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Brought to you by Penguin. THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES AND AUDIBLE BESTSELLER A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making-from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy. In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama...

Barack and Michelle Obama. Two of the most influential and beloved people alive. Being the first African American president of the United States, and serving two full terms in office, the impact Barack and Michelle have had on America - and the world at large - will follow us long into the future. Now, you’ll get a glimpse into the incredible lives of these two enormously influential people.

FonoLibro se complace en presentar el audiolibro en español del best seller No 1 del New York Times: La Audacia de la Esperanza del Senador y candidato demócrata a la presidencia de Estados Unidos, Barack Obama. Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.

The groundbreaking multigenerational biography, a richly textured account of President Obama and the forces that shaped him and sustain him, from Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter, political commentator, and acclaimed biographer David Maraniss. In Barack Obama: The Story, David Maraniss has...

An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WATCH THE EMMY-NOMINATED NETFLIX ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNER ONE OF ESSENCE’S 50 MOST IMPACTFUL BLACK BOOKS...

 Following his election, President Obama's supporters and detractors anticipated radical reform. As the first African American to serve as president, he reached the White House on a campaign promise of change. 

No story has been more central to America’s history this century than the rise of Barack Obama, and until now, no journalist or historian has written a book that fully investigates the circumstances and experiences of Obama’s life or explores the ambition behind his rise. Those familiar with...

Every now and again America confronts its demons, walks away from deep internal division, and strives towards justice. Barack Obama: The Movement for Change tells the story of a visionary leader who refuses to be limited by America's history and determines instead to change it.

2011 Audie Award Finalist for Nonfiction In Obama’s Wars, Bob Woodward provides the most intimate and sweeping portrait yet of the young president as commander in chief. Drawing on internal memos, classified documents, meeting notes and hundreds of hours of interviews with most of the key...

Whether you voted for Barack Obama or not, it is hard to ignore the skill and passion with which he delivers his message; he possesses the ability to communicate powerfully and effectively. With a polished speaking style, a command of eloquent and uplifting rhetoric, the ability to inspire the enthusiasm of young voters, and the sophisticated use of the Internet as a campaign tool, Obama was very much a 21st-century candidate.

NOW AVAILABLE UNABRIDGED ON AUDIO FOR THE FIRST TIME #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF ESSENCE’S 50 MOST IMPACTFUL BLACK BOOKS OF THE PAST 50 YEARS In this iconic memoir of his early days, Barack Obama “guides us straight to the intersection of the most serious questions of identity...

The definitive account of Barack Obama’s life before he became the 44th president of the United States – the formative years, confluence of forces, and influential figures who helped shaped an extraordinary leader and his rise – from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Bearing the Cross...

In diesem mit Spannung erwarteten ersten Band seiner Präsidentschaftserinnerungen, erzählt Barack Obama die Geschichte seiner unwahrscheinlichen Odyssee vom jungen Mann auf der Suche nach seiner Identität bis hin zum führenden Politiker der freien Welt. In erstaunlich persönlichen Worten beschreibt er seinen politischen Werdegang wie auch die wegweisenden Momente der ersten Amtszeit seiner historischen Präsidentschaft - einer Zeit dramatischer Veränderungen und Turbulenzen.

A major publishing event: an unprecedented look into the life of the woman who most singularly shaped Barack Obama-his mother. Barack Obama has written extensively about his father, but little is known about Stanley Ann Dunham, the fiercely independent woman who raised him, the person he credits...

Gabriel Debenedetti reveals an inside look at the historically close, complicated, occasionally co-dependent, and at-times uncertain relationship between Joe Biden and Barack Obama. The original mismatch between the veteran Washington traditionalist and the once-in-a-generation outsider has transformed repeatedly in ways that have molded not just four different presidential campaigns and two different political parties, but also wars, a devastating near-depression, movements for social equality, and the fight for the future of American democracy. 

En la Convención Nacional Demócrata de julio de 2004, Barack Obama alzó la voz con un discurso dirigido a todos los ciudadanos americanos, sin importar sus ideologías ni inclinaciones políticas. Una frase en particular de esa charla caló hondo en la audiencia: un recuerdo de que, pese a las adversidades y enfrentamientos sufridos en el pasado, algo nos ha empujado siempre a seguir hacia adelante, a no desfallecer. A esto Obama lo llamó «la audacia de la esperanza».

Barack Obama for Beginners: An Essential Guide is the most concise and reliable short biography available on the 44th president of the United States­­ - from his childhood in Hawaii and Indonesia, education at Columbia and Harvard, work as a community organizer, writer, teacher, lawyer, and politician in Illinois, to his historic nomination as president.

Die Geschichte eines jungen Mannes, der zum mächtigsten Mann der Welt wurde: In diesen großartig erzählten, unsentimentalen Erinnerungen sucht der Sohn eines schwarzen afrikanischen Vaters und einer weißen amerikanischen Mutter nach der Bedeutung seines Lebens als farbiger Amerikaner. Es beginnt in New York, als Barack Obama erfährt, dass sein Vater - für ihn mehr ein Mythos als ein Mensch - bei einem Autounfall ums Leben kam. Dieser plötzliche Tod löst eine Odyssee der Gefühle aus.

Barack Hussein Obama è nato il 4 agosto 1961 a Honolulu, Hawaii. È un politico e avvocato americano che ha servito come 44° presidente per due mandati dal 2009 al 2017.

Barack Hussein Obama s-a născut la data de 4 August 1961 în Honolulu, Hawai. Este un avocat și politician american și cel de-al 44-lea președinte al Statelor Unite ale Americii timp de două mandate între 2009 și 2017. Părinții săi sunt din Kenya și Kansas. Tatăl lui Obama a copilărit crescând capre în Africa. În cele din urmă, a primit o bursă care i-a permis să plece din Kenya și să își urmeze visul de merge la facultate în Hawai. Mama lui Obama, Ann Dunham, s-a născut într-o bază militară din Wichita, Kansas, în timpul celui de-al doilea război mondial.