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Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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Just two months into his presidency, Ronald Reagan lay near death after a gunman's bullet came within inches of his heart. His recovery was nothing short of remarkable -- or so it seemed. But Reagan was grievously injured, forcing him to encounter a challenge that few men ever face. Could he silently overcome his traumatic experience while at the same time carrying out the duties of the most powerful man in the world? Told in the same riveting fashion...
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A Stone Barrington novel volume 42
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English
Description
Stone Barrington learns that privacy is hard to come by when you're one of the rich and mighty. He has always been the subject of interest and gossip, but when he's unwittingly thrust into the limelight, he finds himself scrambling to take cover. Unfortunately, Stone soon discovers that these efforts only increase the persistence of the most troublesome pests ... and when he runs afoul of a particularly tenacious lady, he'll be struggling to protect...
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English
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The Fox News star outlines his rules and tricks for winning any argument against a liberal by using patience, research, humor, and creative thinking. Revealing the strategies that have helped him keep a steady job for almost three decades. Gutfield gives readers the tools they'll need to argue, influence, and convince their friends, family and foes throughout the 2016 election cycle. --Publisher's description.
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Publisher
Liberatio Protocol
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Kayleigh McEnany brings to life the key cultural and political issues of our time, from the fall of Afghanistan to the Supreme Court's abortion decision, analyzing world events through the lens of faith and providing readers with Serenity in the Storm"-- Provided by publisher
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 34
Language
English
Description
"The #1 New York Times-bestselling author and master of the technothriller returns with his All-Star team. There's a new strong man in Russia but his rise to power is based on a dark secret hidden decades in the past. The solution to that mystery lies with a most unexpected source, President Jack Ryan"-- Provided by publisher.
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Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A leading political analyst navigates an unfamiliar terrain of what it means to be a conservative in the Trump Era in Still Right. Since 2016, "conservative" has come to mean "supportive of the policies of the Trump Administration": building his "wall," enacting ruinous tariffs and limiting trade, alienating our allies and kowtowing to dictators, spending wildly, and generally doing the very opposite of what conservatism actually calls for. As a...
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Publisher
Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A journey of discovery though two millennia of Scandinavia's history, culture and society, "told with deep knowledge and an intoxicating passion" (BBC). -- Scandinavians is also a personal investigation, with award-winning author Robert Ferguson as the ideal companion as he explores wide-ranging topics such as the power and mystique of Scandinavian women, from the Valkyries to the Vikings; from Nora and Hedda to Garbo and Bergman. This digressive...
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Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The long-awaited second volume of Nelson Mandela's memoirs, left unfinished at his death and never before available, are here completed and expanded with notes and speeches written by Mandela during his historic presidency, making for a moving sequel to his worldwide bestseller Long Walk to Freedom.
"I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to...
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Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
In Liberty Defined, congressman and #1 New York Times bestselling author Ron Paul returns with his most provocative, comprehensive, and compelling arguments for personal freedom to date. The term "Liberty" is so commonly used in our country that it has become a mere cliché. But do we know what it means? What it promises? How it factors into our daily lives? And most importantly, can we recognize tyranny when it is sold to us disguised as a form of...
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When Washington D.C. was first built, it was on top of a swamp that had to be drained. Donald Trump says it's time to drain it again.
In The Swamp, bestselling author and Fox News Channel host Eric Bolling presents an infuriating, amusing, revealing, and outrageous history of American politics, past and present, Republican and Democrat. From national political scandals to tempests in a teapot that blew up; bribery, blackmail, bullying, and backroom...
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Publisher
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
1962
Language
English
Description
Renowned steel magnate and philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie, immigrated to America from Scotland as a boy in 1848, and at the age of thirteen began his first job as a bobbin boy, earning $1.20 a week. By the 1870s, the successful entrepreneur had founded the Carnegie Steel Company, later U.S. Steel, which would eventually establish Carnegie as the second wealthiest man in history, after John D. Rockefeller. He published "The Gospel of Wealth" in 1889...
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Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Whatever sense of hope the Founder Fathers may have felt at the new government's birth, almost none of them carried that optimism to their graves. Franklin survived to see the Constitution in action for only a single year, but most of the founders who lived into the nineteenth century came to feel deep anxiety, disappointment, and even despair about the government and the nation that they had helped to create. Indeed, by the end of their lives many...
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Publisher
Center Street
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich helped President Ronald Reagan 'Make America Great Again' in 1980. He authored the Contract with America and spearheaded the 1994 Republican Revolution that brought the House of Representatives under Republican control after 40 years. He knows what it is like to fight the Washington swamp and challenge the establishment -- he has done it his entire career. From the fight of over the Southern Border Wall, to...
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Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"A reflection on American conservatism, examining how the Founders' belief in natural rights created a great American political tradition--one that now finds itself under threat, both from progressives and elements inside the Republican Party"-- Provided by publisher.
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Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Television host, razor sharp political pundit, and #1 bestselling author Bill O'Reilly focuses in on where we all stand in the Age of Obama in Pinheads and Patriots. In this brave, hard-hitting, provocative volume, the author of Culture Warrior and A Bold, Fresh Piece of Humanity guides Americans through the extensive transformations sweeping their country and explains exactly what these profound changes mean for every one of us.
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Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Highlighting the key events, ideas, and individuals that have shaped modern Europe, this fresh and lively book provides a concise history of the continent from the Enlightenment to the present. Drawing on the enduring theme of revolution, David S. Mason explores the political, economic, and scientific causes and consequences of revolution; the development of human rights and democracy; and issues of European identity and integration. He deliberately...

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