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- Bag man : the wild crimes, audacious cover-up & spectacular downfall of a brazen crook in the White House / by Maddow, Rachel,author.; Yarvitz, Michael,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."The knockdown, drag-out, untold story of the other scandal that rocked Nixon's White House, and reset the rules for crooked presidents to come-with new reporting that expands on Rachel Maddow's Peabody Award-nominated podcast. Is it possible for a sitting vice president to direct a vast criminal enterprise within the halls of the White House? To have one of the most brazen corruption scandals in American history play out while nobody's paying attention? And for that scandal to be all but forgotten decades later? The year was 1973, and Spiro T. Agnew, the former governor of Maryland, was Richard Nixon's second-in-command. Long on firebrand rhetoric and short on political experience, Agnew had carried out a bribery and extortion ring in office for years, when-at the height of Watergate-three young federal prosecutors discovered his crimes and launched a mission to take him down before it was too late, before Nixon's impending downfall elevated Agnew to the presidency. The self-described "counterpuncher" vice president did everything he could to bury their investigation: dismissing it as a "witch hunt," riling up his partisan base, making the press the enemy, and, with a crumbling circle of loyalists, scheming to obstruct justice in order to survive. In this blockbuster account, Rachel Maddow and Michael Yarvitz detail the investigation that exposed Agnew's crimes, the attempts at a cover-up-which involved future president George H. W. Bush-and the backroom bargain that forced Agnew's resignation but also spared him years in federal prison. Based on the award-winning hit podcast, Bag Man expands and deepens the story of Spiro Agnew's scandal and its lasting influence on our politics, our media, and our understanding of what it takes to confront a criminal in the White House."--- Subjects: Biographies.; Agnew, Spiro T., 1918-1996.; Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994; Political corruption; Vice-Presidents;
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- Sharpe's assassin : Richard Sharpe and the occupation of Paris, 1815 / by Cornwell, Bernard,author.;
Lieutenant-Colonel Sharpe is a man with a reputation. Born in the gutter, raised a foundling, he joined the army twenty-one years ago, and it's been his home ever since. He's a loose cannon, but his unconventional methods make him a valuable weapon. So when, the dust still settling after the Battle of Waterloo, the Duke of Wellington needs a favour, he turns to Sharpe. For Wellington knows that the end of one war is only the beginning of another. Napoleon's army may be defeated, but another enemy lies waiting in the shadows - a secretive group of fanatical revolutionaries hell-bent on revenge. Sharpe is dispatched to a new battleground: the maze of Paris streets where lines blur between friend and foe. And in search of a spy, he will have to defeat a lethal assassin determined to kill his target or die trying ...- Subjects: Historical fiction.; War fiction.; Sharpe, Richard (Fictitious character); Assassins; Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815; Revolutionaries; Soldiers;
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- Paranormal activity - the marked ones [videorecording]. by Ephraim, Molly; Jacobs, Andrew; Cabral, Richard;
Director, Christopher Landon.Molly Ephraim, Andrew Jacobs, Richard Cabral.The same malevolent demon who claimed Kristi and Katie is back. Jesse starts experiencing several disconcerting and indescribable things after his neighbor's death. As he looks into these occurrences, he discovers that he has been chosen for possession by this malicious demon. It's inevitable that he will be under its control; it's only a matter of time.OFRB rating: 14A.Blu-ray.- Subjects: Horror.; Horror.;
- © 2014., Paramount,
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- The benefactor [videorecording] / by Fanning, Dakota,1994-actor.; Gere, Richard,1949-actor.; James, Theo,1984-actor.; Renzi, Andrew,film director.; Videoville Showtime.;
Richard Gere, Theo James, Dakota Fanning.Originally released as a motion picture in 2015.After the tragic death of her parents five years ago, Olivia returns to her hometown with her new husband, Luke and reconnects with her parent's old family friend, Franny. The couple are then forced to navigate the all-consuming interest of this powerful, mysterious, and possessive philanthropist.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1.- Subjects: Feature films.; Married people; Orphans; Parents; Philanthropists;
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- Sherlock Holmes and the Shadow Watchers [videorecording] / by Brannan, Ian.; Cairns, Richard.; Hincer, Ilke.; Mann, Anthony D. P.; World Wide Multi Media (Firm);
Ian Brannan, Richard Cairns, Ilke Hincer.The sensational details of a gruesome murder in The Daily Gazette have London in a panic, as a blood-thirsty madman - more vicious than Jack the Ripper - preys upon the city. Of greater concern to Scotland Yard, however, is that the account of the murder was published nearly two hours prior to the crime having been committed! Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson - the Great Detective and his faithful assistant and chronicler - find themselves challenged with one of their most baffling cases - "The Case of the Woman Who Was Murdered Tomorrow"! Will an innocent man be sent to the gallows? How much blood will be shed before a scarred fiend is brought to justice? ... And who are the mysterious Shadow Watchers, a coven of ominous figures who orchestrate terror from within the darkness?PG.DVD ; 5.1 surround.- Subjects: Crime films.; Criminal investigation; Detective and mystery films.; Feature films.; Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character); Murder; Sherlock Holmes films.; Watson, John H. (Fictitious character);
- © c2014., World Wide Multi Media,
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- Erotic vagrancy : everything about Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor / by Lewis, Roger,1960-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Thirteen years in the writing, Erotic Vagrancy doesn't only surpass every other biography of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton yet to appear, this rich, vital and passionately articulated book, which is as extravagant and wayward as its two subjects, is also about celebrity, creativity, being flawed, being brilliant, sexuality, the intermingling of a low and a highbrow existence, pride, insecurity, attraction and repulsion, and devilry. We see Taylor the child actress exchanging dogs and horses for husbands. We see Burton emerging from the mists and brimstone of Wales to be the greatest theatrical animal of his generation. The pair come together in Rome during the making of Cleopatra, which gives Lewis the opportunity for a major farcical set-piece. We then enter a world of jewels and private jets, vodka, yachts and furs--the splendid vulgarity of the Sixties, where the narrative of Taylor and Burton becomes a Pop Art story. Then, inevitably, it all goes wrong, with alcoholism, violence, recrimination and divorce (twice)--with Burton, whom Lewis depicts as a Faustus figure, damned by fame, dead at fifty-eight."--- Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Taylor, Elizabeth, 1932-2011.; Burton, Richard, 1925-1984.; Motion picture actors and actresses; Motion picture actors and actresses; Motion picture actors and actresses;
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- Furious love : Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the marriage of the century / by Kashner, Sam.; Schoenberger, Nancy.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.- Subjects: Burton, Richard, 1925-1984.; Taylor, Elizabeth, 1932-; Motion picture actors and actresses; Motion picture actors and actresses;
- © 2010., Harper,
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- Warriors of God : Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade / by Reston, James,1941-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.- Subjects: Richard I, King of England, 1157-1199; Saladin, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, 1137-1193.; Crusades;
- © c2001., Doubleday,
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- Boats float! / by Lyon, George Ella,1949-; Lyon, Benn.; Wiggins, Mick.;
In rhyming text the reader is introduced to all the different kinds of boats floating on rivers, lakes, oceans, and ponds.Ages 4-8.LSC- Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; Boats and boating;
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- Planes fly! / by Lyon, George Ella,1949-; Wiggins, Mick.;
Illustrations and easy-to-read rhyming text celebrate different kinds of planes, their instruments, what they carry, and what it is like to go for a flight.Ages 4-8.LSC- Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; Airplanes;
- © c2013., Atheneum Books for Young Readers,
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