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Thorndike Press large print nonfictionHennessey, Susan
Summary: "How Donald Trump has reshaped the norms of the American presidency"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.933 HENGergen, David R. (David Richmond)
Summary: An advisor to Nixon and later presidents discusses seven elements of presidential leadership: personal character, moral vision, political skills, media savvy, judgment in choosing advisors, and an interest one's legacy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.92 GERSummary: "He's only getting worse. Donald Trump's erratic behavior throughout his presidential campaign caused many of us to ask: What is wrong with him? After the election, politicians and pundits assured us he would change once he took office and would live up to his role as president. After spending two years in the most powerful position in the world, however, Trump has only gotten worse. He rants....
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Sciutto, Jim
Summary: "From praising dictators to alienating allies, Trump has made chaos his calling card. Has his strategy caused more problems than it solved?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.933 SCICohen, Jared
Summary: From the Founding to today, this book tells the stories of seven former presidents who each changed history and offered lessons about how to decide what to do in the next chapter of life as they handled human problems of ego, finances and questions about their legacy and mortality.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2024
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 920 COHFirstbrook, P. L.
Summary: The astonishing story of Barack Obama's Kenyan roots, "The Obamas" is the product of dozens of interviews with Obama's African relatives, presented by the first person to trace Obama's family history back 400 years and 23 generations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 OBAMA FAMILY FIRSummary: The 2016 election of Donald J. Trump exposed a deep divide in American politics and culture, one that pollsters and pundits didn't seem to realize was there. But Trump did, and he used it to his advantage in ways that surprised nearly everyone, even those who voted for him. Perhaps the biggest question on many people's minds is how, exactly, did a crass, unrepentant reality TV star and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.933 DANCarter, Jimmy
Summary: "This is the story of President Jimmy Carter's post-presidency, the most admired and productive in the nation's history. through The Carter Center, which he and Rosalynn Carter founded in 1982, he and his dedicated colleagues have fought neglected diseases, waged peace in war zones, monitored elections in troubled nations, and built hope among some of the most forgotten and needy people in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2007
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 973.9260 CARPost, Jerrold M
Summary: Offering an in-depth psychological and political portrait of what makes Donald Trump tick, Dangerous Charisma combines psychoanalysis with an investigation into the personality of the current American president. This narrative not only examines the life and psychology of Donald Trump, but will also provide an analysis of the charismatic psychological tie between Trump and his supporters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.933 POSCohen, Jared
Summary: "The strength and prestige of the American presidency has waxed and waned since George Washington. Accidental Presidents looks at eight men who came to the office without being elected to it. It demonstrates how the character of the man in that powerful seat affects the nation and world. Eight men have succeeded to the presidency when the incumbent died in office. In one way or another they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.09 COHCopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist US Pres CohenHampton, Charles F.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Green Oak Press 1984
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 977.4 HAMPatterson, James
Summary: Two true-crime thrillers include "Murder of Innocence," in which a global effort captures a serial predator; and "A Murderous Affair," in which a rookie FBI agent is set up by his informant.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.152 PATHerold, Benjamin
Summary: "Through the stories of five American families, a masterful and timely exploration of how hope, history, and racial denial collide in the suburbs and their schools Outside Atlanta, a middle-class Black family faces off with a school system seemingly bent on punishing their teenage son. North of Dallas, a conservative white family relocates to an affluent suburban enclave, but can't escape the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.St. Clair, Chip.
Summary: The child of an abusive parent learns that his "father" is a wanted child murderer and that everything he has been told about his past is false, thus sending him on a quest for justice and identity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Health Communications 2007
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B ST.CLAIR StCGoodwin, Doris Kearns
Summary: "In this culmination of five decades of acclaimed studies in presidential history, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin offers an illuminating exploration into the early development, growth, and exercise of leadership. Are leaders born or made? Where does ambition come from? How does adversity affect the growth of leadership? Does the man make the times or do the times make the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.09 GOOJobb, Dean
Summary: "I the span of fifteen years, Dr. Thomas Neill Cream murdered as many as ten people in the United States, Britain, and Canada. Poison was his weapon of choice. Structured around the doctor's London murder trial in 1892, The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream exposes the blind trust given to the medical practitioners, as well as the flawed detection methods, bungled investigations, corrupt...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2022