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A thorough, illustrated biography discussing the childhood, career, family, and dual terms of Grover Cleveland, both the twenty-second and twenty-fourth president of the United States. Includes a table of contents, time line, phonetic glossary, sources for further research, an index, and detailed captions and sidebars to aid in comprehension. The United States Presidents series chronicles the lives of our nation's leaders, including some of the most...
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A fresh look at the only president to serve nonconsecutive terms. Though often overlooked, Grover Cleveland was a significant figure in American presidential history. Having run for President three times and gaining the popular vote majority each time -- despite losing the electoral college in 1892 -- Cleveland was unique in the line of nineteenth-century Chief Executives. In this book, presidential historian Henry F. Graff revives Cleveland's fame,...
4) Donald Trump
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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This biography introduces readers to Donald Trump including his early career as a real estate developer, his successful television series the Apprentice and the Celebrity Apprentice, and his rise in politics from the Democratic and Reform Parties to his 2016 victory as the Republican candidate for president. Information about his childhood, family, and personal life is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information....
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Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2013
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English
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The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these contemporary British television mysteries. The sleeper under the hill: Barnaby and Jones investigate the murder of Midsomer Mow farmer Alex Preston and its possible connection to a local group of Druids. The night of the stag: Barnaby and Jones investigate the connections between illegal home-brewing in Midsomer Abbas and the death of a government inspector. A sacred...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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A humorous oral history that chronicles twelve-year-old twins Reese and Claudia Tapper's heated competition to become sixth grade class president of their New York City private school, through text messages, photographs, screenshots, and more.
15) Herbert Hoover
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Times Books
Pub. Date
2009
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English
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Renowned New Deal historian Leuchtenburg offers a frank, thoughtful portrait of the lifelong public servant, and shrewdly assesses Hoover's policies and legacy in the face of one of the darkest periods of American history--the Great Depression.
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A compendious, entertaining look at our nation's leaders through words and turns of phrase. -- Kirkus Reviews From George Washington's "New Yorker" and Thomas Jefferson's "pedicure" to Theodore Roosevelt's "lunatic fringe," Richard Nixon's "silent majority," and Donald Trump's "covfefe," this entertaining and eminently readable volume compiles words and phrases that were coined or popularized by American presidents. Discover the origins of "bloviate"...
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