Kate Andersen Brower
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America's First Families are unknowable in many ways. No one has insight into their true character like the people who serve their meals and make their beds every day. Full of stories and details by turns dramatic, humorous, and heartwarming, The Residence reveals daily life in the White House as it is really lived through the voices of the maids, butlers, cooks, florists, doormen, engineers, and others who tend to the needs of the President and First...
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"No celebrity rivals Elizabeth Taylor's glamour and guts or her level of fame. She was the last major star to come out of the old Hollywood studio system and she is a legend known for her beauty and her magnetic screen presence in a career that spanned most of the twentieth century and nearly sixty films. But her private life was even more compelling than her Oscar-winning on-screen performances. During her seventy-nine years of rapid-fire love and...
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Brower draws on a wide array of untapped, candid sources to tell the stories of the ten remarkable women who have defined the role of First Lady of the United States since 1960. From Jackie Kennedy to Michelle Obama, she offers new insights into this privileged group, and shares stories exploring everything from the first ladies political crusades to their rivalries with Washington figures; from their friendships with other first ladies to their public...
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Residence and First Women--also a New York Times bestseller--comes a poignant, news-making look at the lives of the five former presidents in the wake of their White House years, including the surprising friendships they have formed through shared perspective and empathy.After serving the highest office of American government, five men--Jimmy Carter, the late George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George...
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"An intimate, news-making look at the men who are next in line to the most powerful office in the world--the vice presidents of the modern era--from Richard Nixon to Joe Biden to Mike Pence. Vice presidents occupy a unique and important position, living partway in the spotlight and part in the wings. Of the forty-eight vice presidents who have served the United States, fourteen have become president; eight of these have risen to the Oval Office because...
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Harper Audio
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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One of the most underestimated, and challenging, positions in the world, the First Lady of the United States must be many things: an inspiring leader with a forward-thinking agenda of her own; a savvy politician, skilled at navigating the treacherous rapids of Washington; a wife and mother operating under constant scrutiny; and an able CEO responsible for the smooth operation of countless services and special events at the White House. Kate Andersen...
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Bo ya wen ku volume 66
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Wu nan tu shu chu ban gu fen you xian gong si
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2018.
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中文
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Ėksmo
Pub. Date
[2018]
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Russian
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V ėtoĭ knige sobrany neizvestnye istorii o zhizni pervykh ledi ot Zhaklin Kennedi do Melanii Tramp. Avtor vzi︠a︡la bolee 200 intervʹi︠u︡ u chlenov semeĭ, druzeĭ, lichnykh assistentov, press-sekretareĭ, obsluzhivai︠u︡shchego Belyĭ Dom personala, podni︠a︡la mnozhestvo arkhivnykh zapiseĭ, pisem i dnevnikov. Vy uznaete shokirui︠u︡shchie i tragichnye podrobnosti vzaimootnosheniĭ s muzhʹi︠a︡mi, ob intrigakh Belogo doma...