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A biography of President Barack Obama, covering his multicultural childhood, education, and presidency.

An illustrated biography of Barack Obama that discusses his parents, childhood, education, work in Chicago, accomplishments throughout his political career, as well as his victorious 2008 presidential campaign against Senator John McCain.

Briefly describes the life and political career of Barack Obama, discussing his childhood, family, education, wife, work as a senator, and presidential campaign.

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 brief biography of President Barack Obama, the forty-fourth president of the United States.

A biography of United States President Barack Obama.

David Axelrod has always been a believer. Whether as a young journalist investigating city corruption, a campaign consultant guiding underdog candidates against entrenched orthodoxy, or as senior adviser to the president during one of the worst crises in American history, Axelrod held fast to his faith in the power of stories to unite diverse communities and ignite transformative political change. Now this legendary strategist, the mastermind behind Barack Obama?s historic election campaigns, shares a wealth of stories from his forty-year journey through the inner workings of American democracy. Believer is the tale of a political life well lived, of a man who never gave up on the deepest promises our country has to offer.

In I Heart Obama, journalist Erin Aubry Kaplan offers an unapologetic appreciation of our first African-American president and what he means to black Americans. Obama's is a noble and singular story that will be told for generations. I Heart Obama takes a compelling look at the story so far.

Based on hundreds of interviews and documents, this book chronicles the life of Barack Obama and the forces that shaped him, from early childhood through his adult years, as he became the first black president of the United States.