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English
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Letty Davenport, the brilliant and tenacious adopted daughter of Lucas Davenport, takes the investigative reins in the newest thriller from #1 bestselling author John Sandford. By age twenty-four, Letty Davenport has seen more action and uncovered more secrets than many law enforcement professionals. Now a recent Stanford grad with a master's in economics, she's restless and bored in a desk job for U.S. Senator Colles. Letty's ready to quit, but her...
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Kennedy's life reads like a Greek tragedy....In many ways, this is a fable disguised as narrative history. Its moral is that the journey of Kennedy's life, his commitment to public service, to the poor and the disadvantaged, should be seen as an inspiring account of what it was like to be at Robert Kennedy's side and why he and many like him felt that vision and virtue walked with them."
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Where in Washington DC is the nation's most incredible treasure chest? It's a library unlike any other in the world, the U.S. Library of Congress in Washington D.C. Modern Marvels explodes the myth that this 200 year old institution is simply "where members of Congress borrow books". Viewers are taken beyond the magnificent Jefferson Building Great Hall into the secret vaults where more than 600 miles of shelves hold 130 million items, many of them...