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Author
Series
March volume 3
Publisher
Top Shelf Productions
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
This graphic novel trilogy is a first-hand account of Congressman John Lewis' lifelong struggle for civil and human rights, meditating in the modern age on the distance traveled since the days of Jim Crow and segregation. Rooted in Lewis' personal story, it also reflects on the highs and lows of the broader civil rights movement. Book one spans Lewis' youth in rural Alabama, his life-changing meeting with Martin Luther King, Jr., the birth of the...
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Liberals love to hate Ted Cruz. The outspoken Texas Senator has a knack for getting under their skin. His quotable remarks - and even more, his principled stands on numerous national issues -- have made him a political lightning rod and the most Googled man in Washington. There is a simple reason Senator Cruz has dominated so much of the national conversation. Since his election to the Senate in 2012 he has refused to go along with the established...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
When recent high school graduate Cameron Carter lands an internship with Congressman Billy Beck in Washington, DC, he thinks it is his ticket out of small town captivity. What he lacks in connections and Beltway polish he makes up in smarts, and he soon finds a friend and mentor in fellow staffer Ariel Lancaster. That is, until she winds up dead. As rumors and accusations about her death fly around Capitol Hill, Cameron’s low profile makes him...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
Unabridged
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces the former first lady, senator and secretary of state while describing how she became a role model for women as a lawyer, a staunch supporter of important political and social causes, and the first woman to run as the Democratic candidate for president.
Author
Publisher
Square Fish, Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First Square Fish edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Presents the life and career of Hillary Clinton, discussing her childhood in Illinois, her college and law school years, her life as First Lady, her time as a New York State senator, and her achievements as Secretary of State.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2003], c2001
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of Adam Clayton Powell, a larger-than-life wartime congressman with an unconventional style. He started out as a preacher, but with his passion for justice, he led an impressive two-decade career - shaking up Congress with his gutsy determination to spearhead a movement that aimed to make life better for African Americans everywhere. He was eventually thrown out of Congress on charges of misconduct.
Author
Series
The belles of Lordsburg volume 1
Publisher
Crossway Books
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The former secretary of state, senator, and first lady shares candid reflections about the key moments of her service in the Obama Administration as well as her thoughts about how to navigate the challenges of the 21st century.
50) A safe house
Author
Series
Stone Barrington novels volume 61
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"Stone Barrington is looking forward to some quiet time in New York City, until he is asked to transport precious, top-secret cargo across the Atlantic. Taking on the challenge, Stone flies off unaware of what--or who--he is bringing with him. But his plans to lie low are quickly spoiled when a dangerous dispatcher tracks down Stone and his tantalizing mystery guest, intent on payback--and silencing anyone who poses a threat. From the English countryside...
Author
Publisher
The Modern Library
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Modern Library edition.
Language
English
Description
Shot on the Senate floor by a young Black man, a dying racist senator summons an elderly Black Baptist minister from Oklahoma to his side for a remarkable dialogue that reveals the deeply buried secrets of their shared past and the tragedy that reunites them.
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
2020
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
"This propulsive historical novel intertwines the lives of the Bible's Queen Esther, a senator's wife in the 1970s, and a Brooklyn mother in 2016, whose stories trace surprising and moving parallels across centuries"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From one of America's most inspiring political leaders, a book about the core truths that unite us, and the long struggle to discern what those truths are and how best to act upon them, in her own life and across the life of our country. By reckoning with the big challenges we face together, drawing on the hard-won wisdom and insight from her own career and the work of those who have most inspired her, Kamala Harris offers in The Truths We Hold a...
Author
Series
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c1995
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the life of Patrick Henry from his childhood on a tobacco plantation in Virginia to the American Revolution, when he spoke the famous words "Give me liberty or give me death," one month before the first shots rang out
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
"In his now-trademark style, Brian Kilmeade explores hidden aspects of Sam Houston, the first president of Texas, and brings the reader to the scenes of one of the most pivotal moments in American history. Thanks to Kilmeade's storytelling, a new generation of readers will remember the Alamo"--
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