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Author
Publisher
Sea Hill Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"In August 1990, Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait and President George H.W. Bush's press secretary started a diary. That compilation of private notes, memos and briefings from the Persian Gulf Crisis to the resulting Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm serve as the backdrop of a story that is as much about presidential leadership and American principles as it is about those pivotal moments in history."--from Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
In a captivating and compelling voice that ranks with many of the greatest memoirists, Laura Bush tells the story of her unique path from dusty Midland, Texas, to the world stage as First Lady. She captures presidential life in the frantic and fearful months after 9/11, and humorously lifts the curtain on what really happens inside the White House.
23) Advise & Dissent
Publisher
Lumiere Productions
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Government’s least-understood “Third Branch” has a huge impact on our lives—from abortion to affirmative action, education to the environment, privacy to police action. But in recent years the way we select Supreme Court justices has become dangerously politicized, threatening judicial impartiality. ADVISE & DISSENT is the first documentary to go behind the lines and into the trenches of the judicial confirmation wars. The film tracks two...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the senior White House correspondent for The New York Times comes the definitive history of the Bush and Cheney White House--a tour de force narrative of those dramatic and controversial eight years. Taking readers into the offices of the West Wing and the cabins of Air Force One, Peter Baker tells the gripping inside story of the Bush and Cheney era. Theirs was the most fascinating American partnership since Nixon and Kissinger, an untested...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Former FBI director James Comey shares his never-before-told experiences from some of the highest-stakes situations of his career in the past two decades of American government, exploring what good, ethical leadership looks like, and how it drives sound decisions. His journey provides an unprecedented entry into the corridors of power, and a remarkable lesson in what makes an effective leader. Mr. Comey served as director of the FBI from 2013 to 2017,...
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Using the torture and death in 2002 of an innocent Afghan taxi driver as the touchstone, this film examines changes after 9/11 in U.S. policy toward suspects in the war on terror. Soldiers, their attorneys, one released detainee, U.S. Attorney John Yoo, news footage and photos tell a story of abuse at Bagram Air Base, Abu Ghraib, and Guantanamo Bay. From Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Gonzalez came unwritten orders to use any means necessary. The CIA...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
For over a thousand years, Tibetan Buddhist psychology has taught techniques for overcoming negative, afflictive emotions, such as anger, greed, jealousy, sloth and ignorance. In the film THE LAST DALAI LAMA, His Holiness explains that Tibetan Buddhism is both a religion and a “science of the mind”; he also shares his crystallized understanding of the nature of mind, and its part in the creation and alleviation of all of our suffering.
29) Man in the arena
Publisher
Comeback Productions
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A feature-length documentary exploring the life of media icon and political strategist Roger Ailes. Long before founding FOX News, Ailes was a key consultant for three presidents, and a pioneering master of broadcasting. Told in his own words through never-before heard private recordings, and interviews with those that new him best, including Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Lara Logan, Newt Gingrich, Rudy Giuliani and President Trump.
Author
Series
Publisher
Child's World
Pub. Date
c2017
Language
English
Description
"Take a look inside the life and presidency of George H. W. Bush. Learn all about how his military background and dedication to community service molded his presidency and the country. This book includes engaging timelines, compelling photographs, a comprehensive phonetic glossary, an index, and sources for further reading that will pique readers' interest"--Provided by the publisher.
31) George W. Bush
Author
Series
Publisher
Child's World
Pub. Date
c2017
Language
English
Description
"Learn about the life of George W. Bush and his contributions to the United States of America. Additional features to aid comprehension include fact-filled captions and callouts, detailed photographs, a table of contents, a phonetic glossary, a timeline, sources for further research, and an introduction to the author"--Provided by the publisher.
32) George W. Bush
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In this two-part, four-hour look at the life and presidency of George W. Bush, follow his unorthodox road to the presidency through the contested election of 2000, when a Supreme Court ruling resulted in his becoming the 43rd President. The film chronicles the tumultuous events, domestically and internationally, that dominated Bush’s eight years in office.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
From the Publisher: Focusing on the making of African American society from the 1896 "separate but equal" ruling of Plessy v. Ferguson up to the contemporary period, this encyclopedia traces the transition from the Reconstruction Era to the age of Jim Crow, the Harlem Renaissance, the Great Migration, the Brown ruling that overturned Plessy, the Civil Rights Movement, and the ascendant influence of African American culture on the American cultural...
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