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Serge Storms novels volume 3
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Republican Marlon Conrad decides to travel via a campaign bus emblazoned with the vibrant "Orange Crush" logo after suffering from a traumatic event, while his opponent Gomer Tatum challenges him to a WWF death match
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"In his now trademark fashion, 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"--
46) The confession
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[2006]
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The former New Jersey governor who acknowledged his homosexuality during his 2004 resignation speech describes his struggles with his sexual identity during his Catholic upbringing, his political rise and fall, and his decision to publicly delare his orientation.
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Kara Galway has moved to Texas hoping to be able to focus on her career as a defense attorney and to have time with her brother and his family. However, fate changes things when her best friend shows up suddenly at her home saying that she is scared about the suspicious way in which her father died. Allyson's father was Connecticut governor Mike Parisi.
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[2009]
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Sarah Palin, the first female Republican Vice Presidential candidate, recounts her political experiences, her rapid rise on the national stage during the 2008 campaign, and the personal challenges she's faced including balancing her time as a working mother, recognizing the war's impact with her son serving combat in Iraq, having a child with a disability, and supporting her teenage daughter with an unplanned pregnancy.
51) Idaho!
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Wagons West. Main series volume 13
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Only the most daring cross the River of No Return to enter this wild, lawless region. Mountains laden with riches lured prospectors burning with gold fever. Easy money brought ruthless young men with guns for hire. And hidden amid the vast forests of white pine were the war ponies of Shoshoni and Nez Perce--bloodthirsty Indian warriors who gathered to drive the white man from the red man's ancestral home.
52) The real Romney
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c2012.
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A portrait of the former governor of Massachusetts and 2008 presidential hopeful traces his Mormon roots and missionary service in France, his role in the 2002 Olympics, and his controversial time at a private investment firm.
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2017.
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Sam Houston is a living legend in 1861. The hero of the Battle of San Jacinto, he had defeated Santa Anna to win independence for Texas back in 1836. He had twice served as president of the Republic of Texas, helped Texas join the Union, and served as senator and governor of Texas. Before settling in Texas, he had been a hero of the Creek War and governor of Tennessee. He had been friends with Andrew Jackson and Davy Crockett, and had been adopted...
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2023.
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"A remarkably illuminating biography of one of America’s most fascinating political figures -- including news-making revelations from Mitt Romney himself about dissension within today’s Republican Party -- written with his full cooperation by an award-winning writer at The Atlantic. Few figures in American politics have seen more and said less than Mitt Romney. An outspoken dissident in Donald Trump’s GOP, he has made headlines in recent years...
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2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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"What does a state governor do? Learn about the duties of a state governor, who can be a state governor, where they work, and how state governors are elected. Descriptive main text, full-color photos, fast facts, and callout definitions work together to support understanding"--
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Greenie Duquette lavishes most of her passionate energy on her Greenwich Village bakery and her young son. Her husband, Alan, seems to have fallen into a midlife depression, while Walter, her closest professional ally, is nursing a broken heart. At Walter's restaurant, the visiting governor of New Mexico tastes Greenie's coconut cake and decides to woo her away to be his chef. For reasons both ambitious and desperate, she accepts-heading west without...
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Nora Carleton novels volume 1
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2023.
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A federal prosecutor, Nora Carleton, enters into a high-stakes investigation involving conspiracy, corruption, and danger when a mobster she is trying to convict offers information about an assassination in the first crime novel from the former director of the FBI.
When a years-long case against a powerful mobster finally cracks and an unimpeachable witness takes the stand, federal prosecutor Nora Carleton is looking forward to putting the defendant...
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In just over a decade, John Hickenlooper has gone from brewpub entrepreneur to governor of Colorado, hailed by political analysts and media alike as a solid contender to be the next vice president. Here Hickenlooper tells his own story of unlikely success in his singularly sharp and often hilarious voice.
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