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1 videodisc (approximately 88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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After beating a murder rap for selling faulty e-cigarettes at a music festival, Tim launches a campaign for San Bernardino District Attorney despite a complete lack of experience. Fueled by ego and ignorance, he tries to surmount the obstacles facing him by personally connecting with unsuspecting voters.
3) Mr. Texas
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"Sonny Lamb is an affable, if floundering, rancher with the unfortunate habit of becoming a punchline in his Texas hometown. Most recently, he bought his own bull at auction, saving it from being sold to a slaughterhouse. But when a fire breaks out at a neighbors farm, Sonny makes headlines in another way: Not waiting for help, he bolts to the farm and heroically saves the family's daughter and her horse, riding the animal out of their burning barn....
4) Flash
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Return to the future of Archform: Beauty. In the twenty-fourth century, Earth is vastly changed. Ecological and biological catastrophe have raged across the planet, but for the survivors, it is a world of plenty. Even the poorest live in abundance, and the upper class, the ascendant, command technological marvels.
Ten-years ago, Jonat deVrai was a rising star in the Marines. But, he shocked his superiors by walking away from the Corps after witnessing...
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529 pages ; 19 cm
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Days before a presidential election, someone abducts the granddaughter of the Republican candidate. For Attorney General Allison Leahy, the Democratic candidate, it is an opportunity to shine, or is it? What if the FBI discovers her party organized the abduction? A tale of political skullduggery.
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Through the remarkable stories of six extraordinary elections, including the deadlocked contests of 1800 and 1824 decided by the House of Representatives, author Mark Weston shows how, all too often, the electoral system shakes our faith in American democracy. (dust jacket).
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"Enrique "Rick" Garcia, district attorney in the small New Mexico county of Chupadera, is a man of principle, a strange breed in the rough-and-tumble politics of his state. When he is tapped to run for governor, he will learn just how rocky the road to Santa Fe really is."--Jacket.
8) Speechless
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1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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It was a match made in heaven ... almost. Two witty, intelligent insomniacs, Kevin and Julia, meet over the last box of sleeping pills at an all-night convenience store and are immediately attracted. They share an evening of passion and discover that they have a lot in common ... maybe too much in common.
9) Submission
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246 pages ; 22 cm
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In a near-future France, François, a middle-aged academic, is watching his life slowly dwindle to nothing. His sex drive is diminished, his parents are dead, and his lifelong obsession--the ideas and works of the novelist Joris-Karl Huysmans--has led him nowhere. In a late-capitalist society where consumerism has become the new religion, François is spiritually barren, but seeking to fill the vacuum of his existence. And he is not alone. As the...
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304 pages ; 25 cm
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"Shimmering with rage and sparkling with subtle humor, Billie Starr's Book of Sorries showcases Edgar Award-nominee Deborah E. Kennedy's singular voice as Jenny, a heroine in the vein of Olive Kitteridge and Miles Roby in Empire Falls, and shines a light on the town of Benson, Indiana, where lakes, grudges, and family rifts run deep - but so does a mother's love. Sometimes, a woman has to rescue herself. Jenny Newberg, Queen of Bad Decisions, is about...
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305 pages : map ; 23 cm.
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Carolina Garcia-Ramirez is a rising star in national politics, taking on the establishment with her progressive agenda. Tough, outspoken, and driven, the young congresswoman has ignited a new conversation in Boston about race, poverty, health care, and the environment. Now facing her second campaign, she finds herself not only fighting a tight primary with an old guard challenger but also contending with numerous death threats coming from hundreds...
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239 pages ; 23 cm.
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"When the beautiful young videographer offered to join his campaign, Senator Lee Rogers should've known better. But saying no would have taken a stronger man than Rogers, with his ailing wife and his robust libido. Enter Barton Brock, the senator's fixer. He's already gotten rid of one troublesome young woman -- how hard could this new one turn out to be? Pursued from Washington D.C. to the streets of Paris, 18-year-old Fanny Cours knows her reputation...
14) Blindside
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185 pages ; 23 cm.
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"Political consultant Dev Conrad knows that helping Congressman Michael Robards to get re-elected is going to be tough. Robards' liberal voting record stands against him, and his staff seem resentful of Dev himself - which could doom the campaign. But there's a bigger problem: A campaign worker has been shot behind Robards' headquarters. Both Dev and the police presume it was a mugging, but as the election draws near, Robards is implicated in the...
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No matter which side of the nature/nurture debate you're on, Amy Lincoln's prospects do not look good. Her father is in jail. Her mother abandoned her when she was 10 months old, leaving her in the care of Grandma Lil, who shoplifts dinner on her way home from her job as a leg waxer. But at 14, ambitious Amy gets a scholarship to an exclusive New England boarding school. After an ivy league education, she becomes a political reporter for the prestigious...
18) Irresistible
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1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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A Democratic strategist assists a retired veteran run for mayor in a small, conservative Midwest town.
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"Amanda Beth Luker has spent her whole life desperately looking for someone who can show her the way out of her trailer park Florida town. And then, finally, help arrives in the form of Tom Davis, a successful lawyer with political aspirations who grew up just a few towns over from Amanda. But it's his wife Lindsay who really captures Amanda's imagination. Strong, smart, and determined, she gives Amanda something she's never had: a role model."--Amazon.com....
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Nancy Drew diaries volume 5
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Nancy and her friends hit the campaign trail in search of a political trickster in this fifth book of the Nancy Drew Diaries, a fresh approach to a classic series. Who knew a new sports field could cause so much drama? That's what Nancy, Bess, and George are investigating. Ever since George's cousin Carrie Kim announced her candidacy for city council, along with her platform of building a new football field and a state-of-the-art sports complex, someone...
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