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1) First family
Author
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Description
Follow a day in the life of the Obamas.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 26
Formats
Description
In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. It begins in New York, where Barack Obama learns that his father, a figure he knows more as a myth than as a man, has been killed in a car accident. This sudden death inspires an emotional odyssey, first to a small town in Kansas, from which he retraces the migration of...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
319 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
Description
Peter Bakers authoritative history of the Obama presidency is the first complete account that will stand the test of time. Baker takes the measure of Obamas achievements and disappointments in office and brings into focus the real legacy of the man who, as he described himself, "doesnt look like all the presidents on the dollar bills."
Author
Formats
Description
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Residence and First Women--also a New York Times bestseller--comes a poignant, news-making look at the lives of the five former presidents in the wake of their White House years, including the surprising friendships they have formed through shared perspective and empathy. After serving the highest office of American government, five men--Jimmy Carter, the late George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George...
8) Barack Obama
Pub. Date
2008, c2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (47 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follow Obama through his teenage struggles for self-identity, his student days at Columbia University and Harvard Law School, his political career in Chicago, and finally, join his exciting journey towards the 2008 Democratic Convention. Originally produced in 2005, this film includes an update.
Author
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.9 - AR Pts: 24
Physical Desc
375 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
Senator Obama calls for a different brand of politics--a politics for those weary of bitter partisanship and alienated by the "endless clash of armies" we see in Congress and on the campaign trail; a politics rooted in the faith, inclusiveness, and nobility of spirit at the heart of our democracy. He explores those forces--from the fear of losing, to the perpetual need to raise money, to the power of the media--that can stifle even the best-intentioned...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
xx, 450 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
For nearly ten years, Ben Rhodes saw almost everything that happened at the center of the Obama administration--first as a speechwriter, then as deputy national security advisor, and finally as a multipurpose aide and close collaborator. He started every morning in the Oval Office with the President's Daily Brief, traveled the world with Obama, and was at the center of some of the most consequential and controversial moments of the presidency. Now...
11) A promised land
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Formats
Description
In this anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in personal detail both his political education and the landmark moments of the first term of his historic presidency--a time of dramatic transformation and turmoil.
12) Malia
Author
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
64 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
A brief biography of Malia Obama.
13) Sasha
Author
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
64 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
14) Barack
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
64 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Author
Pub. Date
©2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
106 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
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.
19) Obama's wars
Author
Formats
Description
Drawing on internal memos, classified documents, meeting notes and hundreds of hours of interviews with most of the key players, including the president, Woodward shows Obama making the critical decisions on the Afghanistan War, the secret war in Pakistan and the worldwide fight against terrorism.
Author
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
40 p. ; col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Description
When David asks his mother about the man on television, she tells him the story of Barack Obama, discussing his childhood in Hawaii and Indonesia, his parents' divorce, and his desire to help others.
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