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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code comes an explosive, high-tech thriller that takes readers from the chilling depths of the Arctic Ocean to the treacherous heights of Washington power. When a new NASA satellite spots evidence of an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the floundering space agency proclaims a much-needed victory, a victory that has profound implications for U.S. space policy and the...
2) Conclave
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First United States edition.
Physical Desc
[v], 285 pages : map ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The pope is dead. Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, one hundred and eighteen cardinals gather to cast their votes in the world's most secretive election. When all is said and done, one of them will become the most powerful spiritual figure on Earth. In their cloistered debate they will uncover abuse and corruption at the very heart of the Church. It's a scandal that could destroy all they hold dear, and they must act decisively to ensure...
Author
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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"Dispatches from the 2016 election that provide an eerily prescient take on our democracy's uncertain future, by the country's most perceptive and fearless political journalist. The 2016 presidential contest as told by Matt Taibbi, from its tragicomic beginnings to its apocalyptic conclusion, is in fact the story of Western civilization's very own train wreck. Years before the clown car of candidates was fully loaded, Taibbi grasped the essential...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
484 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The celebrated host of MSNBC's The Last Word presents an account of the 1968 presidential election to evaluate its lasting influence on American politics and the Democratic party, exploring the pivotal roles of RFK and McCarthy, two high-profile assassinations and the Chicago riots.
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Publisher
Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
247 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Having burgled a truck that he didn't realize contained U.S. mail, Francis Meehan is serving his first stint of federal time. A week into his term, however, a visitor to the prison offers him a reprieve of sorts. To gain his freedom, Meehan has only to steal a videotape that may be of harm to the President, an item currently possessed by someone from the cryptically named "other side." Working with his lawyer and some trusted thieves, Meehan must...
7) Peril
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xxviii, 482 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The transition from President Donald J. Trump to President Joseph R. Biden Jr. stands as one of the most dangerous periods in American history.
But as author Bob Woodward and reporter Robert Costa reveal for the first time, it was far more than just a domestic political crisis.
Woodward and Costa interviewed more than 200 people at the center of the turmoil, resulting in more than 6,000 pages of transcripts—and a spellbinding and definitive portrait...
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Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2000
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
356 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A respected senator from Georgia, Will Lee has aspirations of more.
But a cruel stroke of fate thrusts him onto the national stage well before he expects, and long before he's ready, for a national campaign.
The road to the White House, however, will be more treacherous -- and deadly -- than Will and his intelligent, strikingly beautiful wife, Kate, an associate director in the Central Intelligence Agency, can imagine.
A courageous and principled...
10) Mounting fears
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Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
President Will Lee is having a rough week. There are some loose nukes in Pakistan--and a rogue CIA agent--that might just trigger World War III if Lee's diplomatic efforts fall short. It's up to Holly Barker, Lance Cabot, and a few other Stuart Woods series regulars to save the world--and the upcoming election.
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
450 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The break-out Democratic candidate for president, who gave Hillary Clinton a run for her money, offers an inside account of his extraordinary campaign and a blueprint for future political action.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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"Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett reveals the real story behind Hillary Clinton’s deep state collaborators in government and exposes their nefarious actions during and after the 2016 election.
The Russia Hoax reveals how persons within the FBI and Barack Obama’s Justice Department worked improperly to help elect Hillary Clinton and defeat Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election.
When this suspected effort failed, those same people...
Author
Series
Cotton Malone novels volume 14
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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"The next in New York Times top 5 bestseller Steve Berrys Cotton Malone series involves the Knights of Malta, papal conclave, and lost documents that could change history. A deadly race for the Vaticans oldest secret fuels New York Times bestseller Steve Berrys latest international Cotton Malone thriller. The pope is dead. A conclave to select his replacement is about to begin. Cardinals are beginning to arrive at the Vatican, but one has fled Rome...
15) Angels & demons
Author
Series
Robert Langdon novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
World-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a mysterious symbol that has been seared into the chest of a murdered physicist, and to his surprise and horror he discovers that an ancient secret brotherhood has resurfaced.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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The House Republican leader who dared to take a stand against the January 6th insurrection, which she witnessed first-hand, and then helped lead the ensuing investigation, tells the story of this perilous moment in our history, the betrayal of the American people and the Constitution and the risks we still face.
17) What happened
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Hillary Rodham Clinton reveals what she was thinking and feeling during one of the most controversial and unpredictable presidential elections in history. Free from the constraints of running, Hillary takes you inside the intense personal experience of becoming the first woman nominated for president by a major party in an election marked by rage, sexism, exhilarating highs and infuriating lows, stranger-than-fiction twists, Russian interference,...
18) Final justice
Author
Series
Sisterhood series volume 12
Language
English
Description
The Sisterhood, a group of female vigilantes who specialize in bringing to justice criminals who have fallen through the cracks in the legal system, are still hoping for a promised presidential pardon for a past job that resulted in their being forced into exile, but they find their freedom imperiled once again when business titan Ruben Rumson, owner of Info Corp, decides to thrown his considerable weight behind the opponent of the Sisterhood's chosen...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
390 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
David Plouffe chronicles the Barack Obama presidential campaign, sharing the ideas and events that shaped the campaign and helped Obama become the country's first African-American president and exploring how the election changed the face of American politics.
20) The big lie
Author
Series
Jack Swyteck novels volume 16
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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As the Electoral College battle for the White House lands in a Florida courtroom, Miami attorney Jack Swyteck has never felt farther from the truth, fighting for a faithless elector, caught between a corrupt president and his manipulative opponent--with each revelation more explosive than the next. The country is reeling. For the sixth time in American history, the winner of the popular vote will not occupy the Oval Office. President Malcolm MacLeod,...
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