NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� No ex-president had a more prolific and diverse publishing career than .
His more than two dozen books included nonfiction, poetry, fiction, religious meditations and a children鈥檚 story. His memoir 鈥淎n Hour Before Daylight鈥� was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2002, while his 2006 best-seller 鈥淧alestine: Peace Not Apartheid鈥� stirred a fierce debate by likening Israel鈥檚 policies in the West Bank to the brutal South African system of racial segregation.
And just before his 100th birthday, the honored him with a for how he wielded "the power of the written word to foster peace, social justice, and global understanding.鈥�
In one recent work, 鈥淎 Full Life,鈥� Carter observed that he 鈥渆njoyed writing鈥� and that his books 鈥減rovided a much-needed source of income.鈥� But some projects were easier than others.
鈥淓verything to Gain,鈥� a 1987 collaboration with his wife, Rosalynn, turned into the 鈥渨orst threat we ever experienced in our marriage,鈥� an intractable standoff for the facilitator of the Camp David accords and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
According to Carter, Rosalynn was a meticulous author who considered 鈥渢he resulting sentences as though they have come down from Mount Sinai, carved into stone.鈥� Their memories differed on various events and they fell into 鈥渃onstant arguments.鈥� They were ready to abandon the book and return the advance, until their editor persuaded them to simply divide any disputed passages between them.
鈥淚n the book, each of these paragraphs is identified by a 鈥楯鈥� or an 鈥楻,鈥� and our marriage survived,鈥� he wrote.
Here is a partial list of books by Carter:
鈥淜eeping Faith: Memoirs of a President鈥�
鈥淭he Blood of Abraham: Insights into the Middle East鈥�
(With Rosalynn Carter) 鈥淓verything to Gain: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life鈥�
鈥淎n Outdoor Journal: Adventures and Reflections鈥�
鈥淭urning Point: A Candidate, a State, and a Nation Come of Age鈥�
鈥淎lways a Reckoning, and Other Poems鈥�
(With daughter Amy Carter) 鈥淭he Little Baby Snoogle-Fleejer鈥�
鈥淟iving Faith鈥�
鈥淭he Virtues of Aging鈥�
鈥淎n Hour Before Daylight: Memories of a Rural Boyhood鈥�
鈥淐hristmas in Plains: Memories鈥�
鈥淭he Hornet鈥檚 Nest: A Novel of the Revolutionary War鈥�
鈥淥ur Endangered Values: America鈥檚 Moral Crisis鈥�
鈥淔aith & Freedom: The Christian Challenge for the World鈥�
鈥淧alestine: Peace Not Apartheid鈥�
鈥淎 Remarkable Mother鈥�
鈥淏eyond the White House鈥�
鈥淲e Can Have Peace in the Holy Land: A Plan That Will Work鈥�
鈥淲hite House Diary鈥�
鈥淣IV Lessons from Life Bible: Personal Reflections with Jimmy Carter鈥�
鈥淎 Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power鈥�
鈥淎 Full Life: Reflections at Ninety鈥�
The Associated Press
