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Hard choices / by Clinton, Hillary Rodham,author. ;
Step into the White House for a candid look at Clinton's reflections on the crucial moments that helped define her role as Barack Obama's Secretary of State and discover her view of traversing the challenging road ahead. 320pp., 1M
Subjects: Clinton, Hillary Rodham.; Presidents' spouses; Stateswomen;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Madame Mao : the white boned demon / by Terrill, Ross.(CARDINAL)156719; Terrill, Ross.White boned demon.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Prologue: "I Was Mao's Dog" -- 2. Growing Up, Reaching Out (1914-33) -- 3. Onstage in Shanghai (1933-37) -- 4. Mao's Housewife in Yanan (1938-49) 5. Letdown (1950's) -- 6. Recovery and Revenge: Politics as Theater (1960's) -- 7. Bid to Be Empress (1970's) -- 8. "Shut Up, Jiang Qing."This is the most complete and authoritative account of the childhood and tumultuous life of Jiang Qing, from her years as an aspiring actress to her marriage and partnership with Mao Zedong, the controversial years of power after Mao's death, her final years of disgrace and imprisonment, and her suicide in 1991.
Subjects: Biographies.; Jiang, Qing, 1914-1991.; Spouses of heads of state; Stateswomen;
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Extraordinary, ordinary people : a memoir of family / by Rice, Condoleezza,1954-(CARDINAL)169326;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-329) and index.Starting early -- Rays and the Rices -- Married at last -- "Johnny, it's a girl!" -- "I need a piano!" -- My parents were teachers -- Something in the water -- School days -- Summer respite -- Turning up th heat in Birmingham -- 1963 -- Integration? -- Tuscaloosa -- Denver again -- Leaving the south behind -- Cancer intrudes -- Starting earl (again) -- College years -- Change of direcion -- "Rally, sons (and daughters) of Notre Dame" -- New start -- Lost year -- Senator Sanford's farm -- My rBooklistLibrary Journal StarredPublisher's WeeklyBooklist, August 2010Kirkus Review, July 2010Library Journal Starred, September 2010Publisher's Weekly, July 2010This is the story of Condoleezza Rice-- her early years growing up in the hostile environment of Birmingham, Alabama; her rise in the ranks at Stanford University to become the university's second-in-command and an expert in Soviet and Eastern European Affairs; and finally, in 2000, her appointment as the first Black woman to serve as Secretary of State.AdultAdult
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Rice, Condoleezza, 1954-; Rice, Condoleezza, 1954-; Rice, Condoleezza, 1954-; African American families; African Americans; Stateswomen; Women cabinet officers; African American women; African American families.; Stateswomen; Cabinet officers;
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Hard choices / by Clinton, Hillary Rodham,author.(CARDINAL)207050;
Part 1: A fresh start. 2008 : team of rivals ; Foggy bottom : smart power -- Part 2: Across the Pacific. Asia : the pivot ; China : uncharted waters ; Beijing : the dissident ; Burma : the lady and the generals -- Part 3: War and peace. Af-Pak : surge ; Afghanistan : to end a war ; Pakistan : national honor -- Part 4: Between hope and history. Europe : ties that bind ; Russia : reset and regression ; Latin America : democrats and demagogues ; Africa : guns or growth? -- Part 5: Upheaval. The Middle East : the rocky path of peace ; The Arab Spring : revolution ; Libya : all necessary measures ; Benghazi : under attack ; Iran : sanctions and secrets ; Syria : a wicked problem ; Gaza : anatomy of a cease-fire -- Part 6: The future we want. Climate change : we're all in this together ; Jobs and energy : a level playing field ; Haiti : disaster and development ; 21st-Century statecraft : digital diplomacy in a networked world ; Human rights : unfinished business -- Epilogue.Hillary Rodham Clinton's inside account of the crises, choices, and challenges she faced during her four years as America's 67th Secretary of State, and how those experiences drive her view of the future. "All of us face hard choices in our lives," Hillary Rodham Clinton writes at the start of this personal chronicle of years at the center of world events. "Life is about making such choices. Our choices and how we handle them shape the people we become." In the aftermath of her 2008 presidential run, she expected to return to representing New York in the United States Senate. To her surprise, her former rival for the Democratic Party nomination, newly elected President Barack Obama, asked her to serve in his administration as Secretary of State. This memoir is the story of the four extraordinary and historic years that followed, and the hard choices that she and her colleagues confronted. Secretary Clinton and President Obama had to decide how to repair fractured alliances, wind down two wars, and address a global financial crisis. They faced a rising competitor in China, growing threats from Iran and North Korea, and revolutions across the Middle East. Along the way, they grappled with some of the toughest dilemmas of US foreign policy, especially the decision to send Americans into harm's way, from Afghanistan to Libya to the hunt for Osama bin Laden. By the end of her tenure, Secretary Clinton had visited 112 countries, traveled nearly one million miles, and gained a truly global perspective on many of the major trends reshaping the landscape of the twenty-first century, from economic inequality to climate change to revolutions in energy, communications, and health. Drawing on conversations with numerous leaders and experts, Secretary Clinton offers her views on what it will take for the United States to compete and thrive in an interdependent world. She makes a passionate case for human rights and the full participation in society of women, youth, and LGBT people. An astute eyewitness to decades of social change, she distinguishes the trendlines from the headlines and describes the progress occurring throughout the world, day after day. Secretary Clinton's descriptions of diplomatic conversations at the highest levels offer listeners a master class in international relations, as does her analysis of how we can best use "smart power" to deliver security and prosperity in a rapidly changing world-one in which America remains the indispensable nation. -- Publisher description.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Clinton, Hillary Rodham.; Obama, Barack.; Cabinet officers; Stateswomen;
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Becoming Madame Mao / by Min, Anchee,1957-(CARDINAL)683406;
Includes bibliographical references (page 340).
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Jiang, Qing, 1914-1991; Married women; Spouses of heads of state; Spouses of heads of state; Statesmen; Stateswomen;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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The faith of Condoleezza Rice / by Montgomery, Leslie,1967-(CARDINAL)474203;
A story of prejudice and promise -- A love story -- Raised in the war-zone -- The adolescent years -- The pre-teen years -- The transformation of a woman-child -- The development of a Soviet expert -- The Stanford years -- The Scowcroft years -- The turbulent years -- A season of change & loss -- From the inside looking out -- The Secretary of State years -- Marriage, babies & the presidency.
Subjects: Biographies.; Rice, Condoleezza, 1954-; Rice, Condoleezza, 1954-; National Security Council (U.S.); African American women; African Americans; Cabinet officers; Stateswomen; Women cabinet officers;
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Comrade Chiang Chʻing : Roxane Witke. by Witke, Roxane.(CARDINAL)218554;
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Jiang, Jing.; Jiang, Qing, 1914-1991.; Women; Statesmen; Stateswomen; Spouses of heads of state; Women.; Womyn.;
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When Hillary Rodham Clinton played ice hockey / by Ruiz, Rachel(Rachel Marie),author.(CARDINAL)624744;
K to grade 3.Includes bibliographical references and index.Hillary Rodham Clinton has always dreamed big ... and achieved big too. But she didn't become the greatest woman in US political history overnight. She was a kid first-organizing neighborhood carnivals, playing backyard ice hockey, and writing NASA to volunteer for astronaut training. This story shows readers the fun, fears, and challenges young Hillary had and enourages them to find their own strengths and dream big.590LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Biographies.; Clinton, Hillary Rodham; Presidents' spouses; Women presidential candidates; Stateswomen; Women legislators;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Hard choices [large print] by Clinton, Hillary Rodham,author.(CARDINAL)207050;
Hillary Rodham Clinton's inside account of the crises, choices, and challenges she faced during her four years as America's 67th Secretary of State, and how those experiences drive her view of the future.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Large print books.; Clinton, Hillary Rodham.; United States. Congress. Senate; Cabinet officers; Presidential candidates; Stateswomen;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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The confidante : Condoleezza Rice and the creation of the Bush legacy / by Kessler, Glenn.(CARDINAL)486344;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-273) and index.Introduction: From Birmingham to Beijing -- Rebirth in Paris -- Passage to New Delhi -- Showdown Near Seoul -- Exposed in Riyadh -- Rumble in Khartoum -- Sleepless in Jerusalem -- A Question in Kiev -- Double Dates in Baghdad -- Diplomatic Waltz in Vienna -- Blow-up Over Beirut
Subjects: Biographies.; Rice, Condoleezza, 1954-; Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-; Stateswomen; Women cabinet officers; Cabinet officers; African American women;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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