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Author
Publisher
Center Street
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Virginia Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears shows readers how her Christian faith, unwavering patriotism, and fervent commitment to conservative principles propelled her to serve and sacrifice for her country and a better future. Winsome Earle-Sears sent shockwaves across Virginia and the country at large when she pulled off her stunning upset victory in November 2021 and became the first woman lieutenant governor of Virginia and the first Black...
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Fans fell in love with Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton--Alexander Hamilton's devoted wife--in Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical phenomenon Hamilton. In Alexander's last letter to Eliza before he died, he described her as the 'best of wives, best of women.' Yet Eliza remains a mystery, her story largely unknown to many. [This book] provides a riveting and fascinating account of this truly remarkable woman. Mazzeo follows Eliza through the many ups and downs...
Publisher
Time Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
This behind-the-scenes peek at the everyday activities of America's leader takes readers from his 6:45 a.m. workout to top secret security briefings; from meetings with his cabinet, senior advisors, and foreign leaders to dinner with Michelle, Sasha, and Malia; and from the Senate Floor to the Oval Office to the basement basketball court - and beyond.
Author
Publisher
Down & Out Books
Pub. Date
©2024
Language
English
Description
A crime thriller, coming-of-age story and a family saga, The Price You Pay unravels in mid-1970s Jersey City, a crumbling town where violence and coercion reign. Young Mickey Wright is thrust into a world controlled by a powerful Teamster local associated with the Genovese crime syndicate. The man who puts him in jeopardy: his father, a free-wheeling policeman well-known to Jersey City’s politicians and drug dealers. When a Black trucker is murdered,...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In the spirit of a young Barack Obama's Dreams from My Father, comes a candid and compelling memoir about race and poverty in America. In many ways, there was no reason Julian Castro would have been expected to be a success. Born to unmarried parents in a poverty-stricken neighborhood of a struggling city, his prospects of escaping his circumstance seemed bleak. But he and his twin brother Joaquin had something going for them: their mother. A former...
Series
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Robert Kennedy was the third son and seventh child of Joseph and Rose Kennedy, and his childhood was spent trying to win his domineering father's approval, mostly unsuccessfully. But as this Biography shows, he did not make a name for himself until 1952.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"In the summer of 1966, Christina Hardcastle "Tiny" to her illustrious family-stands on the brink of a breathtaking future. Of the three Schuyler sisters, she's the one raised to marry a man destined for leadership, and with her elegance and impeccable style, she presents a perfect camera-ready image in the dawning age of television politics. Together she and her husband, Frank, make the ultimate power couple: intelligent, rich, and impossibly attractive....
49) Hotel Portofino
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A heady historical drama about a British family who opens an upper-class hotel on the magical Italian Riviera during the Roaring Twenties. Hotel Portofino has been opne for only a few weeks, but already the problems are mounting for its owner Bella Ainsworth. Her high-class guests are demanding and heard to plase. And she's being targeted by a scheming and corrupt local politican, who threatens to drag her into the red-hot cauldron of Mussolini's...
50) The shadow box
Author
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After artist Claire Beaudry Chase is attacked and left for dead in her home on the Connecticut coast, she doesn't know who she can trust. But her well-connected husband, Griffin--who is running for governor--is her prime suspect. Just before the attack, Claire was preparing for an exhibit of her shadow boxes, one of which clearly accuses Griffin of a violent crime committed twenty-five years ago. If the public were to find out who her husband is,...
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
©2008
Language
English
Description
This biography of one of the most intriguing figures of the twentieth century, written by his grandson, gives an account of Mahatma Gandhi's life, the development of his beliefs and his political campaigns, and his complex relations with his family. Written with access to family archives, it reveals a life of contrasts and contradictions: the westernized Inner Temple lawyer who wore the clothes of India's poorest and who spun cotton by hand, the apostle...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"They say all politics is local. In 2020, Mitch McConnell will have served five full terms as a US Senator. Thirty years. The Senate Majority leader's power is as undeniable as it is infuriating, and the people of Kentucky have had enough. Led by Matt Jones, they (and they alone) have the power to oust him from office. How did Jones, a local boy turned attorney turned sports radio host come to shine the brightest light on McConnell's ineptitude? Simple--he...
Author
Publisher
Guarana, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The Polish president and an entourage of political and military leadership perished suddenly in a plane crash in 2010. An official Russian report soon declared that the crash was a fault of Polish pilots, the Polish president, and a single birch tree. Meanwhile, the plane wreck was never returned to Poland, families of the victims were bullied, and a series of apparent suicides ensued - all while the Polish political regime changed to a Russian-friendly...
Author
Publisher
Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
She was the daughter of powerful Missouri politician Thomas Hart Benton and was a savvy political operator who played confidante and advisor to the inner circle of the highest political powers in the country. He was a key figure in western exploration and California's first senator, and became the first presidential candidate for the Republican Party--and the first candidate to challenge slavery. Both shaped their times and were far ahead of it, but...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"[Delving into high-stakes politics, this book follows three players.] Tom Pauley is a conservative trial attorney in Durham, NC, who is tapped by GOP leaders to campaign for the Governor's mansion. His bold style makes him a favorite for a run at the White House. Mitchell Mason is the president-elect of the United States, pushed into politics by a father determined to create a political dynasty ... Samantha Davis is a child actor-turned-lawyer-turned-journalist,...
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