Stunning floral creations from the Chief Floral Designer at The White House Laura Dowling served as Chief Floral Designer at the White House form 2009 until 2015. Found insideExamples from jewelry, millinery, handbags, perfume, couture, and everyday dress show how the rose--both beautiful and symbolic--has inspired fashion over hundreds of years. Born in 1755, the son of tenant farmers at Desart Court in County Kilkenny, Ireland, James Hoban trained in Dublin before brining his talents in architectural drawing and building to America in about 1785. Found insideJudith Brown explores Nehru as a figure of power and provides an assessment of his leadership at the head of a newly independent India with no tradition of democratic politics. Found insideFormer Camp David commander Rear Admiral Michael Giorgione, CEC, USN (Ret.), takes us deep into this enigmatic and revered sanctuary. 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