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In July 2004, Barack Obama electrified the Democratic National Convention with an address that spoke to Americans across the political spectrum. Now, in The Audacity of Hope, Senator Obama calls for a different brand of politics–a politics for those weary of bitter partisanship and alienated...

As Barack Obama's presidential failures keep adding up, remembering them all can be a challenge. Matt Margolis and Mark Noonan have compiled everything you need to know about the presidency of Barack Obama (so far) into one book. Now you can easily find all the information that was ignored by the media and that Barack Obama would like you to forget.

This detailed book delves into the life and legacy of Barack Obama from his childhood and early years to the campaign which took him to the White House. With two terms and a wealth of achievements, this book takes a deeper look at the powerful mind-set that led Obama to the White House. Containing his life lessons, rules for success, and the philosophies which helped him serve eight years as the leader of the free world, this audiobook is a powerful reminder that anybody can achieve great things if they have the right tools and a growth mind-set.

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.

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.

Enter The Audacity to Win Book Club Discussion Contest Watch David Plouffe discuss The Audacity to Win on "Meet the Press" David Plouffe not only led the effort that put Barack Obama in the White House, but he also changed the face of politics forever and reenergized the idea of democracy itself...

A day that will live in infamy.... Nothing to fear but fear itself.... Ask not what your country can do for you.... Ich bin ein Berliner.... Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall. From Franklin Delano Roosevelt to Barack Obama, this collection features original speeches by the presidents of the United States. These are actual historic recordings, the sound quality represents the available audio technology of the era, and varies by recording.

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.

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.

Barack Obama hat als erster Afroamerikaner beste Chancen auf den Einzug ins Weiße Haus. Doch was steckt hinter diesem Mann mit dem Charisma eines Martin Luther King? Christian Blees zeichnet im Gespräch mit dem Obama-Experten Christoph von Marschall das Bild des Sohnes kenianisch-amerikanischer Eltern, der nach seinem Harvard-Abschluß Sozialarbeiter wurde und heute als Hoffnung eines ganzen Landes gilt ...

Matt Margolis lays out the details of literally dozens of Obama administration scandals that have been ignored, downplayed, or covered-up by the mainstream media. From "Fast and Furious", to the illegal IRS targeting of conservative groups, to the recent NSA spying outrage, Margolis makes a powerful case that the Obama years represented nearly a decade of lawless and abusive governance. While Obama and his allies attempt to spin the narrative that his presidency represented a time of pristine politics, it's critically important that Americans understand the truth.

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 como los momentos cumbre del primer período de su histórica presidencia, una época de una gran conmoción y de profunda transformación.

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...

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.

An audio-only collection published in partnership with CBS News’s 60 Minutes. Barack Obama: The 60 Minutes Interviews offers an unprecedented glimpse into the Obama presidency, through a series of extended interviews presented with new commentary by award-winning 60 Minutes veteran Steve Kroft...

Get inside the mind and soul of Barack Obama In The Faith of Barack Obama, New York Times bestselling author Stephen Mansfield takes readers inside the mind, heart, and soul of presidential hopeful Barack Obama—as a person of faith, as a man, as an American, and possibly as our future...

In November 2012, Americans went to the polls to make yet another historic decision. Their choice was to reelect the nation's first African-American president or to elect the first Mormon president. Obama faced one of the least conventional Republican politicians the country ever had. From his Mormon faith to his governorship of the very blue Massachusetts, Mitt Romney left many on the right wondering whether he possessed the traditional conservative values they deemed necessary.

Do you want to know all of the important facts about Barack Obama? Among many other things, the 44th US president battled a global economic crisis, pulled troops out of war-torn Iraq, and introduced a universal health-care system. This fantastic audiobook gives you the information you need to know about President Obama in handily organized sections.

This is a compilation of presidential speeches that spans 75 years, from Franklin Delano Roosevelt's first inaugural speech in 1933 to Barack Obama's victory speech in 2008.