
The Residence
Inside the Private World of the White House
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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. 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.
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- De: Hazel Rowley
- Narrado por: Tavia Gilbert
- Duración: 12 h y 44 m
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Franklin Delano and Eleanor Roosevelt’s marriage is one of the most celebrated and scrutinized partnerships in presidential history. It raised eyebrows in their lifetimes and has only become more controversial since their deaths. From FDR’s lifelong romance with Lucy Mercer to Eleanor’s purported lesbianism - and many scandals in between - the American public has never tired of speculating about the ties that bound these two headstrong individuals.
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Inspired by the facts, not the book
- De Molly-o en 08-10-14
De: Hazel Rowley
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Army Wives
- The Unwritten Code of Military Marriage
- De: Tanya Biank
- Narrado por: Laural Merlington
- Duración: 10 h y 11 m
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Army Wives goes beyond the sound bites and photo ops of military life to bring listeners into the hearts and homes of today's military wives. Biank tells the story of four typical Army wives who, in a flash, find themselves in extraordinary circumstances that ultimately force them to redefine who they are as women and wives.
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True life, not the TV Show
- De M. Hill en 06-16-10
De: Tanya Biank
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Eleanor and Hick
- The Love Affair That Shaped a First Lady
- De: Susan Quinn
- Narrado por: Kimberly Farr
- Duración: 13 h y 45 m
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In 1932 Eleanor Roosevelt entered the claustrophobic, duty-bound existence of the first lady with dread. By that time she had put her deep disappointment in her marriage behind her and developed an independent life - now threatened by the public role she would be forced to play. A lifeline came to her in the form of a feisty campaign reporter for the Associated Press: Lorena Hickok. Over the next 30 years, until Eleanor's death, the two women carried on an extraordinary relationship.
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An Icon who was real.
- De Francine Fields en 08-17-17
De: Susan Quinn
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Watergate
- A Novel
- De: Thomas Mallon
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 15 h y 54 m
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For all the monumental documentation that Watergate generated - uncountable volumes of committee records, court transcripts, and memoirs - it falls at last to a novelist to perform the work of inference (and invention) that allows us to solve some of the scandal’s greatest mysteries - who did erase those eighteen-and-a-half minutes of tape? - and to see this gaudy American catastrophe in its human entirety. In Watergate, Thomas Mallon conveys the drama and high comedy of the Nixon presidency through the urgent perspectives of seven characters we only thought we knew.
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A great listen
- De Tad Davis en 03-29-12
De: Thomas Mallon
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The Diana Chronicles
- De: Tina Brown
- Narrado por: Rosalyn Landor
- Duración: 21 h y 21 m
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In The Diana Chronicles, you will meet a formidable female cast and understand as never before the society that shaped them: among them, Diana's sexually charged mother, her bad-girl sister-in-law, Fergie, and, most formidable of them all, her mother-in-law, the Queen. Add Camilla Parker-Bowles, the ultimate "other woman" into this combustible mix, and it's no wonder that Diana broke out of her royal cage into celebrity culture, where she found her own power and used it to devastating effect.
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One of the best Diana's
- De J F Whitmore en 08-02-12
De: Tina Brown
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A Fine Romance
- De: Candice Bergen
- Narrado por: Candice Bergen
- Duración: 14 h y 2 m
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A Fine Romance begins with Bergen's charming first husband, French director Louis Malle, whose huge appetite for life broadened her horizons and whose occasional darkness never diminished their love for each other. But her real romance begins when she discovers overpowering love for her daughter after years of ambivalence about motherhood.
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- De Susan M. Mitchell en 06-03-15
De: Candice Bergen
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Lady Bird and Lyndon
- The Hidden Story of a Marriage That Made a President
- De: Betty Boyd Caroli
- Narrado por: Amanda Carlin
- Duración: 16 h y 6 m
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A fresh look at Lady Bird Johnson that upends her image as a plain Jane who was married for her money and mistreated by Lyndon. This Lady Bird worked quietly behind the scenes through every campaign, every illness, and a trying presidency as a key strategist, fundraiser, barnstormer, peacemaker, and indispensable therapist.
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Lady Bird & btw Lyndon
- De Richard en 11-27-15
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George & Barbara Bush
- A Great American Love Story
- De: Ellie LeBlond Sosa, Kelly Anne Chase, George W. Bush - foreword
- Narrado por: Erin Bennett
- Duración: 5 h
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"To begin with I was in love and I am in love so that's not hard," Barbara Bush told her granddaughter Ellie LeBlond Sosa. Sosa had asked for the secret to her and President George H.W. Bush's 77-year love affair that withstood World War II separation, a leap of faith into the oil fields of West Texas, the painful loss of a child, a political climb to the highest office, and after the White House, the transition back to a "normal" life. Sosa and co-author Kelly Anne Chase paint the portrait of the enduring relationship of George and Barbara Bush.
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A Beautiful, Uplifting Read!
- De Cathi Hughes en 03-18-23
De: Ellie LeBlond Sosa, y otros
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Inside Camp David
- The Private World of the Presidential Retreat
- De: Michael Giorgione
- Narrado por: Michael Giorgione
- Duración: 7 h y 48 m
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A peaceful mountaintop setting crucially removed from the constant scrutiny of the press, Camp David has served as both a site of critical diplomacy and unparalleled tranquility. It is where President and Mrs. Reagan rode horses through the mountains, where Gerald Ford could take a moment to jump on a trampoline with his daughter, where Nixon rode shotgun with Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev, and where Jimmy Carter could find the ultimate flight-sledding - only to break his clavicle two weeks before the end of his tenure.
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I’m a Camp David “mom”
- De D. Eubanks en 12-03-20
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Lady Bird Johnson
- An Oral History
- De: Michael L. Gillette
- Narrado por: Corinna May
- Duración: 17 h y 28 m
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Over a span of 18 years, Lady Bird Johnson recorded 47 oral history interviews with Michael Gillette and his colleagues. These conversations, just released in 2011, form the heart of Lady Bird Johnson: An Oral History, an intimate story of a shy young country girl's transformation into one of America's most effective and admired First Ladies.
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Fantastic
- De Syd Young en 06-01-19
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Mad Women
- The Other Side of Life on Madison Avenue in the '60s and Beyond
- De: Jane Maas
- Narrado por: Coleen Marlo
- Duración: 5 h y 33 m
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Mad Women is a tell-all account of life in the New York advertising world of the 1960s and '70s from Jane Maas, a female copywriter who succeeded in the primarily male environment portrayed by the hit TV show Mad Men. Fans of the show are dying to know how accurate it is: did people really have that much sex in the office? Were there really three-martini lunches? Were women really second-class citizens? Jane Maas says the answer to all three questions is unequivocally yes....
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Interesting Listen
- De Dean en 04-23-12
De: Jane Maas
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First Women
- The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies
- De: Kate Andersen Brower
- Narrado por: Karen White
- Duración: 12 h y 23 m
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In 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.
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Who is missing?
- De Southern belle en 05-07-16
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Upstairs at the White House
- My Life with the First Ladies
- De: J. B. West
- Narrado por: Eric Jason Martin
- Duración: 13 h y 26 m
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J. B. West, chief usher of the White House, directed the operations and maintenance of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue - and coordinated its daily life - at the request of the president and his family. He directed state functions; planned parties, weddings, funerals, gardens, playgrounds, and extensive renovations; and with a large staff, supervised every activity in the presidential home.
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A tasteful taste of history
- De Mark en 04-27-15
De: J. B. West
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Team of Five
- The Presidents Club in the Age of Trump
- De: Kate Andersen Brower
- Narrado por: Erin Bennett
- Duración: 9 h y 50 m
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From the number one New York Times best-selling author of The Residence and First Women - also a New York Times best seller - 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.
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Fascinating
- De Jean en 06-18-20
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The Hidden History of the White House
- Power Struggles, Scandals, and Defining Moments
- De: Corey Mead
- Narrado por: Lindsay Graham, Jeremy Arthur
- Duración: 8 h y 45 m
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For more than two centuries, the White House in Washington, DC, has been the stage for some of the most climactic moments in American history. Its walls and portraits have witnessed fierce power struggles, history-altering decisions, shocking scandals, and intimate moments among the First Family, their guests, and the staff.
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- De Nancy en 02-06-25
De: Corey Mead
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The First Family Detail
- Secret Service Agents Reveal the Hidden Lives of the Presidents
- De: Ronald Kessler
- Narrado por: Michael Bybee
- Duración: 6 h y 52 m
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From New York Times best-selling author and award-winning reporter Ronald Kessler, The First Family Detail tells eye-opening, behind-the-scenes stories from Secret Service agents about presidents and their families.
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This was very, very interesting!
- De E.R. en 08-19-14
De: Ronald Kessler
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Exploring the White House
- Inside America's Most Famous Home
- De: Kate Andersen Brower
- Narrado por: Patricia Santomasso
- Duración: 4 h y 11 m
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Have you ever wondered what exactly goes on inside 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue? Sure, the president of the United States works and resides there, but do you know who helps keep this historic house running? It’s no simple task, especially when there are important state events and foreign dignitaries - in addition to presidential pups, mischievous children, and even a couple of ghosts. And its Residence workers and first ladies make sure everything is in check and running smoothly.
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Not bad, not bad at all.
- De brian en 12-09-20
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First Women
- The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies
- De: Kate Andersen Brower
- Narrado por: Karen White
- Duración: 12 h y 23 m
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In 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.
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Who is missing?
- De Southern belle en 05-07-16
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Upstairs at the White House
- My Life with the First Ladies
- De: J. B. West
- Narrado por: Eric Jason Martin
- Duración: 13 h y 26 m
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J. B. West, chief usher of the White House, directed the operations and maintenance of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue - and coordinated its daily life - at the request of the president and his family. He directed state functions; planned parties, weddings, funerals, gardens, playgrounds, and extensive renovations; and with a large staff, supervised every activity in the presidential home.
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A tasteful taste of history
- De Mark en 04-27-15
De: J. B. West
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Team of Five
- The Presidents Club in the Age of Trump
- De: Kate Andersen Brower
- Narrado por: Erin Bennett
- Duración: 9 h y 50 m
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From the number one New York Times best-selling author of The Residence and First Women - also a New York Times best seller - 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.
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Fascinating
- De Jean en 06-18-20
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The Hidden History of the White House
- Power Struggles, Scandals, and Defining Moments
- De: Corey Mead
- Narrado por: Lindsay Graham, Jeremy Arthur
- Duración: 8 h y 45 m
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For more than two centuries, the White House in Washington, DC, has been the stage for some of the most climactic moments in American history. Its walls and portraits have witnessed fierce power struggles, history-altering decisions, shocking scandals, and intimate moments among the First Family, their guests, and the staff.
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Not worth reading
- De Nancy en 02-06-25
De: Corey Mead
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The First Family Detail
- Secret Service Agents Reveal the Hidden Lives of the Presidents
- De: Ronald Kessler
- Narrado por: Michael Bybee
- Duración: 6 h y 52 m
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From New York Times best-selling author and award-winning reporter Ronald Kessler, The First Family Detail tells eye-opening, behind-the-scenes stories from Secret Service agents about presidents and their families.
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This was very, very interesting!
- De E.R. en 08-19-14
De: Ronald Kessler
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Exploring the White House
- Inside America's Most Famous Home
- De: Kate Andersen Brower
- Narrado por: Patricia Santomasso
- Duración: 4 h y 11 m
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Have you ever wondered what exactly goes on inside 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue? Sure, the president of the United States works and resides there, but do you know who helps keep this historic house running? It’s no simple task, especially when there are important state events and foreign dignitaries - in addition to presidential pups, mischievous children, and even a couple of ghosts. And its Residence workers and first ladies make sure everything is in check and running smoothly.
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Not bad, not bad at all.
- De brian en 12-09-20
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White House Usher
- Stories from the Inside
- De: Christopher B. Emery
- Narrado por: Jonathan Salkoff
- Duración: 6 h y 23 m
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For more than 200 years, a small office has operated on the state floor of the White House executive residence. Known as the Usher's Office, whose mission is to accommodate the personal needs of the first family, and to make the White House feel like a home. The Usher's Office is the managing office of the executive residence and its staff of 90-plus. The staff consists of butlers, carpenters, grounds personnel, electricians, painters, plumbers, florists, maids, housemen, cooks, chefs, storekeepers, curators, calligraphers, doormen, and administrative support.
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Interesting. Maybe a little unfinished?
- De Crystal Stapleton en 06-25-22
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Thirty-Six Years in the White House
- De: Thomas F. Pendel
- Narrado por: Brian V. Hunt
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For 36 years, from Lincoln to Teddy Roosevelt, Tom Pendel saw the daily comings and goings at the center of American political life in the White House. As doorkeeper, he saw senators, congressmen, royalty, citizens, and scoundrels appear on the White House steps.
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Very interesting
- De Crystal Stapleton en 06-28-22
De: Thomas F. Pendel
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In the President's Secret Service
- Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect
- De: Ronald Kessler
- Narrado por: Alan Sklar
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Secret Service agents, acting as human surveillance cameras, observe everything that goes on behind the scenes in the president's inner circle. Ronald Kessler reveals what they have seen, providing startling, previously untold stories about the presidents, from John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson to George W. Bush and Barack Obama, as well as about their families, Cabinet officers, and White House aides.
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President's are just human.
- De 9S en 04-26-12
De: Ronald Kessler
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Inside the White House
- De: Ronald Kessler
- Narrado por: Jeff Riggenbach
- Duración: 9 h y 36 m
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"If the general public knew what was going on inside the White House, they would scream." So states one Secret Service agent, just a small link in the chain of security that has guarded the public image of the presidency and the men who define it - until now. With unprecedented access to Secret Service agents, domestic servants, Air Force One stewards, and military aides, journalist Ronald Kessler has gone behind the scenes to uncover the inside story of the White House.
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Politically slanted, but interesting.
- De S. Horvath en 06-20-18
De: Ronald Kessler
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The Hill
- Inside the Secret World of the U.S. Capitol
- De: Kate Andersen Brower
- Narrado por: Patricia Santomasso
- Duración: 5 h y 25 m
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There’s a secret world hidden in the halls of the U.S. Capitol! The first stone was laid by George Washington himself, and the building stands today as one of the most recognizable symbols of the oldest democracy in the world. In this home of America’s legislative branch, senators and representatives fight to pass laws they believe are for the good of the country.
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The Presidents Club
- Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity
- De: Nancy Gibbs, Michael Duffy
- Narrado por: Bob Walter
- Duración: 22 h
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The Presidents Club was born at Eisenhower’s inauguration when Harry Truman and Herbert Hoover first conceived the idea. Over the years that followed - and to this day - the presidents relied on, misunderstood, sabotaged, and formed alliances with one another that changed history. The world’s most exclusive fraternity is a complicated place: its members are bound forever because they sat in the Oval Office and know its secrets, yet they are immortal rivals for history’s favor.
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Engaging subject, but fact-checking needed
- De loix en 04-25-12
De: Nancy Gibbs, y otros
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20 Years in the Secret Service: New Edition
- My Life with Five Presidents
- De: Rufus W. Youngblood
- Narrado por: Tony Messano
- Duración: 7 h y 24 m
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While highlighting his 20-year career in the Secret Service during which he protected Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon, US Secret Service Agent Rufus W. Youngblood describes the complexities, risks, and constant tensions involved in protecting America's chief executive. Along with several humorous anecdotes, archival audio inserts enhance this personalized journey through a critical period in American history.
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Great first hand look into the USSS
- De Anonymous User en 06-05-18
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Secrets of the Secret Service
- The History and Uncertain Future of the U.S. Secret Service
- De: Gary J. Byrne, Grant M. Schmidt
- Narrado por: Pete Larkin
- Duración: 9 h y 2 m
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The American public knows the stories of Secret Service heroism, but they don't know about the hidden legacy of problems that have plagued the agency ever since its creation. Gary Byrne says that decades of catastrophic public failures, near misses, and bureaucratic and cultural rot threaten to erode this critical organization from the inside out. Today, as it works to protect President Trump, the Secret Service stands at a crossroads, and the time needed to choose the right course is running out.
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THE ONLY TRUE ACCOUNT OF THE SECRET SERVICE
- De Steve en 01-05-18
De: Gary J. Byrne, y otros
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Under This Roof
- The White House and the Presidency - 21 Presidents, 21 Rooms, 21 Inside Stories
- De: Paul Brandus
- Narrado por: Tom Zingarelli
- Duración: 7 h y 42 m
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In Under This Roof, award-winning White House journalist Paul Brandus weaves together stories of the presidents, their families, the events of their time, and an oft-ignored major character, the White House itself. From George Washington to the current occupant, Barack Obama - the story of the White House is the story of America itself, Brandus writes.
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Interesting but Glaring Omission
- De Syd Young en 07-03-20
De: Paul Brandus
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The Trump White House
- Changing the Rules of the Game
- De: Ronald Kessler
- Narrado por: Jason Culp
- Duración: 8 h y 46 m
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Based on exclusive interviews with the president and his staff, The Trump White House: Changing the Rules of the Game tells the real story of what Donald Trump is like, who influences him, how he makes decisions, what he says about the people around him, and how he operates when the television lights go off, while portraying the inside story of the successes that have already brought solid results as well as the stumbles that have turned off even longtime supporters and undercut his agenda.
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Garbage
- De Scott Fitzsimmons en 04-05-18
De: Ronald Kessler
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The Butler
- A Witness to History
- De: Wil Haygood
- Narrado por: Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, David Oyelowo, y otros
- Duración: 2 h y 32 m
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When acclaimed Washington Post writer Wil Haygood had an early hunch that Obama would win the 2008 election, he thought he'd highlight the singular moment by exploring the life of someone who had come of age when segregation was so embedded in the culture as to make the very thought of a black president inconceivable. He struck gold when he tracked down Eugene Allen, a butler who had served eight presidents, from Harry Truman to Ronald Reagan. Forest Whitaker narrates the story of this remarkable man who, while serving tea and supervising buffets, was also a witness to history.
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Well Served by this Book
- De Cynthia en 08-01-13
De: Wil Haygood
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First in Line
- Presidents, Vice Presidents, and the Pursuit of Power
- De: Kate Andersen Brower
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 10 h y 57 m
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From the author of the New York Times best sellers First Women and The Residence, 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. In interviews with more than 200 people, Kate Andersen Brower pulls back the curtain and reveals the sometimes cold, sometimes close, and always complicated relationship between our modern presidents and their vice presidents.
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Engrossing
- De Jean en 07-26-18
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- Anne
- 12-13-16
Very interesting
I really enjoyed this book.
I have always liked reading memoirs from the staff of the White House and my favorite has been "Upstairs at the White House." However, this one very much measures up to that standard. I found it interesting because of the behind-the-scenes look at history and fascinating because of the insights it offers about how the actual human beings involved actually live in and react to the history with which they are involved.
Highly recommend if you find the topic at all tempting.
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- Paige
- 09-24-15
The Residence
The narrator drones and it was really hard to get in to rhythm of the book.
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- Kimberly
- 06-05-15
Glad I Gave It a Chance
At first, I found the narration robotic, and the attempts at the various accents irritating and distracting.
I was listening out for the great narration of Robert Caro's Lyndon Johnson series by Grover. So, at the beginning of the story, I was disappointed in the delivery of the narration and in the appearant disorganization of topics in the early part of the book. The book seemed to be all over the place.
However, I paid for the book, so I was going to complete its listening.
I am glad I gave it a chance. As the chapter topics were more clearly identified, I was better able to enjoy the stories and anecdotes. As the book's layout became more clear, the stories became more enjoyable and the narrator's voice grew on me, even becoming more soothing every day as I gave up on the car radio and listened to the audio on the way to and from work.
Now, the book is complete and I am sad, missing the anecdotes and even the voice that started out grating on my nerves, and ended up giving me piece and calm before I entered the work world. The minute I heard "epilogue", I knew it was time to say good-bye.
I am glad I gave the book a chance.
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- Jack
- 05-17-15
Annoying impressions
The book itself would be fair, absent the time it spends on faux racial issues. Most annoying is the narrator's impersonations of staff and other figures. Apparently everyone at the WH speaks like an 80 year old southern woman, even Richard Nixon. The notable exception was the French pastry chef, who apparently spoke like an 80 year old Russian woman. It became so annoying I could barely finish the book. The book, as it turns out is about the staff more than the occupants
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- Tyler
- 01-24-17
great read!!
great reader informative and interesting, definite suggestion to friends, would like to listen to another
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- S. Horvath
- 08-09-18
Intriguing without being gossipy.
The book gave the reader an inside/behind-the-scenes look into the White House while maintaining a sense of dignity. Loved the format and loved the performance.
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- Lauri2075
- 06-01-15
Fell short.
Difficult to follow audio book because of the confusing organization and sequence. Reader's use of voices were not helpful since it was impossible to tell most of them apart.
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- June M.
- 03-09-17
Renewed my faith
Beyond the politics is an army of people serving in the White House. Their stories were deeply touching. No matter who is in the home of the President, the current state of affairs, or the politics of the current President, through this book I thoroughly appreciate the people who serve in The Residence. They provide the continuity through every administration. They are truly a blessing for all of us.
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- Pamela
- 10-01-15
Opens your eyes to the real White House
The author has done an excellent job and showing us the other side of the White House. I feel I know a different side of most of the president that they discussed in the book she brings humor and sorrow together in a wonderful way to keep you engaged throughout the entire book. I highly recommend this book is not just a nonfiction book but more a biography of the actual White House and the people who make it real
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- Roberta W
- 08-22-17
Interesting stuff, even to a Canadian
A fascinating look behind the scenes at the workings of the White House, and the "house" in particular. Of most interest are the staff, their roles, the challenges they face and their dedication. The stories of the turnovers between families on inauguration day was fascinating... it answered questions to things one might have asked, if one even thought of all the details. The sudden changes as a result of JFK's death, and Nixon's departure, were also interesting. This book wasn't heavy on the politics, and that suited me find. Plenty of little tidbits about various occupants - some in the arena of TMI (too much information) - to entertain, but it didn't seem to invade people's privacy too much. I must say, the staff are indeed very tight lipped. Slightly jarring to think of the institution being on hold, somewhat, while the current occupant lives elsewhere... It was a good time for this book to come out, up to and including the Obamas.
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