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1) Extreme prey
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Series
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English
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After the events in Gathering Prey, Lucas Davenport finds himself in a very unusual situation — no longer employed by the Minnesota BCA. His friend the governor is just cranking up a presidential campaign, though, and he invites Lucas to come along as part of his campaign staff. “Should be fun!” he says, and it kind of is — until they find they have a shadow: an armed man intent on killing the governor . . . and anyone who gets in the way....
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
xxvi, 481 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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English
Description
After popularizing Gonzo journalism with Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hunter S. Thompson turned his drug-fueled wit and savage insight to the race for President. With On the Campaign Trail '72, Thompson deconstructs the 1972 campaigns of George McGovern and Richard Nixon, laying bare a political process that is both seductive and utterly repellent.
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English
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Finally, a candidate representing all Americans -- both predator and prey! Tired of politics as usual? Despair not: This election year, Rita Mae Brown has thrown her cat into the ring. Her intrepid feline co-author, Sneaky Pie Brown, is taking time off from her busy schedule writing bestselling mysteries to run for President of the United States. Hail to the Chief: Sneaky Pie heads to the Oval Office with an animal-friendly agenda to unify all Americans...
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206 pages
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English
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America has become a gerontocracy - and it’s showing its age. Our future depends on young people running for and winning elected office. Yet despite historically high interest in politics among the young, few are entering the halls of power. Young candidates at all levels of government need a new model. A political newcomer, Henry Bouchot shocked the political establishment in Richard Nixon’s hometown of Whittier, California, defeating a nine-term...
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Sean Drummond novels volume 5
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English
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With just three days to prevent the assassination of the President, Army lawyer Sean Drummond races the clock in the high-stakes countdown of his career. Army lawyer Sean Drummond*s new posting is to the Office of Special Projects, a CIA cell that handles the most dangerous threats. When the White House Chief of Staff is found brutally murdered, there*s a note beside him promising more victims--including the President. Sean leaps into action, teaming...
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Gods of Gotham volume 3
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English
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No one in 1840s New York likes fires, but copper star Timothy Wilde least of all. So when an arsonist with an agenda begins threatening Alderman Robert Symmes, a corrupt and powerful leader high in the Tammany Hall ranks, Wilde isn't thrilled to be involved. His reservations escalate further when his brother Valentine announces that he'll be running against Symmes in the upcoming election, making both himself and Timothy a host of powerful enemies....
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Publisher
Twelve
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xi, 417 pages ; 24 cm.
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English
Description
The senior White House reporter for the Wall Street Journal presents a deeply reported account of the 2020 presidential election that reveals how Donald Trump became the first incumbent in thirty years to lose reelection, and the only candidate in the country's history whose defeat resulted in a violent insurrection.
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Jack Ryan Jr volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 33
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English
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Although his father had been reluctant to become a field operative, Jack Ryan Jr. wants nothing more. Privately training with a seasoned Special Forces drill instructor, he's honing his skills to transition his work within The Campus from intelligence analysis to hunting down and eliminating terrorists wherever he can -- even as Jack Ryan Sr. campaigns for reelection as President of the United States. But what neither father nor son knows is that...
11) Hacks: the inside story of the break-ins and breakdowns that put Donald Trump in the White House
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English
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In June 2016, the Washington Post first reported that Russian hackers had penetrated the Democratic National Committee. Barely a month later, these cyber criminals -- which the U.S. government later confirmed as Russian intelligence operatives -- posted thousands of damaging emails online. These documents seemed to confirm Bernie Sanders supporters' belief that the DNC had become a tool of the Clinton campaign well before the convention. The hacking's...
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Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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Former FBI director James Comey's special assistant chronicles the bureau's investigation into Russian election interference and possible collusion by the president himself. Here, he takes readers deep inside key moments of this historic operation.
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[Distributed by] New Video Group
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A college adjunct and political unknown at age 29, Jeff Smith decides to run for the newly-open congressional seat of retired Democratic leader Richard Gephardt. Not only does Smith face the full disbelief of his own family and the inevitable comparison to the political heavyweight Gephardt, the neophyte candidacy also faces a well-placed opponent, Russ Carnahan, who is supported by the longstanding political dynasty of his own family. The film follows...
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Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xxi, 175 pages ; 24 cm.
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English
Description
"Dirt Road Revival lays out a roadmap for progressive politics in rural America based on two young campaigners' successful races in the most rural county in the most rural state in America"--
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
338 p. ; 22 cm.
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English
Description
This collection of eight essays covering U.S. politics between 1988 and 2000 is a critical look at what author Joan Didion calls "the ways in which the political process did not reflect but increasingly proceeded from a series of fables about American experience."
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English
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"Donald Trump's campaign chairman went to jail. So did his personal lawyer. His long-time political consigliere was convicted of serious federal crimes, and his national security advisor pled guilty to others. Several Russian spies were indicted in absentia. Career intelligence agents and military officers were alarmed enough by the president's actions that they alerted senior government officials and ignited the impeachment process. Yet despite...
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
346 pages ; 25 cm.
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English
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"The never-before-told inside story of the high-stakes, four-year-long investigation into Donald Trump's Russia ties--culminating in the Steele dossier, and sparking the Mueller report--from the founders of political opposition research company Fusion GPS"--
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Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2017.
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xiii, 272 pages ; 25 cm
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English
Description
From the reporter who was there at the very beginning comes the revealing inside story of the partnership between Steve Bannon and Donald Trump — the key to understanding the rise of the alt-right, the fall of Hillary Clinton, and the hidden forces that drove the greatest upset in American political history. Based on dozens of interviews conducted over six years, Green spins the master narrative of the 2016 campaign from its origins in the far fringes...
20) Game change
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Behind-the-scenes dramatization of John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign.
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