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How to Be Irish: Uncovering the Curiosities of Irish Behaviour

David Slattery · Orpen Press
Format: Paperback

From the quintessential Irish Mammy to love for all things GAA, the Irish have particularities - and peculiarities - that make them different from their neighbors. Social anthropologist David Slattery takes us through the rules of being Irish with deadpan humor, from how to approach an Irish...
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First Ladies and American Women: In Politics and at Home

Jill Abraham Hummer · University Press of Kansas
Pages: 269
Format: Hardcover

Unelected, but expected to act as befits her "office," the first lady has what Pat Nixon called "the hardest unpaid job in the world." Michelle Obama championed military families with the program Joining Forces. Four decades earlier Pat Nixon traveled to Africa as the nation's...
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Villains

Edward Klein · Regnery Publishing
Pages: 280
Format: Hardcover

ALL OUT WAR! That's what the media, the Democrats, and the Never-Trump Republicans are waging on the democratically elected president of the United States. With ferocity not seen since the Civil War, the Washington establishment and the radical Left are joining forces in an attempted...
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Teeth: The Story of Beauty, Inequality, and the Struggle for Oral Health in America

Mary Otto · New Press
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

"Show me your teeth," the great naturalist Georges Cuvier is credited with saying, "and I will tell you who you are." In this shattering new work, veteran health journalist Mary Otto looks inside America's mouth, revealing unsettling truths about our unequal society.Teeth...
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Social Security, Medicare and Government Pensions: Get the Most Out of Your Retirement and Medical Benefits (Social Security, Medicare & Government Pensions)

Joseph Matthews Attorney · Nolo; Eighteenth Edition edition
Pages: 472
Format: Paperback

Maximize your Social Security, SSI, and Medicare benefits and navigate the complex system with confidence.Everyone wants to get the highest possible retirement and pension income – not to mention the best medical coverage. Turn to the#1 guide to Social Security retirement and medical...
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Women Who Don't Wait in Line: Break the Mold, Lead the Way

Reshma Saujani · New Harvest; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

There’s never been a better time to be woman. We live in an era when girls are told they can do anything. So why aren’t we seeing more women rising to the top ranks of corporations and the government? Why don’t our girls have more women in leadership roles to look up to? Women...
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2011-2012 Official Congressional Directory, 112th Congress, Convened January 5, 2011

Joint Committee on Printing Congress · Joint Committee on Printing
Format: Paperback

Contains biographies of Senators, members of Congress, and the Judiciary. Also includes committee assignments, maps of Congressional districts, a directory of officials of executive agencies, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, web addresses, and other information.
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The United States Government Manual

Office of the Federal Register · National Archives & Records Administration
Format: Print book

Comprehensive information on the legislative, judicial, and executive branches, list of officials heading major operating units, history of each agency and a description of its programs and activities, agency organization charts, list defining commonly used federal abbreviations and acronyms,...
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Second Wind: Navigating the Passage to a Slower, Deeper, and More Connected Life

Dr. Dr. Bill Thomas · Simon & Schuster; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

From one of the most original and innovative thinkers in medicine, this "stirring and splendid book" (Wall Street Journal) offers groundbreaking insight to the postwar generation on facing their second coming of age, a developmental opportunity to reshape their lives and our society.Dr....
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The Complete Directory for People With Disabilities 2013: A Comprehensive Source Book for Individuals and Professionals

Laura Mars · Grey House Pub; 21 edition
Format: Book

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Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit

Chris Matthews · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

A revealing new portrait of Robert F. Kennedy that gets closer to the man than any book before, by bestselling author Chris Matthews, an esteemed Kennedy expert and anchor of MSNBC's Hardball.With his bestselling biography Jack Kennedy, Chris Matthews shared a new look of one of America's...
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Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History

KATY TUR · Dey Street Books
Pages: 291
Format: Hardcover

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER"Compelling ... this book couldn't be more timely." - Jill Abramson, New York Times Book Review FROM THE RECIPIENT OF THE 2017 Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in JournalismCalled "disgraceful," "third-rate," and "not nice"...
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