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1) Blowback
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English
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US President Keegan Barrett has swept into office on his success as Director of the CIA. Six months into his first term, he devises a clandestine power grab with deadly consequences. Barrett personally orders Special Agents Liam Grey and Noa Himel to execute his plan, but their loyalties are divided. The CIA serves at the pleasure of the president, yet they've sworn to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign...
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Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"A riveting insider account of the progressive movement in Congress centering Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Jamaal Bowman, Cori Bush, Ayanna Pressley, and Ilhan Omar-their rise, their efforts to set an ambitious agenda for the country, and their struggle to find their footing within the Democratic party"--
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English
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"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...
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Publisher
Yonah Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Descargo de responsabilidad: esta versi�on se eliminar�a el 19 de abril. Esta es la gu�ia de estudio m�as reciente para el examen de ciudadan�ia estadounidense. Tiene 128 preguntas y respuestas en espa�nol. Actualizado para 2021.
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Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"Not since Schoolhouse Rock has such a clever, highly relevant, and easy-to-understand explanation of the Constitution of the United States been created specifically for kids aged 8-12 to understand how our government really works"--
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"Mike Pence spent more hours in the Oval Office than any of his predecessors. On the surface, the affable evangelical Christian from a gas-station-owning family in Indiana wouldn't seem to have much in common with a brash real estate mogul from New York. But the unlikely duo formed a tight bond. Pence was at Donald Trump's side when he enacted historic tax relief, when he decided to take more assertive stances toward China and North Korea, and when...
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English
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"Before 1871, Germany was not yet a nation but simply an idea. Its founder, Otto von Bismarck, had a formidable task at hand. How would he bring thirty-nine individual states under the yoke of a single Kaiser? How would he convince proud Prussians, Bavarians, and Rhinelanders to become Germans? Once united, could the young European nation wield enough power to rival the empires of Britain and France-all without destroying itself in the process? In...
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Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2022
Language
Español
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"Este libro parte del convencimiento de que el combate a la corrupción puede ser una política pública real, sin simulaciones; de que podemos aspirar a un Estado de derecho donde la rendición de cuentas forme parte estructural de nuestras instituciones. Sin embargo, dice, el gatopardismo -- aquel acto de cambiar todo para que las cosas sigan igual -- es el obstácula más urgente de derribar. Desde la Colonia y las tropelías de Hernán Cortés,...
10) Grant
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English
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"Pulitzer Prize-winner and biographer of Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and John D. Rockefeller, Ron Chernow returns with a sweeping and dramatic portrait of one of our most compelling generals and presidents, Ulysses S. Grant. Ulysses S. Grant's life has typically been misunderstood. All too often he is caricatured as a chronic loser and inept businessman, fond of drinking to excess; or as the triumphant but brutal Union general of the Civil...
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English
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"After a tumultuous period in American politics, a new administration has just been sworn in, and to everyone’s surprise the president chooses a political enemy for the vital position of secretary of state. There is no love lost between the president of the United States and Ellen Adams, his new secretary of state. But it’s a canny move on the part of the president. With this appointment, he silences one of his harshest critics, since...
14) Peril
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Bob Woodward and Robert Costa cover the end of the Trump presidency and the early months of the Biden presidency.
The transition from President Donald J. Trump to President Joseph R. Biden Jr. stands as one of the most dangerous periods in American history. Woodward and Costa take readers deep inside the Trump White House, the Biden White House, the 2020 campaign, and the Pentagon and Congress, with vivid, eyewitness accounts of what really happened....
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A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
2023]
Language
English
Description
"These acclaimed History Channel miniseries explore the era-defining, indelible impact of two of America's most iconic presidents. Featuring expert commentary, dramatic live-action sequences, rich archival material, and never-before-seen documents, this riveting collection charts the challenging, inspiring journeys that shaped the lives and presidencies of these towering figures"--Adapted from container.
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English
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What causes people to forsake their country and take arms against it? George Washington in the 1770s stood at the apex of Virginia society. Benjamin Franklin was more successful still, having risen from humble origins to world fame. John Adams revered the law. Yet all three men became rebels against the British Empire that fostered their success. Others in the same circle of family and friends chose differently-- and soon heard themselves denounced...
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KTYS media
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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"Methodical Conclusion is the final book in the Methodical series. The three books expose the truth about 9/11, how it was done and who did it. Thought the book is written as a novel the facts contained therein come from government documents, FOIA requests and eyewitnesses."--provided by publisher.
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Publisher
Edaf
Pub. Date
2022.
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Español
Description
En 2016 sucedía algo impensable: Donald Trump se alzaba con la presidencia de Estados Unidos. El candidato del Partido Republicano llegaba al Despacho Oval gracias a un equipo de personajes sin escrúpulos que utilizaría el espionaje masivo, el potencial de las redes sociales y las cloacas de internet para convencer a un electorado golpeado por la crisis económica y la falta de expectativas. Casi al mismo tiempo, un enigmático cibernauta que respondía...
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Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
2021
Language
Español
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"Even as a child growing up in the Fifth Ward of Houston, Barbara Jordan stood out for her big, bold, booming, crisp, clear, confident voice. Barbara took her voice to places few African American women had been in the 1960s: first law school, then the Texas state senate, then up to the United States congress. Throughout her career, she persevered through adversity to give voice to the voiceless and to fight for civil rights, equality, and justice"--...
20) La elegida
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Series
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Roca Editorial
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Español
Description
La situación en palacio es cada vez más peligrosa. Los rebeldes atacan tanto por el norte como por el sur y America, as chicas que siguen en la Selección y Maxon se encuentran en verdadero peligro. Mientras todo esto sucede, la disyuntiva en la que se encuentra America tampoco es mucho mejor: debe escoger entre su primer amor, Aspen, y el príncipe Maxon, quien poco a poco ha ido conquistándola. Eso sin tener en cuenta tambien que el príncipe...
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