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62) Barack Obama
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A biography of Barack Obama for beginning readers.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The former official White House photographer compares the most recent two administrations via photos of Barack Obama side-by-side with tweets, headlines, and quotes from the Trump administration.
"From Pete Souza, ... author of Obama: An Intimate Portrait, comes a powerful tribute to a bygone era of integrity in politics. As Chief Official White House Photographer, Pete Souza spent more time alongside President Barack Obama than almost anyone else....
Publisher
Time Book
Pub. Date
c2008
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
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Through extensive on-the-record interviews with friends and teachers, mentors and disparagers, family members and Obama himself, David Remnick demonstrates how a rootless, unaccomplished, and confused young man created himself first as a community organizer in Chicago, then as a Harvard Law School graduate, and finally as President of the United States. "By looking at Obama's political rise through the prism of our racial history, Remnick gives us...
Author
Series
Publisher
Quirk Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Following a long but successful book tour, Joe Biden has one more stop before he can return home: Chicago. His old pal Barack Obama has invited him to meet a wealthy benefactor whose endorsement could turn the tide for Joe if he decides to run for president. The two friends barely have time to catch up before another mystery lands in their laps: Obama's prized Blackberry is stolen. When their number-one suspect winds up full of lead on the South Side,...
Author
Publisher
Threshold Editions
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Borelli, one of the most visible and outspoken black conservatives in the country, argues that Obama's policy overreach has frozen racial tensions in this country. The Left, having introduced the race card to defend Obama from the massive unpopularity of his policies, has turned a blind eye to the leadership failures that have spread down through black career politicians who are causing a cycle of oppression in America. She demands that new black...
Author
Publisher
Twelve/Hachette Book Group
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 of less-than-perfect...
75) Game change
Author
Publisher
Harper Audio
Pub. Date
℗2010
Language
English
Description
John Heilemann and Mark Halperin chronicle the historical 2008 United States presidential election. From Barack Obama's rise to the Oval Office to the Sarah Palin blunder that may have cost the Republicans the election, Heilemann and Halperin offer an inside look into one of the most momentous occasions in American history.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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...
