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Backstage at the White House

Author : Jean Candlish Kelchner
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1434356868
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (343 download)

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Download or read book Backstage at the White House written by Jean Candlish Kelchner and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008-02-28 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once upon a time, First Lady Stacey Lea Forbes and her four best friends uncover a plot to keep women out of powerespecially out of politics They set out to set things right. What unfolds is a momentous battle of the sexes played out in the most powerful arena in the world. The troubled peace that follows culminates almost thirty years later when the daughter of one of their own is sworn in as the First Woman President of the United States. Backstage at the White House is a bigger than life novel with a cast of characters whose passions and powers teeter back and forth between the real and surreal. Stacey Leanne Culberson Forbes, the Perfect First Lady, climbs a tree to think; has visions that her friends take seriously, and forms a secret organization called Women On Watch. Goodman Palmer Forbes, the nation's popular president, feeds his mother's ashes to his fish, plays war games on big electronic boards in the War Room, and obeys commandments he believes are from his mother returned from the grave. John Marion Cardinal Bishop is said to be so powerful that being elevated to Pope would be a comedown, but he has his EVE. Judge Earle Salvation Walker, TV Evangelist, is one of the most powerful churchmen in the world, and his church, The Church Eternal, a modern day phenomenon, but he has a 'good little wife' at home named Carolyn. And the First Lady's friends who risk all with herSarah Winthrop, the only woman senator; Sue Ann Fairmont and Bev Abelson, wives of Senators; and Ellie, Stacey Lea's Girl Friday with whom she shares Karma. Their worlds collide Backstage at the White House.

My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House

Author : Lillian Rogers Parks
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House written by Lillian Rogers Parks and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the combined biography of two domestic servants, a mother and her daughter, each of whom worked for thirty years in the White House. In 1909, he mother was hired by President Taft, who was the first president ever to allow a Black person to enter the White House. She worked in the White House until 1939. Her daughter was hired by President Hoover in 1929 and she worked there until the final days of the Eisenhower Administration in 1959. This book should be required reading for every serious student of American history. The authors were eye witnesses to some of the great events of history and offer different prospectives from that found elsewhere. For example, we learn that when Calvin Coolidge announced in 1927 that he did not intend to run for re-election, he was playing hard-to-get. He believed that the people would insist that he accept a third term of office. He expected to be drafted. He actually wanted a third term in office. Coolidge was disappointed when Herbert Hoover was nominated as he disagreed with Hoover's ideas and policies. We learn that in the last year and a half of the presidency of President Woodrow Wilson, he had to be wheeled around the White House in a wheel chair and was often engaged in "sickbed rambling." When Franklin D. Roosevelt took office as president, he was an invalid, confined to a wheelchair. Few Americans knew this and elaborate means were devised to make it appear that Roosevelt was robust and healthy. Whenever he was to speak, railings were created beside where he was to be standing. This was done so that it would appear that FDR was walking, taking a few steps up to the speaker's podium, when in reality the handrails were holding him up and he was dragging his feet a short distance to create the illusion that he was walking. Also, Roosevelt was dependent on his mother, Sara Delano, who had all the money and controlled his finances.

Hell of a Ride

Author : John Podhoretz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Hell of a Ride written by John Podhoretz and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine a White House MASH written by a Reagan-Bush staffer/speechwriter who saw it all--clueless president, witless sycophants, panicked encumbents, soon to be out on the street. Only a true story of high power at a very low ebb could be this funny.

The Residence

Author : Kate Andersen Brower
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062476017
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book The Residence written by Kate Andersen Brower and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-03-08 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 New York Times Bestseller “A revealing look at life inside the White House. . . it’s Downton Abbey for the White House staff.”— The Today Show A remarkable history with elements of both In the President’s Secret Service and The Butler, The Residence offers an intimate account of the service staff of the White House, from the Kennedys to the Obamas. 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. In her runaway bestseller, former White House correspondent Kate Andersen Brower pulls back the curtain on the world’s most famous address. 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 Family. These dedicated professionals maintain the six-floor mansion’s 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, 28 fireplaces, three elevators, and eight staircases, and prepare everything from hors d’oeuvres for intimate gatherings to meals served at elaborate state dinners. Over the course of the day, they gather in the lower level’s basement kitchen to share stories, trade secrets, forge lifelong friendships, and sometimes even fall in love. Combining incredible first-person anecdotes from extensive interviews with scores of White House staff members—many speaking for the first time—with archival research, Kate Andersen Brower tells their story. She reveals the intimacy between the First Family and the people who serve them, as well as tension that has shaken the staff over the decades. From the housekeeper and engineer who fell in love while serving President Reagan to Jackie Kennedy’s private moment of grief with a beloved staffer after her husband’s assassination to the tumultuous days surrounding President Nixon’s resignation and President Clinton’s impeachment battle, The Residence is full of surprising and moving details that illuminate day-to-day life at the White House.

White House Diary

Author : Jimmy Carter
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 9781429990653
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book White House Diary written by Jimmy Carter and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2010-09-20 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The edited, annotated diary of President Jimmy Carter--filled with insights into his presidency, his relationships with friends and foes, and his lasting impact on issues that still preoccupy America and the world Each day during his presidency, Jimmy Carter made several entries in a private diary, recording his thoughts, impressions, delights, and frustrations. He offered unvarnished assessments of cabinet members, congressmen, and foreign leaders; he narrated the progress of secret negotiations such as those that led to the Camp David Accords. When his four-year term came to an end in early 1981, the diary amounted to more than five thousand pages. But this extraordinary document has never been made public--until now. By carefully selecting the most illuminating and relevant entries, Carter has provided us with an astonishingly intimate view of his presidency. Day by day, we see his forceful advocacy for nuclear containment, sustainable energy, human rights, and peace in the Middle East. We witness his interactions with such complex personalities as Ted Kennedy, Henry Kissinger, Joe Biden, Anwar Sadat, and Menachem Begin. We get the inside story of his so-called "malaise speech," his bruising battle for the 1980 Democratic nomination, and the Iranian hostage crisis. Remarkably, we also get Carter's retrospective comments on these topics and more: thirty years after the fact, he has annotated the diary with his candid reflections on the people and events that shaped his presidency, and on the many lessons learned. Carter is now widely seen as one of the truly wise men of our time. Offering an unprecedented look at both the man and his tenure, White House Diary is a fascinating book that stands as a unique contribution to the history of the American presidency.

Backstage at the White House

Author : Jean Candlish Kelchner
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 143435685X
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (343 download)

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Download or read book Backstage at the White House written by Jean Candlish Kelchner and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008-02 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Art of the Earth is a much needed, hands-on guide for reunion with the natural world through the practice of humanity's ancient and enduring art forms. To help us respond to the alienation, apathy, and despair so prevelant in our culture, Art of the Earth returns to the original creativity of humankind. Through guided art meditations, we tell stories, knead clay, chant, make mosaics, masks, and sacred vessels, sing, and drum. Through practicing art forms which evolved through close human-Earth relationships, we rediscover, at the roots of creativity, our ancient, enduring, though tragically forgotten, partnership with Earth. Art of the Earth synthesizes communally shared art activities with universal concepts grounded in diverse spiritual tradtions and new insights from such fields as ecology, eco-psychology, creation spirituality, and art therapy. Ultimately, Art of the Earth is a journey of initiation into living in deep relationship with the Earth. Through the Art of the Earth journey, we become creative participants in the immense social tranformation needed to address the global ecological crisis of our time.

White House Story

Author : Melinda Naumann Bates
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781723100543
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book White House Story written by Melinda Naumann Bates and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2019-03-24 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: White House Story, a Memoir, is the inside story of one woman's amazing journey from church volunteer to Special Assistant to the President and Director, White House Visitors Office. Melinda Bates is, in fact, the first person in history to hold that position for all eight years of any administration, a job she proudly did for President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton.From her gorgeous East Wing office the author arranged some of the White House' most complex events, like the annual Easter Egg Roll for 30,000 people on Easter Monday, national and international festivities and elegant parties or Arrival Ceremonies and State Dinners for heads of state from around the world.An ordinary day might include breakfast with Tom Hanks, lunch with Michael Douglas, Robin Williams or Dr. Ruth, tea with the Queen of Sweden and dinner seated next to the President of the United States. One moment she is greeting the elegant former Queen of Greece and the next, the Grateful Dead - and that was a normal day in the Clinton White House. This memoir is a funny, surprising and candid look backstage in America's House, where fabulous things happen every day and the teeniest mistake may show up on the front page of the NYTimes or Washington Post - so imagine how good at it you'd have to be to keep a job like that for all eight years! The White House is the world's most famous House, but it's still a mystery to most people. Melinda Bates' intimate and amazing memoir invites people in for what her old friend and former boss Bill Clinton, called, "a hell of a ride!"

Under Fire

Author : April Ryan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538113376
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Under Fire written by April Ryan and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-09-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Veteran White House reporter April Ryan thought she had seen everything in her two decades as a White House correspondent. And then came the Trump administration. In Under Fire, Ryan takes us inside the confusion and chaos of the Trump White House to understand how she and other reporters adjusted to the new normal. She takes us inside the policy debates, the revolving door of personnel appointments, and what it is like when she, as a reporter asking difficult questions, finds herself in the spotlight, becoming part of the story. With the world on edge and a country grappling with a new controversy almost daily, Ryan gives readers a glimpse into current events from her perspective, not only from inside the briefing room but also as a target of those who want to avoid answering probing questions. After reading her new book, readers will have an unprecedented inside view of the Trump White House and what it is like to be a reporter Under Fire.

State of the Onion

Author : Julie Hyzy
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780425218693
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (186 download)

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Download or read book State of the Onion written by Julie Hyzy and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-01-02 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introducing White House Assistant Chef Olivia Paras, who is rising-and sleuthing-to the top. Includes recipes for a complete presidential menu! Never let them see you sweat-that's White House Assistant Chef Olivia Paras's motto, which is pretty hard to honor in the most important kitchen in the world. She's hell-bent on earning her dream job, Executive Chef. There's just one thing: her nemesis is vying for it, too. Well, that and the fact that an elusive assassin wants to see her fry.

The Gatekeepers

Author : Chris Whipple
Publisher : Crown Publishing Group (NY)
ISBN 13 : 0804138249
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book The Gatekeepers written by Chris Whipple and published by Crown Publishing Group (NY). This book was released on 2017 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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 by him alone. He is the president's closest adviser and the person he depends on to execute his agenda. He decides who gets to see the president, negotiates with Congress, and--most crucially--enjoys unparalleled access to the leader of the free world. When the president makes a life-and-death decision, often the chief of staff is the only other person in the room. Each chief can make or break an administration, and each president reveals himself by the chief he picks. Through extensive, intimate interviews with all seventeen living chiefs and two former presidents, award-winning journalist and producer Chris Whipple pulls back the curtain on this unique fraternity, whose members have included Rahm Emanuel, Dick Cheney, Leon Panetta, and Donald Rumsfeld. In doing so, he revises our understanding of presidential history, showing us how James Baker and Panetta skillfully managed the presidencies of Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton, ensuring their reelections--and, conversely, how Jimmy Carter never understood the importance of a chief, crippling his ability to govern. From Watergate to Iran-Contra to the Monica Lewinsky scandal to the Iraq War, Whipple shows us how the chief of staff can make the difference between success and disaster. As an outsider president tries to govern after a bitterly divisive election, The Gatekeepers could not be more timely. Filled with shrewd analysis and never-before-reported details, it is a compelling history that changes our perspective on the presidency."--Jacket flap.

The White House

Author : Mike McCurry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780316192613
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (926 download)

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Download or read book The White House written by Mike McCurry and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE WHITE HOUSE: THE PRESIDENT'S HOME IN PHOTOGRAPHS AND HISTORY covers every aspect of White House Life over the past 200 years. Witness multiple refurbishments to the house, media coverage and popular photography of the White House, and photos of its illustrious inhabitants, visitors, and even pets and illustrations. Accompanying the photographs is an incisive, informative text by renowned critic Vicki Goldberg. A rich visual history and a beautiful gift book, THE WHITE HOUSE is a must for photography and history buffs alike.

West Wingers

Author : Gautam Raghavan
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0143133292
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book West Wingers written by Gautam Raghavan and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Obama White House staff invites us behind-the-scenes of history for a deeply personal and moving look at the presidency and how the president’s staff can change the nation “West Wingers is exceptional. . . . We have so much to learn from these stories.” —President Biden When we elect a president, we elect with them an entire team that will join them in the West Wing to help run the country. Each of these staffers has a story to tell, and in West Wingers, Barack Obama’s White House staff reveals how these extraordinary citizens shape the presidency and the nation. In these moving and revealing personal stories, eighteen Obama staffers bring us deep inside the presidency, offering intimate accounts of how they made it to the White House, what they witnessed, and what they accomplished there. We hear from a married gay staffer pushing the president towards marriage equality; a senior aide working to implement the Affordable Care Act while battling Stage IV cancer; a hijab-wearing Muslim adviser accompanying the President to a mosque. In each one we see the human face of government, staffers devoting themselves to the issues that have defined their lives. From the triumphs of Obamacare and marriage equality to the tragedy of the Charleston shooting, this book tells the history of the Obama presidency through the men and women who worked tirelessly to support his vision for America. More than just a history though, West Wingers is an inspiring call to arms for public service, a testament to the possibility of real social change, and a powerful demonstration of what true diversity, inclusivity, and progress can look like in America. “These deeply moving stories offer more than a fascinating view into the window of history: they show us how hope becomes real, sustainable change.” —Valerie Jarrett, former senior advisor to President Obama

Looking Over the President's Shoulder

Author : James Still
Publisher : Dramatic Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781583422298
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (222 download)

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Download or read book Looking Over the President's Shoulder written by James Still and published by Dramatic Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Playbook

All Too Human

Author : George Stephanopoulos
Publisher : Back Bay Books
ISBN 13 : 0316041920
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book All Too Human written by George Stephanopoulos and published by Back Bay Books. This book was released on 2008-08-01 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All Too Human is a new-generation political memoir, written from the refreshing perspective of one who got his hands on the levers of awesome power at an early age. At thirty, the author was at Bill Clinton's side during the presidential campaign of 1992, & for the next five years he was rarely more than a step away from the president & his other advisers at every important moment of the first term. What Liar's Poker did to Wall Street, this book will do to politics. It is an irreverent & intimate portrait of how the nation's weighty business is conducted by people whose egos & idiosyncrasies are no sturdier than anyone else's. Including sharp portraits of the Clintons, Al Gore, Dick Morris, Colin Powell, & scores of others, as well as candid & revelatory accounts of the famous debacles & triumphs of an administration that constantly went over the top, All Too Human is, like its author, a brilliant combination of pragmatic insight & idealism. It is destined to be the most important & enduring book to come out of the Clinton administration.

Ten Minutes from Normal

Author : Karen Hughes
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 110120088X
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Ten Minutes from Normal written by Karen Hughes and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-12-28 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times bestseller from President George W. Bush’s “most essential advisor” (ABC News). An inside look at the life of Bush’s most respected aide and confidante, as she balanced her role as one of the most influential women ever to set foot in the White House against her role as a wife and mother. “The rule of thumb in any White House is that nobody is indispensable except the president,” said The New York Times, “But Karen Hughes has come as close to that description as any recent presidential aide.” Ten Minutes from Normal is the often humorous, disarmingly down-to-earth, and politically fascinating journey of her time in Bush’s inner circle. As Counselor to the President for his first eighteen months in the White House and as his communications director since he first ran for Governor of Texas in 1994, Hughes was a crucial influence. When he first moved to Washington, Bush told members of the White House staff that he wanted Karen in the room whenever any major decisions were made. Being a journalist, she was fascinated by politics and inspired by people who sought elective office to improve their communities. When she married and became the instant mother of a nine-year-old stepdaughter, she realized her priorities had changed: Family mattered, and she didn’t want to live as if it didn’t. Thus her life became one of balancing her career ambitions and her deeply felt sense of service and duty with her responsibilities and love for her family. In various Republican campaigns in Texas, she worked from home with her young son, Robert, beside her. She planned the 1990 Republican State Convention from her driveway while Robert played in the dirt at her feet. Karen tried to bring the perspective of a working mom to the White House, often asking the question she first learned as a reporter: “What does this mean to the average person?” Her exhilarating life in Washington was unlike anything she had experienced before, yet the lack of balance between her service to the President and country and her service to her family was a daily struggle. By the spring of 2002, Karen found herself in turmoil. She knew the president needed her, but her family needed her, too. Her son was not happy in Washington; neither was her husband. After much soul-searching, she concluded that she could do a better job of serving the president from Texas than of serving her family from Washington. “I love you, Mr. President,” she told him, “but I have to move my family back to Texas.” She continued to serve Bush from her home in Austin and laughed about the so-called “balance” she found. When she looked at the wall calendar in her kitchen, she found the State of the Union address side by side with her son’s orthodontist appointments.

Flowers, White House Style

Author : Dottie Temple
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743223349
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book Flowers, White House Style written by Dottie Temple and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2002 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated history of flower design at the White House from 1960 to the present showcases arrangements created for a variety of state and other events and provides instructions for creating arrangements at home.

Fonduing Fathers

Author : Julie Hyzy
Publisher : Wheeler Publishing, Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781410460080
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Fonduing Fathers written by Julie Hyzy and published by Wheeler Publishing, Incorporated. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: White House executive chef Olivia Paras has always believed that her father was an honorable man. Then a visit to her mother reveals that he was dishonorably discharged from the army. Even more shocking, Olivia learns that he was brutally murdered because someone suspected him of selling corporate secrets. Refusing to accept that her father is a scoundrel, Olivia enlists the help of her boyfriend and sets out to prove his innocence.