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121) Home of the Braised
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Preparing for an important state dinner, White House executive chef Olivia Paras discovers that the President's life is in danger, while her fiancé discovers that his friend's murder is linked to the recent death of the secretary of defense.
122) White House down
Pub. Date
2013
Description
While on a tour of the White House with his young daughter, a Capitol policeman springs into action to save his child and protect the president from a heavily armed group of paramilitary invaders.
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Series
Elvis and the underdogs volume 2
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Description
A sickly ten-year-old boy and his talking therapy dog find adventure in the White House.
Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
Contributors: Abigail McCarthy, Alice R. Longsworth, Art Buchwald, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Barbara Howar, Ben Bradlee, David Brinkley, David McCullough, Dean Acheson, Drew Pearson, Robert S. Allen, Eleanor Roosevelt, Grace Tully, Harry Truman, Henry Allen, Henry Kissinger, Isabel Anderson, Jack Anderson, Jack Valenti, James Thurber, John dos Passos, Jonathan Daniels, Lady Bird Johnson, Lilian R. Parks, Liz Carpenter, Merriman Smith, Michael K....
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Series
Eleanor Roosevelt mysteries volume 17
Pub. Date
[1998]
Description
Eleanor Roosevelt must walk a fine line between defending the country's interests and offending her guest when Madame Chiang Kai-Shek comes to visit the White House in 1943, but her job becomes much more difficult when a Chinese shoe salesman is found murdered in the Map Room.
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Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"Some of the most significant moments in American history have occurred over meals, as U.S. presidents broke bread with friends or foe: Thomas Jefferson’s nationbuilding receptions in the new capital, Washington, D.C.; Ulysses S. Grant’s state dinner for the king of Hawaii; Teddy Roosevelt’s groundbreaking supper with Booker T. Washington; Richard Nixon’s practiced use of chopsticks to pry open China; Jimmy Carter’s cakes and pies that fueled...
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
"Critically acclaimed author Klara leads readers through an unmatched tale of political ambition and technical skill: the refurbishment of the White House during the Truman administration In 1948, Harry Truman, President of the United States, almost fell through the ceiling of the Blue Room in a bathtub into a meeting of the Daughters of the American Revolution. A team of the nation's top architects was hastily assembled to inspect the White House,...
134) The big move
Author
Series
Commander in Cheese. Main series volume 1
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Mice siblings who live in the White House prepare for a new president to move in"--
135) First families
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Offers glimpses into the daily lives of presidents and their families, in a volume that describes the everyday White House experiences of the Lincolns, the Roosevelts, the Clintons, and other first families.
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Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"It's 1943, and the White House is busy with the war effort. Diana Hopkins only wants to help, but doesn't know what a ten-year-old can do - until the Roosevelts come up with the idea of Victory Gardens, and Diana suddenly has the important job of Victory Gardener for the White House"--
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Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Many people know the story of Dolley Madison, one of the first First Ladies to live in the White House, and how she saved the famous painting of George Washington as the British attacked and burned Washington, D. C. But few know what happened next. With the U.S. soldiers in retreat and Dolley fleeing, what drove the British soldiers out of the city they were intent on destroying? Was it really a tornado? Or was it something else?
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