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1) The 9th man
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Series
Luke Daniels volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Luke Daniels is in London, between assignments with the Magellan Billet, when he receives a frantic call from an old friend. Jillian Stein is in trouble. She made a mistake and now her life may be in danger. She needs Luke's help. Immediately. Racing toBelgium Luke quickly finds that she was right. A shadow team of highly-trained operatives are there on the hunt. Intervening, he finds himself embroiled in a war between two determined sides - one...
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Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"The first oral biography of John F. Kennedy Jr. is an extraordinarily intimate, comprehensive look at the real man behind the myth. Sharing never-before-told stories and insights, his closest friends, confidantes, lovers, classmates, teachers, and colleagues paint a vivid portrait of one of the most beloved figures of the 20th century, revealing how the boy who saluted became the man America came to know and love who still captures public imagination...
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English
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The Kennedys have always been a family of charismatic adventurers, raised to take risks and excel, living by the dual family mottos: "To whom much is given, much is expected" and "Win at all costs." And they do--but at a price. Across decades and generations, the Kennedys have occupied a unique place in the American imagination: charmed, cursed, at once familiar and unknowable. The House of Kennedy is a revealing, fascinating account of America's...
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"The life and legacy of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, wife of John F. Kennedy Jr., are reexamined in this captivating and effervescent biography that is perfect for fans of My Travels with Mrs. Kennedy, What Remains, and Fairy Tale Interrupted. A quarter of acentury after the plane crash that claimed the lives of John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn, and sister-in-law Lauren, the magnitude of this tragedy remains fresh. Yet, Carolyn is still an enigmatic...
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
The Kennedy name has long been synonymous with wealth, power, glamor, and--above all else--integrity. But this carefully constructed veneer hides a dark truth: the pattern of Kennedy men physically and psychologically abusing women and girls, leaving a trail of ruin and death in each generation's wake. Through decades of scandal after scandal--from sexual assaults to reputational slander, suicides to manslaughter--the family and their defenders have...
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Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"1943: In the midst of the brutal, hard-fought Solomon Islands campaign between the Allies and the Japanese forces, Lieutenant Billy Boyle receives an odd assignment: he's sent by the powerful Kennedy family to investigate a murder in which PT skipper (and future president) Jack Kennedy has been implicated. The victim is a native coastwatcher, an allied intelligence operative, whom Kennedy discovered on the island of Tulagi with his head bashed in....
7) 11/22/63
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 42
Language
English
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On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed. What if you could change it back? The author's new novel is about a man who travels back in time to prevent the JFK assassination. In this novel that is a tribute to a simpler era, he sweeps readers back in time to another moment, a real life moment, when everything went wrong: the JFK assassination. And he introduces readers to a character who has...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
In January 1961, as the Cold War escalates, John F. Kennedy struggles to contain the growth of communism. Despite personal and political trials, Kennedy's approval ratings soar. At the same time, JFK acquires a number of formidable enemies, among them Soviet leader Nikita Khruschchev, Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, and Allen Dulles, director of the CIA. Then, in the midst of a 1963 campaign trip to Texas, Kennedy is gunned down, resulting in national...
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English
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John Kennedy's relationship with the Midshipmen footballers dated back to 1960. After the tragic events of November 22, 1963, the team dedicated the rest of their season to the fallen president. The annual Army-Navy game proved to be a welcome, almost cathartic distraction from the terrible tragedy of two weeks earlier.
10) Countdown 1960: the behind-the-scenes story of the 312 days that changed America's politics forever
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English
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"A riveting new work and fresh take on the lead-up to the presidential election of 1960, drawing timely parallels to the choice Americans face in 2024 It's January 2, 1960: the day that Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy declared his candidacy; and with this opening scene, Chris Wallace offers readers a front-row seat to history. From the challenge of primary battles in a nation that had never elected a Catholic president, to the intense machinations...
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