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1) First family
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Summoned by First Lady Jane Cox to rescue her niece from kidnappers, investigators Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are pushed to the limit in a search that is hampered by the highest levels of government security and Michelle's personal demons.
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"As Eisenhower ushered Kennedy out of the White House after three hours and forty minutes, Kennedy asked if he might call on Eisenhower in the future if he needed advice. Of course, Ike said. In reality, Ike wasn't thinking about retirement. His heart was pumping as he walked back to his office. He had six weeks to make his final move. Ike intended to close out his presidency with a world-changing message. Rather than going meekly into the night,...
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My weird school volume 15
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It's Presidents' Day, and Mr. Macky, the reading specialist, actually expects A.J. and his friends to read stuff about the presidents. Not only that, but he lives in a log cabin and thinks he's Abraham Lincoln! Is he for real?
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As the fiftieth anniversary of the first lunar landing approaches, the award winning historian and perennial New York Times bestselling author takes a fresh look at the space program, President John F. Kennedy's inspiring challenge, and America's race to the moon. On May 25, 1961, JFK made an astonishing announcement: his goal of putting a man on the moon by the end of the decade. In this engrossing, fast-paced epic, Douglas Brinkley returns to the...
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Born into a political dynasty, Jenna and Barbara Bush grew up in the public eye. As small children, they watched their grandfather become president; just twelve years later they stood by their father's side when he took the same oath. They spent their college years watched over by Secret Service agents and became fodder for the tabloids, with teenage mistakes making national headlines. But the tabloids didn't tell the whole story. In SISTERS FIRST,...
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On May 1, 1915, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a record number of children and infants. The passengers were anxious. Germany had declared the seas around Britain to be a war zone, and for months, its U-boats had brought terror to the North Atlantic. But the Lusitania was one of the era's great transatlantic "Greyhounds" and her captain, William Thomas Turner,...
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"Matthew Keating, a one-time Navy SEAL--and a past president--has always defended his family as staunchly as he has his country. Now those defenses are under attack. A madman abducts Keating's teenage daughter, Melanie--turning every parent's deepest fear into a matter of national security. As the world watches in real time, Keating embarks on a one-man special-ops mission that tests his strengths: as a leader, a warrior, and a father"--
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"A young white House lawyer, Michael Garrick, begins dating the President's daughter, Nora Hartson. Michael thinks he can handle the pressures of the White House and all the power. Until, while together late one night, he and Nora witness something they were never meant to see--and become ensnared in a secret scheme by a White House insider that includes betrayal and murder"--NoveList.
11) Kill Alex Cross
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Alex Cross novels volume 18
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Detective Alex Cross is thwarted at every turn while he attempts to investigate the abduction of the president's son and daughter and also discovers a deadly contagion released in the capital's water supply that foreshadows a larger, more devastating attack.
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"A 22-volume, highly illustrated, A-Z general encyclopedia for all ages. As the only general reference encyclopedia still published today, The World Book Encyclopedia 2023 provides authoritative content on almost every topic to learners of all ages, from school-age readers (9-18) to adults. Whether you are looking up information to understand a subject or checking a fact for a homework assignment, tens of thousands of index entries make it easy to...
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Humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story.
"You'll meet Bebe, the fastest draw in art class; John, who only reads upside down; Myron, the best class president ever; and Sammy, the new kid - he's a real rat. Come on! Hurry up! If you're late for class, Mrs. Gorf will turn you into an app- Oops. Sorry about that."--Page 4 of cover
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Stink Moody volume 1
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OBD Books for Second and Third Graders - YOUTH
OBD President's Day (February) - YOUTH
OBD Ready for Chapter Books 2 - YOUTH
OBD President's Day (February) - YOUTH
OBD Ready for Chapter Books 2 - YOUTH
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The shortest kid in the second grade, James Moody, also known as Stink, learns all about the shortest president of the United States, James Madison, when they celebrate Presidents' Day at school. Every morning, Judy Moody measures Stink and it's always the same: three feet, eight inches tall. Stink feels like even the class newt is growing faster than he is. Then, one day, the ruler reads-can it be?-three feet, seven and three quarters inches! Is...
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"There's a supervillain on the loose with a deep connection to the NERDS--and she's obsessed with destroying them. Miss Information recruits her own team members and gives them supernanobytes. She calls them the Brotherhood of Unstoppable Liars, Lowlifes, and Intimidating Enemies of Society (a.k.a. the BULLIES). They have a time machine. Although Ruby "Pufferfish" Peet has terrible allergies, she's a born leader. But her abilities as a field operative...
17) Vanished!
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In Washington, D.C., twelve-year-old Florian Bates, a consulting detective for the FBI, and his best friend Margaret must uncover the truth behind a series of private middle school pranks that may or may not involve the daughter of the President of the United States.
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Baby-sitters Club. Original series volume 5
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As a new member of the Baby-sitters Club, Dawn tries to win the acceptance of the club's president by tackling a tough babysitting job.
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This new version of the Caldecott-winning classic by illustrator David Small and author Judith St. George is updated with current facts and new illustrations to include our forty-fourth president, Barack H. Obama. Hilariously illustrated by Small, this celebration by St. George shows us the foibles, quirks and humanity of forty-four men who have risen to one of the most powerful positions in the world.
20) The first family
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The White House is not an easy place to grow up, so when the president's son Cam Hilliard, a sixteen-year-old chess champion, experiences extreme fatigue, moodiness, and an uncharacteristic violent outburst, doctors are quick to dismiss the troubles as teen angst. But Secret Service agent Karen Ray, whose job is to guard the president's family with her life, is convinced Cam's issues are serious - seroius enough for her to summon her physician ex-husband...