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Theodore Roosevelt's daughter Alice Roosevelt Longworth once remarked that if her "Auntie Bye" had been a man, she would have been the president.
Anna Roosevelt Cowles was Theodore Roosevelt's older sister by almost four years. She was nicknamed Bamie as a child. Her siblings, nieces, and nephews later called her "Auntie Bye" because she was always on the go.
After overcoming a childhood disability, Bamie grew into a tower of strength for her immediate...
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The third book in a series begins with two military officers examining the damage by a satellite weapon's attack on the U.S. capital during a severe snowstorm. There is extensive damage to the White House. U.S. intelligence agencies trying to find the source of the attack. Foreign countries celebrate as they watch news of the destruction of the White House, and there is concern World War Three is unavoidable.An unknown enemy attacked New York City,...
23) He Lost, He Lost
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HE LOST, HE LOST! features four major reasons that Trump lost - not just the election but popular support, based on a series of cartoons with a spirit of levity. The commentary is written in this same spirit, while providing some background to explain the comparisons made in the cartoons. The four reasons Trump lost are these: - Trump is Bats in that he is like a bat flying in the dark so he can't see what's real very well, and he's running...
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I thought it was over, that I was safe from Regan Black because he was dead although I would be dealing with the after effects for the rest of my life. I thought I could handle the stress of college, dating and being a cross-traveler from a different reality. I was doing okay until my dorm exploded and my Secret Service body guard whisked me away to the White House for safety. Only, we weren't safe there, or on Air Force One. So, I opened the Gate...
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In Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, the premier collection of noted sayings, Mark Twain is the only American with more citations under his name than Franklin Delano Roosevelt. FDR was the greatest raconteur to occupy the White House between the presidencies of Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan. A superb mimic with a professional comic's sense of timing, he had an ear for a ringing phrase and could laugh at himself, relishing the opportunity to tell...
26) Summary of This Was CNN by Kent Heckenlively and Cary Poarch: How Sex, Lies, and Spies Undid the
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DISCLAIMERThis book does not in any capacity mean to replace the original book but to serve as a vast summary of the original book.Summary of This Was CNN by Kent Heckenlively and Cary Poarch: How Sex, Lies, and Spies Undid the World's Worst News Network IN THIS SUMMARIZED BOOK, YOU WILL GET:Chapter astute outline of the main contents.Fast & simple understanding of the content analysis.Exceptionally summarized content that you may skip in the original...
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The Flight of the White Ghosts is the story of a second al-Qaeda attack on the United States on September 11, 2006, five years after the original, successful attack on 9/11. Four, white Gulfstream G150 private jets take off from Cuba, Canada, California and the Azores carrying aboard lethal weapons of mass destruction in a coordinated terrorist attack on the White House, the Pentagon, the U.S. Capitol Building and the CIA. The White Ghost mastermind...
28) Woodrow Wilson
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A thorough, illustrated biography discussing the childhood, career, family, and term of Woodrow Wilson, twenty-eighth president of the United States.|Glossary of key words|Index|Informative sidebars|Sources for further research|Suggested websites|Table of contents|Presidents of the U.S.A. chronicles the lives of our nation's leaders, including some of the most famous figures in American history. Each book tells the fascinating story of a single president,...
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On the fortieth anniversary of Roe v. Wade, women's reproductive freedom is just as contested as it was before abortion was made legal. Adding a new chapter to her celebrated book about the story behind that great legal challenge, Sarah Weddington brings up-to-date the status of choice and constitutional law. Sarah Weddington is an attorney and lecturer from Austin Texas. She became a key figure in the reproductive rights movement when at the age...
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How did Marc Rich make over 10 Billion Dollars without paying hardly any taxes? Journalist A. Craig Copetas has infiltrated the inner circle of the commodities market and Rich's associates to show not only how Rich pulled off the scam, becoming one of America's most wanted criminals, but also how other traders have used the same model to evade taxes as well. Currently the center of yet another great controversy, Rich was wanted for evading almost...
31) The Thirteenth
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The Thirteenth is the mind-blowing finale to the Vampire Huntress Legend series from bestselling author L.A. Banks
The entire Neteru Guardian team is on the run, having now been labeled as America's most-wanted terrorists following the gruesome demon battle that felled the Washington Monument and crashed the front doors of the White House. The Anti-Christ is positioned for emergence, the powers of darkness have released the pale horse of the apocalypse,...
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America the Beautiful in Dark Times begins and ends with reflections on the fundamental ideals of American democracy expressed by the nation's sixteenth president in a dark time of civil war. In between these affirmations, Gordon Shepherd depicts the dangerous threats of present-day Trumpism to democratic norms and the capitulation of the Republican Party in the service of Trump's authoritarian vendetta to regain the White House after falsely refusing...
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A saucer-like disc crashes at Cape Girardeau and four abnormally small, gray bodies of beings possessing featureless faces are discovered by authorities. Few people know that a juvenile survivor of the wreck was recovered by US authorities and was shipped to Washington, D.C. for study. The forces of darkness are aware of the existence of the alien, its incredible capabilities, and the technology that it had crashed to the Earth with. Every rival from...
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Explore the strange and shadowy side of the civil war . . . A fascinating collection of ghostly sightings, auspicious visions, audible manifestations, and uncanny premonitions.
• In 1872 a photographer who claimed he could capture the "essence' of dead relatives took an image purporting to show Mary Todd Lincoln with the protective ghost of Abraham Lincoln behind her.
• The spirit of George Washington who appeared to John C. Calhoun in the 1840s...
35) Dominion
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I wasn't looking for fame and fortune, just hanging out with my girl and having a good time. Like going to the Grand Opening of the National Air and Space Museum before anyone else did. Of course, the Secret Service dudes were a pain but I was used to them, my Dad being a US Senator. Oh yeah, there was a pair on Licce, my girl. She's the President's daughter. Not that it wasn't cool. What was really cool---I can go inside your pet's head, see what...
36) Scuse Me While I Whip This Out: Reflections on Country Singers, Presidents, and Other Troublemakers
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Kinky Friedman is back, and with 'Scuse Me While I Whip This Out he gets it on with all manner of egos. In this collection of twisted takes on life, the Kinkster gives us funny, irreverent, and insightful looks at outsized personalities from people he's known, like Bill Clinton, George W., Willie Nelson, and Bob Dylan -- not to mention Joseph Heller and Don Imus -- to people he's known in spirit, such as Moses, Jesus, Jack Ruby, and Hank Williams....
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DISCLAIMERThis book does not in any capacity mean to replace the original book but to serve as a vast summary of the original book.Summary of Jackie By J. Randy Taraborrelli: Public, Private, Secret IN THIS SUMMARIZED BOOK, YOU WILL GET:Chapter astute outline of the main contents.Fast & simple understanding of the content analysis.Exceptionally summarized content that you may skip in the original bookJackie, a biography by J. Randy Taraborrelli, offers...
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A behind-the-scenes history of the organization behind the White House Correspondents' Dinner-and the news-breakers and newsmakers who've been part of it.
Since the beginning of the twentieth century, the National Press Club has been the hub of Washington journalism. Started by reporters as a watering hole for late-night card games, the Club soon attracted not only icons from Edward R. Murrow to Bob Woodward to Helen Thomas, but every US president...
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Lonely Planet's Pocket Washington, DC is your guide to the city's best experiences and local life - neighborhood by neighborhood. Gaze at the White House and the Washington Monument, catch a gig on U Street and explore charming Georgetown; all with your trusted travel companion. Uncover the best of Washington, DC and make the most of your trip!
Inside Lonely Planet's Pocket Washington, DC:
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"The president died earlier this morning in his sleep."That's the startling news Carla Hamilton, fashion model turn politician-and the first African American woman to serve as vice president of the United States-receives a month after an election that will turn the country over to a new president. Carla understands she will occupy the Oval Office for only six weeks.But in Washington, D.C., six weeks is a lifetime.Hours after being sworn in, Carla...