The 500
Former con artist and Harvard Law student Mike Ford accepts a position with the DC-based Davies Group, a consulting firm whose specialty is pulling strings for the five hundred most powerful people inside the Beltway.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
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The Case Of The Cat With The Missing Ear
In 1887, in a San Francisco populated by dogs, retired veterinarian Dr.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
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subjects: missing persons, political corruption [X], dogs, mystery and detective stories, historical fiction, san francisco (calif.)
Leaders
This book identifies politics as the way a country is run, records decisions of leaders during key events in history and how ethical these decisions have been, and examines how leaders have responded from World War II to the Global War on Terror.
909.82
year: 2013
copies: 2
call number/section: 909.82
lexile: 1060
The Final Days
19702000
year: 2001
copies: 1
call number/section: 19702000
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subjects: clinton, hillary rodham, clinton, bill, political corruption [X], presidents' spouses, presidents, united states
The Secret Man
364.13
year: 2005
copies: 2
call number/section: 364.13
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subjects: felt, w. mark, woodward, bob, watergate affair, 1972-1974, political corruption [X], united states
A Fine Balance
A portrait of India featuring four characters. Two are tailors who are forcibly sterilized, one is a student who emigrates, and the fourth is a widowed seamstress who decides to hang on.
FIC
year: 1996
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
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The Corruption Of American Politics
Examines how the U.S. system of government has changed over the past twenty-five years, and argues that the role of money in political campaigns is a major factor in what the author sees as a decline in the quality of politicians, and an erosion of trust.
364.1
year: 1999
copies: 1
call number/section: 364.1
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U.n. Adventure
Asks the reader to choose the path of the plot in a story in which children participating in the Model United Nations must help the real UN deal with a corrupt government.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
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Behind The Headlines
Includes little-known but authentic stories about famous American heros and heroines.
973
year: 1983
copies: 1
call number/section: 973
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Whitewater
973.92
year: 1994
copies: 1
call number/section: 973.92
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subjects: clinton, bill, clinton, hillary rodham, real estate development, political corruption [X], whitewater inquiry, 1993-2000
A Bright And Guilty Place
Los Angeles was the fastest growing city in the world, mad with oil fever, get-rich-quick schemes, celebrity scandals, and religious fervor.
364.1
year: 2010
copies: 1
call number/section: 364.1
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Imperial Life In The Emerald City
Raviv Chandrasekaran, takes us into the Green Zone, headquarters for the American occupation of Iraq.
956.7
year: 2007
copies: 3
call number/section: 956.7
lexile:
subjects: postwar reconstruction, iraq war, 2003-2011, political corruption [X], coalition provisional authority, united states
The Identity Man
Petty thief John Shannon responds to a mysterious text message and finds a chance at redemption and the opportunity to live a new life, but as he settles into his job, finds love, and starts to be a better man, his past catches up to him and he must choose between the life he gave up and the hope of a bright future.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
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