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Author
Series
Desert roses volume 1
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Carolina Garcia-Ramirez is a rising star in national politics, taking on the establishment with her progressive agenda. Tough, outspoken, and driven, the young congresswoman has ignited a new conversation in Boston about race, poverty, health care, and the environment. Now facing her second campaign, she finds herself not only fighting a tight primary with an old guard challenger but also contending with numerous death threats coming from hundreds...
Author
Series
A Joe DeMarco Thriller volume 5
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
388 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Mrs. Lincoln volume 2
Language
English
Description
"The New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker, Jennifer Chiaverini, reveals the famous First Lady's very public social and political contest with Kate Chase Sprague, memorialized as "one of the most remarkable women ever known to Washington society." (Providence Journal) Kate Chase Sprague was born in 1840 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the second daughter to the second wife of a devout but ambitious lawyer. Her father, Salmon P. Chase,...
9) Razor sharp
Author
Series
Sisterhood volume 14
Language
English
Description
The women of the Sisterhood come to the aid of their ally, attorney Lizzie Fox, who has agreed to defend Lily Flowers, the madam of a bordello that counted some of the richest and most influential men in the country as clients.
10) Queen's Peril
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney/Lucasfilm Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
276 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When fourteen-year-old Padmé Naberrie wins the election for Queen of Naboo, she adopts the name Amidala and leaves her family to the rule from the royal palace. To keep her safe and secure, she'll need a group of skilled handmaidens who can be her assistants, confidantes, defenders, and decoys. Each girl is selected for her particular talents, but it will be up to Padmé to unite them as a group."
11) Queen's Shadow
Author
Series
Star Wars Queen volume 1
Publisher
Disney/Lucasfilm Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
345 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Padme Naberrie, "Queen Amidala" of Naboo, steps down from her position, she is asked by the newly-elected queen to become Naboo's representative in the Galactic Senate. Padme is unsure about taking on the new role, but cannot turn down the request to serve her people. Together with her most loyal handmaidens, Padme must figure out how to navigate the treacherous waters of politics and forge a new identity beyond the queen's shadow"--
12) Mr. Texas
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
323 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Sonny Lamb is an affable, if floundering, rancher with the unfortunate habit of becoming a punchline in his Texas hometown. Most recently, he bought his own bull at auction, saving it from being sold to a slaughterhouse. But when a fire breaks out at a neighbors farm, Sonny makes headlines in another way: Not waiting for help, he bolts to the farm and heroically saves the familys daughter and her horse, riding the animal out of their burning barn....
13) Invincible
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Language
English
Formats
Description
When her photographic memory makes her the target of a criminal who will do anything to make her forget, Carlie Blair entrusts her life--and her heart--to a Lakota Sioux named Carson, a man she once despised.
14) Queen's Hope
Author
Series
Star Wars Queen volume 2
Publisher
Disney/Lucasfilm Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
280 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Padme is adjusting to being a wartime senator during the Clone Wars. Her secret husband, Anakin Skwyalker, is off fighting the war, and excels at being a wartime Jedi. In contrast, when Padme gets the opportunity to see the casualties on the war-torn front lines, she is horrified. The stakes have never been higher for the galaxy, or for the newly-married couple. Meanwhile, with Padme on a secret mission, her handmaiden Sabe steps into the role of...
15) Turbulence
Author
Series
Stone Barrington novel volume 46
Language
English
Description
When Stone Barrington encounters a noxious politician while on vacation in Florida, he is unwittingly embroiled in the scheme of some shady associates who seek to cause upheaval in the United States.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
After a mysterious fatal car accident kills his predecessor, Congressman Charlie Marder struggles to navigate the dangerous waters of 1950s Washington, D.C., where he finds an underworld of backroom deals, secret societies, and a conspiracy at the highest levels of the government.
17) Twisted prey
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Lucas Davenport confronts an old nemesis, now a powerful U.S. senator, in the thrilling new novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling Prey series. Lucas Davenport had crossed paths with her before. A rich psychopath, Taryn Grant had run successfully for the U.S. Senate, where Lucas had predicted she'd fit right in. He was also convinced that she'd been responsible for three murders, though he'd never been able to prove it. Once a psychopath had...