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2) Sacred Sins
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English
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Originally, Dr. Tess Court, a psychiatrist, does not want to become involved in the case to capture a serial killer. She changes her mind when legendary ladies' man Detective Ben Paris joins the case.
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English
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"During the height of the crack epidemic that decimated the streets of D.C., Ruben Castaneda covered the crime beat for the Washington Post. The first in his family to graduate from college, he had landed a job at one of the country's premier newspapers. But his apparent success masked a devastating secret: he was a crack addict. Even as he covered the drug-fueled violence that was destroying the city, he was prowling S Street, a 24/7 open-air crack...
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Avery Keene thrillers volume 1
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English
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Avery Keene, a brilliant young law clerk for the legendary Justice Howard Wynn, is doing her best to hold her life together - excelling in an arduous job with the court while also dealing with a troubled family. When the shocking news breaks that Justice Wynn - the cantankerous swing vote on many current high-profile cases - has slipped into a coma, Avery’s life turns upside down. She is immediately notified that Justice Wynn has left instructions...
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Flat Stanley's worldwide adventures volume 9
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English
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Flat Stanley travels to Washington D.C. to receive a special award from the President herself, but even after all his adventures, he is still not sure if he deserves to be called a hero.
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English
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Product Features: Stay informed with the 24/7 feed of today's news. Wake up with The 7, a morning briefing on the day's most important and interesting stories. Customize your alerts to be the first to know when news is breaking. Catch up with today's stories by listening to original podcasts and audio articles. Discover something new in My Post, a curated feed with recommendations just for you as well as access to the Post archives and the e-replica...
7) Enough
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2023
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English
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"Cassidy Hutchinson's desk was mere steps from the most controversial president in recent American history. Now, she provides a riveting account of her extraordinary experiences as an idealistic young woman thrust into the middle of a national crisis, where she risked everything to tell the truth about some of the most powerful people in Washington"--
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Georgetown University Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"This is a book about language. It is also a book about identities-race, place, and class-based-in Washington, DC's Anacostia neighborhood, and how those identities are bound together. It is a book about who belongs to a community and how that community lays claim to its space and its very characterization. In The Black Side of the River, sociolinguist Jessi Grieser conducts extensive interviews with Black Anacostia residents to examine what she terms...
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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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Presents fun facts, seek-and-find challenges, a city map and a poster of the Bill of Rights with vibrant, lush paintings depicting major Washington, D.C. landmarks, from the White House to the National Air and Space Museum.
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Georgetown University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"Washington, DC is Indian land, but Indigenous peoples are often left out of the national narrative of the United States and erased in the capital city. To redress this myth of invisibility, Indigenous DC: Native Peoples and the Nation's Capital maps and analyzes historical and contemporary sites of Indigenous importance in the District of Columbia. This manuscript derives from the "Guide to Indigenous DC," a public history iOS mobile application...
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2023.
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English
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"Sometimes the darkest acts occur in the most beautiful houses... When Alexis and her husband Sam buy a neglected Cape Cod house in an exclusive DC suburb, they are ecstatic. Sam is on the cusp of making partner at his law firm, Alexis is pregnant with their second child, and their glamorous neighbors welcome the couple with open arms. Things are looking up, and Alexis believes she can finally leave her troubled past behind. But the neighborhood's...
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English
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Centuries after the founding of a scholarly organization that covertly discussed religion, science, and the black arts, disgraced Elizabethan scholar Henry Cavendish searches for a missing letter than may prove the group's existence and contain the formula for alchemy.
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Amulet Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
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English
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Twelve-year-old twins Katie and David Bowen evade foreign militants and make their way from Washington, D.C. to their uncle's Vermont home, hoping he can help rescue their parents, who were kidnapped because of their secret invention, Rover.
18) National Mall
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Rourke Educational Media
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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Welcome to the National Mall! -- Pierre L'Enfant -- Monuments and memorials -- Museums and a castle! -- Gardens and open spaces.
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Globe Pequot
Pub. Date
©2017.
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English
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The kid's guide to Washington, D.C. lets the kids help plan the trip and guides you as you explore the city. Inside you'll find kid-tested tips on where to go, where to eat, what to see, and where to get the best souvenirs. Along the way, your kids will be engaged by reading and sharing fun DC facts and cool travel tips. Awesome games and quizzes will keep the family entertained.
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Alex Cross novels volume 19
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English
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It's Christmas Eve and Detective Alex Cross is called away from his family to resolve a horrific hostage situation that is spiraling out of control.
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