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Amerikaanse politiek, Amerikaanse Schrijvers, Geschiedenisboeken, Non-Fictie

David M. Rubenstein – The Highest Calling

David M. Rubenstein The Highest Calling recensie, review en informatie boek met conversations on the American Presidency. Op 10 september 2024 verschijnt bij Simon & Schuster het boek over het Amerikaanse presidendentschap geschreven door David M. Rubinstein. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van het boek, de schrijver en over de uitgave. Een Nederlandse vertaling van het boek is niet verkrijgbaar.

David M. Rubenstein The Highest Calling recensie, review en informatie

  • “David Rubenstein’s latest book, The Highest Calling: Conversations on the American Presidency, is a masterful journey through the history of those who stood at the center of the world stage to lead mankind’s most powerful nation. His probing interviews with scholars and biographers detail the strengths and frailties of 21 presidents from Washington to Biden who shaped the history of the United States and the consequences of their time in the White House. As someone who served six of those presidents, I highly recommend The Highest Calling for anyone wanting a full-throated understanding about how this critical component of the American experiment in democracy truly works.” (James A. Baker III, 61st U.S. Secretary of State)

David M. Rubenstein The Highest Calling

The Highest Calling

Conversations on the American Presidency

  • Auteur: David M. Rubenstein (Verenigde Staten)
  • Soort boek: geschiedenisboek, Amerikaanse politiek
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Simon & Schuster
  • Verschijnt 10 september 2024
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook / luisterboek
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van het boek over Amerikaanse presidenten van David M. Rubenstein

From the New York Times bestselling author of The American Story and How to Lead and host of PBS’s History with David Rubenstein—David Rubenstein interviews living American presidents and top historians and journalists who reflect on the US presidency, including Joe Biden, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Maggie Haberman, Ron Chernow, and more.

For years, bestselling author David M. Rubenstein has distilled the contours of American democracy through conversations with noted leaders and historians. In The Highest Calling, he offers an enlightening overview of arguably the single most important position in the world: the American presidency.

Blending history and anecdote, Rubenstein chronicles the journeys of the presidents who have defined America as it exists now, what they envision for its future, and their legacy on the world stage. Drawing from his own experience in the Carter administration, he engages in dialogues with our nation’s presidents and the historians who study them. Get exclusive access to fresh perspectives, including:

  • Original interviews with most of the living US presidents
  • Interviews with noted presidential historians like Annette Gordon-Reed, Ron Chernow, Candice Millard, and more

Through insightful analysis, Rubenstein captures our country’s most prominent leaders, the political genius and frays of the presidential role, and the wisdom that emerges from it.

David M. Rubenstein (11 August 1949, Baltimore, Maryland) is the New York Times bestselling author of How to Invest, How to Lead, The American Experiment, and The American Story. He is cofounder and cochairman of The Carlyle Group, one of the world’s largest and most successful private equity firms. Rubenstein is Chairman of the Boards of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Council on Foreign Relations, the National Gallery of Art, the Economic Club of Washington, and the University of Chicago. He is an original signer of The Giving Pledge and a recipient of the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy and the MoMA’s David Rockefeller Award. The host of PBS’s History with David Rubenstein, Bloomberg Wealth with David Rubenstein, and The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations on Bloomberg TV and PBS, he lives in the Washington, DC, area.

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Geschiedenisboeken, Politiek, Verenigde Staten

Peter van der Heiden – Weg uit het Witte Huis

Peter van der Heiden Weg uit het Witte Huis recensie en informatie boek over het leven van voormalige Amerikaanse presidenten. Op 27 augustus 2024 verschijnt bij Boom Uitgevers het nieuwe boek over presidenten met pension van de Nederlandse parlementair historicus, politicoloog en journalist Peter van der Heiden. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van het boek, de schrijver en over de uitgave.

Peter van der Heiden Weg uit het Witte Huis recensie en informatie

Als er in de media een boekbespreking, review of recensie verschijnt van Weg uit het Witte Huis, presidenten met pensioen, geschreven door Peter van der Heiden, dan besteden we er op deze pagina aandacht aan.

Peter van der Heiden Weg uit het Witte Huis

Weg uit het Witte Huis

Presidenten met pensioen

  • Auteur: Peter van der Heiden (Nederland)
  • Soort boek: geschiedenisboek
  • Uitgever: Boom Uitgevers
  • Verschijnt: 27 augustus 2024
  • Omvang: 272 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: paperback
  • Boek bestellen bij: Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van het boek over voormalige Amerikaanse presidenten van Peter van der Heiden

Een charmant en levendig inkijkje in het post-presidentschap.

Het viel bepaald niet mee om Joe Biden te overtuigen om op te stappen, maar uiterlijk 20 januari 2025 gaat hij dan toch met – gedwongen – pensioen. Maar wat doe je nadat je het machtigste ambt ter wereld achter je laat? Bij Bidens voorgangers varieerde dat nogal. Terwijl de een zich ontpopte tot kunstschilder, zegevierde als Hogerechter of ging strijden voor de mensenrechten, zakte de ander af tot grote graaier, veroordeeld crimineel of zelfs landverrader.

Op zoek naar een nieuwe levensinvulling. In Weg uit het Witte Huis schetst Peter van der Heiden de pensioentijd van alle vertrokken presidenten, van George Washington tot Donald Trump. De pensionado’s richtten dat op hun eigen manier in, maar één vraag hield hen allen bezig: hoe ziet mijn plaats in de geschiedenis eruit?

Peter van der Heiden is parlementair historicus, politicoloog, politiek analist, freelance journalist en universitair docent American & Transatlantic Studies aan de Radboud Universiteit in Nijmegen. In 2020 verscheen Weirdo’s in het Witte Huis, waarover men schreef: ‘Het boek is een journalistiek meesterwerkje met ongelooflijk veel informatie. Buitengewoon aanbevolen met het oog op de komende Amerikaanse verkiezingen en ook voor wat daarna zal volgen.’

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Amerikaanse politiek, Memoir, Politiek, Politieke Boeken, Verenigde Staten

Nancy Pelosi – The Art of Power

Nancy Pelosi The Art of Power recensie, review en informatie memoir van de Amerikaans politica van de Democratische Partij en voorzitter van het Huis van Afgevaardigden. Op 6 augustus 2024 verschijnt bij Uitgeverij Simon & Schuster het boek van vooraanstaande Amerikaanse politicus Nancy Pelosi. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van het boek, over de schrijfster en over de uitgave. Een Nederlandse vertaling van het boek is nog niet verkrijgbaar.

Nancy Pelosi The Art of Power recensie en review

Mochten  er in de media een boekbespreking, review of recensie verschijnen van The Art of Power, My Story as America’s First Woman Speaker of the House, geschreven door Nancy Pelosi, dan besteden we er op deze pagina aandacht aan.

Nancy Pelosi The Art of Power

The Art of Power

My Story as America’s First Woman Speaker of the House

  • Auteur: Nancy Pelosi (Verenigde Staten)
  • Soort boek: memoir, politiek boek
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Simon & Schuster
  • Verschijnt: 6 augustus 2024
  • Omvang: 352 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
  • Prijs: $30,00 / $14,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol

Flaptekst van de memoir van Nancy Pelosi

The most powerful woman in American political history tells the story of her transformation from housewife to House Speaker—how she became a master legislator, a key partner to presidents, and the most visible leader of the Trump resistance.

When, at age forty-six, Nancy Pelosi, mother of five, asked her youngest daughter if she should run for Congress, Alexandra Pelosi answered: “Mother, get a life!” And so Nancy did, and what a life it has been.

In The Art of Power, Pelosi describes for the first time what it takes to make history—not only as the first woman to ascend to the most powerful legislative role in our nation, but to pass laws that would save lives and livelihoods, from the emergency rescue of the economy in 2008 to transforming health care. She describes the perseverance, persuasion, and respect for her members that it took to succeed, but also the joy of seeing America change for the better. Among the best-prepared and hardest working Speakers in history, Pelosi worked to find common ground, or stand her ground, with presidents from Bush to Biden. She also shares moving moments with soldiers sent to the front lines, women who inspired her, and human rights activists who fought by her side.

Pelosi took positions that established her as a prophetic voice on the major moral issues of the day, warning early about the dangers of the Iraq War and of the Chinese government’s long record of misbehavior. This moral courage prepared her for the arrival of Trump, with whom she famously tangled, becoming a red-coated symbol of resistance to his destructive presidency. Here, she reveals how she went toe-to-toe with Trump, leading up to January 6, 2021, when he unleashed his post-election fury on the Congress. Pelosi gives us her personal account of that day: the assault not only on the symbol of our democracy but on the men and women who had come to serve the nation, never expecting to hide under desks or flee for their lives—and her determined efforts to get the National Guard to the Capitol. Nearly two years later, violence and fury would erupt inside Pelosi’s own home when an intruder, demanding to see the Speaker, viciously attacked her beloved husband, Paul. Here, Pelosi shares that horrifying day and the traumatic aftermath for her and her family.

The woman who has been lauded by her opposition as “the most powerful Speaker” ever shows us why she is not afraid of a good fight. The Art of Power is about the fighting spirit that has always animated her, and the historic legacy that spirit has produced.

Nancy Pelosi (26 maart 1942, Baltimore, Maryland) was elected the 52nd Speaker of the House in 2007—and served as the first woman Speaker for eight years, off and on until 2023. She came to Congress in 1987 for the children and to fight HIV/AIDS. Under Pelosi’s leadership, Congress enacted transformative legislation, most notably the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. A defender of democracy, she directed House efforts to investigate the January 6th insurrection and has spoken out forcefully for human rights globally. Pelosi continues to represent San Francisco in the House, a privilege she has treasured for thirty-seven years. Pelosi and her husband, Paul, have five children and ten grandchildren. They live in San Francisco, which they consider heaven on earth.

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Amerikaanse politiek, Biografie

Michael Tackett – The Price of Power

Michael Tackett The Price of Power recensie, review en informatie Mitch McConnell biografie, de Amerikaans politicus en senator van de Republikeinse Partij voor Kentucky. Op 29 oktober 2024 verschijnt bij Uitgever Simon & Schuster de biografie van Mitch McConnell. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van het boek, de auteur en over de uitgave. Een Nederlandse vertaling van de politieke biografie is nog niet verkrijgbaar.

Michael Tackett The Price of Power Mitch McConnell biografie recensie en review

  • “Here is the story of arguably the most consequential leader of the United States Senate in American history. Drawing on remarkable access to Mitch McConnell and to the senator’s lifetime of papers, Michael Tackett has given us a clear-eyed account of a lawmaker and a politician who, for better or for worse, has fundamentally shaped the way we live now.” (Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer)

Michael Tackett The Price of Power Mitch McConnell biografie

The Price of Power

How Mitch McConnell Mastered the Senate, Changed America, and Lost His Party

  • Auteur: Michael Tackett (Verenigde Staten)
  • Soort boek: biografie
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Simon & Schuster
  • Verschijnt: 29 oktober 2024
  • Omvang: 400 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van de biografie van de Amerikaanse politicus Mitch McConnell

The first definitive biography of Mitch McConnell, revealing an intimate look at the personal and political life of one of the most powerful senators in American history.

In the long history of American government, few senators have wielded as much power as Kentucky’s Mitch McConnell. That’s no accident; he worked his entire life to cultivate his dominance.

In The Price of Power, award-winning journalist Michael Tackett pulls back the curtain on one of the most influential figures to ever set foot in the American Senate, offering you an intimate, personal view of his life and career. Drawing on thousands of pages of archival materials, letters, and more than 100 interviews with associates, colleagues, and McConnell himself, Tackett pieces together the story of McConnell’s early life, his formative battle with polio as a young child, and the teenage infatuation with politics that persisted through his four decades in the Senate.

A lifelong Republican, McConnell was known as a pragmatic moderate legislator when he joined the Senate in 1985. Tackett details his steady rightward drift, as McConnell’s politics evolved with his masterful ability to consolidate and wield power. But such success comes at a cost. The Trump years brought with them the rise of an almost unrecognizable Republican party, suffused with a reactive populism that even McConnell himself would struggle to control.

Featuring expert reporting, unprecedented access, and never-before-published revelations, The Price of Power is required reading for anyone interested in understanding one of America’s most influential legislators and the inner workings of our government.

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Amerikaanse politiek, Memoir, Verenigde Staten

Fred Trump – All in the Family

Fred Trump All in the Family recensie, review en informatie memoir boek over de familie van Donald Trump geschreven door zijn neef. Op 30 juli 2024 verschijnt bij uitgeverij Gallery Books het boek en memoir van Fred Trump, de neef van Donald Trump, over zijn familie. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van het boek, de schrijver en over de uitgave. Er is geen Nederlandse vertaling van het boek verkrijgbaar.

Fred Trump All in the Family recensie en review

  • “Fred C. Trump III cast[s] aside decades of silence to delve into the roots of the Trump family’s dysfunction at a critical moment in American political history…juicily entertaining…a dishy portrait.” (Washington Post)

Fred Trump All in the Family

All in the Family

The Trumps and How We Got This Way

  • Auteur: Fred C. Trump III (Verenigde Staten)
  • Soort boek: memoir
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Gallery Books
  • Verschijnt: 30 juli 2024
  • Omvang: 352 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
  • Prijs:  $30.00 /  $14.99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol

Flaptekst van de memoir van Fred C. Trump de neef van Donald Trump

With revealing, never-before-told stories, Fred C. Trump III, nephew of President Donald Trump, breaks his decades-long silence in this revealing memoir and sheds a whole new light on the family name.

For the record…Fred Trump never asked for any of this. The divisive politics. The endless headlines. A hijacked last name. The heat-seeking uncle, rising from real estate scion to gossip column fixture to The Apprentice host to President of the United States. Fred just wanted a happy life and a satisfying career. But a fight for his son’s health and safety forced him onto a center stage that he had never wanted. And now, at a crucial point for our nation, he is stepping forward again.

In All in the Family, Fred delves into his journey to become a “different kind of Trump,” detailing his passionate battle to protect his wife and children from forces inside and outside the family. From the Trump house to the White House, Fred comes to terms with his own complex legacy and faces some demons head-on. It’s a story of power, love, money, cruelty, and the unshakable bonds of family, played out underneath a glaring media spotlight.

This is the inside story, as it’s never been told before.

Fred C. Trump III is the grandson of Fred Trump, the patriarch of the Trump family real estate empire. He is also the nephew of Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States. Fred and his wife, Lisa, are passionate supporters for the community of the intellectually and developmentally disabled. Their family lives in Connecticut and New York.

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Amerikaanse politiek, Memoir

Gretchen Whitmer – True Gretch

Gretchen Whitmer True Gretch recensie, review en informatie boek en memoir van de Amerikaanse Democratisch politicus en gouverneur van Michigan. Op 9 juli 2024 verschijnt bij uitgeverij Simon & Schuster het autobiografische boek van Gretchen Whitmer. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van het boek, de schrijfster en over de uitgave. Er is geen Nederlandse vertaling verkrijgbaar of aangekondigd.

Gretchen Whitmer True Gretch recensie en review

  • “Whether it’s confronting the patriarchy, domestic terrorist threats, or the perils of orthodontia, Governor Whitmer does so with grace, candor and a big dose of humor…Vulnerable with a side of gallows humor, True Gretch reads like you’ve got a seat at the table with the Governor and you just agreed to buy another round of Oberon.” (Jordan Klepper, The Daily Show)
  • “As someone who has been long committed to non-blurbing, this wonderful and, yes, exquisitely wacky how-to-be-a-shark-MF guide by That Woman from Michigan is a must read for badass ladies everywhere and anyone who aspires to be one. I laughed, I cried and now, god help me, I am a happy Half-Whit. (Also, sorry Big Gretch, but my UMich son requires it: Go Blue!)” (Kara Swisher)
  • “Getting to know Gretchen through this book was exhilarating. She uses humor as her superpower to tackle challenges that would knock out most. I am just amazed and inspired by her wit and grace. G, you really are a Wonder Woman!” (Lynda Carter, actor and singer-songwriter)

Gretchen Whitmer True Gretch

True Gretch

What I’ve Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between

  • Schrijfster: Gretchen Whitmer (Verenigde Staten)
  • Soort boek: memoir
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Simon & Schuster
  • Verschijnt: 9 juli 2024
  • Omvang: 176 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
  • Prijs: $26.99 / $12.99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van het boek van Gretchen Whitmer, de gouverneur van Michigan

From trailblazing Michigan governor and rising Democratic star Gretchen Whitmer comes an unconventionally honest, personal, and funny account of her remarkable life and career, full of insights that guided her through a global pandemic, showdowns with high-profile bullies, and even a kidnapping and assassination plot.

When Gretchen Whitmer was growing up, her beloved grandmother Nino taught her that you can always find something good in other people. “Even the meanest person might have pretty eyes,” she would say. Nino’s words persuaded Whitmer to look for the good in any person or situation—just one of many colorful personal experiences that have shaped her political vision. (And, as Whitmer writes, one that resonated more than another piece of advice her grandmother offered, to “never part your hair in the middle.”)

In this candid and inspiring book, Whitmer reveals the principles and instincts that have shaped her extraordinary career, from her early days as a lawyer and legislator and her 2018 election as governor of Michigan, to her bold and innovative actions as she led the state through a series of unprecedented crises. Her motto in politics, she writes, is to “get shit done.”

Whitmer shares the lessons in resilience that steered her through some of the most challenging events in Michigan’s history, such as the Covid-19 pandemic, a five-hundred-year flood, the rise of domestic terrorism, and the fierce fight to protect reproductive rights.

Along the way, she tells stories about the outsize characters in her family, her lifelong clumsy streak, the wild comments she’s heard on the campaign trail, her self-deprecating social media campaigns (including her star turn as a talking potato with lipstick), and the slyly funny tactics she deploys to neutralize her opponents.

Written with Whitmer’s trademark sense of humor and straight-shooting style, True Gretch is not only a compelling account of her remarkable journey, but also a blueprint for anyone who wants to make a difference in their community, their country, or the world. It is a testament to the power of humor, perseverance, and compassion in the face of darkness.

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Non-Fictie, Politiek, Politieke Boeken, Verenigde Staten

Hillary Rodham Clinton – Something Lost, Something Gained

Hillary Rodham Clinton Something Lost, Something Gained recensie, review en informatie van het nieuwe boek. Op 17 september 2024 verschijnt bij uitgeverij Simon & Schuster het nieuwe boek van Hillary Rodham Clinton. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van het boek, de schrijfster en over de uitgave. Er is nog geen Nederlandse vertaling van het boek verschenen of aangekondigd.

Hillary Rodham Clinton Something Lost, Something Gained recensie en review

Mochten er in de media een boekbespreking, recensie of review verschijnen van Something Lost, Something Gained, Refelctions on Life, Love and Liberty, het nieuwe boek van Hillary Rodham Clinton, dan besteden we er op deze pagina aandacht aan.

Hillary Rodham Clinton Something Lost, Something Gained

Something Lost, Something Gained

Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty

  • Auteur: Hillary Rodham Clinton (Verenigde Staten)
  • Soort boek: non-fictie
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Simon & Schuster
  • Verschijnt: 17 september 2024
  • Omvang: 352 pagina’s
  • Uitgave/ gebonden boek / ebook
  • Prijs: $29.99 / $14.99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol

Hillary Rodham Clinton Something Lost, Something Gained recensie en review

Mochten er in de media een boekbespreking, recensie of review verschijnen van Something Lost, Something Gained, Refelctions on Life, Love and Liberty, het nieuwe boek van Hillary Rodham Clinton, dan besteden we er op deze pagina aandacht aan.

Flaptekst van het nieuwe boek van Hillary Rodham Clinton

What would it be like to sit down for an impassioned, entertaining conversation with Hillary Clinton? In Something Lost, Something Gained, Hillary offers her candid views on life and love, politics, liberty, democracy, the threats we face, and the future within our reach.

She describes the strength she draws from her deepest friendships, her Methodist faith, and the nearly fifty years she’s been married to President Bill Clinton—all with the wisdom that comes from looking back on a full life with fresh eyes. She takes us along as she returns to the classroom as a college professor, enjoys the bonds inside the exclusive club of former First Ladies, moves past her dream of being president, and dives into new activism for women and democracy.

From canoeing with an ex-Nazi trying to deprogram white supremacists to sweltering with salt farmers in the desert trying to adapt to the climate crisis in India, Hillary brings us to the front lines of our biggest challenges. For the first time, Hillary shares the story of her operation to evacuate Afghan women to safety in the harrowing final days of America’s longest war. But we also meet the brave women dissidents defying dictators around the world, gain new personal insights about her old adversary Vladimir Putin, and learn the best ways that worried parents can protect kids from toxic technology. We also hear her fervent and persuasive warning to all American voters. In the end, Something Lost, Something Gained is a testament to the idea that the personal is political, and the political is personal, providing a blueprint for what each of us can do to make our lives better.

Hillary has “looked at life from both sides now.” In these pages, she shares the latest chapter of her inspiring life and shows us how to age with grace and keep moving forward, with grit, joy, purpose, and a sense of humor.

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Biografie

Elizabeth Beller – Once Upon a Time

Elizabeth Beller Once Upon a Time Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy biografie recensie en informatie van de inhoud van het boek over de vrouw van John F. Kennedy Jr. Op 21 mei 2024 verschijnt bij Gallery Books de biografie van Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy de vrouw van de in 1999 overleden zoon van president John F. Kennedy. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van de biografie, de schrijfster en over de uitgave. Er is geen Nederlandse vertaling van het boek verkrijgbaar of aangekondigd.

Elizabeth Beller – Once Upon a Time Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy biografie recensie

Als er in de media een boekbespreking, review of recensie verschijnt van de biografie van Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, geschreven door Elizabeth Beller, dan besteden we er op deze pagina aandacht aan.

  • “A book that is as alluring and intriguing as its subject, Once Upon a Time is a marvelous read. We all ‘know’ Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, but we don’t really know her. Now, with Beller’s book, this charismatic, iconic woman becomes real, which makes her tragedy that much more painful. This is a book you will gobble up.” (Susan Orlean, New York Times bestselling author of The Library Book and The Orchid Thief)
  • “Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy’s Yohji Yamamoto wraps and Calvin Klein suits told us more about the insatiable appetites of a voracious public than they revealed about the woman who wore them. But now, she is unveiled as never before: the woman who was so much more than a fashion icon and a famous wife.” (Robin Givhan, Pulitzer Prize winning fashion journalist and author)

Elizabeth Beller Once Upon a Time Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy biografie

Once Upon a Time

The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy

  • Auteur: Elizabeth Beller (Verenigde Staten)
  • Soort boek: biografie
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Gallery Books
  • Verschijnt: 21 mei 2024
  • Omvang: 352 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook / luisterboek
  • Prijs:  $29.99 / $14.99 / $29.99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol 

Flaptekst van de biografie van Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy

A quarter of a century after the plane crash that claimed the lives of John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn, and her sister Lauren, the magnitude of this tragedy remains fresh. Yet, Carolyn is still an enigmatic figure, a woman whose short life in the spotlight was besieged with misogyny and cruelty.

Amidst today’s cultural reckoning about the way our media treats women, Elizabeth Beller explores the real person behind the tabloid headlines and media frenzy. When she began dating America’s prince, Carolyn was increasingly thrust into an overwhelming spotlight filled with relentless paparazzi who reacted to her reserve with a campaign of harassment and vilification.

To this day, she is still depicted as a privileged princess—icy, vapid, and drug-addicted. She has even been accused of being responsible for their untimely death, allegedly delaying take-off until she finished her pedicure. But now, she is revealed as never before.

A fiercely independent woman devoted to her adopted city and career, Carolyn relied on her impeccable eye and drive to fly up the ranks at Calvin Klein in the glossy, high-stakes fashion world of the 1990s. When Carolyn met her future husband, John was immediately drawn to her strong-willed personality, effortless charm, and high intelligence. Their relationship would change her life and catapult her to dizzying fame, but it was her vibrant life before their marriage and then hidden afterwards, that is truly fascinating.

Based on in-depth research and exclusive interviews with friends, family members, teachers, roommates, and colleagues, and featuring never-before-seen family photos, this comprehensive biography reveals a multi-faceted woman worthy of our attention regardless of her husband and untimely death.

RoseMarie Terenzio & Liz McNeil JFK Jr biografie recensieRoseMarie Terenzio & Liz McNeil – JFK Jr. 
An Intimate Oral Biography
Uitgever: Gallery Books
The first oral biography of John F. Kennedy Jr. is an extraordinarily intimate, comprehensive look at the real man behind the myth. Sharing never-before-told stories and insights, his closest friends, confidantes, lovers, classmates, teachers, and colleagues paint a vivid portrait of one of the most beloved figures of the 20th century, revealing how the boy who saluted became the man America came to know and love who still captures public imagination twenty-five years after his tragic death…lees verder >

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Amerikaanse politiek, Memoir

Jen Psaki – Say More

Jen Psaki Say More recensie en informatie boek van de White House Press Secretary onder Barack Obama en huidige MSNBC host. Op 7 mei 2024 verschijnt bij uitgeverij Scribner de memoir van Jen Psaki. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van het boek, de schrijfster en over de uitgave. Er is geen Nederlandse vertaling van het boek verkrijgbaar of aangekondigd.

Jen Psaki Say More recensie

Wanneer er in de media een boekbespreking, review of recensie verschijnen van Say More, het boek van Jen Psaki, dan besteed onze redactie er op deze pagina aandacht aan.

  • “Psaki’s memoir of swimming in the deep end of the world’s most analyzed press pool is as forthright and reassuring as her behind-the-podium personae. The lessons she shares with readers often landed first with her toughest audience, her children. It is precisely this balance of political and journalistic strategies and general life advice that elevates Psaki’s narrative beyond the standard Washington insider tell-all. A helpful resource for anyone who knows how much words matter.” (Booklist)
  • “Psaki combines the personal and the professional in her enjoyable debut . . . Sprinkled throughout are self-deprecating jabs that highlight her own occasional blunders . . . Such levity helps the book breeze by. Readers need not be political obsessives to appreciate the practical wisdom on offer here.” (Publishers Weekly)

Jen Psaki Say More

Say More

Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

  • Auteur: Jen Psaki (Verenigde Staten)
  • Soort boek: memoir
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Scribner Books
  • Verschijnt: 7 mei 2024
  • Omvang: 240 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
  • Prijs: $28.99 / $14.99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van het boek van de voormalige White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki

Former White House Press Secretary and current MSNBC host Jen Psaki shares the surprising lessons she’s learned on her path to success and offers unique yet universal advice about how to be a more effective communicator in any situation.

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 inside the White House under two Presidents. With her signature wit, Psaki writes about reporting to bosses from the hot-tempered Rahm Emanuel to the coolly intellectual Barack Obama to the surprisingly tenderhearted John Kerry. She also talks about her time working closely with President Joe Biden from the start of his administration to set a new tone for the country, restoring a sense of calm and respect for the role of the media in our Democracy.

Since leaving the White House, Psaki’s star has continued to rise. She launched a highly rated show on MSNBC and was so successful that in just six months she was given an additional primetime Monday slot, ahead of Rachel Maddow. And Psaki’s work doesn’t end at the office. She is the mother of two young children and shares her stories about the journey of communicating as a parent: During one bedtime briefing, her young daughter asked the question, “Why do wars start?”, which Jen carefully explained and then got a follow up: “Have you ever seen a unicorn?”

In Say More, Psaki explains her straightforward approach to communication, walking readers through difficult conversations as well as moments where humor saves the day—whether it is with preschoolers, partners, or presidents. She addresses the best ways to give and receive feedback, how to connect with your audience, how to listen actively, and much more. Say More is the book Psaki wishes she had when she started her career, and is a trove of entertaining, essential lessons from one of the most prominent voices in American politics today.

Jen Psaki is the host of MSNBC’s Sunday afternoon and Monday evening program, Inside with Jen Psaki. She served as the thirty-fourth White House Press Secretary under President Biden until May 2022. Over the course of her twenty years in public service, Psaki also served as White House Communications Director under President Obama, as the spokesperson for the State Department under then Secretary of State John Kerry, and worked on three presidential campaigns. She lives in Arlington, Virginia, with her husband and two children.

Jen Psaki (1 december 1978, Stamford, Connecticut) is the host of MSNBC’s Sunday afternoon and Monday evening program, Inside with Jen Psaki. She served as the thirty-fourth White House Press Secretary under President Biden until May 2022. Over the course of her twenty years in public service, Psaki also served as White House Communications Director under President Obama, as the spokesperson for the State Department under then Secretary of State John Kerry, and worked on three presidential campaigns. She lives in Arlington, Virginia, with her husband and two children.

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Amerikaanse politiek

Carlos Lozada – The Washington Book

Carlos Lozada The Washington Book recensie en informatie boek over hoe machtige Amerikaanse politici zich uiten in boeken en geschriften. Op 27 februari 2024 verschijnt bij uitgeverij Simon & Schuster, The Washington Book, het nieuwe boek van de Amerikaanse columnist en politiek journalist Carlos Lozada. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van het boek, de schrijver en over de uitgave. Een Nederlandse vertaling van het boek is niet verkrijgbaar of aangekondigd.

Carlos Lozada The Washington Book recensie

  • “An absolutely original genius.” (Bob Woodward, The Washington Post)
  • “Lozada’s strengths as a critic are obvious. He is charming, funny, and light on his feet, and his descriptions are exceptionally clear and pithy. . . . This aphoristic style cuts to the quick of complex ideas.” (Katy Waldman, The New Yorker)
  • “Lozada’s insights are piquant and enlightening, the result being an enhanced understanding of the complicated mess that is American politics.” (Booklist)

Carlos Lozada The Washington Book

The Washington Book

  • Auteur: Carlos Lozada (Verenigde Staten)
  • Soort boek: Amerikaanse politiek
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Simon & Schuster
  • Verschijnt: 27 februari 2024
  • Omvang: 416 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
  • Prijs: $29.99 / $14.99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van het boek over de Amerikaanse politiek van Carlos Lozada

The Pulitzer Prize–winning opinion columnist at The New York Times explores how people in power reveal themselves through their books and writings and, in so doing, illuminates the personal, political, and cultural conflicts driving Washington and the nation.

As a long-time book critic and columnist in Washington, Carlos Lozada dissects all manner of texts: commission reports, political reporting, Supreme Court decisions, and congressional inquiries to understand the controversies animating life in the capital. He also reads copious books by politicians and top officials: tell-all accounts by administration insiders, campaign biographies by candidates longing for high office, revisionist memoirs by those leaving those offices behind. With this provocative essay collection, Lozada argues that no matter how carefully political figures sanitize their experiences, positions, and records, no matter how diligently they present themselves in the best and safest and most electable light, they almost always let slip the truth. They show us their faults and blind spots, their ambitions and compromises, their underlying motives and insecurities. Whether they mean to or not, they tell us who they really are.

In his memoirs and speeches, Barack Obama constantly invoked the power and meaning of his life story, Lozada notes, a sign of how the former president capitalized on his personal symbolism, trying to transform it from inspiration on the campaign trail into an all-purpose governing tool. In a soliloquy about his hair in a self-help book published two decades ago, Donald Trump revealed not just his vanity, Lozada explains, but his utter isolation from the world, long before he entered the bubble of the White House. In deft and lacerating prose, Lozada interprets the unresolved tensions of Hillary Clinton’s ideological beliefs. He imagines the wonderful memoir George H.W. Bush could have given us but instead left scattered in throughout various books and letters. He explores why Kamala Harris has struggled to carve out a distinctive role as vice president. He explains how Ron DeSantis’s pitch to America is just a list of enemies. And he even glimpses what Vladimir Putin fears the most, and why he seeks conflict with the West. He does so all through their own books, and their own words.

Lozada reads these books so you don’t have to. The Washington Book is the perfect guide to the state of our politics, and then men and women who dominate the terrain. It explores the construction of personal identity, the delusions of leadership, and that mix of subservience and ambition that can define a life in politics. The more we read the stories of Washington, Lozada contends, the clearer our understanding of the competing visions of our country.

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