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83) Firebrand
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
When government plans for a secret weapon are stolen and sold to a rogue enemy, Anglet goes undercover as a foreign princess to infiltrate an exclusive social club while navigating formidable political and cultural challenges.
Publisher
Menemsha Films
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (100 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
עברית
Description
Through a combination of rare archival footage, home movies and private letters, Yitzhak Rabin’s personal and professional dramas unfold. From his childhood as the son of a labor leader before the founding of the State of Israel, through a change of viewpoint that turned him from a farmer into an army man who stood at some of the most critical junctures in Israeli history, through his later years during which he served as Prime Minister and made...
86) The Professor
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 25 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
In a meager apartment on the outskirts of New York City lives a quiet, old man who was once President of an African country.Former law professor and Supreme Court justice David Kpormakpor served as Interim President of Liberia between 1994-95, during its disastrous civil war. He now lives alone, on welfare, among thousands of Liberian refugees, many of whom question why he did not simply take the money and run when he had the chance.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (57 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Exploring the history of women in politics, Social Security, and attitudes toward immigration, poverty, Socialism, and the role of government, the heroic story of Frances Perkins enriches and informs our current debate.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 55 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Alan Paton - teacher, author, politician - was one of South Africa's most remarkable sons. This documentary reveals the man and the complex relationship he had with his country. Repelled by the racism he saw all around him in his homeland, he wrote Cry, the Beloved Country, the novel that had the most profound effect in the worldwide struggle against apartheid. His Christian conscience, which would not allow him to be a mere commentator, propelled...
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
182 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Ma Daode is feeling pleased with himself. He has just been appointed Director of the China Dream Bureau, tasked with overwriting people's private dreams with President Xi's great China Dream of national rejuvenation. He has an impressive office, three properties and a bevy of mistresses texting him night and day. But just as Ma Daode is putting the finishing touches to his plan for a mass golden wedding anniversary celebration, things take an uneasy...
Author
Series
A Luna sisters novel volume 1
Publisher
Berkley Romance
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
341 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
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Description
"A marriage of convenience between a Mexican heiress and a shrewd London politician makes for a scandalous Victorian bargain--and a love that will eclipse the burdens of ambition and duty. Ana María Luna Valdés has strived to be the perfect daughter, the perfect niece, and the perfect representative of the powerful Luna familia. So, when Ana María is secretly sent to London with her sisters to seek refuge during the French occupation of Mexico,...
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
2010-
Physical Desc
volume : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Shurei Hong, from a noble, but poor family, accepts a position as the consort of Emperor Ryuki of Saiunkoku and must figure out a way to convince him to act as a true ruler, but first she must find a way to meet him.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In this narrative biography of Senator Tammy Duckworth, an Army veteran and the first woman with a disability to serve in the House and Senate, children will be riveted by her tireless determination to keep going against staggering odds"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
49 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Stacey Abrams began her career in politics at the age of seventeen when she was hired as a typist for a congressional campaign. From there, she worked hard to get into Yale law school and, eventually, was elected into the House of Representatives. In 2018, she became the first Black woman in the United States to be a major party's nominee for governor when she was selected as the Democratic candidate. Although she didn't win that race, she decided...
Author
Publisher
Emily Bestler Books, Atria
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
327 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Description
Emma, a politician constantly under fire who is lobbying for a new law to protect women and girls from online bullying, is pushed to the limit when a body is found in her house, and will do anything to protect her reputation and family, no matter what the cost.
Author
Language
English
Description
"The unforgettable first novel that established Isabel Allende as one of the world's most gifted and imaginative storytellers. The House of the Spirits brings to life the triumphs and tragedies of three generations of the Trueba family. The patriarch Esteban is a volatile, proud man whose voracious pursuit of political power is tempered only by his love for his delicate wife, Clara, a woman with a mystical connection to the spirit world. When their...
97) Represent
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Equal parts personal and political, it follows three women on both sides of the aisle who share the singular goal of improving their community through public service. Myya attempts to spark a youth movement and unseat the incumbent mayor of Detroit; Bryn, a farmer and working mother in Granville, OH, runs for township trustee; and Julie walks a tightrope between her identities as a Korean immigrant and Republican candidate for State Representative...
Series
Criterion collection volume 320
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (100 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([36] p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Language
English
Description
In this unforgettable portrait of the early life of the Great Emancipator, young Mr. Lincoln, after teaching himself law, has barely started practicing when an Independence Day celebration ends with a stabbing. Abe first stops a lynch mob from killing brothers Matt and Adam Clay, and then defends them against a seasoned prosecutor and his crafty adviser. As presented here, Lincoln is a strong but peaceful frontier democrat, his quiet, awkward, folksy...
Author
Publisher
Montlake
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
338 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Izzy Astor gets on a plane to go home, she isn’t expecting much. It’s the usual holiday travel experience: busy, crowded, stressful. Then she spots her seatmate, who is anything but ordinary. Nate Phelan sports dark hair, blue eyes, and a deliciously rugged charm that Izzy can’t resist. Their connection is undeniable. Izzy never believed in destiny before, but she does now. Just ninety seconds after takeoff, their plane goes down in the...
100) Gulāba gaiṅga
Publisher
Times Music
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (128 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Hindi
Description
Fearless Rajjo runs a martial academy for rural women. What happens when she faces ruthless politician Madam ji?
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