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A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
All the presidents' wives: An in-depth look at America's First Ladies - from Martha Washington to Mary Todd Lincoln to Eleanor Roosevelt to Jacqueline Kennedy to Hillary Clinton. Each segment offers an engaging portrait of the woman. These women have held one of the most enigmatic, yet high-profile, jobs in the country.
First mothers: Chronicles the life stories of Sara Delano Roosevelt, Rose Kennedy, Hannah Milhous Nixon, Nelle Reagan, Virginia...
82) John F. Kennedy
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Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
Tells the life story of John F. Kennedy, describing his family, his experiences in World War II, his marriage, and his accomplishments as president.
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Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
c2010
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An illustrated biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt that provides information on his childhood in Hyde Park, marriage to Eleanor, political career, years as president, and influence on American history. Although polio left him wheelchair bound, Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office during the Great Depression and served as president during World War II. Elected four times, he spent thirteen years in the White House. How he led the country through...
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The years of Lyndon Johnson Book 3
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The third volume in the author's monumental biography of Lyndon Johnson, following The Path to Power and Means of Ascent, describes the future president's career in the U.S. Senate, from breaking the southern control of Capitol Hill to passing the first civil rights legislation since Reconstruction.
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Down East
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
"To begin with I was in love and I am in love so that's not hard," Barbara Bush told her granddaughter Ellie LeBlond Sosa on her porch in Kennebunkport, Maine.Sosa had asked for the secret to her and President George H.W. Bush's 77-year love affair that withstood World War II separation, a leap of faith into the oil fields of West Texas, the painful loss of a child, a political climb to the highest office, and after the White House, the transition...
86) First boy
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Dragged into the political turmoil of a presidential election year, fourteen-year-old Cooper Jewett, who runs a New Hampshire dairy farm since his grandfather's death, stands up for himself and makes it clear whose first boy he really is.
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St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2003.
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Lt. Shane Schofield, a presidential guard on a military helicopter, accompanies the president to the super-secret Area 7, where rogue Air Force commander Caesar Russell waits to unleash his diabolical scheme to take over the country.
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Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
A vivid and inspiring account of the "bromance" between Barack Obama and Joe Biden. The extraordinary partnership of Barack Obama and Joe Biden is unique in American history. The two men, their characters and styles sharply contrasting, formed a dynamic working relationship that evolved into a profound friendship. Their affinity was not predestined. Obama and Biden began wary of each other: Obama an impatient freshman disdainful of the Senate's plodding...
91) Big game
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13-year-old Oskari is sent into the cold wilderness on an ancient test of manhood. He must survive armed only with a bow and arrow. But instead, he stumbles upon an escape pod from a burning airliner: Air Force One. Terrorists have shot down the President of the United States. The boy hunter and the world's most powerful man are suddenly the hunted, in a race against a deadly enemy.
92) Abraham Lincoln
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Publisher
Britannica Educational Pub. in association with Rosen Educational Services
Pub. Date
2013
Description
A biography of President Abraham Lincoln that describes his early life and political career, challenges as President of the United States during the Civil War, his stand against slavery, assassination, and legacy.
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Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
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"Have you ever wondered what exactly goes on inside 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, where the President and his family live? Brower shines a spotlight on the families that have lived in the White House, as well as the roles of the staff members,. She explains what goes on behind the scenes at important state events, visits of foreign dignitaries, and even a ghost or two." --
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Time twisters Book 2
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
When Abigail Adams decides there's more to life than doing chores in the White House, she joins a crew of Caribbean pirates!
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Sean Dillon thrillers Book 21
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
"In the past few years, the killing and capture of many al-Qaeda leaders has left the terrorist organization wounded--but by no means dead. And they intend to prove it. On a dark summer night, two Chechen mercenaries emerge from the waters off Nantucket to kill a high-value target, the former president of the United States, Jake Cazalet. Unfortunately for them, Cazalet has guests with him, including black ops specialist Sean Dillon and his colleague,...
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