Special Promotion
In honor of the memory of our former President and First Lady, Ronald and Nancy Reagan, we would like to offer a special publication. We have paired together two of our hard cover books, one about Ronald Reagan and one about Nancy Reagan so that you can have the pleasure of reading about the historical couple who have captured so many of our hearts. Of course you can purchase the books separately or you can choose to purchase the books together and SAVE!*

* To purchase the two hard cover books together at our amazing price of $100, please email marketing@novapublishers.com and mention promotion code REAGAN.​

​Ronald Reagan: Heroic Dreamer

Author: Wesley B. Borucki, Palm Beach Atlantic University, FL, USA
​Coming from humble origins in Illinois, Ronald Reagan always carried an optimism that life would get better, and with his education from small Eureka College, he moved on to become a radio announcer in Iowa and an actor for Warner Brothers in Hollywood. As World War II ended, his political consciousness grew to the point that he appreciated a palpable Communist influence in Hollywood – an influence he fought as president of the Screen Actors Guild. He became a Republican turned off by large government programs and high tax rates that stifled personal initiative, and a televised 1964 speech in support of Senator Barry Goldwater’s presidential campaign put him on the political map. After his acting career moved from motion pictures to television, he decided at his friends’ urging to run for governor of California in 1966. He won and served two terms as a successful governor, cutting government waste and abuse of the welfare rolls while protecting law and order and the environment. After the great trials of the nation with Watergate and the Vietnam War, Reagan challenged fellow Republicans for president in 1976 unsuccessfully, but he learned a lot. Following the economic decline of the late 1970s, the nation was ready for Reagan as president in the 1980 election. He won wide success and popularity over two terms – even overcoming the Iran-Contra scandal -- by cutting taxes, trusting the people’s ability to work hard and give to others in need, and by never backing down to the Soviet Union. He also dreamed of nuclear weapons’ elimination; he at least managed the elimination of one class of weapons with the INF Treaty signed with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987. The Cold War was effectively won with Reagan’s presidency.

​Nancy Reagan: The Woman Behind the Man (A Volume in the Presidential Wives Series)

Author: Pierre-Marie Loizeau
University of Angers and ICES Catholic University,
​La Roche sur Yon, France
The public perception of the First Lady has evolved through the years and the press and scholars are beginning to take note of the essential role presidents’ wives have played in the Administration and in the nation as a whole. Their participation in the country’s historical, philosophical and sociological experience has made them “First Women” and “First Partners”. They have been identified as standard bearers of the whole female community, as they have both pioneered and reflected women’s role in American society. The twentieth century in particular has seen the construction of their image in the media and highlighted the evolution of their political role at the heart of presidential power.

Has Nancy Reagan been underrated, misunderstood, unfairly criticized? Have her qualities (clear-sightedness, rigor, moral rectitude, empathy, her positive image abroad, etc.) been too often ignored? To what extent has she expanded or limited the undefined institution of the First Lady? The book seeks to explore the ambiguity that underlies this First Lady’s multiple facets. It intends to shed light on the particularities of one of the most controversial yet exceptional women of the twentieth century and get a deeper insight into the complex role of the (first) lady they called “the woman behind the man.”