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The President Will See You Now: My Stories and Lessons from Ronald Reagan's Final Years

Peggy Grande - Hachette Books
Format: Print book

An affectionate and intimate memoir about Ronald Reagan by his longtime personal assistant, who worked closely with the president for 10 years after he left the White House.In The President Will See You Now, devoted Reagan insider Peggy Grande shares behind-the-scenes stories, intimate...
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Louise Lobo - Regnery Publishing
Format: Hardcover

"You have replaced 'advice and consent' with 'search and destroy.'" - BRETT KAVANAUGH In this deeply researched account, one of Washington's top legal reporters reveals the massive funding, sophisticated organization, and fanatical zeal behind the campaign to stop Brett Kavanaugh's...
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Hacked: The Inside Story of Americas Struggle to Secure Cyberspace

Charlie Mitchell - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: 1st Edition

The spectacular cyber attack on Sony Pictures and costly hacks of Target, Home Depot, Neiman Marcus, and databases containing sensitive data on millions of U.S. federal workers have shocked the nation. Despite a new urgency for the president, Congress, law enforcement, and corporate America...
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The Handy Texas Answer Book

James L. Haley - Visible Ink Press
Format: Paperback

Texas is the country's second largest state by size and population. It has a unique and varied history, having been ruled by a succession of nations -- from which the term "six flags over Texas" sprang -- before becoming an independent republic. From its traditional oil, cattle,...
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American Values: Lessons I Learned from My Family

ROBERT F JR KENNEDY - Harper
Format: Hardcover

In this moving, thoughtful family history, the son and namesake of Robert Fitzgerald Kennedy shares memories of his turbulent childhood and the lessons that have shaped his enduring values.Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the third of eleven children born to Bobby Kennedy and Ethel Skakel Kennedy,...
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Ordinary Man, An: The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford

Richard Norton Smith - Harper
Format: Hardcover

From the preeminent presidential scholar and acclaimed biographer of historical figures including George Washington, Herbert Hoover, and Nelson Rockefeller comes this eye-opening life of Gerald R. Ford, whose presidency arguably set the course for post-liberal America and a post-Cold War world.For...
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John McCain: American Maverick

ELAINE S POVICH - Sterling
Format: Hardcover

This lavishly illustrated volume provides a compelling look at the life and career of Senator John McCain from his early years to today, exploring his legacy, his impact, and his place in American history. As of January 3, 2018, John Sidney McCain III, one of the most influential statesmen...
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Ascent to Power: How Truman Emerged from Roosevelt's Shadow and Remade the World

David L. Roll - Dutton
Format: Hardcover

The fascinating story behind the most consequential presidential transition in US history, from Franklin Roosevelt to Harry Truman, and the legacy Truman struggled to overcome to lead America into a new, post-war world. In 1944, Franklin Roosevelt selected as his next running mate a hardworking,...
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The Kneeling Man: My Father's Life as a Black Spy Who Witnessed the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

Leta McCollough Seletzky - Counterpoint
Format: Hardcover

The intimate and heartbreaking story of a Black undercover police officer who famously kneeled by the assassinated Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr - and a daughter's quest for the truth about her father. In the famous photograph of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on the balcony...
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Muslim Girl: A Coming of Age

Amani Al-Khatahtbeh - Simon & Schuster
Format: Paperback

In this New York Times Editor's Pick, the brilliant founder of MuslimGirl.com shares her harrowing and candid account of what it's like to be a young Muslim woman in the wake of 9/11, during the never-ending war on terror, and through the Trump era of casual racism.At nine years...
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