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| 80% Recommended by our customers. Publisher: Random House Large Print Catalog: Book Release date: 2006-04-04 Media: Hardcover Format: Large Print Number of pages: 720 Ean: 9780739325766 Book Isbn: 0739325760  Tip: compare prices with similar booksAuthor:
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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 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 his divided inheritance. From the Trade Paperback edition. |
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 Written on November 13, 2008 Summary: Comrade Obama This was one of the most boring books that I have ever read! Obama's writing is just like his "speaking", Nothing Is Told In Any Real Order, You Feel Like You Are Going in A Big Circle...But Never Receiving A Complete "Answer"! There Is Much About His "Life Story" That Is Left Out By Him, Or Whomever Really Wrote This Memoir! I Could Never Figure Out Where Barry Got His Money That Allowed Him To Travel All Over The United States And Throughout Other Countries, While Being Able To Attend Some Of The Finest Schools In America! What Really Convinced Him To Move from New York To Chicago To Accept A "Community Organizer" Job That Only Paid $1000 A Month??? Actually It Sounded As If He Really Did Not Preform His "Job" Very Well! What Is Clear To Me Though Is The RACIST Side Of Obama Against WHITES, His Experimentation With DRUGS Like Crack Cocaine, And His Stated Learnings & Interests About Socialism, Marxism, and Communism!! Too Bad More People Did Not Read This Book And Learn The Same Things About Him...Coz It Made Up My Mind That I Could Never Vote For Him!!!!! STILL TOO MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS CHICAGO POLITICIAN!! I Am Very Concerned Now, About America's Future! Written on November 13, 2008 Summary: Not The Path Most Would Have Imagined Memoirs by politicians tend to be tactical. They want to show you their blue collar roots, their ability to overcome social and personal obstacles, their perseverence. Barack Obama's memoir is so unusual that the normal rules need not apply. In contrast to the carefully chosen moments that define one's life, Barack gives a story somewhat typical of the average member of Generation X. He came from a split home, raised by his grandparents and traveled to various cities while developing his sense of self. The commonalities are simple but the specifics are fascinating. How he grew up in Hawaii, his ambitious Kenyan father, his trip to his father's homeland and eventual ascendency into the Illinois legislature. This is not the path most would have imagined for a future president.  Written on November 11, 2008 Summary: Begging for other formats Of all the books that deserve ALL multiple formats, it is this one! There needs to be a cassette tape version that is unabridged. There needs to be a cassette version that is abridged. There needs to be a CD version that is unabridged. Any version that would increase access to the reading public to this book should be done. Please, please, please, publishers, yes, there is a market!!!!  Written on November 10, 2008 Summary: Love listening to him speak abotu his life I bought this book two years ago after first hearing about Mr. Obama. I bought it on audible.com and I enjoy listening to him read his own book, as we've all come to know very well, he can speak very well better than many professional audio book readers. It's my recommended format for this book. Try out the audio and get lost in Barack's life from day one in his own words ( and voice! ) Written on November 9, 2008 Summary: All politics aside, a deep and eloquent book Now that Obama's election has brought worldwide euphoria and made him the world's most famous man, his memoir is bound to become a lightning rod for cynics and dreamers alike. I suggest reading the book instead as an insight into the man he was becoming a dozen years ago. And whatever he might be today -- overburdened by a world of hope he can't possibly satisfy, and overhyped by our hunger for anyone but our current president -- he has written a remarkable book. Before we even knew his name, he was becoming Barack Obama, a sensitive, troubled searcher with an eloquent gift for crafting a story, collapsing time in narrative, and capturing a scene. I read "Dreams From My Father" hoping to understand our next president. I got far more out of it, coming to understand the duality of race in America, the struggles of sons and fathers, and the interconnectedness of cultures across oceans and centuries. We'll doubtless be saturated in the coming months and years with Obama this Obama that. That makes it all the more essential to read Obama before he became burdened by his own audacious hope. Don't take my word for it, or any other reviewer's, whether they consider Obama a monster or a god. Read about the man in the process of becoming a man. |
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| Catalog | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book |
| Release date | 2006-04-04 | 2008-07-15 | 2008-09-09 | 2006-04-28 | 2007-02-15 | 2000-08-22 |
| Media | Hardcover | Mass Market Paperback | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback |
| Format | Large Print | - | - | - | - | Bargain Price |
| Number of pages | 720 | 464 | 288 | 160 | 128 | 368 |
| Ean | 9780739325766 | 9780307455871 | 9780307460455 | 9780486447612 | 9781579127565 | - |
| Book Isbn | 0739325760 | 0307455874 | 0307460452 | 0486447618 | 1579127568 | - |
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