The junior senator from Illinois discusses how to transform U.S. politics, calling for a return to America's original ideals and revealing how they can address such issues as globalization and the function of religion in public life.
Provides biographical information on the Barack Obama family with a special emphasis on the 44th president of the United States; includes a family timeline, chronology, list of accomplishments and awards , glossary, bibliography, index and picture credits.
A biography of President Barack Obama focusing on his life from childhood through adulthood, and detailing the events that shaped his political career, and includes a historical timeline.
A brief biography, in graphic novel format, of Barack Obama, that covers his first one hundred days as president and the historic campaign before his election.
Senator Barack Obama addresses twenty-first century politics in the United States, commenting on economic insecurities of citizens, race, religion, terrorism, threat of a pandemic, and other related issues.
Photojournalist Pete Souza documents the meteoric rise of the charismatic Barack Obama from his first day in the U.S. Senate up to the Pennsylvania presidential primary. Souza, who also accompanied the senator to seven countries including Kenya, South Africa, and Russia, had access to photograph the senator and presidential candidate in private and public moments during Obama's rise to political stardom. Most of these have not been seen before. Souza provides extended commentary about each photo to place it in context, and describe the scene and participants.--From publisher description.
Presents in graphic novel format the life of Georgia congressman John Lewis, focusing on his youth in rural Alabama, his meeting with Martin Luther King Jr., and the birth of the Nashville Student Movement.