Summary: The Oval Office is up for grabs, and none of the players are playing nice, including Olivia Pope, who now realizes she can never be content as a wifely First Lady. Domestic bliss pales in comparison with holding the reins of the highest office in the land, so when faced with a chance to wield unrivaled influence at any cost, will she continue to wear the white hat, or prove that she is, indeed,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SCAO'Connell, Jack
Summary: Jack O'Connell possessed an uncanny ability to be at the center of things. On his arrival in Jordan in 1958, he unraveled a coup aimed at the young King Hussein, who would become America's most reliable Middle East ally. Over time, their bond of trust and friendship deepened. In 1967, O'Connell tipped off Hussein that Israel would invade Egypt the next morning. Later, as Hussein's Washington...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Co. 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.04 O'CONNELL, JACK O'COSummary: When trouble rears its ugly head, headline-making, life-ruining trouble, there's only one person to call: the legendary Olivia Pope. With her steadfast rule of always trusting her gut, Olivia leads an expert team of crisis management consultants skilled at making even the most sordid, salacious scandals disappear. But as these self-proclaimed 'gladiators in suits' begin to reveal the cracks in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SCABiden Owens, Valerie
Summary: "A memoir from Valerie Biden Owens, Joe Biden's younger sister, trusted confidante and lifelong campaign manager. Valerie, one of the first female campaign managers in United States history, writes of the role of family, faith, and fate in shaping her life, and the power of empathy and kindness in the face of turmoil and division. Growing Up Biden details Valerie's decades-long professional...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Celadon Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BIDEN OWENS, VALERIE BIDCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B BIDEN BIDSummary: A unique glimpse at more than fifty years of American history. Educator, civil rights champion, advisor to presidents, envoy to popes, theologian and activist, Rev. Theodore Hesburgh was called on by countless world leaders to tackle the most challenging issues of the day. He built a reputation as a savvy political operator with a penchant for bridging the divide between bitter enemies. Through...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HESSummary: Now, seemingly invincible "fixer" Olivia Pope must confront the ultimate challenge: fixing herself. After sifting through her mysterious father's labyrinth of lies, Olivia's search for answers about her mother threatens not just national security, but the entire world. Meanwhile, the lives of her "gladiators", as well as those of the president, his wife and key White House staffers, take...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SCASummary: When trouble rears its ugly head, headline-making, life-ruining trouble, there's only one person to call: the legendary Olivia Pope. With her steadfast rule of always trusting her gut, Olivia leads an expert team of crisis management consultants skilled at making even the most sordid, salacious scandals disappear. But as these self-proclaimed 'gladiators in suits' begin to reveal the cracks in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABC Studios 2012
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SCASummary: After the shocking events surrounding President Grant's re-election, a newly fragile Olivia has gone off the grid. But her plan to "stand in the sun" with Jake is derailed when Quinn tracks her down with news of Harrison's death. Once back in D.C., Olivia struggles to reconnect with her embittered "gladiators". There, she's finally forced to confront the unspeakable evil her father has wrought....
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SCAMiranda, Luis A.
Summary: "Luis Miranda arrived in New York City from Puerto Rico in 1974 to study psychology at NYU, but he soon found himself drawn to community action, eventually working for the Department of Employment, the Board of Education, and the nonprofit Aspira, among many other organizations. In the 1980s he was a special advisor for Hispanic Affairs to Mayor Ed Koch, and he continued to serve in key roles...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MIRANDA, LUIS A. MIRGorham, Christopher C.
Summary: The first-ever biography of Anna Marie Rosenberg, a Hungarian Jewish immigrant who became a real power behind national policies critical to America winning World War II and prospering afterwards, chronicles her extraordinary career as FDR's special envoy to Europe during the war and an adviser to five presidents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp. 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A Bolivian presidential candidate failing badly in the polls enlists the firepower of an elite American management team, led by the deeply damaged but still brilliant strategist "Calamity" Jane Bodine. In self-imposed retirement following a scandal that earned her nickname and rocked her to her core, Jane is coaxed back into the game for the chance to beat her professional nemesis, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY OURCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Our 2016Rosenstiel, Tom
Summary: When a shadowy American diplomatic complex is attacked in North Africa, the White House is besieged by accusations of incompetence and wild conspiracy theories. Eager to learn the truth, the president and his staff turn to Peter Rena and his partner, Randi Brooks. The investigators dive headfirst into the furtive world of foreign intelligence and national security, hoping to do it quietly. That...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROSElwood, Phil (Philip)
Summary: "A bridge-burning, riotous memoir by a top PR operative in Washington who exposes the secrets of the $129-billion industry that controls so much of what we see and hear in the media-from a man who used to pull the strings, and who is now pulling back thecurtain. After nearly two decades in the Washington PR business, Elwood wants to come clean, by exposing the dark underbelly of the very...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Follows James Carville, Jeremy Rosner and a team of political consultants as they launch a media-savvy campaign for Bolivian presidential candidate Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada. With unprecedented access to think sessions, media training and the making of smear campaigns, witness a shocking example of America 'spreading democracy' overseas and its earth-shattering aftermath"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Koch Lorber Films 2006
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC OURLewandowski, Corey R.
Summary: Two of Trump's closest campaign advisors present an eyewitness account of the stories behind the headlines. From the Access Hollywood recording and the Clinton accusers, to Paul Manafort, to the last-moment comeback and victory, they pull back the curtain on a drama that has mesmerized the whole world -- including the palace intrigues of the Mooch, Spicer, Priebus, Bannon, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Street 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.933 LEWSummary: Take a glimpse at the toxic mind of Joesph Goebbels, Hitler's henchman who was an enigmatic genius. The filmmakers allow Joesph to speak for himself (in the voice of Kenneth Branagh) via the extensive diaries that he kept from 1924-1945.
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2006
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GOEHughes, Karen
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2004
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 973.931 HUGSorensen, Theodore C.
Summary: In this gripping memoir, John F. Kennedy's closest advisor recounts in full for the first time his experience counseling Kennedy through the most dramatic moments in American history.... from the decision to go to the moon to the Cuban Missile Crisis, when JFK requested that the thirty-four-year-old Sorensen draft the key letter to Khrushchev at the most critical point of the world's first...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2008
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 973.9220 SORGreenberg, David
Summary: "The most powerful political tool of the modern presidency is control of the message and the image. The Greeks called it 'rhetoric,' Gilded Age politicians called it 'publicity,' and some today might call it 'lying,' but spin is a built-in feature of American democracy. Presidents deploy it to engage, persuade, and mobilize the people--in whom power ultimately resides. Presidential historian...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 GRECarville, James.
Summary: "For twenty years, James Carville and Mary Matalin have held the mantle of the nation's most politically opposed, ideologically mismatched, and intensely opinionated couple. In this follow-up to their groundbreaking All's Fair : Love, War, and Running for President, Carville and Matalin take a look at how they--and America--have changed in the last two decades. If nothing else, this new...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CARVILLE, JAMES & MATALIN, MARY CARHuffman, Alan.
Summary: Two opposition researchers take readers on a year-long journey across the United States as they investigate the backgrounds of political candidates, from presidential appointees to local school board hopefuls.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324.70973 HUFBova, Ben
Summary: It is time to start the colonizing the solar system. Ex-astronaut, current space advisor, and all-out trouble shooter for the President, Jake Ross, is determined to make it happen. And what better way to return to America's glory than by returning to the moon and setting up a permanent moon-base which can then serve as the launching pad for Mars and beyond. But as usual, political intrigue and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Caezik SF & Fantasy, an imprint of Arc Manor 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BOVConway, Kellyanne
Summary: "As a highly respected pollster for corporate and Republican clients and a frequent television talk show guest, Kellyanne Conway had already established herself as one of the brightest lights on the national political scene when Donald Trump asked her to run his presidential campaign. She agreed, delivering him to the White House, becoming the first woman in American history to manage a winning...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Threshold Editions 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CONWAY, KELLYANNE CONCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B CONWAY CONSummary: After working as a White House communications director for the president of the United States, Olivia Pope sets up her own crisis management firm.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [publisher not identified] 2018