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Author
Publisher
Custom House
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"An unassailable case that, in the eyes of history, Barack Obama will be viewed as one of America's best and most accomplished presidents. Over the course of eight years, Barack Obama has amassed an array of outstanding achievements. His administration saved the American economy from collapse, expanded health insurance to millions who previously could not afford it, negotiated an historic nuclear deal with Iran, helped craft a groundbreaking international...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Michael Eric Dyson delivers a provocative exploration of the politics of race and the Obama presidency. Barack Obama's presidency unfolded against the national traumas of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Freddie Gray, and Walter Scott. The nation's first African American president was careful to give few major race speeches, yet he faced criticism from all sides, including from African Americans. How has Obama's race affected his presidency and the...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books / St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Recounts the accomplishments of President Obama during his eight years in office, considering his major successes and how he was able to govern while facing both racial hostility and unrealistic expectations.
Author
Publisher
37 Ink/Atria
Pub. Date
c2013.
Language
English
Description
When acclaimed Washington Post writer Wil Haygood had an early hunch that Obama would win the 2008 election, he thought he'd highlight the singular moment by exploring the life of someone who had come of age when segregation was so widespread, so embedded in the culture, as to make the very thought of a black president inconceivable. He struck gold when he tracked down Eugene Allen, a butler who had served no fewer than eight presidents, from Harry...
Author
Publisher
Amistad/HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Barack Obama is arguably the most dynamic political figure to grace the American stage since John F. Kennedy. His meteoric rise from promise to power has stunned even the cynics and inspired a legion of devout followers.
For anyone who wants to know more about the man, David Mendell's Obama is essential reading. Mendell, who covered Obama for the Chicago Tribune, had far-reaching access to the Chicago politician as Obama climbed the ladder to the...
Author
Publisher
Humanix Publishing LLC
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A former presidential advisor to Bill Clinton, Dick Morris argues that Obama has gone well beyond any previous president in extending executive power and asserts that Obama has embarked on an outrageous and sweeping scheme to decisively -- and illegally -- grab power away from Congress, the Courts, and the States to appropriate it to himself.
Author
Publisher
WND Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Investigative journalists and New York Times bestselling authors Aaron Klein and Brenda J. Elliott reveal the detailed blueprints for President Obama's second term in office--a "progressive" program to complete the fundamental transformation of America during the next four years that will eradicate equal opportunity for all, Constitutionally-limited government, economic freedom, and personal liberty.
Author
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As the world now knows, Barack Obama has made history as our first African-American president. With black-and-white illustrations throughout, this biography is perfect for primary graders looking for a longer, fuller life story than is found in the author's bestselling beginning reader Barack Obama: United States President.
52) Barack Obama
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
This book describes the life and political career of Barack Obama, who serves as a senator from Illinois and who has been besieged by people urging him onward and upward ever since his keynote address at the Democratic Convention in 2004.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"This book examines the struggle between President Obama and the United States Congress to manage federal spending and tax policy for the three and one half years between 2009 and the summer of 2012. More than half the book focuses on the intense 44-day crisis in June and July 2011 when the United States came to the brink of a potentially catastrophic default on its debt."--Note to readers.
55) Inauguration Day
Author
Series
Publisher
Spotlight
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Spider-Man has a series of adventures on the day of Barack Obama's inauguration as President of the United States.
Publisher
Time Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
This behind-the-scenes peek at the everyday activities of America's leader takes readers from his 6:45 a.m. workout to top secret security briefings; from meetings with his cabinet, senior advisors, and foreign leaders to dinner with Michelle, Sasha, and Malia; and from the Senate Floor to the Oval Office to the basement basketball court - and beyond.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In very clear and accessible language, newly independent readers can learn how the lessons and love of Obama's mother and grandparents shaped him, and how he turned his sadness from his childhood into a positive, driving force of finding a place in the world and in the history books.
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"Barack Obama, father of the American president, was part of Africa's "independence generation" and in 1959 it seemed his star would shine brightly. He came to the U.S. from Kenya and was given a university scholarship. While in the Hawaii, he met Ann Dunham in 1961, and his son Barack was born. He left his young family to gain a master's degree from Harvard. After that, Obama's life became progressively more complicated. He was a brilliant economist,...
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