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The Situation Room

The Situation Room
  • Author(s): George Stephanopoulos
  • Location(s): Washington DC
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction

George Stephanopoulos, former senior advisor to President Clinton and for more than 20 years anchor of This Weekand co-anchor of Good Morning America, recounts the crises that decided the course of history, from the place 12 presidents made their...

The Yanks Are Starving: A Novel of the Bonus Army

The Yanks Are Starving: A Novel of the Bonus Army
  • Author(s): Glen Craney
  • Location(s): France, Washington DC
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Early 20th century

In 1932, a charismatic hobo led 20,000 jobless American WWI veterans into Washington, D.C., only to be driven out of the city with tanks and gas. The novel unfolds the events that led to this confrontation through the experiences...

Transfer of Power

Transfer of Power
  • Author(s): Vince Flynn
  • Location(s): Washington DC
  • Genre(s): Thriller, Political
  • Era(s): Modern

On a busy Washington morning, amid the shuffle of tourists and the brisk rush of government officials, the stately calm of the White House is shattered in a hail of gunfire. A group of terrorists has descended on the...

White Houses

White Houses
  • Author(s): Amy Bloom
  • Location(s): United States (USA), Washington DC
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1930s

In 1933, President Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt took up residence in the White House. With them went the celebrated journalist Lorena Hickok – Hick to friends – a straight-talking reporter from South Dakota, whose passionate relationship with the idealistic,...

Without Fail (Jack Reacher 6)

Without Fail (Jack Reacher 6)
  • Author(s): Lee Child
  • Location(s): Washington DC
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Jack Reacher walks alone. No job, no ID, no last known address. But he never turns down a plea for help. Now a woman tracks him down. A woman serving at the very heart of US power. A woman...

You Are One of Them

You Are One of Them
  • Author(s): Elliott Holt
  • Location(s): Washington DC, Russia
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1980s

Set against the backdrop of Cleveland Heights, a Washington, D.C. neighborhood during the 1980s, when the US feared of nuclear attack from Russia, You Are One of Them is a story of trust and betrayal, not among nations, but...

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