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Penguin history of American lifeCurwood, Anastasia Carol
Summary: "Shaking up New York and national politics by becoming the first African American congresswoman and, later, the first Black major-party presidential candidate, Shirley Chisholm left an indelible mark as an 'unbought and unbossed' firebrand and a leader in politics for meaningful change. Anastasia C. Curwood interweaves Chisholm's public image, political commitments, and private experiences to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The University of North Carolina Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHISHOLM, SHIRLEY CURAdero, Malaika
Summary: "When Kamala Harris became vice president of the United States, she made history as the first woman, first Black person, first South Asian American, and first Caribbean American to hold the office. This stunning book covers Harris's life from her childhood in Berkeley to her Howard College years, charting the many firsts she has carried with her throughout her legal and senatorial careers. It...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HARRIS, KAMALA ADEKlein, Edward
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2003
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 920 KENNEDY FAMILY KleinCallahan, Maureen
Summary: 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,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Brown and Company 2024
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Summary: In early June 1824, Martin Van Buren, New York's junior United States senator, went to Virginia to meet Thomas Jefferson, a man "whose character, conduct and principles formed my beau ideal of thorough patriotism and accomplished statesmanship," Van Buren would one day write. Eighty-one, ailing, and chased by creditors, the former president never refused guests, even though the frequent...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2024
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Summary: A remarkably illuminating biography of one of America's most fascinating political figures--including news-making revelations from Mitt Romney himself about dissension within today's Republican Party--written with his full cooperation by an award-winning writer at The Atlantic. Few figures in American politics have seen more and said less than Mitt Romney. An outspoken dissident in Donald...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROMNEY, MITCH COPCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B ROMNEY COPBrady, Tim
Summary: General Omar Bradley said of him, "I have never known a braver man or a more devoted soldier." But for much of his life, Theodore Roosevelt's son Ted seemed born to live in his father's shadow. With the same wide smile, winning charm, and vigorous demeanor, Ted possessed limitless potential, with even the White House within his reach. In the First World War, Ted braved gunfire and gas attacks...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 ROOSEVELT, THEODORE BRAPompeo, Mike
Summary: "Mike Pompeo recounts his political career"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadside Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 POMPEO, MIKE POMEllis, Joseph J.
Summary: "The prizewinning author of Founding Brothers and American Sphinx now gives us the unexpected story--brilliantly told--of why the thirteen colonies, having just fought off the imposition of a distant centralized governing power, would decide to subordinate themselves anew. The triumph of the American Revolution was neither an ideological nor political guarantee that the colonies would...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 ELLInskeep, Steve
Summary: "Steve Inskeep tells the riveting story of John and Jessie Frémont, the husband and wife team who in the 1800s were instrumental in the westward expansion of the United States, and thus became America's first great political couple John Frémont grew up amid family tragedy and shame. Born out of wedlock in 1813, he went to work at age thirteen to help support his family in Charleston, South...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.92 INSCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 INSKittelstrom, Amy
Summary: "Today we associate liberal thought and politics with secularism. When we argue over whether the nation's founders meant to keep religion out of politics, the godless side is said to be liberal. But the role of religion in American politics has always been far more nuanced and complex than today's debates would suggest and closer to the heart of American intellectual life than is commonly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 KITLeamer, Laurence.
Summary: Focuses on Joseph P. Kennedy's sons and grandsons in the years following the assassination of JFK and features an account of John F. Kennedy, Jr.'s life as remembered by ten of his closest friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 KENNEDY FAMILY LEAAxelrod, David
Summary: "David Axelrod has always been a believer. Whether as a young journalist investigating city corruption, a campaign consultant guiding underdog candidates against entrenched orthodoxy, or as senior adviser to the president during one of the worst crises in American history, Axelrod held fast to his faith in the power of stories to unite diverse communities and ignite transformative political...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 AXELROD, DAVID AXEBrady, Tim
Summary: The story of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., a fortunate son who proved himself on the battlefields of two world wars.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New American Library 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROOSEVELT, THEODORE BRAEllis, Joseph J.
Summary: The triumph of the American Revolution was neither an ideological nor political guarantee that the colonies would relinquish their independence and accept the creation of a federal government with power over their individual autonomy. The Quartet is the story of this second American founding and of the men responsible--some familiar, such as George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2015
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 973 ELLEllis, Joseph J.
Summary: The unexpected story of why the thirteen colonies, having just fought off the imposition of a distant centralized governing power, would decide to subordinate themselves anew.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 973 ELLKander, Jason
Summary: From political wunderkind and former army intelligence officer Jason Kander comes a haunting, powerful memoir about politics, PTSD, impossible choices--and how sometimes walking away from the chance of a lifetime can be the greatest decision of all.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KANDER, JASON KANLeibovich, Mark.
Summary: "Author of the groundbreaking #1 New York Times bestseller This Town, Mark Leibovich returns with a masterly collection of portraits of Washington's elite, and wannabe elites. Hailed by The Washington Post as a 'master of the political profile,' Leibovich has spent his career writing memorable, buzz-worthy, and often jaw-dropping features about politicians and other notables. Currently chief...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Rider Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA) 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320 LEINasaw, David.
Summary: Draws on exclusive access to the subject's records to offer insight into his shrewd financial talents and considerable ambition for his family, discussing the controversies surrounding his character and his role in several mainstream political events.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KENNEDY, JOSEPH P. NASReid, Jan.
Summary: Jan Reid draws on his long friendship with Richards, interviews with her family and many of her closest associates, her unpublished correspondence with longtime companion Bud Shrake, and extensive research to tell a very personal, human story of Ann Richards's remarkable rise to power as a liberal Democrat in a conservative Republican state.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Texas Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RICHARDS, ANN REISchiff, Stacy
Summary: Thomas Jefferson once asserted that "for depth of purpose, zeal, and sagacity, no man in Congress exceeded, if any equaled, Sam Adams." John Adams called him "the most elegant writer, the most sagacious politician, and celebrated patriot perhaps of all." But in spite of his celebrated status among America's founding fathers as a revolutionary leader, Samuel Adams' life and achievements have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD BIOGRAPHY ADAMSMartin, George Whitney.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1976
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.917 MARSchreckinger, Ben
Summary: An exploration of Joe Biden as told through his extended family. In November 2020, Americans did not just elect Joe Biden: they got a package deal. The entire Biden family are sure to play a defining role in his presidency, just as they have in every one of his endeavors. Schreckinger believes the best way to understand Biden-- his values, fears and motives-- is to understand his family. He...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 SCHShriver, Mark K. (Mark Kennedy)
Summary: In an intimate portrait of an extraordinary father-son relationship, the author discovers the moral principles that guided his legendary father--the man who founded the Peace Corps and designed President Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty--and applies them to his own life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 2012