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NPC Virtual Book Event: Dana Perino, "Everything Will Be Okay”
Dana Perino, former White House press secretary, political commentator and author, will discuss her book, "Everything Will Be Okay: Life Lessons for Young Women (from a Former Young Woman)," at a National Press Club Headliners virtual book event at noon on Tuesday, March 30. This one-hour program will stream live on the Club’s website and YouTube Channel as part of the National Press Club’s Virtual Headliners series, and is accessible to both the press and general public free-of-charge. Viewers are invited to submit their questions for Perino in advance or during the live program via email…
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NPC Virtual Book Event: Maria Hinojosa, "Once I Was You"
Award-winning journalist Maria Hinojosa will discuss her book “Once I was You: A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America," and the role she feels the Latinx community played in the 2020 election at a virtual Headliners Book event on Thursday, November 12 at 4 p.m. ET. In "Once I Was You," Hinojosa tells the deeply personal story of her own experience moving to the United States from Mexico, and delivers a powerful indictment of U.S. immigration policy under both Democratic and Republican administrations. This one-hour program will stream live on the Club’s website and YouTube Channel, and…
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NPC Virtual Newsmaker: Harold Holzer, "The Presidents vs. the Press"
It is a story as old as the republic itself: the love-hate-tolerate relationship between America’s presidents and the journalists who cover them. On Tuesday, August 25, award-winning presidential historian Harold Holzer will explain how we got to this era of “fake news” and “alternative facts” with insights from his new book, “The Presidents vs. the Press: The Endless Battle Between the White House and the Media – From the Founding Fathers to Fake News,” at a National Press Club Virtual Book Event. This 1-hour program will stream live at 1:00 p.m. ET and is accessible to both the media and…
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NPC Virtual Newsmaker: "FALLOUT: The Hiroshima Cover-up and the Reporter Who Revealed It to the World"
Bestselling author Lesley M. M. Blume will discuss her book FALLOUT: The Hiroshima Cover-up and the Reporter Who Revealed It to the World, at a National Press Club Virtual Book Event on Wednesday, August 5. This 1-hour program will stream live at 1:00 p.m. ET as part of the National Press Club’s Virtual Headliners series, and is accessible to both the media and members of the general public free-of-charge. Following the atomic bombing of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima on Aug. 6 and Nagasaki on Aug. 9, the U.S. government sought to suppress the horrific consequences of its first use of…
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NPC Virtual Newsmaker: Paul Dickson and "The Rise of the G.I. Army"
As people around the world commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, author Paul Dickson will share his new book, “The Rise of the G.I. Army, 1940-1942: The Forgotten Story of How America Forged a Powerful Army Before Pearl Harbor,” at a National Press Club Virtual Book Rap on August 14. This 1-hour program will stream live at 1:00 p.m. ET as part of the National Press Club’s Virtual Newsmaker series, and is accessible to both the media and members of the general public free-of-charge. Celebrated as “one of the best treatments to date of America’s rapid transition from the…
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NPC Virtual Newsmaker: Mary Jordan and "The Art of Her Deal"
Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter Mary Jordan will share an insider's perspective of First Lady Melania Trump at a virtual Headliners Book Rap featuring Jordan's new book, "The Art of Her Deal: The Untold Story of Melania Trump" on Tuesday, Aug. 4 at 1 p.m. Jordan, a national political correspondent for The Washington Post, interviewed more than 100 people in five countries to decipher the publicly aloof First Lady. The book takes readers behind the scenes to see Melania Trump as part of President Trump's inner circle. Jordan traces Mrs. Trump's journey from Slovenia, explores…
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NPC Headliners Book Event: Congressman Eric Swalwell, "Endgame"
Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) will discuss what it was like inside the investigation and impeachment of President Trump and what he believes is at stake for the American people at a virtual National Press Club Headliners Book Event on Thursday, June 25 at 1:00 p.m. Swalwell, whose book “Endgame: Inside the Impeachment of Donald J. Trump” is set for release on June 16, was elected to Congress as a Democrat in 2012 to represent the East Bay of California, near San Francisco. “Endgame provides readers not only with an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at impeachment but also emphasizes how…
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NPC Headliners Book Event: "Betrayal in Berlin" by Steve Vogel
Author and veteran journalist Steve Vogel, who reported for The Washington Post for more than two decades and covered everything from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the war in Afghanistan, will share his new book "Betrayal in Berlin: The True Story of the Cold War’s Most Audacious Espionage Operation," at a National Press Club Headliners book event at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 10. In “Betrayal in Berlin,” Vogel tells the thrilling true-life story of the CIA’s bold and outlandish Cold War plan – code-named “Operation Gold” - to build a sophisticated tunnel into East Berlin to recover…
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NPC Headliners Book Event: "The Impeachment Diary" by James Reston, Jr.
As Washington is once again embroiled in an impeachment battle, come hear about the days leading up to the resignation of President Richard Nixon from an eyewitness to those events. James Reston, Jr., will present his book, The Impeachment Diary: Eyewitness to the Removal of a President, at a National Press Club Headliners Book Rap on Wednesday, Nov. 6 at 6:30 p.m. Reston wrote the diary in real time as the Watergate scandal evolved into an impeachment process. He found the diary in his papers in the fall of 2018 and as he wrote in the preface he was “astonished at its relevance to the…
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