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The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream (Vintage)»rank: 188by: Barack Obama
: :Barack Obama's first book, Dreams from My Father, was a compelling and moving memoir focusing on personal issues of race, identity, and community. With his second book The Audacity of Hope, Obama engages themes raised in his keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, shares personal views on faith and values and offers a vision of the future that involves repairing a 'political process that is broken' and restoring a government that has fallen out of touch with the people. We had the opportunity to ask Senator Obama a few questions about writing, reading, and politics--see his ... |
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance»rank: 209by: Barack Obama
: :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 mother’s family to Hawaii, and then to Kenya, where he meets the African side of his ... |
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Change We Can Believe In: Barack Obama's Plan to Renew America's Promise»rank: 1302from: Three Rivers Press
: :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 will find bold and specific ideas about how to fix our ailing economy and strengthen the middle class, make health care affordable for all, ... |
Barack Obama vs. John McCain - Side by Side Senate Voting Record for Easy Comparison»rank: 42877by: Barack Obama, John McCain
: :It is often difficult to ignore the hype and find out what the candidates really believe in. During this election, however, voters have the unique advantage of access to the actual voting records of both candidates. ***** This book lists every legislation considered by the U.S. Senate between January 6, 2005 and May 22, 2008 and shows you how Senator Obama and Senator McCain voted on each of these issues. ***** Here are hundreds of votes each of them cast (or didn't cast-the book also shows every legislation the candidate didn't vote on). Each candidate's votes are ... |
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Barack Obama in His Own Words»rank: 45348by: Barack Obama
: :Since delivering his keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, Barack Obama has been hailed as the clear savior of not only the Democratic party, but of the integrity of American politics. Despite the fact that he burst onto the national scene seemingly overnight, his name recognition has grown by leaps and bounds ever since.Barack Obama in His Own Words, a book of quotes from the Illinois Senator, allows those who aren't as familiar with his politics to learn quickly where he stands on abortion, religion, AIDS, his critics, foreign policy, Iraq, the War on Terror, ... |
The Essential Barack Obama: The Grammy Award-Winning Recordings»rank: 38934from: Random House Audio
: :A CD collection featuring the best-selling audiobooks, The Audacity of Hope and Dreams from My Father from Grammy® award-winning author, Barack Obama.The Audacity of HopeIn July 2004, Barack Obama electrified the Democratic National Convention with an address that spoke to Americans across the political spectrum. One phrase in particular anchored itself in listeners’ minds, a reminder that for all the discord and struggle to be found in our history as a nation, we have always been guided by a dogged optimism in the future, or what Senator Obama called “the audacity of hope.” Now, in The Audacity ... |
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The State of Black America 2007: Portrait of the Black Male»rank: 49651by: National Urban League
: :According to the 2007 National Urban League Equality Index, although many black men are doing well, glaring economic and other gaps continue to exist between them and their white counterparts. Because of its devastating and far-reaching ramifications, the status of the black male is the most serious economic and civil rights challenge we face today. The 2007 State of Black America report takes up this challenge with a fresh and in-depth look at the current conditions facing the Black male. Based on this research and analysis by some of America's best minds, the National Urban League presents ... |
La audacia de la esperanza: Reflexiones sobre cómo restaurar el sueño americano (Vintage Espanol)»rank: 245650by: Barack Obama
: :En La audacia de la esperanza, el senador demócrata Barack Obama reclama una política diferente —una política para quienes están cansados del agrio partidismo, una política que se basa en la fe, la participación de todos y la nobleza de espíritu que es parte esencial de “nuestro improbable proyecto de democracia”. En el corazón de este libro está la visión del senador Obama de cómo podemos superar nuestras divisiones para enfrentar los problemas concretos. Él examina la creciente inseguridad económica de las familias estadounidenses, las tensiones raciales y religiosas dentro del cuerpo político y las amenazas transnacionales ... |
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Barack Obama: What He Believes In - From His Own Works»rank: 222641by: Barack Obama, U.S. Senate
: :We are all familiar with the phenomenon known as Barack Obama. However, many of us don't know what he has worked for while in the Senate-what sort of legislation has he, himself, sponsored or co-sponsored. This book provides an invaluable glimpse of what the Senator feels passionately about, listing and detailing all of the Senate Bills and Resolutions that Senator Barack Obama sponsored or co-sponsored during 2007, the first term of the 110th Congress.*****It also lists all the co-sponsors of these bills so you can see who he has worked with-which Democratic and Republican Senators he has ... |
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream»rank: 421307by: Barack Obama
: :We are all familiar with the phenomenon known as Barack Obama. However, many of us don't know what he has worked for while in the Senate-what sort of legislation has he, himself, sponsored or co-sponsored. This book provides an invaluable glimpse of what the Senator feels passionately about, listing and detailing all of the Senate Bills and Resolutions that Senator Barack Obama sponsored or co-sponsored during 2007, the first term of the 110th Congress.*****It also lists all the co-sponsors of these bills so you can see who he has worked with-which Democratic and Republican Senators he has ... |