D'Antonio, Michael

Barack Obama was once a most unlikely candidate, but his successful campaign for the White House made him a worldwide sensation and a transformative figure even before he was inaugurated. Elected as the Iraq War and the Great Recession had discouraged millions of Americans, Obama made a promise of hope that revived the national spirit. Soon after he occupied the White House, Congress approved his economic-recovery act and his program to save the U.S. auto industry. Both worked better than any observer predicted, and together they powered a recovery that has seen growth return and unemployment reduced to below five percent. Today the American economy is again the most vibrant in the world and its recovery has far outpaced Western Europe's.

A biography of Donald Trump that looks at his beginnings as a business man, his romantic life, and his pursuit of power in its many forms.

Chronicles the life of Walter O'Malley, focusing on his controversial decisions as one of baseball's most powerful team owners, and discusses the impact O'Malley had on major league baseball in America.

Follows self-taught golfer Esteban Toledo through the grueling Q. School where top-flight amateurs attempt to win a spot on the PGA tour, and a make-or-break season as a professional; and tells about his twelve-year struggle to overcome his impoverished beginnings to prevail in the game.

Describes the life of chocolate entrepreneur Milton S. Hershey focusing on his youth, family, entrance into the chocolate industry, developing schools for children, and jobs for adults. Discusses how he founded an orphanage at his family home and how his corporate business maintained adequate wages for his employees through the Great Depression.

Describes the experiences of a group of boys who had been sent to the Fernald State School, one of many schools in the United States that were designed to keep the mentally handicapped and potential criminals out of society, and their escape and struggles to survive without family, social connections, or education.

Reconstructs the drama and dynamics of Hanford's transformation as the nation's prime bomb-maker and polluter to an industry forced at long last to face the century's most daunting task--closing the circle on the splitting of the atom.

Describes the experiences of a group of boys who had been sent to the Fernald State School, one of many schools in the United States that were designed to keep the mentally handicapped and potential criminals out of society, and their escape and struggles to survive without family, social connections, or education.

Presents a biography of Milton S. Hershey, and chronicles his troubled childhood, his early failures, and his later accomplishments in the candy-making business.