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Author
Publisher
Bombardier Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Lauren Boebert is the Republican, gun-toting Congresswoman from Rifle, Colorado, who overcame difficult life circumstances to be a leading voice for personal freedom and our 2nd Amendment rights. Raised on welfare in a Democrat household, young Lauren learned from her first job at McDonald's that she could provide for herself better than the government ever could. She gained national attention after wearing a Glock on her hip and telling Democrat...
3) Bodyguard
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Formats
Description
Abbie Whitmore is good at her job. She knows how to protect people, and she's always right -- until Congressman Jonathan Lassiter comes along. The presidential hopeful refuses to believe that his politics have put him in danger, yet Abbie is determined to keep him safe. But how can she protect him while she's guarding her heart?
4) Becoming
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 29
Language
English
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Description
"An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States. When she was a little girl, Michelle Robinson's world was the South Side of Chicago, where she and her brother, Craig, shared a bedroom in their family's upstairs apartment and played catch in the park, and where her parents, Fraser and Marian Robinson, raised her to be outspoken and unafraid. But life soon took her much further afield, from the halls of Princeton,...
5) Dead watch
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Series
Language
English
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Description
When Republican ex-Senator Lincoln Bowe disappears, his wife believes that Virginia Governor Arlo Goodman is behind it. After the White House puts Jacob Winter, a veteran political operative, on the case, Bowe's body is soon discovered. Though he has numerous suspects to choose from, Bowe suspects that the killing may have been staged in order to derail Goodman's ascent to the presidency.
Author
Language
English
Description
"From the #1 bestselling author--a book about an award-winning comedian who decided to run for office and then discovered why award-winning comedians tend not to do that. This is a book about an unlikely campaign that had an even more improbable ending: the closest outcome in history and an unprecedented eight-month recount saga, which is pretty funny in retrospect. It's a book about what happens when the nation's foremost progressive satirist gets...
Author
Language
English
Description
Charlie Marder, a World War II veteran and popular academic, is an unlikely congressman. Thrust into office by his power-broker father's connections, Charlie is determined to use his new position for good. He quickly learns, however, that in 1950s Washington, little is as it seems. Struggling to navigate the treacherous waters alongside real-life figures such as President Dwight Eisenhower, Senator John F. Kennedy, and Roy Cohn, Charlie is confronted...
11) Barack Obama
Series
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the career of Illinois Senator Barack Obama, and his candidacy in the 2008 presidential race.
Author
Language
English
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Description
Mrs. Obama offers readers a series of fresh stories and insightful reflections on change, challenge, and power, including her belief that when we light up for others, we can illuminate the richness and potential of the world around us, discovering deeper truths and new pathways for progress. Drawing from her experiences as a mother, daughter, spouse, friend, and First Lady, she shares the habits and principles she has developed to successfully adapt...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This inspiring picture book autobiography tells the remarkable story of Sharice Davids, one of the first Native American women elected to Congress and the first LGBTQ congressperson to represent Kansas.
16) Pelosi
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
She's the iconic leader who puts Donald Trump in his place, the woman with the toughness to take on a lawless president and defend American democracy. Ever since the Democrats took back the House in the 2018 midterm elections, Nancy Pelosi has led the opposition with strategic mastery and inimitable elan. It's a remarkable comeback for the veteran politician who for years was demonized by the right and taken for granted by many in her own party--even...
18) Kamala Harris
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Learn all about Vice President Kamala D. Harris, from her childhood spent growing up in Oakland, California, to her time serving as District Attorney of San Francisco, California and working as a United States Senator to her journey to the White House. Find out about Kamala Harris's life, achievements, and the challenges she faced along the way. The Level 2 text provides accessible, yet wide-ranging information for independent readers"--
20) What happened
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The former secretary of state relates her experiences as the first woman candidate nominated for president by a major party, discussing the sexism, criticism, and double standards she had to confront, and how she coped with a devastating loss.
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