Truman, Margaret
Summary: When the body of a young theatre volunteer named Nadia Zarinski is found in a dark alley, two cops, Rick Klayman and Moses "Mo" Johnson, discover that Nadia was the intern for, and the rumored lover of, an influential right-wing Senator.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TRUSummary: He was where he shouldn't have been and saw what he shouldn't have seen. Now, who will believe the word of a career thief and ex-con? Who will trust Luther Whitney when he says he saw a woman killed, and that the man responsible for her death is the President of the United States?
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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Summary: With the recent death of her mother and the possibility of her family losing their farm, Samantha Sakamoto does not have space in her life for dreams, but when faced with prejudice and violence in her Washington State community after Pearl Harbor, she is determined to use her photography to document the bigotry around her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC INOSummary: When she's fired from her job at an upscale law firm for voicing her stance against the testing of cosmetics on animals, Elle heads to Capitol Hill to fight for her cause before Congress. Once there, she runs into plenty of adversity and red-tape and can't seem to find anyone who will listen to her proposals. She meets and befriends an elderly bellman who's been around long enough to know the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2003
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY LEGGangsei, Jan
Summary: Eight years after being kidnapped, Addie Webster, now sixteen, resurfaces under mysterious circumstances, significantly changed, and her childhood best friend, Darrow Fergusson, is asked by a national security advisor to spy on her to uncover whether she is a threat to her father's Presidency or the nation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC GANSummary: When trouble rears its ugly head, headline-making, life-ruining trouble, there's only one person to call: the legendary Olivia Pope. With her steadfast rule of always trusting her gut, Olivia leads an expert team of crisis management consultants skilled at making even the most sordid, salacious scandals disappear. But as these self-proclaimed 'gladiators in suits' begin to reveal the cracks in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SCAPatterson, James.
Summary: Detective Alex Cross's pursuit of the killer involved in a series of chilling murders in Washington, D.C. produces a suspect--a British diplomat who engages in a brilliant series of countermoves, both in and out of the courtroom.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2006
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD M PATPatterson, James
Summary: "In a Virginia penitentiary, Detective Alex Cross and his partner, John Sampson, witness the execution of a killer they helped to convict. Hours later, they are called to the scene of a copycat crime. A note signed 'M' rests on the corpse. 'You messed up big time, Dr. Cross.' Was an innocent man just put to death? Alex soon realizes he may have much to answer for, as 'M' lures the detective out...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2019
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction Patterson 2019Holm, Jennifer L.
Summary: Schooled in the lessons of etiquette for young ladies of 1854, Miss Jane Peck of Philadelphia finds little use for manners during her long sea voyage to the Pacific Northwest and while living among the American traders and Chinook Indians of Washington Territory.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2001
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HOLJames, Anna. (Anna Lois)
Summary: The bookwandering community is at risk when an extreme group of Librarians take over the British Underlibrary. Tilly and Oskar believe that an elusive group of bookwanderers called the Archivists may be the key to restoring balance and Tilly thinks she s discovered their whereabouts: the Library of Congress in Washington D.C.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Young Readers Group 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC JAMBaldacci, David.
Summary: Not far from Washington D.C., in a wooded area of Northern Virginia, a small house at the end of a gravel road serves a secret purpose. With its sophisticated security apparatus and hidden miniaturized cameras, it is being used by the FBI to interview one of the most important witnesses the agency has ever had, a young woman with an incredible story to tell. But others also know about the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2014
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BALTucker, Neely
Summary: "When the teenage daughter of a powerful Washington, D.C., judge is found dead, three local black kids are arrested for her murder--but reporter Sully Carter suspects there's more to the case. From the city's grittiest backstreets to the elegant halls ofpower, wry yet wounded Sully pursues a string of cold cases, all the while fighting against pressure from government officials, police,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TUCSummary: Hang on for the adrenaline rush of a lifetime as Jack Bauer unveils darker secrets, faces deadlier conspiracies, and is thrust into more extreme action than ever before! As Day Eight unfolds, Bauer races against the clock to prevent the assassination of a Middle Eastern leader on a vital peace-making mission. Meanwhile, a deadly terrorist threat against New York City intensifies and builds...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2010
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TWEClose, Jennifer
Summary: "A brilliantly funny novel about ambition and marriage from the best selling author of Girls in White Dresses, The Better Half tells the story of a young wife who follows her husband and his political dreams to D.C., a city of idealism, gossip, and complicated friendships among young Washington's aspiring elite. When Beth arrives in Washington, D.C., she hates everything about it: the confusing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CLOTucker, Neely
Summary: When the teenage daughter of a powerful Washington, D.C., judge is found dead, three local black kids are arrested for her murder--but reporter Sully Carter suspects there's more to the case. From the city's grittiest backstreets to the elegant halls of power, wry yet wounded Sully pursues a string of cold cases, all the while fighting against pressure from government officials, police,...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC TUCKovac, Christina
Summary: "There's something about the disappearance of a beautiful young attorney--she leaves a Georgetown restaurant after a dispute with her husband, and is never seen alive again--that grips television news producer Virginia Knightly from the moment the 'MISSING' notice lands on her desk. A brilliant producer, but also a tormented soul and an isolated workaholic, Virginia--the only woman of power at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 37 INK 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KOVCampos-Duffy, Rachel
Summary: "While lost inside the magnificent building, Paloma becomes enchanted with the statue of Lady Freedom, learns about her immigrant father's dreams, and discovers her own courage and love for America." --Amazon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regnery Kids 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CAMPayne, Nikki
Summary: "Pride and Prejudice meets Black-ish in this exciting new rom-com by debut author Nikki Payne. Liza B-The Only DJ That Gives a Jam-wants to take her neighborhood back from the soulless property developer dropping unaffordable condos on every street corner in DC. But her planned protest at their corporate event takes a turn after she mistakes the smoldering hot CEO for the waitstaff. When they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jove 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC PAYClose, Jennifer
Summary: The story of a young wife who follows her husband and his political dreams to D.C., a city of idealism, gossip, and complicated friendships among young Washington's aspiring elite.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC CLOHoward, Linda
Summary: "Jina Modell definitely doesn't feel like a 'Babe', especially when she's working with the gruff, no-nonsense Levi Butcher, team leader for the GO-Team. When the Syrian base where she's stationed is attacked, Jina manages to escape. Levi would never willingly leave a soldier behind, especially a brave woman whose sweet voice haunts his every thought. Once he discovers Jina is alive, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLuxe, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In the late 1980s, 61-year-old former pathologist Dr. Jack Kevorkian launched a crusade to provide what he considered a humane and dignified option for the terminally ill--assisted suicide. Aided by his loyal friend Neal Nicol, and his older sister Margo Janus, Kevorkian begins offering his "death counseling" services to a grateful and burgeoning clientele. He earns the support of Hemlock...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Films 2010
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA YOUCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie You 2010Howard, Linda
Summary: In the aftermath of an attack that leaves her separated from the rest of the elite paramilitary team, communications expert Jina escapes to the desert determined to evade the enemy and reconnect with her unit before they are exfiltrated.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HOWGore, Kristin
Summary: A funny and moving debut novel about life on Capitol Hill as seen through the eyes of Samantha Joyce, a twenty-six year old health care analyst to Ohio Junior Senator Robert Gary. Hard working, idealistic, extremely competent as well as neurotic and prone to daydreaming, Sammy, as she's known to her friends, has little time for anything, much less a relationship. But in the midst of lobbying...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2004
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC GORSummary: When a teenage boy with extraordinary abilities appears out of nowhere near Seattle, Washington, a kindhearted social worker and her family are the only people to offer him a home. The young man's capabilities and brilliance seem to grow stronger each day, but these talents are just one clue to the mystery of the boy they call Kyle, and the questions are starting to grow: Where did he come...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2007