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The Audacity of Hope : Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama (2006, Hardcover, Large Type / large print edition)

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In July 2004, Barack Obama electrified the Democratic National Convention with an address that spoke to Americans across the political spectrum. One phrase in particular anchored itself in listeners' minds, a reminder that for all the discord and struggle to be found in our history as a nation, we have always been guided by a dogged optimism in the future, or what Senator Obama called the audacity of hope. Now, in The Audacity of Hope, 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 improbable experiment in 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 politician. He also writes, with surprising intimacy and self-deprecating humor, about settling in as a senator, seeking to balance the demands of public service and family life, and his own deepening religious commitment.At the heart of this book is Senator Obama's vision of how we can move beyond our divisions to tackle concrete problems. He examines the growing economic insecurity of American families, the racial and religious tensions within the body politic, and the transnational threats-from terrorism to pandemic-that gather beyond our shores. And he grapples with the role that faith plays in a democracy-where it is vital and where it must never intrude. Underlying his stories about family, friends, members of the Senate, even the president, is a vigorous search for connection: the foundation for a radically hopeful political consensus. A senator and a lawyer, a professor and a father, a Christian and a skeptic, and above all a student of history and human nature, Senator Obama has written a book of transforming power. Only by returning to the principles that gave birth to our Constitution, he says, can Americans repair a political process that is broken, and restore to working order a government that has fallen dangerously out of touch with millions of ordinary Americans. Those Americans are out there, he writes-waiting for Republicans and Democrats to catch up with them.

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Publisher
Random House Large Print
ISBN-10
0739326651
ISBN-13
9780739326657
eBay Product ID (ePID)
52171854

Product Key Features

Book Title
Audacity of Hope : Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
Author
Barack Obama
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Features
Large Type
Topic
General, Presidents & Heads of State, Political, American Government / General, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publication Year
2006
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Social Science, Philosophy, Political Science
Number of Pages
608 Pages

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Item Length
9.5in
Item Height
1.6in
Item Width
6.4in
Item Weight
28.1 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
E901.1.O23a3 2006b
Edition Description
Large Type / Large Print Edition
Reviews
"He is one of the best writers to enter modern politics." - Jonathan Alter, Newsweek.com "[Barack Obama] is that rare politician who can actually write- and write movingly and genuinely about himself...In these pages he often speaks to the reader as if he were an old friend from back in the day, salting policy recommendations with colorful asides about the absurdities of political life...[He] strives in these pages to ground his policy thinking in simple common sense...while articulating these venomous pre-election days, but also in these increasingly polarized and polarizing times." - Michiko Katutani, "New York Times" "[Few] on the partisan landscape can discuss the word 'hope' in a political context and be regarded as the least bit sincere. Obama is such a man, and he proves it by employing a fresh and buoyant vocabulary to scrub away some of the toxins from contemporary political debate. Those polling categories that presume to define the vast chasm between us do not, Obama reminds us, add up to the sum of our concerns or hint at where our hearts otherwise intersect...Obama advances ordinary words like 'empathy', 'humility', 'grace' and 'balance' into the extraordinary context of 2006's hyper-agitated partisan politics. The effect is not only refreshing but also hopeful...As you might anticipate from a former civil lawyer and a university lecturer on constitutional law, Obama writes convincingly about race as well as the lofty place the Constitution holds in American life...He writes tenderly about family and knowingly about faith. Readers, no matter what their party affiliation, may experience the oddly uplifting sensation of comparing the everyday contemptuous viewof politics that circulates so widely in our civic conversations with the practical idealism set down by this slender, smiling, 45-year-old former sate legislator who is included on virtually every credible list of future presidential contenders." - "Los Angeles Times "What's impressive about Obama is an intelligence that his new books diplays in aubundance. - "Washington Post Book World" An upbeat view of the country's potential and a political biography that concentrates on the senator's core values. - "Chicago Tribune" "From the Hardcover edition."
Copyright Date
2006
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2006-031383
Dewey Decimal
973.931
Dewey Edition
22

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by scottgullMar 10, 2009
Knowing the political Obama.
This book is pretty much the A to Z of Obama, now our President. If you want to know his political views on all things, this is your book. Although this book has lost some of its interest now that he is President, it still offers more detai about him than the mass media. If you want to know Obama personally, then read his other book, Dreams From My Father.
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by readinggreendee...Oct 08, 2008
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Excellent book! I opted to read it because I wanted to better understand this presidential candidate. I was intriqued by his understanding, intelligence, and resolve to make this a better America. I believe that any reader will be pleasantly surprised by the integrity of this man and his message!

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