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Phineas Redux
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Anthony Trollope |
*The Palliser Novels*, book 4: *Phineas Redux* |
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The spy who tried to stop a war
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Marcia Mitchell |
"Tells the story of a young British secret service officer, Katharine Gun, and her courageous decision to expose an illegal US-UK operation -- a covert plot to influence the UN vote that would have a… |
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Politics in the blood
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Paul Davey |
"Biography of three generations of the one family (Hubert, Doug and Larry Anthony), all of whom for over some 70 years held the Federal seat of Richmond in NSW for the National Party. Note that the h… |
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Le Bestiaire de Jean Julien, ou, Les Inimitiés d'un juge sous le Directoire et le Consulat présenta…
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Léonce Peyrègne |
Histoire, biographies. |
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The governor
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Rod R. Blagojevich |
In his long-awaited and controversial book, former Illinois Governor, Rod Blagojevich finally details, for the first time ever, the story of the political scandal that continues to rock the nation. T… |
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Fighting Shirley Chisholm
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James Haskins |
A biography of the first black congresswoman and the first black woman to run for the presidential nomination. |
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The Bridge
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David Remnick |
No story has been more central to America's history this century than the rise of Barack Obama, and until now, no journalist or historian has written a book thatfully investigates the circumstances a… |
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Davy Crockett
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William R. Sanford |
Relates the true story of Davy Crockett, one of the Old West's outstanding hunters, frontiersmen, and legislators. |
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Barbara Jordan
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Rose Blue |
Examines the life and career of the black woman from Texas who became a prominent political figure. |
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Joseph McCarthy
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Daniel Cohen |
A biography of the Wisconsin Senator whose questionable methods as a "Communist witch-hunter" brought him fame in the decade after World War II and led to his eventual censure by the United States Se… |
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House secrets
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Lawson, Michael |
When Joe DeMarco is asked by the Speaker of the House to probe the apparent accidental death of a reporter who was trailing presidential hopeful Senator Paul Morelli, dirty secrets and divided loyalt… |
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Our Revolution
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Bernie Sanders |
"When Bernie Sanders began his race for the presidency, it was considered by the political establishment and the media to be a "fringe" campaign, something not to be taken seriously. After all, he wa… |
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Off the sidelines
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Kirsten Gillibrand |
"Fourteen years before Kirsten Gillibrand succeeded Hillary Rodham Clinton as senator from New York, she heard her future mentor say these life-changing words: 'Decisions are being made every day in … |
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What Happened
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Hillary Rodham Clinton |
The former secretary of state relates her experiences as the first woman candidate nominated for president by a major party, discussing the sexism, criticism, and double standards she had to confront… |
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Hillary Rodham Clinton
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Jill C. Wheeler |
A biography of former First Lady Hillary Clinton, from her "perfect" childhood and college years through her political life in Arkansas and Washington, D.C. to her election as senator from New York. |
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The last lion
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Peter Canellos |
Dismissed as a spent force in politics by the time he reached middle age, Ted Kennedy became the most powerful senator of the last half century and the nation's keeper of traditional liberalism. Perc… |
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Davy Crockett
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Kathy Feeney |
A brief biography of the frontiersman and statesman from Tennessee who died at the Alamo. |
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John McCain
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John Perritano |
This insightful biography of John McCain helps young readers understand how a true American maverick has influenced the Senate and our country s politics always on his own terms. |
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A ripple of hope
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Barbara Harrison |
A photo essay that focuses on the life of Robert F. Kennedy, from his childhood with the Kennedy clan to his assassination in 1968, with an emphasis on his commitment to social issues. |
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Lost in translation
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Nicole Mones |
Alice Mannegan, an American translator in Beijing, joins professor Lin Shiyang on an archaeological expedition that becomes a breathtaking erotic journey across some of the most far-flung regions of … |
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