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Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
"On June 26, 2018, twenty-eight-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a bartender from New York City, became the youngest woman ever elected to serve on Congress. Her win shocked the political world and she became a celebrity overnight. Soon, everyone knew her by her initials: AOC. As soon as she was sworn into office, AOC became a vocal champion for healthcare for all and the fight against climate change. This exciting story details the defining moments...
44) Heaven's war
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Jonah Thomas, a US senator, gets trapped in an epic battle fought between life and death.
45) The run: a novel
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
A respected senator from Georgia, Will Lee has aspirations of more.
But a cruel stroke of fate thrusts him onto the national stage well before he expects, and long before he's ready, for a national campaign.
The road to the White House, however, will be more treacherous -- and deadly -- than Will and his intelligent, strikingly beautiful wife, Kate, an associate director in the Central Intelligence Agency, can imagine.
A courageous and principled...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Along with rousing personal anecdotes and poignant memories, Kasich shares some of his Bible group's frank discussions on the major themes found in the Bible--and in our daily lives--such as charity, justice, envy, forgiveness, and ambition.
48) Alphabetical list of Oregon's legislators and related information provisional government to present
Publisher
Legislative Administrative Committee
Pub. Date
1993
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Language
English
Description
"Fourteen years before Kirsten Gillibrand succeeded Hillary Rodham Clinton as senator from New York, she heard her future mentor say these life-changing words: 'Decisions are being made every day in Washington, and if you are not part of those decisions, you might not like what they decide, and you'll have no one to blame but yourself.' A young corporate lawyer at the time, Gillibrand felt as if she'd been struck by lightning. She instantly knew that...
Author
Series
Rotters' Club volume 2
Publisher
distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Nancy Pelosi is a beacon of patriotism and integrity, demonstrating strength and leadership in her over 30 years in public office. A politician, mother of five, and tireless advocate for the underprivileged, she has dedicated her life to correcting injustice and inequality, and she serves her country with confidence and compassion. Rising from the California Democratic Party Chair to House Minority Leader to become the first woman Speaker of the...
56) Strip tease
Author
Language
English
Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From “Florida’s most entertainingly indignant social critic” (New York Times Book Review)—an inventive tale yet of savage appetites and sweet justice.
Only in America could an innocent, if drunken, guest of honor at a strip joint bachelor party become a mortal threat against Big Money and Big Government. Only in south Florida, land of roadside honky-tonks and sinister pleasure...
Only in America could an innocent, if drunken, guest of honor at a strip joint bachelor party become a mortal threat against Big Money and Big Government. Only in south Florida, land of roadside honky-tonks and sinister pleasure...
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Language
English
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Description
One of Essence's Best Books of the Year
NAACP Image Awards Winner for Outstanding Literary Work
With a foreword by Speaker Nancy Pelosi
"There was no greater friend to the poor, to the lost, to the left out, and to the left behind. If you want to understand this great man, read his historic, important book and learn the lessons and values from his 'moral voice crying in the wilderness' on behalf of our American democracy." -Rep. John Lewis (D-GA)
Known...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press/Gale
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
"There's very little that's conventional about Kamala Harris, and yet her personal story also represents the best of America. She grew up the eldest daughter of a single mother, who emigrated from India at the age of nineteen in search of a better education. She and her husband, an economist from Jamaica, split up when Kamala was only five. The Kamala Harris the public knows is tough, smart, and demanding, and longtime Los Angeles Times reporter Dan...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
An inspiring history of all the women who have taken a seat in Congress! For the first 128 years of America's history, only men served in the Senate and House of Representatives. All that changed in January 1917 when Jeannette Rankin was sworn in as the first woman elected to Congress. From the women's suffrage movement to the 2018 election, Ilene Cooper highlights influential and diverse female leaders who opened doors for women in politics. Women...
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