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Anyone passing through North Shore, Illinois, would think it was the most picture-perfect place ever, with all the lakefront mansions and manicured hedges and iron gates. No one talks about the fact that the brilliant, talented kids in town have a terrible history of throwing themselves in front of commuter trains.
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A Private Investigator, Bruce Highland, a former Military Intelligence Agent, is working on a case to clear his client of a murder charge. His investigation leads him to a secret society (The Gatekeepers) that actively manipulates the government, aided by layers of rogue agencies and corrupt leaders. In addition to ultimately clearing his client, he manages to avert a major armed international conflict in the course of bringing justice to the corrupt...
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"The first in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at the White House Chiefs of Staff, whose actions--and inactions--have defined the course of our country. Since George Washington, presidents have depended on the advice of key confidants. But it wasn't until the twentieth century that the White House chief of staff became the second most powerful job in government. Unelected and unconfirmed, the chief serves at the whim of the president, hired and fired...
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A story of revenge. A journey into the mind of a killer who would erase the medieval world of Genthor.
Gwendolen and Will find themselves immersed in a sinister journey of impending violence and the disintegration of all of Genthor. They must find a way to stop an unseen intruder who emerges out of a parallel dimension, a being who seeks revenge and feeds on it.
Extraordinary help comes to them, first through Gideon, Will's falcon, who teaches him...
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From the fall of 1999 to the spring of 2000, New York Times education reporter Jacques Steinberg was given unparalleled access to an entire admissions season at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. In that time, he discovered just how difficult it could be to winnow down a list of nearly seven thousand applicants to seven hundred freshmen for the class of 2004. Steinberg follows an admissions officer and his eight counterparts through the daunting...
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The Gatekeeper/s blends realism and idealism in a novel way. The style is also unusual in that it moves from rhetorical dialogue to emphatic storytelling. The story is set against a legal system based on seeking consent between parties involved in a negotiation, rather than regarding one party wrong and the other right, as in the old legal system. Rhetoricians are the ones expected to obtain consent from people and they act on behalf of GAIC (Global...
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The second thrilling, chilling installment in Anthony Horowitz's bestselling Gatekeepers series.Matt thought his troubles were over when he closed Raven's Gate . . . but in fact they were just beginning. His fate -- and the fate of the world -- is tied to four other kids across the globe. The second is a street kid in Peru. He and Matt have never met; they don't even speak the same language. But destiny is going to throw them together as the evil...
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview:
#1 Richard Nixon was elected president in 1968, and he knew that the presidency was a splendid misery; however, he needed help. He hired Sherman Adams, a former New Hampshire governor, as his first chief of staff.
#2 Nixon was determined to control his own fate, and he wanted to exact revenge on his enemies. He summoned an important visitor: J. Edgar Hoover, the long-serving...
11) The gatekeepers
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Findaway World, LLC
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[2017]
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The first in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at how the American presidency has hinged on the effectiveness of the White House chiefs of staff, and how their decisions have dictated the course of the country.
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Discovery
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[2014]
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These intimate interviews of the former chiefs themselves, along with two former presidents, provide an unprecedented look behind the closed door of the Oval Office and the annals of history that have unfolded there over the years. Spend almost three hours with the most powerful advisors and closest confidants of presidents past and discover the closely guarded secrets to being the president's gate keeper.
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School office staff are on the front lines of a public school. They answer calls, greet guests, help students, and relay important information to staff and leadership. So why do so many office professionals go without any customer service training? I've spent over 30 years in public education asking this question!
Chock full of insightful tips, tricks, and stories, this handy quick-reference guide will teach you how to put a customer-service spin...
16) The gatekeeper
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Dez Limerick novels volume 1
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"James Byrne's The Gatekeeper introduces Dez Limerick in the most anticipated new thriller in years. A highly trained team of mercenaries launches a well-planned, coordinated attack on a well-guarded military contractor - but they didn't count on one thing, the right man being in the wrong place at the right time. Desmond Aloysius Limerick ("Dez" to all) is a retired mercenary, and enthusiastic amateur musician, currently in Southern California, enjoying...
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TJ Young and the Orishas volume 1
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Fourteen-year-old TJ grew up normal in a secret community of gifted diviners in the heart of modern-day Los Angeles. His powerful sister was ordained to lead his people into a new age of prosperity, but her mysterious death in Nigeria threatens to destroy the very foundations of TJ's world. Desperate to pick up where his sister left off and uncover the secrets behind her questionable death, TJ commits himself to unlocking the magical heritage that...
18) The Gatekeeper
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His enemies are closer than he thinks... When Ash gets a phone call from Detective Jenna Harkness, he knows he's in for a whirlwind. She tells him an officer brought in a crazy man who might be of interest to him. The man thinks it's 1969. But when Ash listens in when Harkness interviews the man-who identifies himself as Donald Douglas-he isn't convinced that there's much of a connection. That is, until Douglas lays eyes on Ash and spits in his face....
19) The Gatekeeper
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From the moment sixteen-year-old Madison Grant is abducted, an unthinkable terrorist plot is set in motion--pitting Special Agent Kelly Jones against her most powerful adversary yet. The kidnapper's ransom demands aren't monetary...they come at a cost that no American can afford to pay.
As Kelly's fiancé, Jake Riley, races to find Madison, Kelly is assigned to another disturbing case: the murder and dismemberment of a senator. At first the two cases...
20) The Gatekeeper
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Hector Kanelos loves his life. As groundskeeper (aka gatekeeper) for the Martins' estate on beautiful Jekyll Island, Georgia, he has found a place to belong and people he loves. His loyalty and commitment to the family are without question, and Michael Martin felt no misgivings when he asked Hector to safeguard the most important secret he and his wife, Andrea, would ever have.
For twins, Lissa and Lani Martin, growing up on Jekyll Island was just...
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