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Author:	Barack Obama	Publisher:	Crown Pub
ISBN-10:	0307237699	Subject:	Biography & Autobiography
ISBN-13:	9780307237699	Topic:	--
Format:	Hardcover	Language:	English
Publication Year:	2006	Condition:	Very Good
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In a few short years, Barack Obama went from being a relatively unknown freshman senator from Illinois to the successful candidate for the presidency in the 2008 election. His success is sometimes credited to his ability as a public speaker, as evidenced in his stunning keynote address at the 2004 Democratic convention. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE follows his best-selling DREAMS FROM MY FATHER, and it offers the visionary pragmatism of his speeches and the candor of his memoir. Each chapter is a developed essay, whether he is discussing partisanship in Washington, the values we have in common, or the importance of the Constitution. He also writes on the positive side of public service, the role that opportunity plays in America's economic health, the enduring dilemma of race, America's place in the world order, and last but not least, how he feels about his family. The personal side comes through in all as he tells anecdotes about the people and experiences that influenced his thought, and as he strives to connect equally to America's founding principles, its rich history, and its future, which he believes in and which he will help shape. With a vision and a diction that struck a chord in the hearts of mainstream Democrats at the 2004 convention, Senator Barack Obama offers a platform that reconnects with traditional American values while offering a path to the future. Obama begins with a plea for an end to the toxic partisanship which characterizes business-as-usual in Washington, D.C. He appeals across party lines as he addresses issues of concern to all Americans: economic health; racial harmony; security of the homeland. Obama advocates a nationwide consensus that reaffirms the Constitution and a new politics based on those ideals--one that can get things done.
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Length:	375 pages
Height:	9.5 in.
Width:	6.8 in.
Thickness:	1.8 in.
Weight:	23.2 oz.

Publisher's Note
The junior U.S. senator from Illinois speaks out to all Americans on how to transform U.S. politics, calling for a return to America's original ideals and revealing how they can be adapted to such controversial issues as globalization, the function of religion in public life, and the struggle to bring people together in a nation torn by differences. 250,000 first printing.
Industry reviews
"While exhibiting his leadership attributes, life experiences and personal qualities largely in anecdotal form, this book also displays reasonably wide and thoughtful, if occasionally predictable, responses to domestic controversies and underscores that in his brief time as the junior senator from Illinois, he has been exposed to conflicts in the Middle East, the former Soviet Union and elsewhere." (12/24/2006) "True to his roots as a former lecturer in Constitutional law at the University of Chicago, Obama's writing is academic and intellectual enough to further discourse on some of the most complicated policy issues of the day without becoming too didactic and dispassionate. Yet his observations from the halls of Congress to the cornfields of Illinois are full of enough Kennedyesque idealism and enthusiasm that he never loses the common touch."

The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

Product Category : Books
ISBN : 0307237699
Title : The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
Authors : Barack Obama
Binding : Hardcover
Publisher : Crown
Publication Date : 2006-10-17
Pages : 384
List Price (MSRP) : 25.00
Height : 1.5700 inches
Width : 6.3800 inches
Length : 9.2900 inches
Weight : 1.5900 pounds
Keywords : African-American & Black, Congresses, Senates, & Legislative Bodies, Politics, Sociology, African-American Studies, Civil Rights, Nonfiction: Politics: General, Nonfiction: Social Sciences: Sociology: General, Nonfiction: Social Sciences: Political Scienc
Condition : Very Good

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