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Dressed to drill / by Carlisle, Kate,1951-author.;

Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Authors; Buildings; Contractors; House construction; Man-woman relationships; Murder;

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The last politician : inside Joe Biden's White House and the struggle for America's future / by Foer, Franklin,author.;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-397) and index."On January 20, 2021, standing where only two weeks earlier police officers had battled with right-wing paramilitaries, Joe Biden took his oath of office. The American people were still sick with COVID-19, his economists were already warning him of an imminent financial crisis, and his party, the Democrats, had the barest of majorities in the Senate. Yet, faced with an unprecedented set of crises, Joe Biden decided he would not play defense. Instead, he set out to transform the nation. He proposed the most ambitious domestic spending bills since the 1960s and vowed to withdraw American forces from Afghanistan, ending the nation's longest war and reorienting it toward a looming competition with China. With unparalleled access to the tight inner circle of advisers who have surrounded Biden for decades, Franklin Foer dramatizes in forensic detail the first two years of the Biden presidency, concluding with the historic midterm elections. The result is a gripping and high-definition portrait of a major president at a time when democracy itself seems imperiled. With his back to the wall, Biden resorted to old-fashioned politics: deal-making and compromise. It was a gamble that seemed at first disastrously anachronistic, as he struggled to rally even the support of his own party. Yet, as the midterms drew near, via a series of bills with banal names, Biden somehow found a way to invest trillions of dollars in clean energy, the domestic semiconductor industry, and new infrastructure. Had he done the impossible-breaking decisively with the old Washington consensus to achieve progressive goals? The Last Politician is a landmark work of political reporting-which includes thrilling, blow-by-blow insider reports of the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan and the White House's swift response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine-that is destined to shape history's view of a president in the eye of the storm."--

Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Biden, Joseph R., Jr.; Political culture; Presidents;

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Size : how it explains the world / by Smil, Vaclav,author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index."To answer the most important questions of our age, we must understand size. Neither bacteria nor empires are immune to its laws. Measuring it is challenging, especially where complex systems like economies are concerned, yet mastering it offers rich rewards: the rise of the West, for example, was a direct result of ever more accurate and standardized measurements. Using the interdisciplinary approach that has won him a wide readership, Smil draws upon history, earth science, psychology, art, and more to offer fresh insight into some of our biggest challenges, including income inequality, the spread of infectious disease, and the uneven impacts of climate change. Size explains the regularities--and peculiarities--of the key processes shaping life (from microbes to whales), the Earth (from asteroids to volcanic eruptions), technical advances (from architecture to transportation), and societies and economies (from cities to wages). This book about the big and the small, and the relationship between them, answers the big and small questions of human existence: What makes a human society too big? What about a human being? Which alternative energy sources have the best chance of scaling and reducing our dependence on fossil fuels? Why do tall people make more money? What makes a face beautiful? How about a cathedral? How can changing the size of your plates help you lose weight? The latest masterwork of "an ambitious and astonishing polymath who swings for fences" (Wired) Size is a mind-bending journey that turns the modern world on its head."--

Subjects: Size perception.; Stature.;

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Think small : make the most of every square foot.

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Subjects: Small rooms; Interior decoration.;

© c2014., Hearst Books,

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Suddenly royal [videorecording] / by Iacono, Veronica,television director.; Kenneally, Mike(Television director),television director.; Ogden, Cathi,narrator.; PBS Distribution (Firm),distributor.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),production company,broadcaster.;

Narrator: Cathi Ogden.Suddenly Royal offers an in-depth exploration of the remarkable lives of ordinary men and women from across the world who find themselves marrying into royalty. From Mary Donaldson, an Australian who met Denmark's Crown Prince Frederik in a Sydney bar during the 2000 Olympics, to Mette Marit Tjessem Hoiby, a single mother with a controversial past who encountered Norway's future king at a music festival. The series also covers Kate Middleton, who met Prince William at university, and Daniel Westling, who met Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria when she joined the gym he owned. The film explores the complex realities of these fairytales-focusing on personal relationships, the influential politics of royal families, and the evolving cultures of their nations. It challenges the enchanting narratives with a modern perspective on what it means to step into a royal role today. Featuring extensive archival footage and insights from writers and royal experts, Suddenly Royal uncovers the true dynamics of what happens when everyday individuals cross paths with royalty in the contemporary world.E.Closed-captioned for the hearing impairedSubtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; 5.1 surround.

Subjects: Television mini-series.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Nonfiction television programs.; Biographical television programs.; Documentary television programs.; Historical television programs.; Personal narratives.; William, Prince of Wales, 1982-; Catherine, Princess of Wales, 1982-; Mary, Queen of Denmark, 1972-; Frederik X, King of Denmark, 1968-; Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway, 1973-; Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway, 1973-; Daniel, Prince of Sweden, 1973-; Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, 1977-; Royal couples; Princes; Princesses; Royal weddings; Royal houses; Royal houses; Royal houses; Royal houses; Royal houses; Man-woman relationships.; Mate selection.;

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Earthquake in the early morning / by Osborne, Mary Pope.; Murdocca, Sal.;

The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to San Francisco in 1906, in time for them to experience one of the biggest earthquakes the United States had ever known."RL 2.4, 006-009"--P. [4] of cover."Grades 1-3".LSC

Subjects: Jack (Fictitious character from Osborne); Annie (Fictitious character from Osborne); San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906; Earthquakes; Time travel; Magic; Tree houses;

© c2001., Random House,

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Den of spies : Reagan, Carter, and the secret history of the treason that stole the White House / by Unger, Craig,author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index."Argo meets Spotlight, as journalist Craig Unger, New York Times bestselling author of American Kompromat and House of Bush, House of Saud, reveals his thirty-year investigation into the secret collusion between Ronald Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign and Iran, raising urgent questions about what happens when foreign meddling in our elections goes unpunished and what gets remembered when the political price for treason is victory. It was a tinderbox of an accusation. In April 1991, the New York Times ran an op-ed alleging that Ronald Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign had conspired with the Iranian government to delay the release of 52 American hostages until after the 1980 election. The Iranian hostage crisis was President Jimmy Carter's largest political vulnerability, and his lack of success freeing them ultimately sealed his fate at the ballot box. In return for keeping Americans in captivity until Reagan assumed the oath of office, the Republicans had secretly funneled arms to Iran. Treasonous and illegal, the operation - planned and executed by Reagan's campaign manager Bill Casey - amounted to a shadow foreign policy run by private citizens that ensured Reagan's victory. Investigative journalist Craig Unger was one of the first reporters covering the October Surprise - initially for Esquire and then Newsweek - and while attempting to unravel the mystery, he was fired, sued, and ostracized by the Washington press corps, as a counter narrative took hold: The October Surprise was a hoax. Though Unger later recovered his name and became a bestselling author on Republican abuses of power, the October Surprise remained his white whale, the project he - as well as legendary investigative journalist, the late Robert Parry - worked on late at night and between assignments. In Den of spies, Unger reveals the definitive story of the October Surprise, going inside his three-decade reporting odyssey, along with Parry's never-before-seen archives, and sharing startling truths about what really happened in 1980. The result is a real-life political thriller filled with double agents, CIA operatives, slippery politicians, KGB documents, wealthy Republicans, and dogged journalists. A timely and provocative history that presages our Trump-era political scandals, Den of spies demonstrates the stakes of allowing the politics of the moment to obscure the writing of our history"--

Subjects: Foreign interference in elections; Foreign interference in elections; Intelligence service; Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981.; Military assistance, American; Political corruption; Presidents;

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The whisperings / by Sutherland, Joel A.,1980-author.;

"Joana and her younger brother Peter aren't used to setting down roots. Ever since the violent murder of their mother, their father can't stay in one place for long, haunted by the literal ghosts of the past. He has what he calls "the Whisperings," and will do anything to protect his children from the horrors that torment him. When the family moves to Burlington, Vermont, Joana thinks they've finally found a place to call home. They rent the lower half of a creepy yet comfortable mansion downtown, and Joana actually begins to fit in at school, thanks in part to Willem, a handsome (and single) classmate. But a near-death experience awakens the Whisperings in Joana, and she soon realizes her family isn't the only family living in the house. She meets the Keils -- ghosts forced to relive their own gruesome murders every night. As they say, misery loves company ... and suddenly, Joana is forced to protect the ones closest to her from a supernatural threat, in this horrifying haunted house story for teen readers."--012+.007-009.

Subjects: Ghost stories.; Horror fiction.; Young adult fiction.; Novels.; Ghosts; Haunted houses; Siblings; Ghosts; Haunted houses; Siblings;

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The Tudors : the complete story of England's most notorious dynasty / by Meyer, G. J.,1940-;

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Tudor, House of.; Monarchy;

© c2010., Delacorte Press,

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Anansi and the talking melon / by Kimmel, Eric A.; Stevens, Janet.; Terheyden, Jerry.; Live Oak Media (Firm);

Read by Jerry Terheyden.A clever spider tricks Elephant and some other animals into thinking the melon in which he is hiding can talk.003-007.

Subjects: Children's audiobooks.; Anansi (Legendary character); Folklore; Spiders;

© p1995, c1994., Live Oak Media,

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