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322) A common struggle: a personal journey through the past and future of mental illness and addiction
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"Patrick J. Kennedy, the former congressman and youngest child of Senator Ted Kennedy, details his personal and political battle with mental illness and addiction, exploring mental health care's history in the country alongside his and every family's private struggles. On May 5, 2006, the New York Times ran two stories, 'Patrick Kennedy Crashes Car into Capitol Barrier' and then, several hours later, 'Patrick Kennedy Says He'll Seek Help for Addiction.'...
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"From an acclaimed, New York Times bestselling biographer, a timely reassessment of Abraham Lincoln's indispensable Secretary of the Treasury: a leading proponent for black rights both before and during his years in cabinet and later as Chief Justice of the United States. Salmon P. Chase is best remembered as a rival of Lincoln's for the Republican nomination in 1860-but there would not have been a national Republican Party, and Lincoln could not...
324) The front runner
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Publisher
Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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"The former chief political correspondent for The New York Times Magazine brilliantly revisits the Gary Hart affair and looks at how it changed forever the intersection of American media and politics. In 1987, Gary Hart--articulate, dashing, refreshingly progressive--seemed a shoo-in for the Democratic nomination for president and led George H.W. Bush comfortably in the polls. And then: rumors of marital infidelity, an indelible photo of Hart and...
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Carroll & Graf
Pub. Date
c2007
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English
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An evaluation of the complex relationship between the Kennedy family and the FBI director traces their shared political years through their parallel rises and controversial deaths and considers the roles played by such figures as Joe McCarthy and Martin Luther King.
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Plume
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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Part of a four-book series celebrating women in Congress, this biography of the Massachusetts Senator with presidential aspirations describes her humble childhood in Oklahoma, becoming a very popular professor at Harvard Law, and her championing for rights of lower-income families. All hail Queen Elizabeth! She's a “queen" but not a monarch who's spent her life fighting to create a more equal society. Now one of the most recognizable women in politics,...
328) House secrets
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Joe DeMarco thrillers volume 4
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Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
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English
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When Joe DeMarco is asked by the Speaker of the House to probe the apparent accidental death of a reporter who was trailing presidential hopeful Senator Paul Morelli, dirty secrets and divided loyalties threaten his investigation.
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Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives
Pub. Date
2008
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English
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This site, created and maintained by the Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives, "contains biographical profiles of former African-American Members of Congress, links to information about current black Members, essays on institutional and national events that shaped successive generations of African Americans in Congress, and images of each individual Member, supplemented by other historical photos."
331) Trial
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Publisher
Post Hill Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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Trial confirms Richard North Patterson’s place as “our most important author of popular fiction.” In a propulsive narrative that culminates in a nationally televised murder case, Trial explores America’s most incendiary flashpoints of race. A Black eighteen-year-old voting rights worker, Malcolm Hill, is stopped by a white sheriff’s deputy on a dark country road in rural Georgia. His single mother, Allie, America’s leading voting rights...
332) Forty signs of rain
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Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[2004]
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IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 17
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English
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Environmental aide Charlie Quibler is frustrated in his attempts to prove to the government that global warming has reached cataclysmic levels, a situation that is complicated when a promising technology is exploited for private interests.
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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"Stacey Abrams is an activist who works for fair voting rights. She’s a lawyer, an author, and a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, too! Experience all the exciting moments in Stacey’s thrilling life in this exciting biography, packed with two-color illustrations and fun facts, like how the census helps everyone!"--
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The Congress
Pub. Date
[1998]
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English
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Online, continuously updated version of the print publication: Biographical directory of the United States Congress, 1774-1989. Database searchable by name, state, and position (House site only). Most entries includes a short biography, plus biobibliographical information.
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Wilbur S. Shepperson series in history and humanities volume no. 36
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University of Nevada Press
Pub. Date
c1994
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English
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Publisher
Threshold Editions
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A former Washington Examiner and Breitbart News political reporter discusses what he sees as the calamitous tenure of Vice President Kamala Harris and her rapid ascent to the upper echelon of American politics.
"The ultimate, comprehensive investigation into the life and career of Vice President Kamala Harris from former Washington Examiner and Breitbart News political reporter Charlie Spiering. Who is the real Kamala Harris? And how did she ascend...
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