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- War / by Woodward, Bob,1943-author.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index."War is an intimate and sweeping account of one of the most tumultuous periods in presidential politics and American history. We see President Joe Biden and his top advisers in tense conversations with Russian president Vladimir Putin, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky. We also see Donald Trump, conducting a shadow presidency and seeking to regain political power. With unrivaled, inside-the-room reporting, Woodward shows President Biden's approach to managing the war in Ukraine, the most significant land war in Europe since World War II, and his tortured path to contain the bloody Middle East conflict between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas. Woodward reveals the extraordinary complexity and consequence of wartime back-channel diplomacy and decision-making to deter the use of nuclear weapons and a rapid slide into World War III. The raw cage-fight of politics accelerates as Americans prepare to vote in 2024, starting between President Biden and Trump, and ending with the unexpected elevation of Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee for president. War provides an unvarnished examination of the vice president as she tries to embrace the Biden legacy and policies while beginning to chart a path of her own as a presidential candidate."--
- Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Biden, Joseph R., Jr.; Harris, Kamala, 1964-; Netanyahu, Binyamin.; Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952-; Trump, Donald, 1946-; Zelensky, Volodymyr, 1978-; Israel-Hamas War, 2023-; Presidential candidates; Presidents; Russo-Ukrainian War, 2014-;
- Interference : the inside story of Trump, Russia, and the Mueller investigation / by Zebley, Aaron,author.; Goldstein, Andrew,author.; Mueller, Robert S.,III,1944-writer of preface.; Quarles, James,author.;
- Interference is the behind-the-scenes story of the investigation that shook America to its core - the Mueller investigation that presented the evidence of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election - as told by Robert Mueller's closest colleagues, including never-before-revealed details into how the team investigated Putin's campaign to favour candidate Donald Trump and Trump's efforts to interfere in the investigation.
- Subjects: Trump, Donald, 1946-; Corruption investigation; Elections; Hacking; Obstruction of justice; Political campaigns; Political corruption; Presidential candidates; Presidents;
- Countdown 1960 : the behind-the-scenes story of the 312 days that changed America's politics forever / by Wallace, Chris,author.; Weiss, Mitch,author.;
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-428) and index."It's January 2, 1960: the day that Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy declared his [presidential] candidacy; and with this opening scene, Chris Wallace offers readers a front-row seat to history. From the challenge of primary battles in a nation that had never elected a Catholic president, to the intense machinations of the national conventions -- where JFK chose Lyndon B. Johnson as his running mate over the impassioned objections of his brother Bobby -- this is a nonfiction political thriller filled with intrigue, cinematic action, and fresh reporting. Like with many popular histories, readers will be familiar with the story, but few will know the behind-the-scenes details"--
- Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.; Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994.; Democratic Party (U.S.); Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ); Campaign debates; Mass media; Nineteen sixties.; Political campaigns; Presidential candidates; Presidents; Press and politics; Television in politics;
- Where we go from here : two years in the resistance / by Sanders, Bernard,author.;
- The Democratic presidential candidate, senator, and economist traces the first year of the Trump administration and what he and his colleagues are doing to reinforce the progressive movement.
- Subjects: Sanders, Bernard.; Progressivism (United States politics); Opposition (Political science);
- It's OK to be angry about capitalism / by Sanders, Bernard,author.; Nichols, John,1959-contributor.;
- The U.S. senator and former presidential candidate offers a progressive takedown of the uber-capitalist status quo that has enriched millionaires and billionaires at the expense of the working class, and presents a blueprint for what transformational change would actually look like.
- Subjects: Capitalism; Income distribution;
- The wicked widow / by Williams, Beatriz,author.;
- "While digging up dirt on a Presidential candidate at the behest of her 90-something society queen aunt, pregnant Ella Dommerich, with the help of her mysterious connection to a certain redheaded flapper, stands between a ruthless family and the prize it's sought for generations"--
- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Man-woman relationships; Married women; Murder; Nineteen twenties; Rich people; Secrecy; Socialites;
- 24. [videorecording] / by Sutherland, Kiefer,1966-; Hope, Leslie.; Clarke, Sarah.; Cuthbert, Elisha.; Haysbert, Dennis.; Imagine Entertainment (Firm); Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.;
- Kiefer Sutherland, Leslie Hope, Sarah Clarke, Elisha Cuthbert, and Dennis Haysbert.Jack Bauer, head of the Los Angeles Counter Terrorist Unit, is thrust into a 24-hour marathon of death, deception, and terror as he struggles to prevent the assassination of a presidential candidate, find the traitor within his own organization, and save his kidnapped wife and daughter.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital surround.
- Subjects: Terrorism; National security; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Action and adventure television programs.;
- For private home use only.
- The Ides of March [videorecording] / by Clooney, George.; Desplat, Alexandre.; Giamatti, Paul.; Gosling, Ryan,1980-; Heslov, Grant,1963-; Hoffman, Philip Seymour,1967-; Mirrione, Stephen,1969-; Oliver, Brian,1971-; Papamichael, Phedon.; Tomei, Marisa.; Willimon, Beau.Farragut north.Videorecording.; Wood, Evan Rachel,1987-; Wright, Jeffrey.; Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm.; Alliance Films.; Appian Way (Firm); Columbia Pictures.; Cross Creek Pictures.; Crystal City Entertainment.; Exclusive Media Group.; Smokehouse Pictures (Firm); Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm);
- Director of photography, Phedon Papamichael ; editor, Stephen Mirrione ; music, Alexandre Desplat.Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Marisa Tomei, Jeffrey Wright, Evan Rachel Wood.During the frantic last days before a heavily contested Ohio presidential primary, an up-and-coming campaign press secretary finds himself involved in a political scandal that threatens to upend his candidate's shot at the presidency.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Blu-ray ; anamorphic widescreen presentation (2.40:1) ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround ; region 1.
- Subjects: Feature films.; Political corruption; Political films.; Press secretaries; Primaries; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
- © c2012., Sony Pictures Home Entertainment ; Distributed by Alliance Films,
- The man who hated women : sex, censorship, and civil liberties in the gilded age / by Sohn, Amy,1973-author.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index."A narrative history about Anthony Comstock, US Postal Inspector and vice hunter, and the remarkable women who opposed him. Anthony Comstock, special agent to the U.S. Post Office, was one of the most important men in the lives of nineteenth-century women. His eponymous law, passed in 1873, penalized the mailing of contraception and obscenity with long sentences and steep fines. The word Comstockery came to connote repression and prudery. Between 1873 and Comstock's death in 1915, eight remarkable women were charged with violating state and federal Comstock laws. These "sex radicals" supported contraception, sexual education, gender equality, and women's right to pleasure. They took on the fearsome censor in explicit, personal writing, seeking to redefine work, family, marriage, and love for a bold new era. In The Man Who Hated Women, Amy Sohn tells the overlooked story of their valiant attempts to fight Comstock in court and in the press. They were publishers, writers, and doctors, and they included the first woman presidential candidate, Victoria C. Woodhull; the virgin sexologist Ida C. Craddock; and the anarchist Emma Goldman. In their willingness to oppose a monomaniac who viewed reproductive rights as a threat to the American family, the sex radicals paved the way for second-wave feminism. Risking imprisonment and death, they redefined birth control access as a civil liberty. The Man Who Hated Women brings these women's stories to vivid life, recounting their personal and romantic travails alongside their political battles. Without them, there would be no Pill, no Planned Parenthood, no Roe v. Wade. This is the forgotten history of the women who waged war to control their bodies."--
- Subjects: Biographies.; Comstock, Anthony, 1844-1915.; Postal inspectors; Women; Pornography;
- Complications : a novel / by Steel, Danielle,author.;
- Known for its luxurious accommodations and bespoke service, the Hotel Louis XVI has been the most lauded boutique hotel in all of Paris for decades, attracting an international clientele of the rich and famous. Now, after four years of renovations and the death of its legendary and beloved manager, it is set to reopen its doors at last. An esteemed group of loyal returning guests is set to descend upon the hotel, joined by a number of new faces who have managed to secure coveted bookings in the wake of last-minute cancellations. Awaiting them all is the Louis XVI's new manager, Olivier Bateau, an anxious man whose lack of experience leaves him unprepared. He and his level-headed assistant manager, Yvonne Philippe, both strive to continue the hotel's tradition of excellence. But they quickly realize that anything can happen at any moment, and on one cool September evening, everything does. A successful art consultant arrives at the hotel for the first time since her brutal divorce, and is surprised to find new love--if she is willing to risk her heart again. A new guest contemplates ending his life, and saves a life instead. A couple finds their once-in-a-lifetime trip interrupted by a tragic medical emergency, leaving the idyllic future they've long waited for hanging in the balance. And one of the hotel's most high-profile guests, a French politician and assumed presidential candidate, holds a mysterious meeting in his suite that will threaten his life and legacy. Rocked by the events of this one fateful night, guests and staff alike brace themselves for the aftershock, as it quickly becomes apparent that more dramas and misfortunes are still in store. Danielle Steel tells an unforgettable story about a famed hotel, where a few complications quickly escalate into a matter of life and death, changing the lives of everyone who passes through its doors.
- Subjects: Hotels; Hotel management; Life change events; Man-woman relationships;
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