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Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"With our current laws, the United States federal government has a lot of power. It can print money, make laws, and declare war. But what about the powers that the federal government doesn't have? These powers are called states' rights and have been a law since the Bill of Rights was passed in 1789. In this informative book, readers learn about the powers states have in America today, the history of these rights, and how this idea has been used as...
3) MindWar
Author
Series
MindWar trilogy volume 1
Language
English
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Description
"Rick Dial has the potential to be a hero. He just doesn't know it yet. Rick's high school football team couldn't be stopped when he was leading them as their quarterback. He was going to Syracuse on a scholarship. But then his dad abandoned them and a terrible accident left him crippled.Certain his old life is completely lost, Rick spends months hiding away in his room playing video games. He achieves the highest scores on so many games that he'sapproached...
4) The Son
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Description
"Sonny Lofthus is a strangely charismatic and complacent young man. He's been in prison for a dozen years, nearly half his life. The inmates who seek out his uncanny abilities to soothe leave his cell feeling absolved. They don't know or care that Sonny has a serious heroin habit--or where or how he gets his uninterrupted supply of the drug. Or that he's serving time for other people's crimes. Sonny took the first steps toward addiction when...
Author
Publisher
Metropolitan Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A bold call to reexamine how our government operates-and sometimes fails to-from President Obama's former deputy chief technology officer and the founder of Code for America. Just when we most need our government to work-to decarbonize our infrastructure and economy, to help the vulnerable through a pandemic, to defend ourselves against global threats-it is faltering. Government at all levels has limped into the digital age, offering online services...
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