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President volume 2
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"Matthew Keating, a one-time Navy SEAL -- and a past president -- has always defended his family as staunchly as he has his country. Now those defenses are under attack. A madman abducts Keating's teenage daughter, Melanie -- turning every parent's deepest fear into a matter of national security. As the world watches in real time, Keating embarks on a one-man special-ops mission that tests his strengths: as a leader, a warrior, and a father"--
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"Cass Sunstein considers actual and imaginable arguments for a president's removal, explaining why some cases are easy and others hard, why some arguments for impeachment are judicious and others not. In direct and approachable terms, he dispels the fog surrounding impeachment so that all Americans may use their ultimate civic authority wisely"--
As Benjamin Franklin famously put it, Americans have a republic, if we can keep it. Preserving the Constitution...
7) The best man
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This darkly satirical drama by Gore Vidal finds two presidential contenders seeking the endorsement of an aging ex-president, and explores how personal agendas can change the course of a nation's destiny. The political intrigues rampant in Vidal's 1960 setting are strangely similar what is going on today. Includes an interview with actors Fred Thompson and Marsha Mason. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Terrence Currier, Johnny...
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Stone Barrington novel volume 40
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"Stone Barrington is back in the newest breakneck thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling author Stuart Woods. Stone Barrington and the gang are back in the line of fire, but with his usual unflappable aplomb, Stone always comes out on top"--
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Explores the tumultuous marriage between Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd, including an examination of her illicit business dealings, alleged physical abuse, and their disagreements about values.
Lincoln had good reason to regret his marriage to Mary Todd. Burlingame shows that, as First Lady, Mary Lincoln accepted bribes and kickbacks, sold permits and pardons, engaged in extortion, and peddled influence. The reader comes to learn that Lincoln wed...
10) Absolute power
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A burglar, trapped behind a secret wall, witnesses the murder of a woman by the president of the U.S., setting a course of events that pits individuals against the government.
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On what might become one of the most significant days in her husband's presidency, Alice Blackwell considers the strange and unlikely path that has led her to the White House -- and the repercussions of a life lived, as she puts it, "almost in opposition to itself." How can she both love and fundamentally disagree with her husband? How complicit has she been in the trajectory of her own life? What should she do when her private beliefs run against...
12) Madam President
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A little girl imagines what her day would be like if she were President of the United States.
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Joe Biden grew up in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the oldest of four children. His parents always encouraged him and his siblings to be independent and strong. The family moved to Wilmington, Delaware, where at twenty-nine, Biden became one of the youngest United States Senators ever elected. This is his story.
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My weird school volume 15
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English
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Mr. Macky dresses up as Abraham Lincoln to get the students at Ella Mentry School excited about their Presidents' Day oral reports.
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