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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich 1890-1960 Fiction Presidential press secretaries United States Biography Presidents United States Biography Presidents United States Staff Biography Press secretaries United States Biography Private secretaries United States Biography Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano) 1882-1945 Friends and associates Secretaries Fiction United States Politics and government 2001-2009Filter By Subjects
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich 1890-1960 Fiction Presidential press secretaries United States Biography Presidents United States Biography Presidents United States Staff Biography Press secretaries United States Biography Private secretaries United States Biography Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano) 1882-1945 Friends and associates Secretaries Fiction United States Politics and government 2001-2009Spicer, Sean
Summary: No job is more of a pressure cooker than being a White House press secretary especially in this White House. For more than two decades, Sean Spicer had been a respected political insider, working as a campaign and communications strategist. But in December 2016, he got the call of a lifetime. President-elect Donald J. Trump had chosen him to be the White House press secretary. And life hasn't...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regnery Publishing, a division of Salem Media Group 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SPICER, SEAN SPIFleischer, Ari
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2005
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 973.931 FLEPerino, Dana
Summary: Dana Perino is a popular and beloved host on Fox's The Five, with over two million followers on social media. While readers admire Dana for her charm, warmth, and insight, she also knows who the real star in her family is: her Vizsla, Jasper-A.K.A. America's Dog. and partisanship. She also talks about how dogs bring families together -like Dana's own, from her career in Washington through her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B PERINO PERPerino, Dana.
Summary: "From her years as a presidential press secretary to her debates with colleagues on Fox News' The Five, Dana Perino reveals the lessons she's learned that have guided her through life, including stories from behind the scenes at the White House with President George W. Bush that the cameras never captured. Thoughtful, inspiring and often surprising, AND THE GOOD NEWS IS... traces Dana's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PERINO, DANA PERSanders, Sarah Huckabee
Summary: "A candid, riveting account of the Trump White House, on the front lines and behind the scenes. Sarah Huckabee Sanders served as White House Press Secretary for President Donald J. Trump from 2017 to 2019. A trusted confidante of the President, Sanders advised him on everything from press and communications strategy to personnel and policy. She was at the President's side for two and a half...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The astonishing true story of Hitler's private secretary coming to terms with working for unspeakable evil after remaining silent for nearly 60 years. Traudl Junge was Adolf Hitler's secretary from 1942 until the end of the war. He dictated his last will and testament to her. She refused to speak publicly about her memories, keeping silent about her life, her trials and tribulations, until now,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BLIFeldman, Ellen
Summary: "Set in New York City in the heady aftermath of World War II when the men were coming home, the women were exhaling in relief, and everyone was having babies, The Trouble with You is the story of a young woman whose rosy future is upended in a single instant. Raised never to step out of bounds, educated in one of the Seven Sisters Colleges for a career as a wife and mother, torn between her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction FeldmanGrisham, Stephanie
Summary: "Stephanie Grisham rose from being a junior press wrangler on the Trump campaign in 2016 to assuming top positions in the administration as White House press secretary and communications director, while at the same time acting as First Lady Melania Trump's communications director and eventually chief of staff. Few members of the Trump inner circle served longer or were as close to the first...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.933 GRICopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.933 GRIMcClellan, Scott
Summary: The former White House press secretary examines how and why the Bush administration went awry, providing a look at George W. Bush and his top aides in terms of such crises as Hurricane Katrina, the Iraq war, and Washington's political infighting.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audiobooks 2008
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 973.931 MCCMcEnany, Kayleigh
Summary: The former presidential press secretary chronicles her journey to the White House, offering never-before-told anecdotes about what really happened within the Trump administration, and how her faith got her through some of the most high stakes moments in the West Wing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liberatio Protocol 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MCENANY, KAYLEIGH MCEMendel, Iuliia
Summary: "In this frank and moving inside account, Zelenskyy's former press secretary tells the story of his improbable rise from popular comedian to the president of Ukraine. Mendel had a front row seat to many of the key events preceding the 2022 Russian invasion. From attending meetings between Zelenskyy and Putin and other European leaders, visiting the front lines in Donbas, to fielding press...
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Publisher / Publication Date: One Signal Publishers/Atria Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 947.7086 MENPersico, Joseph E.
Summary: In Franklin and Lucy, acclaimed author and historian Joseph E. Persico explores FDR's romance with Lucy Rutherfurd (which was far deeper and lasted much longer than was previously acknowledged). Persico also shows how FDR's infidelity as a husband contributed to Eleanor's eventual transformation from a repressed Victorian to perhaps the greatest American woman of her century; how the shaping...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.917 PERPsaki, Jen
Summary: "Not many White House Press Secretaries capture the nation's interest the way Jen Psaki did. Refreshingly candid and clear, Psaki quickly became known for her ability to break through the noise and successfully deliver her message. In her highly anticipated book, Psaki shares her journey to the Briefing Room and beyond, taking readers along the campaign trail, to the State Department, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Zeitz, Joshua.
Summary: A look into the Lincoln White House through the lives of two of his closest aides and confidants draws on letters and diaries to evaluate their roles in the seminal events of Lincoln's presidency and their fight to establish the assassinated president's heroic legacy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 ZEIConway, Kellyanne
Summary: "As a highly respected pollster for corporate and Republican clients and a frequent television talk show guest, Kellyanne Conway had already established herself as one of the brightest lights on the national political scene when Donald Trump asked her to run his presidential campaign. She agreed, delivering him to the White House, becoming the first woman in American history to manage a winning...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Threshold Editions 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CONWAY, KELLYANNE CONCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B CONWAY CONLystra, Karen.
Contents: 1. Mark Twain--and Sam's women -- 2. Heartbreak -- 3. Rearranging the household -- 4. Looking for love -- 5. A pact with the devil -- 6. Life in the sanitarium -- 7. Someone to love him and pet him -- 8. A viper to her bosom -- 9. Innocence at home -- 10. Stormfield -- 11. An American Lear -- 12. Illusions of love -- 13. Unraveling -- 14. The exile returns -- 15. Confrontation -- 16. A...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.409 TWASummary: Three secretaries live every female worker's dream after discovering they share the same resentment towards their sexist boss.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY NINFleischer, Ari
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 FLEMyers, Dee Dee.
Summary: When President Bill Clinton was elected, Dee Dee Myers was told she would act as his Press Secretary--but only for the transition. There was no guarantee she would keep the position after his inauguration. But in January 1993, Myers did become Press Secretary--the youngest person ever and the only woman ever to hold the position. As she writes, "I wasn't the first woman to be the first woman,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2008
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.920 MYECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.929 MyersPrescott, Lara
Summary: At the height of the Cold War, two secretaries are pulled out of the typing pool at the CIA and given the assignment of a lifetime. Their mission: to smuggle Doctor Zhivago out of the USSR, where no one dare publish it, and help Pasternak's magnum opus make its way into print around the world. Glamorous and sophisticated Sally Forrester is a seasoned spy who has honed her gift for deceit all...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 2020
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Summary: "Journalist Smith (A Necessary War) grants readers an unusual insider's view of F.D.R.'s political career by profiling his longtime private secretary. Marguerite 'Missy' LeHand, a young woman with a modest background, an agile intellect, a pleasant personality, and remarkable stenographer's skills, began working for F.D.R. in 1920, when he ran for vice president. Smith writes particularly well...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LEHAND, MARGUERITE, SMITrigiani, Adriana
Summary: "The movie business is booming in 1935 when twenty-one-year-old Loretta Young meets thirty-four-year-old Clark Gable on the set of The Call of the Wild. Though he's already married, Gable falls for the stunning and vivacious young actress instantly. Far from the glittering lights of Hollywood, Sister Alda Ducci has been forced to leave her convent and begin a new journey that leads her to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLuxe 2015
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC TRIBerman, Lea
Summary: "A guide to personal and professional empowerment through civility and social skills, written by two White House Social Secretaries who offer an important fundamental message-- everyone is important and everyone deserves to be treated well."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2018
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 170 BERScanlan, Lawrence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press 2007