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IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 29
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English
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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.
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Language
English
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Drawing from personal experiences, the former first lady offers readers a series of fresh stories and insightful reflections on change, challenge and power, including her belief that when we light up for others, we can illuminate the potential and progress around us.
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Jill and Derick knew a normal life wasn't possible for them. As a star on the popular TLC reality show 19 Kids and Counting, Jill grew up in front of viewers who were fascinated by her family's way of life. She was the responsible, second daughter; always with a baby on her hip and happy to wear the modest ankle-length dresses with throat-high necklines. She didn't protest the strict model of patriarchy that her family followed. But as Jill got older,...
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English
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From a master of true crime comes the story of the criminal lawyer who represented everybody from Manuel Noriega to John Gotti to Bernie Goetz—and won every single case.
Known for his sharp mind, sharp suits, and bold courtroom strategies, Bronx-native Barry Slotnick is known as the best criminal lawyer in the US.
He calls himself “Liberty’s Last Champion.”
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Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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The author traces the story of his grandmother, Eunice Carter, an African-American attorney who, in spite of social and political barriers, devised the strategy that sent mafia chieftain Lucky Luciano to prison in the 1930s.
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Publisher
Plume
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
In gripping detail, Carrie shares the diabolical ways her clients are attacked and how she, through her unique combination of advocacy, badass relentlessness, risk-taking, and client-empowerment, pursues justice for them all. There are stories about a woman whose ex-boyfriend made fake bomb threats in her name and caused a national panic; a fifteen-year-old girl who was sexually assaulted on school grounds and then suspended when she reported the...
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