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Summary: Explores the ideas that Illinois senator Barack Obama has about race, religion, and politics and discusses how he has been received as a presidential candidate by the far right, the far left, the media, and everyday Americans.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paradigm 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 OBAMA, BARACK WILHarris, Duchess
Summary: In 2008, voters chose Barack Obama as the first African American president in the history of the United States. Barack Obama Is Elected President examines this historic event from multiple perspectives, including those of Barack Obama himself, his wife, Michelle, and opposing candidate John McCain
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, An Imprint of Abdo Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J382.73092 HARBalz, Daniel J.
Summary: An analysis of the Obama-Romney presidential race places it against a backdrop of political infighting, a decade-long war, Obama's controversial health-care bill, and a stagnant economy to offer insight into the race's more contentious aspects.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324.973 BALRemnick, David.
Summary: Examines the experiences of Barack Obama's life and explores the ambition behind his rise to the presidency, from his relationship with his parents to how social and racial tensions influences his philosophy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 OBAMA, BARACK REMGreenberg, Mark
Summary: Back in 2007, when Barack Hussein Obama announced his campaign, his election seemed to be a long shot. But he won in a decisive victory, also garnering a record 69.5 million votes, and on January 20, 2009, he became the 44th president of the United States and its first African American chief executive. Now, after two terms, this book explores Obama's journey in pictures, from his remarkable...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 921 OBAMA, BARACK GREShaffer, Jody Jensen
Summary: Briefly examines the childhood, education, adulthood, and presidency of the first African-American president in U.S. history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 OBAMiniter, Richard.
Summary: "In the first book to explore President Obama's leadership style by digging into the details of his biggest successes and failures, New York Times bestselling journalist Richard Miniter investigates the secret world of the West Wing and the combative personalities that shape world events. Based on exclusive interviews, inside sources, and never-before-published material, Leading from Behind...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.932 MINMann, Jim
Summary: An analysis of the events, ideas, and conflicts that have defined the Obama administration's foreign policy explores the struggles to enact coherent and effective policies at a time of global turmoil.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.932 MANCarter, Stephen L.
Summary: Presents an analysis of Barack Obama's views on war and the military in the first two years of his presidency, discussing his evolution from being a peace candidate to being a president conducting two wars and how this change affects national security and the nation's future.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beast Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.932 CARHughey, Matthew W. (Matthew Windust)
Summary: "On November 5, 2008, the nation awoke to a New York Times headline that read triumphantly: "OBAMA. Racial Barrier Falls in Heavy Turnout." But new events quickly muted the exuberant declarations of a postracial era in America: from claims that Obama was born in Kenya and that he is not a true American, to depictions of Obama as a "Lyin African" and conservative cartoons that showed the new...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New York University Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324.24 HUGKlein, Edward
Summary: "Delves into [what Klein sees as] the rocky relationship between the Obamas and the Clintons ... [positing] just how deep the rivalry between the Obamas and the Clintons runs, with details on closed-door meetings buttressed by hundreds of interviews"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 KLECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.932 KLEEdwards, Roberta.
Summary: Highlights the life and accomplishments of the Harvard Law School graduate, legislator, and civil rights lawyer who became the forty-fourth president of the United States.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 OBAAlter, Jonathan.
Summary: A narrative thriller about the battle royale surrounding Barack Obama's quest for a second term amid widespread joblessness and one of the most poisonous political climates in American history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 ALTHundt, Reed E.
Summary: "This book is the compelling story of President Obama's domestic policy decisions made between September 2008 and his inauguration on January 20, 2009."--Jacket flap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: RosettaBooks 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.932 HUNCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.932 HUNCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.932 HUNMundy, Liza
Summary: Washington Post writer Liza Mundy paints a revealing and intimate portrait of the most dynamic couple in politics today: Michelle, the highly organized, sometimes intimidating, list-making pragmatist; and Barack, the introspective political charmer who shoots for the stars. Michelle's story carries all the achievements and lingering pain of the post-civil rights era. She grew up on the south...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 OBAMA, MICHELLE MunCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Stacks, Call number: B Obama MunAlter, Jonathan.
Summary: Jonathan Alter, one of the country's most respected journalists and historians, uses his unique access to the White House to produce the first inside look at Obama's difficult debut. In Alter's telling, the real Obama is an authentic, demanding, unsentimental, and sometimes overconfident leader.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 OBAMA, BARACK ALTCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Stacks, Call number: 973.932 ALTD'Antonio, Michael
Summary: 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. "Barack Obama was once an unlikely candidate, but his successful campaign for the White House made him a worldwide sensation and a transformative figure even before he was inaugurated....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 DANCorn, David.
Summary: Based on interviews with senior administration officials and others close to the Oval Office, a political journalist presents a behind-the-scenes look at Obama's third year, documenting and evaluating the crucial decisions of the president.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.932 CORMundy, Liza
Summary: She can be funny and sharp-tongued, warm and blunt, empathic and demanding. Who is the woman Barack Obama calls "the boss"? Washington Post writer Liza Mundy paints an intimate portrait, taking us inside the marriage of the most dynamic couple in politics today. Drawing on interviews with more than one hundred people, including one with Michelle, Mundy captures the complexity of this remarkable...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2009
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 OBADoak, Robin S. (Robin Santos)
Summary: A biography of Barack Obama, the forty-fourth President of the United States.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 OBAKaufman, Burton Ira
Summary: "This biography of President Barack Obama argues that while the forty-fourth president has often been regarded by journalists and other political observers as a progressive and pragmatist, he was also an economic and social conservative. He believed in free enterprise, self-help, and a vibrant middle class. He sought to open up avenues of opportunity to enter the middle class for those who, for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cornell University Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 OBAMA, BARACK KAULimbaugh, David.
Summary: Laying out his case like he would a criminal complaint, Limbaugh issues an indictment of President Barack Obama for encroaching upon and stripping Americans of their individual and sovereign rights.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regnery Pub. 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.932 LIMHaygood, Wil
Summary: 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.92 HAYLevingston, Steven
Summary: The extraordinary partnership of Barack Obama and Joe Biden is unique in American history. The two men, their characters and styles sharply contrasting, formed a dynamic working relationship that evolved into a profound friendship. Based on original interviews, media reports, memoirs and other accounts, Barack and Joe is the first book to tell the full story of their historic relationship and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2019