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2) Lincoln
Series
Colección Grandes biografías volume 14
Publisher
Edimat Libros
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
187 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
5) Shooter
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Formats
Description
Bob Lee Swagger is a master marksman who has retreated from his duty as an off-the-books hired gun for the military. He has become disillusioned with his government, but finds that the government needs Swagger to scope out the location of a rumored attempt on the life of the president. A shadowy government operative begs Swagger to use his sniper's skills to out-fox the assassin. Ultimately he is double-crosses and framed for the attempted assassination....
Author
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
646 pages
Description
La versión oficial dice que, siendo presidente electo, Álvaro Obregón fue asesinado a tiros por José de León Toral, pero la autopsia encontró en el cuerpo 13 orificios de entrada y seis de salida de balas de distintos calibres, y concluyó que, o el tirador usó varias pistolas, o hubo seis tiradores. Para colmo, los posibles testigos de los hechos fueron muriendo, también asesinados o en circunstancias extrañas, pocos meses después de aquel...
7) The sentinel
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Pete Garrison is on the presidential protection detail when another Secret Service agent is murdered. An informer tells Garrison about an elaborate assassination conspiracy that is related to this murder and is well underway. Garrison also happens to be having an affair with the First Lady, the stress of which causes him to flunk a lie detector test when word of the plot to kill the president becomes more than just paranoia. Garrison is soon on the...
8) Shooter
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Bob Lee Swagger is a master marksman who has retreated from his duty as an off-the-books hired gun for the military. He has become disillusioned with his government, but finds that the government needs Swagger to scope out the location of a rumored attempt on the life of the president. A shadowy government operative begs Swagger to use his sniper's skills to outfox the assassin. Ultimately he is double-crossed and framed for the attempted assassination....
Author
Publisher
Grijalbo
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
279 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Description
Este es un testimonio sobre los 18 ąos que vi̕v cerca del presidente Andřs Manuel ̤Lpez Obrador, al ser pareja de su entonces jefe de prensa Čsar ̜Ỳez. Ellos dos son los protagonistas de esta historia llena de traiciones po̕lticas, ambiciones personales, infidelidades, abusos laborales, corrupc̤in y autoritarismo. Mi pro̤psito es evidenciar ̤cmo el poder ha sido el gran amor y la obses̤in de ̤Lpez Obrador, y ̤cmo el odio y el resentimiento...
Author
Publisher
Planeta
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
204 p. ; 23 cm.
Description
"Tras las elecciones de 2012, el país anhela que la presidenta electa consiga controlar la violencia que en los últimos años ha desangrado a México. Después del encarcelamiento de empresarios dedicados a lavar dinero, el asesinato del secretario de la Defensa, atentados en el Congreso y el descubrimiento de la infiltración del narco en el gobierno y la Suprema Corte, la tarea de pacificación no es fácil y todo parece complicarse cuando la...
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
104 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Description
Looks at the life of Abraham Lincoln, a farmer boy who grew up to become the sixteenth president of the United States and the man responsible for leading the country through the Civil War.
Publisher
Icarus Films
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
From his childhood in Valparaiso to his suicide following the Pinochet military coup on September 11, 1973, the life and works of Chilean president Salvador Allende, focusing on the three years following his election.
Publisher
Koch Lorber Films
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Follows James Carville, Jeremy Rosner and a team of political consultants as they launch a media-savvy campaign for Bolivian presidential candidate Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada. With unprecedented access to think sessions, media training and the making of smear campaigns, witness a shocking example of America 'spreading democracy' overseas and its earth-shattering aftermath"--Container.
Author
Series
Aventuras de Stink volume 1
Publisher
Alfaguara/Santillana USA
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
102 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Description
Cuando se celebra el Día de los Presidentes en la escuela, Stink, el hermanito de Judy Moody y el niño más bajito de su clase de segundo grado, aprende algo sobre James Madison, el presidente más bajo en la historia de Estados Unidos.
The shortest kid in the second grade, James Moody, also known as Stink, learns all about the shortest president of the United States, James Madison, when they celebrate Presidents' Day at school.
16) Dave
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Kevin Kline stars as an off-the-wall, temporary replacement for the missing president. His unusual style of governing and decision making tip off the opposition that something is definitely "out-of-order" in Washington.
17) White House down
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (approximately 131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service of protecting President James Sawyer. Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group. Now, with the nation's government falling into chaos and time running out, it's up to Cale to save the president, his daughter, and the country.
18) Frost/Nixon
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Richard Nixon is the disgraced president with a legacy to save. David Frost is a jet-setting television personality with a name to make. This is the legendary battle between the two men and the historic encounter that changed both their lives. For three years after resigning from office, Nixon remained silent. But in the summer of 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions...
Author
Series
Publisher
Taurus
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
109 pages ; 21 cm.
Description
"Benito Ju?rez ha sido un personaje muy controversial en la historia de M?xico. Es amado o es odiado. ¿Fue un autoritario o un patriota? ¿S?lo conocemos al Ju?rez de las monograf?as escolares o tenemos un conocimiento real de su propuesta pol?tica? ¿Fue un vendepatrias? ¿Se equivoc? en la Ciudadela? ¿Pudo morir tranquilo o cargaba en su conciencia el asesinato de Maximiliano? La imagen de Benito Ju?rez est? distorsionada; por esta raz?n, dentro...
Author
Publisher
Plaza Janés
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
526 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
Description
An intimate memoir by the former First Lady chronicles the experiences that have shaped her remarkable life, from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago through her setbacks and achievements in the White House.
Protagonista de una vida plena y exitosa, Michelle Obama se ha convertido en una de las mujeres más icónicas y cautivadoras de nuestra era. Como primera dama de los Estados Unidos de América, y primera afroamericana en desempeñar esa...
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