2010

ITEM # 64 SIGNED BOOKS BY PRESIDENT AND MRS. CARTER

Books included in the collection are:

Why Not the Best?
Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter began this campaign autobiography in late 1974. It was received by the public as affirmation of his bedrock faith in old-fashioned public service based on duty, honor, competence, and honesty. With almost 1 million copies sold, it helped propel him into the White House. This out-of-print leather-bound, gold-leaf limited edition will be personalized to the buyer and autographed.

Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President
This is a clothbound first edition of President Carter’s autobiographical account of his presidency. The hardback is now out of print. Will be personalized to the buyer and autographed.

First Lady From Plains (paperback)
Rosalynn Carter’s personal account of her early years and her time in the White House. Will be personalized to the buyer and autographed.

Negotiation: An Alternative to Hostility
This rare, leather-bound book from the Carl Vinson Memorial Lecture Series contains President Carter’s analysis of his negotiating tactics with practical examples during his career. The book also includes photographs from the lecture on April 19, 1983. Will be personalized to the buyer and autographed.

The Blood of Abraham: Insights Into the Middle East
President Carter demystifies the history of each of the nations that comprise the Middle East, the reasons for their different goals, and the nature of their prime concerns and provides an enlightened and reconciling vision for all who share the blood of Abraham. This revised paperback edition with a new afterword includes more current thoughts on the Middle East by Jimmy Carter. Personalized to the buyer and autographed.

An Outdoor Journal: Adventures and Reflections
President Carter recalls hunting, fishing, and mountain climbing in very personal and beautifully told stories of a love of the natural world. Paperback edition will be personalized to the buyer and autographed.

Turning Point: A Candidate, a State, and a Nation Come of Age
This account of Jimmy Carter’s first political campaign reads like a Grisham thriller. He faced corruption and ballot stuffing and overcame tremendous odds in court and in the Legislature to win the election to the Georgia Senate. Paperback edition will be personalized to the buyer and autographed.

Talking Peace: A Vision for the Next Generation
Jimmy Carter draws on his experience as he discusses how citizens of all ages can contribute to the foundations of world peace. This revised and updated hardback book will be personalized to the buyer and autographed.

Helping Yourself Help Others: A Book for Caregivers (hardback
) Rosalynn Carter’s guide offers practical information and lists of resources for family members and professionals caring for children and adults who are chronically ill or disabled. This hardback edition will be personalized to the buyer and autographed.

Always a Reckoning and Other Poems
In his first and only book of poetry, President Carter shares his private memories about his childhood, family, and political life. This hardback edition will be personalized to the buyer and autographed.

Everything To Gain: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life
This 1987 release by President and Mrs. Carter focuses on the challenges of life after the White House and the motivation to meet them. Personalized to the buyer and autographed by President and Mrs. Carter. This hardback edition is now out of print.

A Government as Good as Its People
Sixty-two of the best and most notable public statements made by Jimmy Carter on his way to becoming president of the United States are presented in this collection. It ends with his Jan. 20, 1977, inaugural address. This paperback edition will be personalized to the buyer and autographed.

The Little Baby Snoogle-Fleejer
Decades ago, President Carter told his children this fairy tale with a universal moral. Amy Carter beautifully illustrates this lovely hardback book, which will be personalized to the buyer and autographed by President Carter.

Living Faith
A personal memoir about the values and experiences that have shaped President Carter’s life. This first-edition, hardback best-seller will be personalized to the buyer and autographed.

Sources of Strength: Meditations on Scripture for a Living Faith
A collection of 52 of President Carter’s Sunday school lessons. These inspiring meditations reflect themes that touch every life: family, love, grief, healing, forgiveness, and the transforming power of God’s love in our lives. Hardback edition will be personalized to the buyer and autographed.

The Virtues of Aging
President Carter shares the knowledge and the pleasures that age has brought him. Blending memoir, anecdote, political savvy, and practical advice, this book truly illuminates the rich promises of growing older. Hardback edition will be personalized to the buyer and autographed.

Helping Someone With Mental Illness: A Compassionate Guide for Family, Friends and Caregivers (hardback)
Building on 25 years of experience as an advocate for mental health, Rosalynn Carter discusses the latest treatments and research and shows how to be an effective caregiver and activist. Hardback edition will be personalized to the buyer and autographed.

An Hour Before Daylight
This best-selling book by President Carter gives the personal account of his Depression-era boyhood on a Georgia farm. Paperback edition will be personalized to the buyer and autographed.

Christmas in Plains
In this book illustrated by Amy Carter, President Carter reveals how his early memories of Christmas in Plains have influenced the way he and his family have celebrated that special day throughout his life. Hardback edition will be personalized to the buyer and autographed.

Nobel Prize Lecture
Hardback edition of President Carter’s Nobel Peace Prize Lecture given Dec. 10, 2002. Also contains information on the history of the prize, author’s note, and President Carter’s acceptance statement. It will be personalized to the buyer and autographed.

The Hornet’s Nest
Hardback edition of President Carter’s best-selling novel of the Revolutionary War in the South. This is the first novel written by a president of the United Sates. It will be personalized to the buyer and autographed.

Sharing Good Times
These family stories continue President Carter’s personal accounts on a variety of topics, including learning to share, granting personal space, competition, fishing, world travel, and most of all the appreciation of his family. It will be personalized to the buyer and autographed.

Palestine Peace Not Apartheid
President Carter shares his intimate knowledge of the history of the Middle East and his personal experiences with the principal actors and addresses sensitive political issues. Hardback edition will be personalized to the buyer and autographed.

Beyond the White House
This is the story of President Jimmy Carter's post-presidency. Through The Carter Center, which he and Rosalynn Carter founded in 1982, he has fought neglected diseases, waged peace in war zones, and built hope among some of the most forgotten and needy people in the world. Hardback edition will be personalized to the buyer and autographed.

A Remarkable Mother
President Carter credits his mother, Lillian, as the inspiration for his own life's work of commitment and faith. Miss Lillian is shown as part of the transformation in America from a mostly rural society to an expansive, prosperous, confident player on the world stage. This hardback edition will be personalized to the buyer and autographed.

We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land
In this urgent, balanced, and passionate book, President Carter argues that the present moment is a unique time for achieving peace in the Middle East. This is President Carter's call for action, and he lays out a practical and doable path to peace. The hardback edition will be personalized to the buyer and autographed.