Barack Obama
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Complete with period paintings and photos, a comprehensive guide provides profiles, biographies, administration highlights, and political and personal accomplishments of every president in the history of the United States, along with a review of Air Force One, the Secret Service, and a look at the various Presidential retreats.
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This curated collection of landmark speeches chronicles Barack Obama's presence on the national stage, covers his signature policy initiatives, and addresses major moments in American life and history during his eight-year term as the 44th president of the United States. Also included are speeches he made after he left the White House--most notably, his eulogy for John Lewis and his speech at the 2020 Democratic National Convention. Obama's eloquent...
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"El legado de un hombre que ha trazado el camino hacia un futuro mejor. El 20 de enero de 2009, después de que se celebrara una de las elecciones más participativas en la historia de Estados Unidos, Barack Obama se convirtió en el 44.° presidente del país y en el primer afroamericano en llegar a la Casa Blanca. En todo ese tiempo, ocho años de intenso mandato, Obama, que recibió el Premio Nobel de la Paz, abogó por la concordia entre los pueblos,...
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Dreams from my father : In New York ... 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 his mother's family to Hawaii, and then to Kenya, where he meets the African side of his family, confronts the bitter truth of his father's life, and at last reconciles...
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"Barack Obama's political life can be chronicled through a series of major addresses in which he spoke to the nation with a voice uniquely his own. His eloquence, both written and spoken, propelled him to national prominence and ultimately made it possible for the son of a Kenyan man and a white woman from Kansas to become the first black president of the United States."--Publisher's description.
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"The final speeches of the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, and First Lady Michelle Obama. Both speeches were instant and moving landmarks, as well as stirring testaments to the time this inspiring and beloved couple spent in the White House."--Via amazon.com.
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En estas memorias líricas, sin sentimentalismos y convincentes, el hijo de un padre africano negro y una madre estadounidense blanca busca un significado viable para su vida como estadounidense negro. Comienza en Nueva York, donde Barack Obama se entera de que su padre, una figura que conoce más como un mito que como un hombre, ha muerto en un accidente automovilístico. Esta muerte súbita inspira una odisea emocional: primero a un pequeño pueblo...
33) Yes we did: photos and behind-the-scenes stories celebrating our first African American president
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"Intimate photos and insights from the only White House photographer of color during the Obama years--including never-before-seen images of the President and First Lady Michelle Obama, and a diverse array of guests, staffers, and candid moments"--
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Barack Obama, junior senator from Illinois, first captured America's attention with his keynote address to the Democratic National Convention in 2004. Now, as presumptive Democratic candidate for President, Obama's superb and captivating oratory style has earned him comparisons to John F. Kennedy and even Martin Luther King - and on the campaign trail Obama has achieved near rock-star status.
Obama speaks on themes of race, identity, community, and...
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Few NFL teams measure up in terms of quality or personality to the 1985 Chicago Bears. They were dominant on the gridiron, and omnipresent in the media. The documentary will reveal the full story behind this colorful, storied and arguably greatest team in professional football history.
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Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly 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.