Vicky Ward
Vicky Ward is a New York Times bestselling author, investigative reporter, and magazine columnist. A contributing editor at Vanity Fair for eleven years, she is now an editor-at-large at HuffPost and Town & Country magazine. She has covered politics, finance, art, and culture. Her bestselling books include The Devil’s Casino, Kushner, Inc., and The Liar’s Ball.
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Kushner, Inc.
- By: Vicky Ward
- Narrator: Fiona Hardingham
- Length: 9 hours 35 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: March 19, 2019
- Language: English
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3.53(1391 ratings)
The first explosive book about Javanka and their infamous rise to power
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump are the self-styled Prince and Princess of America. Their swift, gilded rise to extraordinary power in Donald Trump’s White House is unprecedented and dangerous. In Kushner, Inc., investigative journalist Vicky Ward digs beneath the myth the couple has created, depicting themselves as the voices of reason in an otherwise crazy presidency, and reveals that Jared and Ivanka are not just the President’s chief enablers: they, like him, appear disdainful of rules, of laws, and of ethics. They are entitled inheritors of the worst kind; their combination of ignorance, arrogance, and an insatiable lust for power has caused havoc all over the world, and may threaten the democracy of the United States.
Ward follows their trajectory from New Jersey and New York City to the White House, where the couple’s many forays into policy-making and national security have mocked long-standing U.S. policy and protocol. They have pursued an agenda that could increase their wealth while their actions have mostly gone unchecked. In Kushner, Inc., Ward holds Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump accountable: she unveils the couple’s self-serving transactional motivations and how those have propelled them into the highest levels of the US government where no one, the President included, has been able to stop them.
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- By: Vicky Ward
- Narrator: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 6 hours 35 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: January 14, 2020
- Language: English
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3.97(374 ratings)
Harry Macklowe is one of the most notorious wheelers and dealers of the real-estate world, and The Liar’s Ball is the story of the gamblers and thieves who populate his world. Watch as Harry makes the gutsy bid for midtown Manhattan’s famous GM building and puts almost no money down, landing the billion-dollar transaction that made him the poster child for New York’s real-estate royalty. Listen in on the secret conversations, back-door deals, and blackmail that put Macklowe and his cronies on top–and set them up for an enormous fall. Discover how Harry Macklowe ruthlessly clawed his way to the top with the help of his loyal followers, each grubbing for a piece of the real-estate pie.
In this real-life tale of extravagance, ambition, and power, Vanity Fair contributing editor Vicky Ward skillfully paints the often scandalous picture of the giants who owned the New York skyline until their empires came crumbling down in the 2008 financial crisis, revealing their secrets and telling the tale of business as usual for this group–lying, backstabbing, and moving in for the kill when things look patchy. Based on more than 200 interviews with real-estate moguls like Donald Trump, William Zeckendorf, Mort Zuckerman, and David Simon, Liar’s Ball is the never-before-told story of the egomaniacal elites of New York City.
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