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Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"From former White House aide to President Obama and Harvard graduate, Alejandra Campoverdi, comes a riveting and unflinching memoir on navigating social mobility as a first gen Latina, offering a broad examination of the unacknowledged emotional tolls of being a trailblazer. To be a First and Only in America is a delicate balancing act of surviving where you come from while acting like you belong where you're going. Alejandra Campoverdi has been...
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Publisher
Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Marissa and Clara’s mom is the newly elected president of the United States, and they haven’t experienced much freedom lately. While exploring the White House they discover a hidden tunnel that leads to an underground clubhouse full of antique curiosities, doors heading in all directions―and a mysterious invitation to join the ranks of White House kids. So they sign the pledge. Suddenly, the lights go out, and Marissa and Clara find themselves...
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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From the Founding to today, this book tells the stories of seven former presidents who each changed history and offered lessons about how to decide what to do in the next chapter of life as they handled human problems of ego, finances and questions about their legacy and mortality.
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English
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The contributors to Hollywood's White House examine the historical accuracy of these presidential depictions, illuminate their influence, and uncover how they reflect the concerns of their times and the social and political visions of the filmmakers. The volume, which includes a comprehensive filmography and a bibliography, is ideal for historians and film enthusiasts.
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English
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Alien Hunter: The White House is the electrifying third installment in Whitley Strieber's Alien Hunter series
The aliens have seen many worlds, but they know that Earth in particular is a jewel. They lust for its soaring mountains, its shining seas, its gorgeous forests, and majestic deserts. There is just one part of the planet that they don't want: us.
Flynn Carroll knows that the aliens are a race of brilliance and extraordinary cruelty. And...
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English
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The White House is the official workplace and residence of the President of the United States. It's also a haunted hotspot! Over the years, many visitors and inhabitants of the White House have described paranormal encounters there. Whether it's seeing Abigail Adams doing the washing, viewing Abraham Lincoln lurking in his bedroom, or watching Dolly Madison tending the rose garden, the stories of ghostly apparitions have drawn supernatural enthusiasts...
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English
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How did we go from John F. Kennedy declaring that religion should play no role in the elections to Bush saying, "I believe that God wants me to be president"?
Historian Randall Balmer takes us on a tour of presidential religiosity in the last half of the twentieth century-from Kennedy's 1960 speech that proposed an almost absolute wall between American political and religious life to the soft religiosity of Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society; from...
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TidalWave Productions
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
You wouldnt believe how much trouble one little pooch could be, but when that pup is the First Dog of the United States, theres no telling what he might get into. Join Bo as he takes you on an insider's look at the White House where youll soon discover who is the real Top Dog in Washington.
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English
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From the Front Room of the White House
History, folklore, fact, and hearsay all contribute to the stories of these past generations of hill people, featuring decades of family history while being subjected to poverty, riches, hierarchy, to the lowest of lows is illustrated. Preachers, teachers, owners, and possibly slavery are explained and illustrated by the lives of four families brought together in one area, one region, and one clannish...
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Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"On January 20, 2021, standing where only two weeks earlier police officers had battled with right-wing paramilitaries, Joe Biden took his oath of office. The American people were still sick with COVID-19, his economists were already warning him of an imminent financial crisis, and his party, the Democrats, had the barest of majorities in the Senate. Yet, faced with an unprecedented set of crises, Joe Biden decided he would not play defense. Instead,...
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English
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In the #1 New York Times bestseller, the former Assistant to the President and Director of Communications for the Office of Public Liaison in the Trump White House provides an eye-opening look into the corruption and controversy of the current administration.
Few were a member of Donald Trump's inner orbit longer than Omarosa Manigault Newman. Their relationship spanned fifteen years-through four television shows, a presidential campaign, and a year...
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English
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If you visit Washington, D.C., you can see the home of the president sitting in quiet dignity at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. But did you know that this iconic building has been through a lot in its more than 200 years? This fascinating volume leads young readers on a journey through the history of the White House, from its construction through its burning by the British and the various changes its occupants have made. Photographs and artwork highlight...
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English
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Summary of J. B. West's Upstairs at the White House chronicles his career at the White House and gives an inside look at the six first ladies he served, first as an assistant and then as the chief usher, or general manager, of the dozens of housekeepers, maids, cooks, butlers, gardeners, plumbers, handymen and other staff it takes to keep the White House running. The chief usher manages the household budget, sees to the housing and comfort of guests,...
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English
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Arthur Schlesinger served as a special assistant to President John F. Kennedy throughout his presidency-from the long and grueling campaign to the tragic and unexpected end when Kennedy was assassinated by Oswald. In A Thousand Days, he combines intimate knowledge as one of President Kennedy's inner circle with sweeping research and historic context to provide a look at one of the most legendary presidential administrations in American history. From...
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English
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In Fight House: Rivalries in the White House, from Truman to Trump, Washington Post best-selling presidential historian and former senior White House aide Tevi Troy will examine some of the juiciest, nastiest, and most consequential internecine administration struggles in modern American history. In doing so, he will not only provide context on the administrations, the players, and them in-fighting, but also show how those fights shaped the administrations...
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English
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Mark Felt's role in history was secured when he decided to share his views on the Watergate break-in with a young reporter on the Washington Post named Bob Woodward. He made sure that the greatest political scandal in the twentieth century, which would besmirch an entire administration and bring down a presidency, was revealed in an unchallengeable way.
This absorbing account of Felt's FBI career, from the end of the great American crime wave through...
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A unique history of the park across from the White House, and the many tumultuous events that have happened there-includes photos and illustrations.
Lafayette Square, near the White House, has been in the spotlight during recent protests-but many are unaware that this Washington, DC, spot is surrounded by landmarks and steeped in a fascinating history of rebellion. A congressman shot and killed the son of Francis Scott Key in broad daylight on the...
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English
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White Cottage, White House examines how Classical Hollywood cinema developed and deployed Irish American masculinities to negotiate, consolidate, and reinforce hegemonic whiteness in midcentury America. Largely confined to discriminatory stereotypes during the silent era, Irish American male characters emerge as a favored identity with the introduction of sound, positioned in a variety of roles as mediators between the marginal and mainstream. The...