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2) Joe Biden
Author
Series
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
104 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Threshold Editions
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
viii, 305 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Traces the author's ancestry, as well as that of her vice president husband, from seventeenth-century America through the mid-twentieth century, in a memoir that also describes their youth, marriage, and shared role as parents.
Author
Publisher
Threshold Editions
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
565 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In his unmistakable voice and with an insider's eye on history, former Vice President Dick Cheney tells the story of his life and the nearly four decades he has spent at the center of American politics and power--
A memoir from the former Vice President of the United States--
Author
Series
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
Español
Description
Kamala Harris cuenta la incríeble historia de la primera mujer, la primera persona negra y la primera estadounidense del sur de Asia en ser elegida vicepresidenta de los Estados Unidos de America.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
177 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Illuminates Biden's long and eventful career in the Senate, his eight years as Obama's vice president, his sojourn in the political wilderness after being passed over for Hillary Clinton in 2016, his decision to challenge Donald Trump for the presidency, and his choice of Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate. Osnos ponders the difficulties Biden will face if elected and weighs how political circumstances, and changes in the candidate's thinking,...
Author
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
64 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A former Democratic senator from California, in 2021 Kamala Harris became the first woman vice president, as well as the first Black vice president and the first vice president of South Asian descent. Over the years, Harris has impressed many people-including students, teachers, coworkers and political opponents-with her intelligence, toughness, and sense of humor. She is well known for her desire to inspire others, especially young people. Her message...
Author
Language
English
Description
Joey is the first ever picture book about the young life of Joe Biden, the 47th Vice President of the United States, and includes never before told family stories about the president-elect and former vice president's childhood-written by Jill Biden, his spouse. Joe Biden grew up in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the oldest of four children. His parents always encouraged him and his siblings to be independent and strong. The family moved to Wilmington, Delaware,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A sweeping history of the intertwined careers of Dick Cheney and Colin Powell, whose rivalry and conflicting views of U.S. national security color our political debate to this day. Dick Cheney and Colin Powell emerged on the national scene more than thirty years ago, and it is easy to forget that they were once allies. It was Cheney who pressed for Powell's appointment as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, over the initial skepticism of the White...
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
x, 291 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The knockdown, drag-out, untold story of the other scandal that rocked Nixon's White House, and reset the rules for crooked presidents to come-with new reporting that expands on Rachel Maddow's Peabody Award-nominated podcast. Is it possible for a sitting vice president to direct a vast criminal enterprise within the halls of the White House? To have one of the most brazen corruption scandals in American history play out while nobody's paying attention?...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
518 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"The defining moment of Hubert Humphrey's life occurred on the evening of August 29, 1968, as he rose to accept the nomination as Democratic candidate for president at the International Amphitheater in Chicago. As Humphrey recited what he hoped would be healing verses from St. Francis--"where there is hate, let me sow love"--a contingent of National Guardsman began firing tear gas at thousands of demonstrators outside. "The whole world is watching,"...
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