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English
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First published in 1959, The Manchurian Candidate is Condon's riveting take on a little-known corner of the cold war, the almost sci-fi concept of American soldiers captured, brainwashed, and programmed by their Chinese captors to return to the states as unsuspected political assassins.
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Series
Publisher
Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"In the final, thrilling installment of the Red Sparrow Trilogy, Russian counterintelligence chief Dominika Egorova and her lover, CIA agent Nate Nash, must find a Russian agent about to be appointed to a very high office in the US government."--
Author
Publisher
Regnery Pub
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Has any major candidate for president of the United States ever received less critical examination than Barack Obama? How did someone with the most liberal voting record in the U.S. Senate and long-standing relationships with a former terrorist, a racist minister, and the corrupt operators of Chicago machine politics end up as a supposed beacon of a newer, cleaner, bipartisan politics? Posing the hard questions that Obama needs to answer, investigative...
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Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Becoming one of the most powerful leaders in the world is enticing, but the path to US president is a difficult one. The campaign may be years long, and financing is complicated. While running for student council president or other major student leadership position may not cost as much, preparation for the job can also be daunting. This book not only introduces readers to the process of becoming the US president, but also guides them through their...
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Series
Publisher
Twenty-First Century Books
Pub. Date
©2009
Language
English
Description
A biography of United States attorney, politician, educator, and author Belva Lockwood, that chronicles her struggles to receive an education and law degree and her run for president with the Equal Rights Party.
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Publisher
Prentice Hall Pr
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Presentation, Ability, Dependability, Motivation, Attitude, Network. These qualities may sound familiar, but you'll be surprised at how employers judge them. You'll discover how to promote these six qualities to your advantage so employers take notice.
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Publisher
Penguin Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"In the face of a President who lobs accusations without facts, evidence, or logic, truth tellers are under attack. Meanwhile, the world order is teetering on the brink. North Korea is on the verge of having a nuclear weapon that could reach the United States; Russians have mastered a new form of information warfare that undercuts democracy; and the role of China in the global community remains unclear. There will always be value to experience and...
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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
©2011
Language
English
Description
The author describes how, after working as a humanitarian around the world, he realized that he could do nothing to stop violence or prevent people from becoming refugees and soon joined the elite Navy SEALs, where he drew on his humanitarian training as he battled injustice.
10) Refund: stories
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Publisher
Counterpoint Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"We think about it every day, sometimes every hour: Money. Who has it. Who doesn't. How you get it. How you don't. In Refund, Bender creates an award-winning collection of stories that deeply explore the ways in which money and the estimation of value affect the lives of her characters. The stories in Refund reflect our contemporary world-swindlers, reality show creators, desperate artists, siblings, parents - who try to answer the question: What...
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Publisher
PublicAffairs, a member of the Perseus Book Group
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"A Supreme Court decision, combined with regulatory gridlock and legal tricks, have fundamentally changed the role of money in politics in recent years, upending traditional bases of political power. Campaign decisions once made by party officials are now in the hands of super-rich benefactors and the consultants competing for their attention-and for increasingly lucrative commissions and fees. It's as if, instead of a football coach on the sidelines...
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Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"An account like no other from the White House reporter who has known President Trump for more than 25 years. We have never seen a president like this...norm-breaking, rule-busting, dangerously reckless to some and an overdue force for change to others. One thing is clear: We are witnessing the reshaping of the presidency. Jonathan Karl brings us into the White House in a powerful book unlike any other on the Trump administration. He's known and covered...
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Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"In one way or another, Donald Trump has been a topic of conversation in America for almost forty years. No one in the world of business-not Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, or Warren Buffett-has been as famous as Trump for as long. First associated with high-profile real estate development in 1970s Manhattan, his name has since become synonymous with success defined by wealth and luxury. What does one make of a grown man who, when he argues with women, stoops...
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Publisher
Morgan James Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Cara Heilmann, CEO of Ready Reset Go, has created a fresh, safe, and unconventional way to help you represent your amazing talents and passion to make a difference in this world, connecting the worlds of comedy and recruiting with a look behind the curtain of corporate recruiting to share what recruiters are really looking for. This book can help you craft compelling career stories and communicate it in a way that leaves them wanting more!"--Amazon.com.
"He...
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Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
A biography of Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Presents the life and career of Hillary Clinton, discussing her childhood in Illinois, her college and law school years, her life as First Lady, her time as a New York Senator, and her achievements as Secretary of State. --Publisher's description.
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Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"She was brilliant, ambitious, and unafraid to break barriers. As the only member of a squad of twenty high-powered lawyers who was not a white male, she devised the strategy that in the 1930s sent Mafia chieftain Lucky Luciano to prison. She achieved so much--but what could she have accomplished if not for barriers of race and gender? ..."--Back cover.
"She was black and a woman and a prosecutor, a graduate of Smith College and the granddaughter...
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