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The White House is the home of the President of the United States, the most guarded, monitored, closely watched person in the world. So how could a U.S. president vanish without a trace? And why would he choose to do so? This collaboration between President Bill Clinton and James Patterson is full of what it truly feels like to be the person in the Oval Office: the mind-boggling pressure, the heartbreaking decisions, the exhilarating opportunities,...
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English
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This multiple biography is centered on Lincoln's mastery of men and how it shaped the most significant presidency in the nation's history. Historian Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political genius, as the one-term congressman rises from obscurity to prevail over three gifted rivals to become president. When Lincoln emerged as the victor at the Republican National Convention, his rivals were dismayed. Throughout the turbulent 1850s, each had energetically...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
First Son Alex Claremont-Diaz, with his sister and the Veep's genius granddaughter, are the White House Trio, a beautiful millennial marketing strategy for his mother, President Ellen Claremont. Then photos of a confrontation with his longtime nemesis Prince Henry at a royal wedding leak to the tabloids. The plan for damage control: stage a fake friendship between the First Son and the Prince. Alex soon discovers that beneath Henry's Prince Charming...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In one of his most accomplished, compelling novels yet, acclaimed New York Times bestseller Jeff Shaara accomplishes what only the finest historical fiction can do - he brings to life one of the most consequential figures in U.S. history - Theodore Roosevelt - peeling back the many-layered history of the man, and the country he personified. From the mid-nineteenth century to the early twentieth century, from the waning days of the rugged frontier...
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Marcus Ryker novels volume 3
Language
English
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"With the unexpected death of Russian President Aleksandr Luganov, and Iran's efforts to acquire fully operational nuclear warheads successfully thwarted, American President Andrew Clarke decides the moment has come to unveil his comprehensive proposal to achieve peace between Israel and the Palestinians. However, when a series of senior American officials involved in the peace process are assassinated, Clarke orders Marcus Ryker and a team of CIA...
12) Personal memoirs
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Series
Publisher
Modern Library
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
Modern Library paperback edition.
Physical Desc
xxx, 702 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Among the autobiographies of great military leaders, Ulysses S. Grant's is certainly one of the finest. From his frontier boyhood to his heroics in battle to the grinding poverty from which the Civil War rescued him, these memoirs are a deeply moving account of a brilliant man.
13) Putin's revenge
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An investigation of how the U.S. struggled to confront Vladimir Putin over Russian involvement in the 2016 election, how revenge may have motivated Putin to target American democracy, and the U.S. responses under Presidents Obama and Trump.
14) Without fail
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Series
Jack Reacher novels volume 6
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English
Description
Jack Reacher is hired to attempt to assassinate the Vice President of the United States to ensure that his security team is up to scratch, but in the meantime there is a very real and deadly team of assassins that has just put the VP in their sights.
15) Abraham Lincoln
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (321 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Abraham Lincoln is a definitive biography of the 16th president, the man who led the country during its greatest crisis. Featuring over seven hours of compelling live-action scripted scenes, interviews with esteemed historians and public figures including President Barack Obama as well as archival materials, and segments acknowledging the invaluable influence of abolitionists-such as Frederick Douglass in seizing the moment for fundamental change,...
16) The dark side
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Amid revelations about faulty prewar intelligence and a scandal surrounding the indictment of the vice president's chief of staff and presidential adviser, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Frontline goes behind the headlines to investigate the internal war that was waged between the intelligence community and Richard Bruce Cheney, the most powerful vice president in the nation's history. The film tells the story of the vice president's role as the chief...
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 285 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Onetime VP and now-President Selina Meyer finds herself in the midst of a tie in the Electoral College. With her presidency on the line, she and her staff in D.C. continue their mission of making her seem presidential (even though she is the president.) She's also fending off the ambitions of her charismatic vice presidential running mate who, through an obscure constitutional procedure, could end up being president.
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