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Sometimes, when Brayden Harrington talks, his words get caught in his mouth. Brayden had never met someone else who understood what it felt like to be a person who stutters . . . until he met Joe Biden. But when Mr. Biden asks Brayden to give a big speech, will Brayden be brave enough to speak up with the entire country watching?
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 308 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
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The Washington Bureau Chief for The Associated Press examines the life of First Lady Dr. Jill Biden in her roles as wife, mother and educator over 40 years in the public spotlight.
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Publisher
Aladdin : an imprint of Simon & Schuster Childrens Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
252 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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A biography of Joe Biden, the 46th President of the United States : from childhood through the Senate to his election as vice president and, in 2020, as president. The road to the presidency of the United States was a long--and determined--one for Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. From Joe's childhood in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Wilmington, Delaware, his close-knit, devoted family gave him the foundation that would guide him through life. His family's...
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Crown, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxiii, 498 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Almost no one thought Joe Biden could make it back to the White House--not Donald Trump, not the two dozen Democratic rivals who sought to take down a weak front-runner, not the mega-donors and key endorsers who feared he could not beat Bernie Sanders, not even Barack Obama. The story of Biden's cathartic victory in the 2020 election is the story of a Democratic Party at odds with itself, torn between the single-minded goal of removing Donald Trump...
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Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
210 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
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"An intimate look at the love that built the Biden family and the delicate balancing act of the woman at its center. 'How did you get this number?' Those were the first words Jill Biden spoke to U.S. senator Joe Biden when he called her out of the blue to ask her on a date. Growing up, Jill had wanted two things: a marriage like her parents'--strong, loving, and full of laughter--and a career. An early heartbreak had left her uncertain about love,...
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Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxiv, 405 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
New York Magazine national correspondent Gabriel Debenedetti reveals an inside look at the historically close, complicated, occasionally co-dependent, and at-times uncertain relationship between Joe Biden and Barack Obama.
Delving far deeper than the simplistic “bromance” narrative that's long held the public eye, The Long Alliance reveals the past, present, and future of the unusual partnership, detailing its development, its twists and turns,...
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Publisher
Threshold Editions
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Threshold Editions hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xviii, 429 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"Over his 50-year career in Washington, Joe Biden has become known for his wild dishonesty, embarrassing policy failings, and an absolute lack of accountability, culminating in his predictably unpopular presidency. But what has not yet been revealed is the vast web of consultants, bureaucrats, corporate titans, foreign interests, and various extended family members (it's not just Hunter!) who have achieved unfathomable wealth and power while keeping...
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Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
414 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"On January 20, 2021, standing where only two weeks earlier police officers had battled with right-wing paramilitaries, Joe Biden took his oath of office. The American people were still sick with COVID-19, his economists were already warning him of an imminent financial crisis, and his party, the Democrats, had the barest of majorities in the Senate. Yet, faced with an unprecedented set of crises, Joe Biden decided he would not play defense. Instead,...
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
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English
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Joe Biden grew up in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the oldest of four children. His parents always encouraged him and his siblings to be independent and strong. The family moved to Wilmington, Delaware, where at twenty-nine, Biden was one of the youngest United States Senators ever elected. This is his story.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Former Vice President Joe Biden played an essential role in the Obama administration. Follow his career from Delaware's longest-serving senator to his race back to the White House"--Provided by the publisher.
11) Joe Biden
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to Joe Biden. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"A memoir from Valerie Biden Owens, Joe Biden's younger sister, trusted confidante and lifelong campaign manager. Valerie, one of the first female campaign managers in United States history, writes of the role of family, faith, and fate in shaping her life, and the power of empathy and kindness in the face of turmoil and division. Growing Up Biden details Valerie's decades-long professional career in politics, and the central role she played in her...
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Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
228 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
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Including "The Hill We Climb," the stirring poem read at the inauguration of the 46th President of the United States, Joe Biden, this collection of the same name reveals an energizing and unforgettable new voice in America poetry.
14) Peril
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xxviii, 482 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Bob Woodward and Robert Costa cover the end of the Trump presidency and the early months of the Biden presidency.
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Publisher
Planeta
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
Primera edicion.
Physical Desc
191 pages ; 23 cm
Language
Español
Description
El reconocido periodista Evan Osnos, ganador de los premios Pulitzer y National Book Award, combina su minuciosa investigaci?on con el tono ?intimo de las entrevistas que sostuvo con Joe Biden en varias ocasiones. Osnos logra revelar los matices del personaje a trav?es de m?as de un centenar de conversaciones con figuras como Barack Obama y miembros de la familia Biden, activistas y oponentes ideol?ogicos. Esta biograf?ia ilumina la vida personal...
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English
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The contents of Hunter Biden's laptop were the "October surprise" of the 2020 presidental election. Here was the first evidence of Joe Biden's involvment in his family's lucrative foreign influence-peddling operation, and it threatened to upend his campaign, but a coordinated censorship operation effectively buried the story, putting Biden into the White House.
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English
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Gatekeepers comes a revelatory, insider's look at how President Joe Biden and his team have battled to achieve their agenda—based on the author's extraordinary access to the White House during two years of crises at home and abroad.
In January of 2021, the Biden administration inherited the most daunting array of challenges since FDR's presidency: a lethal pandemic, a...
In January of 2021, the Biden administration inherited the most daunting array of challenges since FDR's presidency: a lethal pandemic, a...
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English
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The first comprehensive account of the Trump administration's efforts to destroy our government institutions, by the man Ralph Nader says "writes authoritatively and with revealing detail about important topics that few others cover"
Koch Industries spent $3.1 million in the first three months of the Trump administration, largely to ensure confirmation of Scott Pruitt as head of the EPA. By July 2018, more than sixteen federal inquiries were pending...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
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"Long-serving congressman, Vice President, and now President. Joe Biden's journey to the highest position in the land has been long and winding. As a child, he didn't let his stutter stop him from success; as a senator, he carried on despite personal heartbreak; and now, as president, we'll see all this man can do. Learn about the spectacular life of America's 46th president"--Provided by the publisher.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
466 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
More than at any other time in recent history, our country's political system is under assault from within. New York Times correspondents Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns have burrowed deep inside the corridors of power and breached the inner circles of two presidents to produce a comprehensive portrait of the worst crisis in modern American politics - deep and poisonous divisions that threaten to unravel the democratic system. With gripping, in-the-room...
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