Barack Obama
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Language
English
Description
Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political education and the landmark moments of the first term of his historic presidency-- a time of dramatic transformation and turmoil.
"In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from...
Author
Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
Description
In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. It begins in New York, where Barack Obama learns that his father a figure he knows more as a myth than as a man has been killed in a car accident. This sudden death inspires an emotional odyssey first to a small town in Kansas, from which he retraces the migration of his...
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
"In this tender, beautiful letter to his daughters, President Barack Obama has written a moving tribute to thirteen groundbreaking Americans and the ideals that have shaped our nation. From the artistry of Georgia O'Keeffe, to the courage of Jackie Robinson, to the patriotism of George Washington, President Obama sees the traits of these heroes within his own children, and within all of America's children"--Book jacket.
Author
Edition
Unabridged
Language
Español
Description
Ahora adaptadas para jóvenes, las memorias bestseller #1 del New York Times que Toni Morrison llamó «realmente extraordinarias» ofrecen una mirada íntima a los primeros años de Barack Obama. Se trata de un viaje fascinante que traza la odisea familiar, racial y de identidad del futuro cuadragésimo cuarto presidente.
El retrato revelador de un joven hombre negro cuestionándose sobre el autodescubrimiento y la pertenencia...
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Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Relive the extraordinary Presidency of Barack Obama through White House photographer Pete Souza's behind-the-scenes images and stories in this #1 New York Times bestseller — with a foreword from the President himself.
During Barack Obama's two terms, Pete Souza was with the President during more crucial moments than anyone else — and he photographed them all. Souza captured nearly two million photographs of President Obama, in...
During Barack Obama's two terms, Pete Souza was with the President during more crucial moments than anyone else — and he photographed them all. Souza captured nearly two million photographs of President Obama, in...
Author
Pub. Date
2020
Edition
Unabridged
Language
Español
Description
Un relato cautivador y personal de la historia según se va forjando, del presidente que nos ha inspirado a creer en el poder de la democracia.
En este extraordinario primer volumen de sus esperadas memorias presidenciales, Barack Obama narra la historia de su sorprendente evolución de ser un joven en busca de su identidad a convertirse en líder del mundo occidental, describiendo con increíble detalle tanto su formación política
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Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
6 sound discs (7 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"[I]n New York ... Barack Obama learns that his father--a figure he knows more as a myth than as a man--has been killed in a car accident. This sudden death inspires an emotional odyssey--first to a small town in Kansas, from which he retraces the migration of his mother's family to Hawaii, and then to Kenya, where he meets the African side of his family, confronts the bitter truth of his father's life, and at last reconciles his divided inheritance"--Container....
10) Night
Author
Series
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
Description
"Wiesel's account of his time in concentration camps during the Holocaust with updated front and back matter to include speeches and essays commemorating his recent death"--
"A memorial edition of Elie Wiesel's seminal memoir of surviving the Nazi death camps, with tributes by President Obama and Samantha Power. When Elie Wiesel died in July 2016, the White House issued a memorial statement in which President Barack Obama called him 'the conscience...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 303 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Two longtime friends share an intimate and urgent conversation about life, music, and their enduring love of America, with all its challenges and contradictions, in this stunningly produced expansion of their groundbreaking Higher Ground podcast, featuring more than 350 photographs, exclusive bonus content, and never-before-seen archival material"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
167 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents the texts of nineteen speeches made by President Barack Obama between 2002 and 2006, in which he addresses a variety of issues, including the Iraq war, social security, global warming, the legacies of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr., and others.
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Formats
Description
At this defining moment in our history, Americans are hungry for change. After years of failed policies and failed politics from Washington, this is our chance to reclaim the American dream. Barack Obama has proven to be a new kind of leader–one who can bring people together, be honest about the challenges we face, and move this nation forward. Change We Can Believe In outlines his vision for America.
In these pages you...
In these pages you...
Author
Series
Complete Peanuts volume 25
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
x, 315 pages : illustrations ; 18 x 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"This penultimate volume of The Complete Peanuts series collects the last year of the most beloved comic strip ever created. Rerun embarks on a career as an 'underground' comic book artist, and Snoopy's siblings Andy, Olaf, and Spike (who cameo in the Peanuts movie) appear. The volume is rounded out with the complete Li'l Folks. Prefiguring Peanuts and its major themes, this weekly single-panel comic Schulz produced for his hometown paper is available...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
303 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"A personal, intimate, photographic celebration of President Barack Obama in the years prior to his presidency, from friend and former aide David Katz"--
19) The final year
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A chronicle of the Barack Obama administration's foreign policy team and the events of Obama's final year in office.
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
Essays on the dangers of the wealth and income gap, collected by the New York Times–bestselling author of It’s Even Worse Than You Think.
This collection includes writings by a wide range of voices—including Adam Smith, Elizabeth Warren, Barbara Ehrenreich, Joseph E. Stiglitz, Studs Terkel, Paul Krugman, Barack Obama, and David Cay Johnston—illuminating the reality of economic inequality...
This collection includes writings by a wide range of voices—including Adam Smith, Elizabeth Warren, Barbara Ehrenreich, Joseph E. Stiglitz, Studs Terkel, Paul Krugman, Barack Obama, and David Cay Johnston—illuminating the reality of economic inequality...
