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Author
Publisher
Twelve
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Alyssa Mastromonaco worked for Barack Obama for almost a decade, and long before his run for president. From the then-senator's early days in Congress to his years in the Oval Office, she made Hope and Change happen through blood, sweat, tears, and lots of briefing binders. But for every historic occasion -- meeting the queen at Buckingham Palace, bursting in on secret climate talks, or nailing a campaign speech in a hailstorm -- there were dozens...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"After serving the highest office of American government, five men--Jimmy Carter, the late George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama--became members of the world's most exclusive fraternity. In Team of five, Kate Andersen Brower reveals what life is like after the presidency, and she uncovers the complex relationships among these former presidents, and first ladies, in a nation that has been upended by the Oval Office's current,...
43) The final year
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018
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
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"A different kind of White House memoir, presidential speechwriter David Litt's comic account of his years spent working with Barack Obama and his reflection on Obama's legacy in the age of Trump"--
Author
Publisher
Tim Duggan Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The gripping and unsettling story of Anwar al-Awlaki, the once-celebrated American imam who called for moderation after 9/11 but ultimately directed his outsize talents to the mass murder of his fellow citizens. --Provided by publisher.
52) Barack Obama
Author
Series
Publisher
Child's World
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Recounts how Michelle Robinson, who came from a modest neighborhood in Chicago, became a Harvard-educated lawyer and the wife of Barack Obama, and describes her role in his rise to the presidency.
Publisher
Time Book
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
With this illustrated book containing original reporting and analysis and showcasing the unrivaled, intimate behind-the-scenes photography of campaign photographer Callie Shell, Time Magazine marks the rise of Barack Obama from his early days to his Chicago years to the moment when he became a political phenomenon and finally won the presidency.
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2021]
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
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Valerie Jarrett interviewed a promising young lawyer named Michelle Robinson in July 1991 for a job in Chicago city government, neither knew that it was the first step on a path that would end in the White House. Jarrett soon became Michelle and Barack Obama's trusted personal adviser and family confidante; in the White House, she was known as the one who "got" him and helped him engage his public life. Jarrett joined the White House team on...
Author
Publisher
37 Ink/Atria
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
When acclaimed Washington Post writer Wil Haygood had an early hunch that Obama would win the 2008 election, he thought he'd highlight the singular moment by exploring the life of someone who had come of age when segregation was so widespread, so embedded in the culture, as to make the very thought of a black president inconceivable. He struck gold when he tracked down Eugene Allen, a butler who had served no fewer than eight presidents, from Harry...
Series
Publisher
Wonderscape Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Learn all about 10 individuals who are arguably the most influential Black leaders in the history of the United States. What were the accomplishments made by each of them? This program spotlights Harriet Tubman, Barack Obama, Ruby Bridges, Frederick Douglass, Claudette Colvin, Thurgood Marshall, Madam C.J. Walker, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Katherine Johnson, and Muhammad Ali.
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