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From John Wilkes Booth to Lee Harvey Oswald, there have been fourteen assassination attempts on the President of the United States. Four have been successful. But now, Beecher White discovers a killer in Washington, DC who's meticulously recreating the crimes of the world's most famous assassins: John Wilkes Booth, Charles Guiteau, Leon Czolgosz, and Lee Harvey Oswald. But what's scariest of all is what all four assassins have in common.
43) Long range
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Joe Pickett novel volume 20
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English
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"When Joe Pickett is asked to join the rescue efforts for the victim of a startling grizzly attack, he reluctantly leaves his district behind. One survivor of the grizzly's rampage tells a bizarre story, but just as Joe begins to suspect the attack is not what it seems, he is brought home by an emergency on his own turf. Someone has targeted a prominent local judge, shooting at him from a seemingly impossible distance. While the judge was not hit,...
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"Taking place during the most critical period of our nation's birth, The First Conspiracy tells a remarkable and previously untold piece of American history that not only reveals George Washington's character, but also illuminates the origins of America's counterintelligence movement that led to the modern day CIA. In 1776, an elite group of soldiers were handpicked to serve as George Washington's bodyguards. Washington trusted them; relied on them....
46) 11/22/63
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 42
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English
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When English teacher Jake Epping discovers a portal to the past he decides to use it to prevent the John F. Kennedy assassination.
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c1951
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English
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Rommel was a brilliant military tactician. Unfortunately, Adolph Hitler thought that he too was a military genius and demands more of Rommel than he's able to provide. Rommel incurs Hitler's wrath by retreating in North Africa, but since Rommel is a war hero he is virtually "untouchable". Rommel joins in a plot to assassinate the Fuhrer. The attempt fails, and Rommel's complicity is discovered. He is given a choice: either face a horrible death by...
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Random House
Pub. Date
c1998
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English
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Reexamines the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., looking at some of the puzzles that have sprung up during the thirty years in which convicted shooter James Earl Ray has been in prison, and discussing the life of Ray, a chronic troublemaker who grew up to be a career criminal.
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Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2010
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English
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Details how James Earl Ray, an inmate at a maximum- security penitentiary in Missouri, managed his escape in 1967, the aliases he assumed before becoming a follower of George Wallace, and his efforts to stalk and assassinate civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., along with the manhunt that followed.
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"The ex-MI6 agent is on the run as he uncovers a deadly conspiracy reaching back to the days of Cold War espionage in this acclaimed thriller series. Former MI6 agent Paul Samson is shadowing a young woman around London for a private security company. Though the brilliant Zoe Freemantle is intriguing, the work is a bit dull -- until Samson is almost killed by a thuggish assassin. When other people connected to Paul come under attack, including legendary...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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Trenton, New Jersey's favorite used-car dealer, Jimmy Poletti, was caught selling a lot more than used cars out of his dealerships. Now he's out on bail and has missed his date in court, and bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is looking to bring him in.
54) Vantage point
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
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Eight strangers with eight different points of view try to unlock the one truth behind an assassination attempt on the president of the United States.
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Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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"Groundbreaking new history of the Kennedy assassination, investigative reporter and bestselling author Phil Shenon writes the ultimate inside account of what has become the most controversial murder investigation of the 20th century, the aftermath of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Based on groundbreaking research, deep reporting, and unprecedented access, the book is character driven, dialogue rich, with facts and incidents that...
57) Lady killer
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Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2015-
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English
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"Josie Schuller is a picture-perfect homemaker, wife, and mother-- but she's also a ruthless, efficient killer! She balances cheerful domestic bliss with coldly peformed assassinations, but when Josie finds herself in the crosshairs, her American-dream life is in danger!"--Page 4 of cover.
58) Lincoln's Final Hours: Conspiracy, Terror, and the Assassination of America's Greatest President
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The University Press of Kentucky
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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When John Wilkes Booth fired his derringer point-blank into President Abraham Lincoln's head, he set in motion a series of dramatic consequences that would upend the lives of ordinary Washingtonians and Americans alike. In a split second, the story of a nation was changed. During the hours that followed, America's future would hinge on what happened in a cramped back bedroom at Petersen's Boardinghouse, directly across the street from Ford's Theatre....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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"James Earl Ray and Martin Luther King, Jr. had two very different life journeys -- but their paths fatally collide when Ray assassinates the world-renown civil rights leader. This book provides an inside look into both of their lives, the history of the time, and a blow-by-blow examination of the assassination and its aftermath."--Provided by publisher.
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