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Series
Criterion collection volume 386
Publisher
Image Entertainment [distributor
Pub. Date
2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (124 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When an idealistic governor disobeys the reigning feudal lord, he is cast into exile, his wife and children left to fend for themselves and eventually wrenched apart by vicious slave drivers.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 128 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Willie Stark is an uncorrupted small-town mayor in 1950s Louisiana. He gets picked by the political machine to run as a wild card candidate in the upcoming gubernatorial race. But, when Willie realizes that he is being manipulated, he veers off on his own to become the darling of the electorate's downtrodden and forgotten hicks. Covering the campaign for a local paper is Jack Burden, whose editorial pieces become so admiring of Willie that he's fired....
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He played baseball for Yale, graduated with honors from Harvard Law School, and served in Iraq and in the halls of Congress. But in all these places, Ron DeSantis learned the same lesson: He didn’t want to be part of the leftist elite. His heart was always for the people of Florida, one of the most diverse and culturally rich states in the union. Since becoming governor of the Sunshine State, he has fought—and won—battle after battle, defeating...
Author
Publisher
Twelve
Pub. Date
[2022].
Physical Desc
viii, 270 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Description
South Dakota governor Kristi Noem tells her rough and tumble story of growing up on a ranch, and how a blessed life of true grit taught her how to lead. 'We don't complain about things, Kristi. We fix them.' Taking her father's words to heart, South Dakota's first woman governor Kristi Noem shares heartfelt— and heartbreaking— lessons on making things right in the world, from her childhood on a farm in the vastness of rural America, to the marbled...
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Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
xiv, 230 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
In this first biography of Edmund Gerald Brown Jr. in more than thirty years, Chuck McFadden explores the unique persona of one of the most idiosyncratic politicians in California history. Son of California political royalty who forged his own political style against the tumultuous backdrop of a huge, balkanized state--and shoved to and fro by complex currents--Jerry Brown plumbed his visionary impulses as well as his grandiose ambitions. McFadden...
Author
Series
Publication volume no. 179
Publisher
Book Club of California
Pub. Date
c1985
Physical Desc
209 p. : ill.
Author
Publisher
Literatura Random House
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
732 pages : map ; 23 cm
Description
Abril de 1901. Un barco se dirige hacia la isla de Minguer, la perla del Mediterráneo oriental. A bordo se encuentran la princesa Pakize Sultan, sobrina del sultán Abdülhamit II, y su reciente esposo, el doctor Nuri, pero también un misterioso pasajero que viaja de incógnito: el célebre inspector jefe de sanidad del Imperio otomano, encargado de confirmar los rumores de peste que han llegado hasta el continente. En las animadas calles de la...
Author
Publisher
Random House Studio
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
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"A folksy, larger-than-life picture book biography about Ann Richards, the late governor of Texas who has inspired countless women in politics today"--
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
x, 483 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
"A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist's panoramic history of California and its impact on the nation, from the Gold Rush to Silicon Valley--told through the lens of Governor Jerry Brown's family dynasty. When Governor Jerry Brown finishes his fourth term at the end of 2018, he will have bookended his career as both the youngest and the oldest governor of California. He and his father Pat Brown will have governed the state for twenty-four years since...
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