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Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"A vivid biography of former First Lady Barbara Bush, one of the most influential and underappreciated women in American political history. Barbara Pierce Bush was one of the country's most popular and powerful figures, yet her full story has never been told. [This book] tells the riveting tale of a woman who helped define two American presidencies and an entire political era. Written by USA Today 's Washington Bureau chief Susan Pale, this biography...
Author
Lexile measure
1120L
Language
English
Description
"An intimate account of the service staff of the White House, from the Kennedys to the Obamas"--
America's First Families are unknowable in many ways. No one has insight into their true character like the people who serve their meals and make their beds every day. The Residence reveals daily life in the White House as it is really lived through the voices of the maids, butlers, cooks, florists, doormen, engineers, and others who tend to the needs...
65) Threat level
Author
Language
English
Description
A terrorist takedown in the Philippines and a criminal investigation on the other side of the world put Special Forces operators Ed Storey and Lee Troy and FBI Special Agent Beth Royale on the track of an Al Qaeda plot to kill the US president on an overseas trip.
With action racing across the globe from Bangkok to Pakistan, the evidence eventually points to a terrorist attack on US soil—and an entirely different target. Washington,...
With action racing across the globe from Bangkok to Pakistan, the evidence eventually points to a terrorist attack on US soil—and an entirely different target. Washington,...
66) Abraham Lincoln
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
67) Lincoln
Author
Language
English
Description
The character of President Lincoln, unremittingly tested by the trials of the war years, is reflected through the eyes of the diverse and colorful denizens of Washington, including his wife Mary and his political rivals and disciples
68) The Obamas
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Language
English
Description
Kantor takes readers deep inside the White House as the Obamas try to grapple with their new roles, change the country, raise children, maintain friendships, and figure out what it means to be the first black President and First Lady.
70) Presidents' Day
Author
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
490L
Language
English
Description
In February, the first-graders in Mrs. Connor's class present facts about the presidents.
71) The first ladies
Author
Publisher
White House Historical Association with the cooperation of the National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
Brief biographies and portraits of wives, sisters, daughters, nieces, and other relatives of Presidents who have served as White House hostesses, from Martha Washington to Hillary Clinton.
72) Bill Clinton
Author
Series
Publisher
Chelsea House
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.3 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
1320L
Language
English
Description
Presents a biography of the forty-second president, who survived a difficult childhood with an abusive stepfather to become the youngest governor of Arkansas and serve two terms as American president.
73) Obsession
Author
Publisher
Regnery Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Fox News contributor and Washington Examiner chief political correspondent York details the reasons he believes that the Democratic party is ruled by extremism and obsessed with President Donald Trump, with a special focus on the impeachment proceedings initiated by the House of Representatives in 2019.
From the moment Donald Trump was elected president, Democrats called for his impeachment. It culminated first in the Mueller report-- which failed...
74) The abduction
Author
Language
English
Description
U.S. Attorney General Allison Leahy is the nation's top law enforcement officer and the Democrtas' best chance for holding on to the Oval Office. But she has powerful competition in Republican Lincoln Howe, a retired fourstar general and bona finde Africa-American hero. They are running neck and neck, and seemingly nothing can break the deadlock. Then, just days before the election, disaster strikes. Twelve-year-old Kristen Howe, the general's granddaughter,...
75) Presidents' Day
Author
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces Presidents' Day, explaining the historical events behind it, how it became a holiday, and how it is observed.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power" gives readers Jefferson the politician and president, a great and complex human being forever engaged in the wars of his era. Philosophers think; politicians maneuver. Jefferson's genius was that he was both and could do both, often simultaneously, catapulting him into becoming the most successful political leader of the early republic, and perhaps in all of American history.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
520L
Language
English
Description
A.J. and Andrea represent Ella Mentry during the Presidents' Day challenge against Dirk School in the hope of winning a top-secret prize.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Description
Describes the various kinds of pets, including grizzly bears and alligators, kept at the White House by various presidents from George Washington to George W. Bush.