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English
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In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political education and the landmark moments of the first term of his historic presidency--a time of dramatic transformation and turmoil.
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Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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At age nineteen, Natasha Trethewey had her world turned upside down when her former stepfather shot and killed her mother. Grieving and still new to adulthood, she confronted the twin pulls of life and death in the aftermath of unimaginable trauma and now explores the way this experience lastingly shaped the artist she became.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.9 - AR Pts: 24
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English
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Illinois Senator Barack Obama discusses how America can move beyond divisions in government and society to tackle concrete problems. Examines the growing economic insecurity of American families, the racial and religious tensions within the body politic, and the transnational threats, from terrorism to pandemic. Explores the role that faith plays in a democracy.
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Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Walter F. White led two lives: one as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance and the NAACP in the early twentieth century, the other as a white newspaperman who covered lynching crimes in the Deep South at the blazing height of racial violence. Born mixed race and with very fair skin and straight hair, White was able to "pass" for white. He leveraged this ambiguity as a reporter, bringing to light the darkest crimes in America and helping to plant the...
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