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Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
40 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
Meet Marlon Bundo, the family pet of Vice President Mike Pence, his wife, Karen, and his children, Michael, Charlotte, and Audrey. Written by the Vice President's daughter, and illustrated by his wife, Karen, the reader gets to follow the Vice President through his day, from the White House to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. A busy day for the BOTUS (Bunny of the United States).
4) Vice
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (132 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Christian Bale stars as Dick Cheney in this epic tale of how a bureaucratic Washington insider quietly became the most powerful man in the world. Co-starring Amy Adams, Steve Carell, and Sam Rockwell, it is a darkly comic look behind the scenes of American politics.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 281 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Former Senator Selina Meyer has accepted the call to serve as Vice President of the United States. The job is nothing like she imagined and everything she was warned about. 'Veep' follows Meyer and her staff as they attempt to make their mark and leave a lasting legacy, without getting tripped up in the day-to-day political games that define Washington.
Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 22 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Learn all about Kamala Harris. Explore her background and career path that led her from California politics to being the first woman vice president, the highest-ranking woman in the U.S. government, and the first African-American and first Asian-American vice president. detailed graphics, diagrams and exciting video reinforce important concepts and make learning fun."--Container.
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Series
Report / 110th Congress 2d session House of Representatives volume 110-696
Pub. Date
2008]
Physical Desc
7 p. ; 24 cm.
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"'How did you get this number?' Those were the first words Jill Biden spoke to U.S. senator Joe Biden when he called her out of the blue to ask her on a date. Growing up, Jill had wanted two things: a marriage like her parents'--strong, loving, and full of laughter--and a career. An early heartbreak had left her uncertain about love, until she met Joe. But as they grew closer, Jill faced difficult questions: How would politics shape her family and...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
210 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
This is the story of how Jill built a family of her own: from seeking small moments of joy, to balancing the family's needs with her personal and professional goals, to forming traditions that helped carry them through tragedy - all with the support of an extended family circle. That circle would morph over the years, but the one constant was love. And whether finding her own voice as Second Lady or changing lives as a teacher, whether nurturing the...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
xii, 336 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Description
"An intimate, news-making look at the men who are first in line to the most powerful office in the world--the vice presidents of the modern era--from Richard Nixon and LBJ to Dick Cheney, Joe Biden, and Mike Pence. Bestselling author Kate Andersen Brower took us inside the lives of the White House staff in The Residence. She followed that with an in-depth look at the modern first ladies in First Women. Now, in her signature style, she introduces us...
Author
Series
League of Unexceptional Children volume 1
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
4 audio discs (4 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Unexceptional children are the country's only hope in this kickoff to a smart, funny spy adventure series..Are you average? Normal? Forgettable? If so, the League of Unexceptional Children is for you! This first book in a hilarious new adventure series is for anyone who's struggled to be noticed in a sea of above-average overachievers. What is the League of Unexceptional Children? I'm glad you asked. You didn't ask? Well, you would have eventually,...
14) VEEP: season 1
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 221 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Former Senator Selina Meyer was a charismatic leader and a rising star in her party with her eye on the White House, then she became Vice President. VEEP follows the whirlwind day-to day existence of Vice President Meyer as she puts out political fires, juggles a busy public schedule and demanding private life, and defends the President's interests, even as she tries to improve her dysfunctional relationship with the Chief Executive.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
xi, 308 pages ; 25 cm
Description
Biography of Mike Pence written by two award-winning journalists.
"Little-known outside his home state until Donald Trump made him his running mate, Mike Pence--who proclaims himself a Christian first, a conservative second, and a Republican third--has long worn a carefully-constructed mask of Midwestern nice. Behind his self-proclaimed humility and self-abasing deference, however, hides a man whose own presidential ambitions have blazed since high...
16) VEEP: season 3
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 307 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Season three begins with Selina, eying a promotion, courting Iowa caucus voters at a signing for her new book, 'Some new beginnings.' Soon, Selina and her staff, are back in D.C. for Mike's wedding, learn that Secretary of Defense Maddox is resigning; setting Selina up for a possible run in the presidential primaries against Maddox and her nemesis, war-vet Danny Chung.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xiv, 640 pages ; 25 cm
Description
"A new biography of the intellectual father of Southern secession--the man who set the scene for the Civil War, and whose political legacy still shapes America today. John C. Calhoun is among the most notorious and enigmatic figures in American political history. First elected to Congress in 1810, Calhoun went on to serve as secretary of war and vice president. But he is perhaps most known for arguing in favor of slavery as a "positive good" and for...
18) Veep: season 7
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 226 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The show follows Meyer and her staff as they attempt to make their mark and leave a lasting legacy, without getting tripped up in the day-to-day political games that define Washington.
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
324 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
Description
"In December 2014, a few months before his seventy-fourth birthday, former Vice President Dick Cheney invited Fox News reporter James Rosen into his northern Virginia home. Over three days, Rosen recorded ten hours of conversations with the man known as the "Darth Vader" of American politics. A small fraction of the interview was adapted into an April 2015 Playboy interview; but now, Rosen shares the whole, incredible conversation. With no topic off...
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