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1) Split second
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English
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Two Secret Service agents, one of them retired, have each had similar experiences losing presidential candidates while assigned to protect them. As the two discredited agents enter a maze of lies, secrets, and deadly coincidences, they uncover a shocking truth: the the separate acts of violence that shatterred their lives were really a long time in the making -- and are a long way from over. .
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English
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"Carol Leonnig has been covering the Secret Service for The Washington Post for most of the last decade, bringing to light the gaffes and scandals that plague the agency today--from a toxic work culture to outdated equipment and training to the deep resentment among the ranks with the agency's leadership. But the Secret Service wasn't always so troubled. The Secret Service was born in 1865, in the wake of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, but...
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Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the story of the Reconstruction-era Secret Service and its battle against the KKK's effort to suppress the emancipated African-American vote, sharing particular insights into the career of controversial Secret Service chief, Hiram C. Whitley.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 5
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English
Appears on list
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A dramatic account of the 1875 attempt to steal the 16th president's body describes how a counterfeiting ring plotted to ransom Lincoln's body to secure the release of their imprisoned ringleader and how a fledgling Secret Service and an undercover agent conducted a daring election-night sting operation.
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Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
What do Secret Service agents do besides protect the president? Find out in this book! Readers will get a short introduction to the Secret Service, including what it does and a bit of its history. Then readers will learn the job functions of a Secret Service agent and what it takes to become one.
6) Justice
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Series
Jessica Ford and Mark Ryan novels volume 2
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Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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WND Books
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English
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Why would a successful, twelve-year Secret Service agent resign his position in the prime of his career to run for political office? How does the Washington DC "Bubble"--a haze of lobbyists, cronyists, staff, acolytes, consultants, and bureaucrats--surrounding the President distort his view of the world?--Taken from back cover.
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English
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Since publication of his bestselling book In the President's Secret Service, investigative reporter Ronald Kessler has continued to penetrate the wall of secrecy that surrounds the U.S. Secret Service, breaking the story that Secret Service agents who were to protect President Obama hired prostitutes in Cartagena, Colombia and revealing that the Secret Service allowed a third uninvited guest to crash a White House state dinner. Now, Kessler presents...
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"Sparked by long-forgotten gifts and memorabilia discovered in an old trunk, the now ninety-year-old Hill reminisces about private moments, shared laughs, and crazy adventures with one of the world's most iconic women during her time as First Lady and the excruciating year following the assassination of her husband. After all, he notes that "when you travel with someone ... you experience things that can't be fully appreciated by anyone who wasn't...
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Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Retired Secret Service agent Clint Hill brings history to life with this rare and fascinating portrait of the American presidency. Hill delivers a stunning perspective from the eyes of an everyman who saw some of the most historic moments of the 20th century during his seventeen years protecting the most powerful office in the nation. Hill walked alongside Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford, seeing them through a long, tumultuous...
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Marcus Ryker novels volume 2
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Kremlin Conspiracy comes this latest international thriller about a terrifying nuclear alliance among three world powers--Russia, Iran, and North Korea--and the man who must halt their deadly strategy. Shot out of the air in enemy territory in the middle of the greatest international crisis since the end of the Cold War, former U.S. Secret Service agent Marcus Ryker finds himself facing an impossible...
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Publisher
Carroll & Graf Publishers
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
A history of the Secret Service covers assassinations and assassination attempts, presidential demands on the agency, the impact of a Secret Service career on its agents, and issues surrounding agency failures and gender gaps.
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Scot Harvath thrillers volume 1
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Emily Bestler Books/Atria, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
Description
"On the snow-covered slopes of Utah, the President of the United States has been kidnapped and his Secret Service detail massacred. Only one agent has survived--ex-Navy SEAL Scot Harvath. He doesn't buy the official line that Middle Eastern terrorists are behind the attack and begins his own campaign to find the truth and exact revenge. But now, framed for murder by a sinister cabal, Harvath takes his fight to the towering mountains of Switzerland--and...
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Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
In 1902 New York, Alice Roosevelt, the bright, passionate, and wildly unconventional daughter of newly sworn-in President Theodore Roosevelt, is placed under the supervision of Secret Service Agent Joseph St. Clair, ex-cowboy and veteran of the Rough Riders. St. Clair quickly learns that half his job is helping Alice roll cigarettes and escorting her to bookies, but matters grow even more difficult when Alice takes it upon herself to investigate a...
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"As a Secret Service agent, Nick Averose spent a decade protecting the most powerful men and women in America and developed a unique gift: the ability to think like an assassin. Now, he uses that skill in a little-known but crucial job. As a 'red teamer', he poses as a threat, testing the security around our highest officials to find vulnerabilities--before our enemies can. He is a mock killer, capable of slipping past even the best defenses. His...
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Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Most people believe the Federal Bureau of Investigation began under J. Edgar Hoover in the 1920s or 1930s. Many also naturally assume it was developed for the express purpose of fighting crime. However, the reality is very different. The agency actually began years earlier, in 1908, under President Theodore Roosevelt. Willard Oliver details the political fight that led to the birth of America's premier law enforcement agency. Roosevelt was concerned...
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Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Because Secret Service agents are sworn to secrecy, the American public rarely knows what presidents, vice presidents, presidential candidates, and Cabinet officer and their families are really like. If they did, says a former Secret Service agent, "They would scream."
19) Within arm's length: a Secret Service agent's definitive inside account of protecting the president
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Dan Emmett was just eight years old when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. The events surrounding the President's death shaped the course of young Emmett's life as he set a goal of becoming a US Secret Service agent--one of a special group of people willing to trade their lives for that of the President, if necessary. Within Arm's Length is the essential book on the Secret Service--a revealing and compelling inside look at the Presidential...
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Publisher
Gallery Books
Language
English
Description
"The New York Times bestselling authors of Mrs. Kennedy and Me share the stories behind the five infamous, tragic days surrounding JFK's assassination--alongside revealing and iconic photographs--published in remembrance of the beloved president on the fiftieth anniversary of his death.Clint Hill will forever be remembered as the lone secret service agent who jumped onto the car after President Kennedy was shot, clinging to its sides as it sped toward...
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