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Author
Publisher
Emily Bestler Books/Atria
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Charlotte Kramer, the forty-fifth president of the United States, has done the unprecedented in allowing a network news team to document a day in her life--and that of her most senior staff. But while twenty news cameras are embedded with the president, the unthinkable happens: five major attacks are leveled on US soil. Her secretary of defense, Melanie, and her press secretary, Dale, must instantly jump to action in supporting the president and...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Charlotte Kramer, the first female president of the United States, finds her marriage, the presidency, and the safety of the American people in peril after rumors of her husband's infidelity circulate and her national security advisor makes grave errors of judgment.
4) Never
Author
Language
English
Description
"Every catastrophe begins with a little problem that doesn't get fixed." So says Pauline Green, president of the United States, in Ken Follett's nerve-racking drams of international tension. A shrinking oasis in the Sahara Desert; a stolen US Army drone; an uninhabited Japanese island; and one country's secret stash of deadly chemical poisons: all these play roles in a relentlessly escalating crisis. Struggling to prevent the outbreak of world war...
Author
Series
Kane and Abel series volume 3
Publisher
St Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
As President Florentyna Kane tries to push her tough gun-control bill through Congress, Special Agent Mark Andrews is charged with finding out which senator is involved in an assassination plot that has already resulted in the deaths of four people.
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In this book from the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Corazon Aquino, the first female president of the Philippines. Little Cory was a shy, studious child with a great sense of justice. As a young woman and wife, she and her family felt compelled to speak out against the unjust leader who was ruining their country. Showing bravery, reliability and honesty, she led the revolution that ended the dictators...
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Posing questions about whether America is ready to elect a woman president in spite of democratic values, a chronicle of the current state of women's political leadership on the cusp of historic change draws on more than 125 interviews with major figures in both political parties.
Author
Series
Kane and Abel series volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2004, c1982
Language
English
Description
Florentyna Kane inherited a vast hotel empire from her father, but his greatest gift to her was a love of America. She knew from childhood that it was a debt she would someday try to repay by running for the highest political office in the country. Along the path to power Florentyna finds fulfillment in love and family, but still she struggles with the burden of her duty and responsibility. Then, only a heartbeat away from her ultimate goal, she may...
Author
Publisher
Dey St
Pub. Date
[2022].
Language
English
Description
"This book is about the presidency and the woman who -- whoever she is! -- will eventually hold the title Madame President and occupy the Oval Office. It's about the road that female candidates have traveled with the goal of getting there. It's a story about me -- a woman who got to see, up close, more of them strive for the Oval Office at one time than ever before and who innately understood the invisible forces that, oftentimes, worked against them....
11) Home free
Author
Series
Sisterhood series volume 20
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
The vigilantes of the Sisterhood reorganize as a secret group called the CIC and dedicated to serving their friend, the president of the United States, Martine Connor.
12) Most likely
Author
Publisher
Poppy/Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Ava, CJ, Jordan, and Martha have been friends since kindergarten. In senior year they're facing their biggest fears about growing up and growing apart. They have one another's backs through every new love, breakup, stumble, and success. Fast forward to 2049, as the first woman president of the United States waits to be sworn in-- and reflects back on that senior year in which they vie for the attention of the same guy. -- adapted from jacket
In 2049,...
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