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Counselor: A Life at the Edge of History
Ted Sorensen
Harper, 2008
Extraordinary personal history
I know Ted Sorensen well, so what I have to say about his extraordinary personal history is obviously being written as a friend and admirer. As a friend, I can say that Ted speaks truth to power; as an admirer, I can say that he speaks truth forcefully and candidly. He ...
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Clinton & Me: A Real Life Political Comedy
Mark Katz
Miramax, 2004
Best book from the Clinton White House
Katz tells what has to be the best story to come out of those working within the Clinton White House.
He of course is not a major player in the administration but through his number of trips to work with various people in preparing speeches he is able to give an ...
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Presidential Humor: For Candidates, Speechwriters, and Voters, Preachers, Housewives, Janitors, Hecklers, and ...
Liz Carpenter
Bright Sky Press, 2007
An entertaining, historic, and amusing little volume written by that witty and wise woman with a wealth of Washington wisdom and experience. Drawing upon her White House experience and upon her command of American history, Liz Carpenter makes humor presidential.
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What I Saw at the Revolution: A Political Life in the Reagan Era
Peggy Noonan
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2003
She saw much at the revolution
What an amazingly wide-ranging memoir Peggy Noonan wrote! Read this book if you want to know--
* what it was like growing up in the Fifties, Sixties, and Seventies,
* what it was like to work at a major news network (CBS) as it made the awkward, transition from ...
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No Excuses: Concessions of a Serial Campaigner
Robert Shrum
Simon & Schuster, 2007
Insightful and an easy read
Shrum's book is insightful and an easy read. It is a truly candid look at politics from the inside. Shrum has no problems naming names when necessary to tell the story. The most interesting thing about this book is that the reader can see how politics has ...
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Shut Up, I'm Talking: And Other Diplomacy Lessons I Learned in the Israeli Government--A Memoir
Gregory Levey
Free Press, 2008
Haha - a hilarious (and interesting) read
Levey is one of the funniest writer's I've read in a while. The best pieces in here are funny to the point that I laughed out loud in public. In fact, the best pieces are so good that you seek to retell it to your friends, yet sadly realize that you don't have the ...
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Sammy's Hill: A Novel
Kristin Gore
Miramax, 2004
Funny and interesting
This is a great little book. It is funny and I was able to sit on a plane and read it page after page for hours. It has a wonderful flow of dialogue, interesting characters and facts. I gave this book to a friend for the holidays and she said normally she doesn't ...
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White House Ghosts: Presidents and Their Speechwriters
Robert Schlesinger
Simon & Schuster, 2008
Excellent presidential history
This is an insightful, detailed and well balanced history of the relationships between American presidents and the people who write their speeches. Mr. Schlesinger interviewed more than 90 speechwriters and other aides. He devotes a separate chapter to each president ...
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How Ronald Reagan Changed My Life
Peter Robinson
Harper, 2003
Great insiders account
The author does a great job of taking you inside the white house and Reagan's life. This book provides great insight on how Reagan did what he did with such ease and then applies his principles to his own life.
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Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Peggy Noonan
Adams Media Corp, 1995
quiet essays on the 1990's
For those enjoying Peggy Noonan, her thoughful essays of how her life evolved in the 1990's will be a delight. The topics are not especially political (although politicians are mentioned). The first part is about the lack of vision by Republicans that led to Clinton's ...
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The Ford White House: The Diary of a Speechwriter
John J. Casserly
Backinprint.com, 2001
John J. Casserly’s diary is a unique historical record that reflects the realities of the Ford presidency. Sincere, candid and thoughtful, these daily soliloquies provide intimate verbal snapshots of the people, the problems and the uses of political power in the Ford White House. His insightful writings display his personal dismay at and ...
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Finding success in the "Conceptual Age": finding work in the future will require "a whole new mind," ...
Edward Cornish
Thomson Gale, 2005
This digital document is an article from The Futurist, published by Thomson Gale on September 1, 2005. The length of the article is 851 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with ...
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Gerson's world: the president's chief speechwriter turns columnist.(WASHINGTON): An article from: National ...
Ramesh Ponnuru
Thomson Gale, 2007
This digital document is an article from National Review, published by Thomson Gale on July 30, 2007. The length of the article is 2249 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with ...
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The Speechwriter's Handbook of Humor: A Practical Guide to Getting Laughs in Public Speeches and Presentations
Robert Orben
Marion Street Press, Inc., 2007
Good Speechwriting book - For Humor or Not
I really enjoyed this book. This is not your hackneyed list of "Jokes for all Occasions." Orben suggests the book is a handbook in the true sense of the word in that you can dip into it as needed for appropriate speeches.
The jokes and humorous stories are ...
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Soul Shakers: Inspiring Stories from a Presidential Speechwriter
James C. Humes
Dimensions for Living, 2007
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