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When D.C. reporter Cal McCaffrey is assigned to investigate the murder of an assistant to an up-and-coming politician, he uncovers a conspiracy that threatens to bring down the nation's power structures. In a town of spin-doctors and wealthy power brokers, he will discover one truth: when fortunes are at stake, no one's integrity, love, or life is safe.
3) Roe v. Wade
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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Dr. Bernard Nathanson and Dr. Mildred Jefferson square off in a national battle in this untold conspiracy that led to the most famous and controversial court case in history. It is a compelling and deeper look into the parties involved on both sides of this landmark decision.
4) Casino Jack
Pub. Date
[2011]
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English
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Jack Abramoff, the real-life Washington power player, resorted to jaw-dropping levels of fraud and corruption. High-rolling excess and outrageous escapades are all in a day's work for Abramoff as he goes to outrageous lengths to promote the Indian gambling industry, earning him the nickname 'Casino Jack.' But when Jack and his womanizing protege Michael Scanlon enlist a dimwitted business partner for an illegal scheme, they find themselves ensnared...
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Through comic mayhem that stretches from the White House and through the heartland, Columbus, Tallahasse, Wichita, and Little Rock the team of slayers must face off against the many new kinds of zombies that have evolved since the first movie, as well as some new human survivors. But most of all, they have to face the growing pains of their own snarky, makeshift family.
Pub. Date
[2008]
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English
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Two determined California college students, Arian and Ernest, follow the inspiration of their idealistic professor, Dr. Malley, and attempt to do something important with their lives. The two make the bold decision to join the battle in Afghanistan. Dr. Malley is both moved and distraught. Now, as Arian and Ernest fight for survival in the field and the human consequences of war becomes clear for these two students trapped behind enemy lines, they...
8) We die young
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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A veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder helps two boys get revenge on a drug lord in Washington, D.C.
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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Trading Christmas: Emily Springer is disappointed in her daughter, Heather, won't make the cross-country trip from Harvard to visit at Christmas. Emily decides to surprise Heather and trades houses with Charles Brewster, a college professor. Emily is the one who is surprised when she finds out her daughter left for Florida with her boyfriend and has only Charles' brother for company. In this holiday tale about twists of fate, Emily and Charles find...
10) D.C. sniper
Pub. Date
2010.
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English
Description
Based on true events, a shooter and his young accomplice randomly kill innocent people in public areas around Washington, D.C.
12) The walker
Pub. Date
2008.
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English
Description
Having spent many years accompanying society women to political events and learning their secrets, a gay male escort in Washington, D.C., finds himself in the spotlight of an investigation.
13) The genius club
Pub. Date
[2008]
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English
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Seven geniuses, with IQs over 200 are brought together by a terrorist on Christmas Eve to try and solve the world's problems in one night. It's a cat and mouse battle of intellectual superiority with a mad genius who wants to detonate a nuclear bomb in Washingon D.C. A 3-word password has to be uncovered.
14) D.C. cab
Pub. Date
1983, c2004.
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English
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A young southerner (Baldwin) travels to Washington, D.C. to seek his fortune, and gets a job as a cabbie in a company owned and managed by a friend of his late father (Gail). The wide-eyed youth is determined to win acceptance by the rag-tag group of crazies who are the drivers for the struggling cab company.
15) The conspirator
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Behind the story you've always heard about Abraham Lincoln's assassination, comes the thrilling true story about the people accused of conspiring to take down a government. In the wake of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, seven men and one woman are arrested and charged with conspiring to kill the President, Vice President, and Secretary of State. The lone woman charged, Mary Surratt, owns a boarding house where John Wilkes Booth, planned the simultaneous...
16) Lions for lambs
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Three stories converge when a professor and an apathetic student discuss the nature of activism, a Republican senator tries to sell a journalist on the government's new miltary strategy, and two of the professor's former students fighting in Iraq find themselves trapped behind enemy lines.
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2008.
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English
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2009-0917 A renowned scientist finds herself face to face with an alien called Klaatu, who has travelled across the universe to warn of an impending global crisis. She quickly discovers the deadly ramifications of Klaatu's claim that he is a "friend" to the earth.
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