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Audiobooks. bibliography Biographies. biography Biography Biography. History. Juvenile works. letterCurrie, Stephen
Summary: "Joe Biden was elected president in 2020. His supporters saw their candidate's ultimate victory as a triumph for their vision of America. Few political leaders in American history have had as long a career in politics and government as Biden"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: ReferencePoint Press 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 BIDCorey, Shana
Summary: "Acclaimed author Shana Corey and New York Times Best Illustrated artist R. Gregory Christie deliver a fresh look at Kennedy, underscoring the greatness and fallibility of our leaders and how each one of us, no matter who we are, have the power to make adifference. With quotes from JFK's speeches, detailed back matter, and a thought- provoking author's note, this biography offers a sensitive...
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Publisher / Publication Date: NorthSouth 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KENChavez, Linda.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHAClifford, Clark M.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CLITaraborrelli, J. Randy
Summary: "From New York Times bestselling celebrity biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli comes Grace & Steel, the epic, hidden history of the exceptional women behind the greatest political dynasty of all time-the Bush family. Bestselling author J. Randy Taraborrellireveals the unsung heroines of the inimitable Bush family dynasty: not only First Ladies Barbara and Laura, but other colorful women whose...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2021
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 920 TAR1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 TAR
Stossel, Scott.
Summary: Chronicles the life and career of R. Sargent Shriver, including such accomplishements as creating the Peace Corps, heading the War on Poverty, becoming ambassador to France, and founding such organizations at Head Start, Job Corps, and the Special Olympics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SHRBaker, Russ
Summary: The long-hidden story of a family we thought we knew--and of a power-making apparatus that we have barely begun to comprehend. George W. Bush left office as one of the most unpopular presidents in American history. Russ Baker asks the question that lingers even as this benighted administration winds down: Who really wanted this man at the helm, and why did his backers promote him despite his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 BAKMeacham, Jon.
Summary: "Advance praise for Destiny and Power: 'Altogether fair, insightful. A portrait made especially compelling by the author's remarkable access to Bush's private White House diaries. This is a timely, first-rate book!'--David McCullough; 'What a spectacular and moving portrait this is--not only of a remarkably classy man but of the era that shaped him! It is hard to imagine a biographer more...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio BushGabler, Neal
Summary: "From the author of Catching the Wind, called "one of the truly great biographies of our time," comes the second volume of the epic, definitive biography of Ted Kennedy-in which America's tectonic shift toward conservatism leaves Kennedy the lone powerful voice in the fight to advance protection for the poor and working-class. In Against the Wind, Ted Kennedy enters 1975 no longer in his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KENNEDY, EDWARD GABStevens, Stuart
Summary: "An indictment of the Republican Party from one of the most successful Republican political operative of his generation"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 324.2734 STECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324.2734 STETydings, Joseph D. (Joseph Davies)
Summary: "Gun control, voting rights, family planning, and environmental protection--these are all hot-button issues today, but they were also the same difficult and intractable issues that Senator Joseph D. Tydings of Maryland faced during his tenure in the Senate in the 1960s. In this timely memoir, Tydings looks back on a life of public service, from the Maryland General Assembly to chief federal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Texas A & M University Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TYDINGS, JOSEPH D TYDMatthews, Christopher
Summary: "A revealing new portrait of Robert F. Kennedy that gets closer to the man than any book before, by bestselling author Chris Matthews, an esteemed Kennedy expert and anchor of MSNBC's Hardball. With his bestselling biography Jack Kennedy, Chris Matthews shared a new look of one of America's most beloved Presidents and the patriotic spirit that defined him. Now, with Bobby, Matthews returns...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KENNEDY, ROBERT MATCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B KENNEDY MATHumes, James C.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regnery Pub. 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.92 HUMFarrell, John A. (John Aloysius)
Summary: "Ted Kennedy is a biography of one of modern America's most fascinating and consequential political figures, drawing on important new sources, by the biographer who covered Kennedy closely for many years"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KENNEDY, EDWARD FARRoosevelt, Eleanor
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Publisher / Publication Date: University Press of Kentucky 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.917 ROOBaier, Bret
Summary: January 1961: President Eisenhower has three days to secure the nation's future before his young successor, John F. Kennedy, takes power — a final mission by the legendary leader who planned D-Day and guided America through the darkening Cold War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 EISENHOWER, DWIGHT BAICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B EISENHOWERReagan, Ronald.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2003
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 973.927 REAPhillips, Kevin
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.928 PHIFrank, Barney
Summary: Growing up in Bayonne, New Jersey, the fourteen-year-old Barney Frank made two vital discoveries about himself: he was attracted to government, and to men. He resolved to make a career out of the first attraction and to keep the second a secret. Now, fifty years later, his sexual orientation is widely accepted, while his belief in government is embattled. Frank: A Life in Politics from the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Summary: "Long-serving congressman, Vice President, and now President. Joe Biden's journey to the highest position in the land has been long and winding. As a child, he didn't let his stutter stop him from success; as a senator, he carried on despite personal heartbreak; and now, as president, we'll see all this man can do. Learn about the spectacular life of America's 46th president"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bearport Publishing Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BIDSchroeder, Pat.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 2000
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 SchroHansen, Grace
Summary: This title will introduce little readers to the 46th president of the United States, Joe Biden.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Kids 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BIDEN HANHummer, Jill Abraham
Summary: "This book is a history of first ladies beginning with Lou Henry Hoover and ending with Michelle Obama, discussing how they defined their role with a focus on how they related to women's issues and how they participated in politics. Hummer explores the intersection of personality and the first ladies' personal ambition and relationship with their presidential spouse, with the social and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University Press of Kansas 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320 HUMHendershot, Heather
Summary: "Few conservatives are as revered and admired as William F. Buckley. Buckley is best known for founding National Review, the flagship journal of the right. But his long-running talk show Firing Line was equally important, because it allowed him to reach beyond the conservative enclave and engage millions of mainstream Americans. When Firing Line premiered in 1966, only two years after Barry...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadside 2016