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21) The truth about Hillary: what she knew, when she knew it, and how far she'll go to become president
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
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Description
For more than a decade, countless journalists and biographers have struggled to pin down the character of Hillary Rodham Clinton. Yet despite all the scrutiny, no one-until now-has explained her many contradictions and deceptions. She's a wife, but she shows no wifely instincts. She's a mother, but she isn't maternal. She's a feminist, but she rode to power on her husband's coattails. She's strong and assertive, but she has abetted decades of chronic...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 29
Appears on list
Description
In her memoir Michelle Obama invites readers into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped herf́rom her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work, to her time spent at the worldś most famous address. She describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived itín her own words and on her own terms.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Hillary Rodham Clinton has always dreamed big ... and achieved big too. But she didn't become the greatest woman in US political history overnight. She was a kid first-organizing neighborhood carnivals, playing backyard ice hockey, and writing NASA to volunteer for astronaut training. This story shows readers the fun, fears, and challenges young Hillary had and encourages them to find their own strengths and dream big.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
As one of the most powerful women in the politics, Hillary Clinton is known throughout the world. For eight years, she was the first lady of the United States. In 2000, she was elected to the U.S. Senate, becoming the first spouse of a former U.S. president to embark on a political career of her own. Today, she continues to serve her country as the U.S. secretary of state.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 3
Description
This biography examines the life of Hillary Clinton using easy-to-read, compelling text. Through striking black-and-white images and rich color photographs and informative sidebars, readers will learn about Clinton's family background, childhood, education, political career, and historic presidential campaign. Informative sidebars enhance and support the text.--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
She is one of the most influential and recognizable figures in our country, perhaps the single most divisive individual in our political landscape. She is the subject of both hagiography and vitriolic smear jobs. But although dozens of books have been written about her, none of them have come close to uncovering the real Hillary-- personal, political, in all her complications. Now, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporters Jeff Gerth and Don...
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Description
An in-depth look at the much talked-about -- but never fully revealed -- relationship between Jackie Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy that began as a result of their shared grief over the assassination of the president in 1963 and lasted until Bobby began his run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1968
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The A Girl Named series tells the stories of how ordinary American girls grew up to be extraordinary American women. It took a lot of determination, courage, and confidence to become the first woman to be nominated for president by a major political party. A Girl Named Hillary tells of the defining moments that made up her childhood and adolescence.
Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
After the tremendous sucess of her book Living History, Senator Clinton was sharply criticized by conservative personalities. But the objections to her and her book lacked cohesiveness. Now Tyrrell, Jr. delivers a pursuasive argument that Senator Clinton is a power-hungry radical with a hidden agenda who seduces voters with her intelligence, charm and carefully crafted persona
39) Hillary
Author
Pub. Date
[2016].
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Discusses the life and career of presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton, trace her early years as an outspoken student at Wellesley and Yale, her marriage to the 42nd president, and her achievements as a senator and secretary of state.