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The Obamas / by Kantor, Jodi,1975-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Explores the Obama family's transition into the White House, capturing the emotions and personalities beneath the public faȧde as the president and the First Lady deal with their new roles.
Subjects: Obama, Barack; Obama, Michelle, 1964-; Obama family.; Presidents;
© 2012., Little, Brown,
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Barack Obama : the story / by Maraniss, David.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : It's not even past -- In search of El Dorado -- Luoland -- "In this our life" -- Nairobi days -- Afraid of smallness -- Beautiful isle of somewhere -- Hapa -- Orbits -- "Such a world" -- Marked man -- What school you went? -- Barry Obama -- Riding Poniyem -- Mainland -- End and beginning -- The moviegoer -- Genevieve and the veil -- Finding and being found.
Subjects: Obama, Barack; Obama, Barack; Obama, Barack; Presidents;
© 2012., Simon & Schuster,
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The Obamas [sound recording] / by Kantor, Jodi,1975-; Miles, Robin.;
Read by Robin Miles.Explores the Obama family's transition into the White House, capturing the emotions and personalities beneath the public faȧde as the president and the First Lady deal with their new roles.
Subjects: Obama family.; Obama, Barack; Obama, Michelle, 1964-; Audiobooks.; Presidents; Presidents; Presidents' spouses;
© p2012., Hachette Audio,
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Barack before Obama : life before the presidency / by Katz, David,1981-author,photographer.; Obama, Barack,writer of foreword.;
"A personal, intimate, photographic celebration of President Barack Obama in the years prior to his presidency, from friend and former aide David Katz"--
Subjects: Photobooks.; Biographies.; Obama, Barack.; Obama, Barack; Obama family.; United States. Congress. Senate; Legislators; African American presidential candidates; Presidential candidates; Political candidates;
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American tapestry : the story of black, white, and multiracial ancestors of Michelle Obama / by Swarns, Rachel L.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-367) and index.A remarkable history of First Lady Michelle Obama's mixed ancestry as well as a portrait of America itself in an epic and inspiring family saga.
Subjects: Obama, Michelle, 1964-;
© c2012., Amistad,
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Barack Obama / by White-Thomson, Stephen.;
Barack Obama -- Early life -- Moving around -- Learning about life -- Family and politics -- Becoming president -- Being president -- Re-elected president -- Handing over -- Quiz -- Glossary."Find out about the life of Barack Obama from his childhood and education to how he became President of the United States and what he achieved. The book has photographs and a simple text suitable for young children"--Provided by publisher.Ages 7-10Grades 2-3Guided reading level: P.LSC
Subjects: Obama, Barack; Presidents; African American politicians; Politicians;
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My seven Black fathers : a young activist's memoir of race, family, and the mentors who made him whole / by Jawando, Will,1983-author.;
"A memoir by the lawyer, activist, and county councilman Will Jawando"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Jawando, Will, 1983-; African American men; African Americans; African Americans; Nigerian Americans; Role models;
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The last interview : and other conversations / by Morrison, Toni,author.; Giovanni, Nikki,writer of introduction.;
"In this generous collection of thought-provoking interviews--including her first and last--the author Barack Obama called a "national treasure" talks with a wide variety of people, from Charlayne Hunter-Gault and Bill Moyers to obscure bloggers. She details not only her writing life and her influences, but also her other careers as a teacher, and as a publisher, as well as the gripping story of her family."--
Subjects: Morrison, Toni; Authors, American; African American authors;
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Joe Biden : the life, the run, and what matters now / by Osnos, Evan,1976-author.;
Includes bibliographic references.Former vice president Joseph R. Biden Jr. has been called both the luckiest man and the unluckiest--fortunate to have sustained a fifty-year political career that reached the White House, but also marked by deep personal losses and disappointments that he has suffered. Yet even as Biden's life has been shaped by drama, it has also been powered by a willingness, rare at the top ranks of politics, to confront his shortcomings, errors, and reversals of fortune. As he says, "Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable." His trials have forged in him a deep empathy for others in hardship--an essential quality as he addresses Americans in the nation's most dire hour in decades. Blending up-close journalism and broader context, Evan Osnos, who won the National Book Award in 2014, draws on his work for The New Yorker to capture the characters and meaning of an extraordinary presidential election. It is based on lengthy interviews with Biden and on revealing conversations with more than a hundred others, including President Barack Obama, Cory Booker, Amy Klobuchar, Pete Buttigieg, and a range of progressive activists, advisers, opponents, and Biden family members. This portrayal illuminates Biden's long and eventful career in the Senate, his eight years as Obama's vice president, his sojourn in the political wilderness after being passed over for Hillary Clinton in 2016, his decision to challenge Donald Trump for the presidency, and his choice of Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate. Osnos ponders the difficulties Biden will face if elected and weighs how political circumstances, and changes in the candidate's thinking, have altered his positions. In this nuanced portrait, Biden emerges as flawed, yet resolute, and tempered by the flame of tragedy-a man who just may be uncannily suited for his moment in history.
Subjects: Biographies.; Biden, Joseph R., Jr.; United States. Congress. Senate; Legislators; Vice-Presidents; Presidential candidates; Presidents;
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The deeper the roots : a memoir of hope and home / by Tubbs, Michael,1990-author.;
"The making of a visionary political leader-and a blueprint for a more equitable country "Don't tell nobody our business," Michael Tubbs's mother often told him growing up. For Michael, that meant a lot of things: don't tell anyone about the day-to-day struggle of being Black and broke in Stockton, CA. Don't tell anyone the pain of having a father incarcerated for 25 years to life. Don't tell anyone about living two lives, the brainy bookworm and the kid with the newest Jordans. And also don't tell anyone about the particular joys of growing up with three "moms"-a Nana who never let him miss church, an Auntie who'd take him to the library any time, and a mother, "She-Daddy", who schooled him in the wisdom of hip-hop and taught him never to take no for an answer. So for a long time Michael didn't tell anyone his story, but as he went on to a scholarship at Stanford and an internship in the Obama White House, he began to realize the power of his experience, the need for his perspective in the halls of power. By the time he returned to Stockton to become, in 2016 at age 26, its first Black mayor and the youngest-ever mayor of a major American city, he knew his story meant something. The Deeper the Roots is a memoir astonishing in its candor, voice, and clarity of vision. Tubbs shares with us the city that raised him, his family of badass women, his life-changing encounters with Oprah Winfrey and Barack Obama, the challenges of governing in the 21st century and everything in between-en route to unveiling his compelling vision for America rooted in his experiences in his hometown"--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Tubbs, Michael, 1990-; Stanford University; African American mayors; African American politicians;
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