Affiliates
| Works by
Jimmy Carter
(aka James Earl Carter, Jr.)
(39th U.S. President, Writer)
[October 1, 1924 - ] |
-
Why Not the Best? (1975)
Campaign biography.
-
A Government As Good As Its People (1976)
-
The Wit and Wisdom of Jimmy Carter
(1977)
-
Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President
(1982)
-
Everything to Gain: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life
(1987)
For Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, the transition from
the White House to Plains, Georgia, was painful. EVERYTHING TO GAIN is
their warm and unpretentious account of their successful adjustment to a
new life, full of encouragement and insight for any couple wanting to
renew their commitment to each other and to life.-
An Outdoor Journal: Adventures and Reflections
(1988)
-
Turning Point: A Candidate, a State, and a Nation Come of Age
(1992)
The former president's personal tale of political intrigue and social
conflict during his first campaign for public office. Iluminates the
origins of his commitment to human rights and bears further witness to the
accomplishments of an extraordinary man.
-
The Blood of Abraham: Insights into the Middle East (1993)
-
Living Faith
(1996)
For almost three decades, President Carter has
regularly spent part of each Sunday reading from scripture and sharing his
personal faith with neighbors, friends, and visitors at his Baptist church
in Plains, Georgia. In Living Faith, he draws on this experience,
exploring the values closest to his heart and the personal beliefs that
have nurtured and sustained him.
For President Carter, faith finds its deepest expression
in a life of compassion, reconciliation, and service to others. Living
Faith is filled with stories of people whose lives have touched his--some
from the world stage, more from modest walks of life. We see how President
Carter learned about other faiths from Prime Minister Menachim Begin and
President Anwar Sadat; learned a lesson in forgiveness from a clash with
commentator George Will; how he was inspired by the simple theology of
preacher Ely Cruz, "Love God and the person in front of you"; and how the
cheerful strength of family friend Annie Mae Rhodes taught him the meaning
of "patient faith."
Rooted in scripture and infused with a vision of how a
dynamic faith can enrich our public and private lives, this is the most
personal book yet by one of our most admired Americans--a warmly
inspirational volume to give and to share.
-
Sources of Strength: Meditations on Scripture for a Living Faith (1997)
Former President Jimmy Carter has won the respect
and affection of millions for his long career as a humanitarian, a
peacemaker, and a model of faith in action. The Sunday school classes he
leads at his hometown church in Plains, Georgia, are legendary. "These
weekly sessions . . . are remarkable for the ability of regular folks to
walk in, grab a seat, and exchange views with the thirty-ninth president
of the United States," says The New York Times. "But they are also
remarkable for what Mr. Carter has to say." For Sources of Strength,
President Carter has culled fifty-two of his favorite Bible lessons--one
for each week of the year--from the fifteen hundred or so he has taught
over the decades. A thoughtful and inspiring book, Sources of Strength
captured the heart of the country when it was published in hardcover, and
became an immediate national bestseller. Now available in paperback, it
can be enjoyed on its own or as the companion volume to Carter's
bestselling spiritual autobiography, Living Faith. Jimmy Carter was
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. He is the author of
thirteen other books, including Always a Reckoning, The Virtues of Aging,
and Living Faith. In 1982 he founded the Carter Center, a nonprofit and
nonpartisan organization in Atlanta that addresses national and
international issues of public policy. Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, live
in Plains, Georgia.-
The Virtues of Aging (1998)
"We are not alone in our worry about both the physical aspect of aging
and the prejudice that exists toward the elderly, which is similar to
racism or sexism. What makes it different is that the prejudice also
exists among those of us who are either within this group or rapidly
approaching it. When I have mentioned the title of this book to a few
people, most of them responded, 'Virtues? What could possibly be good
about growing old?' The most obvious answer, of course, is to consider the
alternative to aging. But there are plenty of other good answers--many based
on our personal experiences and observations." --from The Virtues of Aging-
An Hour Before Daylight: Memoirs of a Rural Boyhood
(2001)
In An Hour Before Daylight, Jimmy Carter,
bestselling author of Living Faith and Sources of Strength, re-creates his
Depression-era boyhood on a Georgia farm before the civil rights movement
forever changed it and the country. Carter writes about the powerful
rhythms of countryside and community in a sharecropping economy, offering
an unforgettable portrait of his father, a brilliant farmer and a strict
segregationist who treated black workers with respect and fairness; his
strong-willed and well-read mother; and the five other people who shaped
his early life, three of whom were black.
Carter's clean and eloquent prose evokes a time when the cycles of life
were predictable and simple and the rules were heartbreaking and complex.
In his singular voice and with a novelist's gift for detail, Jimmy Carter
creates a sensitive portrait of an era that shaped the nation and recounts
a classic, American story of enduring importance.-
Christmas in Plains: Memoirs (2001) with
Amy Carter, Illustrator
In a beautifully rendered portrait, Jimmy Carter remembers
the Christmas days of his Plains boyhood -- the simplicity of family and
community gift-giving, his father's eggnog, the children's house
decorations, the school Nativity pageant, the fireworks, Luke's story of
the birth of Christ, and the poignancy of his black neighbors' poverty.
Later, away at Annapolis, he always went home to Plains,
and during his Navy years, when he and Rosalynn were raising their young
family, they spent their Christmases together re-creating for their
children the holiday festivities of their youth.
Since the Carters returned home to Plains for good, they
have always been there on Christmas Day, with only one exception in
forty-eight years: In 1980, with Americans held hostage in Iran, Jimmy,
Rosalynn, and Amy went by themselves to Camp David, where they felt
lonely. Amy suggested that they invite the White House staff and their
families to join them and to celebrate.
Nowadays the Carters' large family is still together at
Christmastime, offering each other the gifts and the lifelong rituals that
mark this day for them.
With the novelist's eye that enchanted readers of his
memoir
An Hour Before Daylight, Jimmy Carter has written another
American classic, in the tradition of Truman Capote's A Christmas Memory
and Dylan Thomas's A Child's Christmas in Wales.
-
Sharing Good Times (2004)
In this wonderfully evocative volume, following the
outstanding success of The Hornet's Nest, Christmas in Plains, and his
classic, An Hour Before Daylight, Jimmy Carter writes about the things
that matter most, the simple relaxed days and nights that he has enjoyed
with family and friends through the years and across generations.
Here are lively and witty accounts of exploring the
outdoors with his father and with black playmates; making furniture;
painting; pursuing new adventures and going places with children,
grandchildren, and friends. He describes how he learned to share life with
his wife, Rosalynn -- and how they both learned how to grant each other
personal space -- and to compete with her on the tennis court, high
mountains, trout streams, and ski slopes.
These lifetime experiences can be an inspirational guide
to anyone desiring to stretch mind and heart and to combine work and
pleasure. -
The Nobel Peace Prize Lecture (2002)
The Nobel Lecture was delivered by Jimmy
Carter on December 10, 2002, at the ceremony in Oslo, Norway, where he
received the Nobel Prize for Peace.-
The Personal Beliefs of Jimmy Carter (2002) -- Winner of the 2002
Nobel Peace Prize
Former President Jimmy Carter has won the
respect and affection of millions for his long and illustrious career as a
humanitarian, a peacemaker, and an active promoter of human rights around
the world. The Nobel Committee recognized President Carter’s remarkable
achievements by awarding him the Peace Prize in October 2002 for his
accomplishments fostering peace during his presidency and his tireless
work after leaving office monitoring elections, promoting peaceful
resolutions to conflict, and helping provide food, shelter, and healthcare
to the world’s poor.
Now, in The Personal Beliefs of Jimmy Carter, readers have
for the first time in one volume the complete text of his spiritual
autobiography, Living Faith, in which President Carter shares the values
and experiences that have shaped his life, and Sources of Strength,
fifty-two of his favorite Bible lessons that he has taught at his hometown
church in Plains, Georgia, over the decades. These radiant works
beautifully capture how President Carter has transformed his deep
religious faith into an enduring course of action that has brought life
and hope to those most in need. Bestsellers when they first published,
these two books are even more resonant today as we continue to search for
the answers to life’s most meaningful questions.
-
Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis (2005)
President Jimmy Carter offers a passionate
defense of separation of church and state. He warns that fundamentalists
are deliberately blurring the lines between politics and religion.
As a believing Christian, Carter takes on issues that are under fierce
debate -- women's rights, terrorism, homosexuality, civil liberties,
abortion, the death penalty, science and religion, environmental
degradation, nuclear arsenals, preemptive war, and America's global image.
-
Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid
(2006)
Following his #1 New York Times bestseller, Our
Endangered Values, the former president, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize,
offers an assessment of what must be done to bring permanent peace to
Israel with dignity and justice to Palestine.
President Carter, who was able to negotiate peace between
Israel and Egypt, has remained deeply involved in Middle East affairs
since leaving the White House. He has stayed in touch with the major
players from all sides in the conflict and has made numerous trips to the
Holy Land, most recently as an observer in the Palestinian elections of
2005 and 2006.
In this book President Carter shares his intimate
knowledge of the history of the Middle East and his personal experiences
with the principal actors, and he addresses sensitive political issues
many American officials avoid. Pulling no punches, Carter prescribes steps
that must be taken for the two states to share the Holy Land without a
system of apartheid or the constant fear of terrorism.
The general parameters of a long-term, two-state agreement
are well known, the president writes. There will be no substantive and
permanent peace for any peoples in this troubled region as long as Israel
is violating key U.N. resolutions, official American policy, and the
international "road map" for peace by occupying Arab lands and oppressing
the Palestinians. Except for mutually agreeable negotiated modifications,
Israel's official pre-1967 borders must be honored. As were all previous
administrations since the founding of Israel, U.S. government leaders must
be in the forefront of achieving this long-delayed goal of a just
agreement that both sides can honor.
Palestine Peace Not Apartheid is a challenging,
provocative, and courageous book.
The Hornet's Nest: A Novel of the Revolutionary War
(2003)
The
first work of fiction by a President of the United States -- a sweeping
novel of the American South and the War of Independence
In his ambitious and deeply rewarding novel, Jimmy Carter brings to life
the Revolutionary War as it was fought in the Deep South; it is a saga
that will change the way we think about the conflict. He reminds us that
much of the fight for independence took place in that region and that it
was a struggle of both great and small battles and of terrible brutality,
with neighbor turned against neighbor, the Indians' support sought by both
sides, and no quarter asked or given. The Hornet's Nest follows a cast of
characters and their loved ones on both sides of this violent conflict --
including some who are based on the author's ancestors.
At the heart of the story is Ethan Pratt, who in 1766 moves with his wife,
Epsey, from Philadelphia to North Carolina and then to Georgia in 1771, in
the company of Quakers. On their homesteads in Georgia, Ethan and his wife
form a friendship with neighbors Kindred Morris and his wife, Mavis.
Through Kindred and his young Indian friend Newota, Ethan learns about the
frontier and the Native American tribes who are being continually pressed
farther inland by settlers. As the eight-year war develops, Ethan and
Kindred find themselves in life-and-death combat with opposing forces.
With its moving love story, vivid action, and the suspense of a war fought
with increasing ferocity and stealth, The Hornet's Nest is historical
fiction at its best, in the tradition of such major classics as The Last
of the Mohicans.
The Little Baby Snoogle-Fleejer (1995) with
Amy Carter, Illustrator
Fresh from the success of his highly praised volume of poetry, Always a
Reckoning, former president Jimmy Carter now pens his first children's
book, illustrated by his daughter Amy. Young Jeremy, who cannot walk, is
abandoned at the seashore one day when the others flee at the sight of a
terrifying sea monster. With no choice but to face this horror, Jeremy is
surprised to discover a kindred spirit in the little baby Snoogle-Fleejer.
(All Ages)
-
Always a Reckoning and Other Poems (1995)
The first collection of poetry by former President Jimmy Carter,
who shares here his private memories about his childhood, his family and
political life, with illustrations by his granddaughter. Always a Reckoning
sets a precedent since no other president has published a book of poetry.
Gift packaged with ribbon marker. A portion of the proceeds from sales will
be donated to charity.
-
Just Peace: A Message of Hope (2006) with
Mattie J. T. Stepanek
Sometimes the most important messages come from the most unlikely places.
Mattie J.T. Stepanek, a 13-year-old boy, made a difference before he died
with his Heartsongs poetry. He continues to impact the world through Just
Peace. This poet, best-selling author, peace activist, and prominent voice
for the Muscular Dystrophy Association fervently believed in and promoted
world peace not just as a concept, but as a reality.
Mattie was working on this manuscript with Jimmy Carter when he died in June
2004. His mother, Jeni, who edited the material and wrote a preface for the
book is publishing it at her son's request. Just Peace explores Mattie's
concept of the world and all people as a unique mosaic of gifts. War and
injustice shatter the mosaic, which can only be made whole again by planning
and actively pursuing peace. The young visionary's essays, poetry, and
photographs appear throughout the book. Jimmy Carter has written a special
foreword and forthword for the book.
Just as important to the book and enlightening to the reader are Mattie's
many correspondences. Central to these are his personal e-mails to and from
former president Jimmy Carter, Mattie's peace "hero" and role model. The
Nobel Peace Prize winner met Mattie, considered him an angel, messenger, and
hero in his own right, and was genuinely affected by Mattie's passion and
drive. Just Peace is an intimate portrait of a president, a young man of
hope, and peace itself.
A portion of the proceeds from Just Peace will be donated to the MDA Mattie
Fund designated for medical research to help find treatments and cures for
childhood neuromuscular diseases.
| |
| Related Topics Click any of the following links for more information on similar topics of interest in relation to this page.
Jimmy Carter
Is Listed As A Favorite Of
(Alphabetical Order
By First Name)
Ralph Metzner
Jimmy's Favorite
Authors/Books
(Alphabetical Order
By First Name)
[As of x] TO BE DETERMINED |
