05432nam a22005895i 4500999001700000001000600017003000900023005001700032008004100049010001700090020001800107020001800125020001500143020001800158020001500176020001800191035002400209037009400233040024200327042000800569043001200577082001900589100003500608245003700643250001900680264003000699264001100729300009300740500002000833505013400853520031100987520250501298600002603803600003103829648002703860650004903887650006703936650007704003650007104080650010404151650004604255650004104301650002804342650005604370650005904426651006204485651003104547651005804578852005104636942001204687952014304699  c44195d4419538492BD-DhAAL20220519103140.0220519t20202020nyuaf         001 0aeng d  a  2019471012  a9780525633761  a9781524763169  a1524763160  a9780593239049  a0593239040  z9781524763183  a(OCoLC)on1196086067  bRandom House Inc, Attn Order Entry 400 Hahn rd, Westminster, MD, USA, 21157nSAN 201-3975  aFFLbengcFFLerdadZQPdGK8dBDXdERASAdOCLCFdIZ2dUAPdILCdRCJdFBPdTCHdNYPdZGRdLE@dJQMdOCLCOdGSUdCDXdHF9dT3QdOCLCOdIBQdOCLCOdCTLdPRNdYDXdZGRdTXCANdNHPdJUAdHQDdUBYdPAUdEAUdZ#6dOCLCOdTEUdCOHdDLCdBD-DhAAL  apcc  an-us---  a973.9290922231 aObama, Barack,eauthor.94849912aA promised land /cBarack Obama.  aFirst edition. 1aNew York :bCrown,c2020. 4c©2020  axviii, 1085 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates :billustrations (some color) ;c25 cm.  aIncludes index.00tPreface --tThe bet --tYes we can --tRenegade --tThe good fight --tThe world as it is --tIn the barrel --tOn the high wire.  aObama 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.  aIn the stirring, highly 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 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. Obama takes readers on a compelling journey from his earliest political aspirations to the pivotal Iowa caucus victory that demonstrated the power of grassroots activism to the watershed night of November 4, 2008, when he was elected 44th president of the United States, becoming the first African American to hold the nation's highest office. Reflecting on the presidency, he offers a unique and thoughtful exploration of both the awesome reach and the limits of presidential power, as well as singular insights into the dynamics of U.S. partisan politics and international diplomacy. Obama brings readers inside the Oval Office and the White House Situation Room, and to Moscow, Cairo, Beijing, and points beyond. We are privy to his thoughts as he assembles his cabinet, wrestles with a global financial crisis, takes the measure of Vladimir Putin, overcomes seemingly insurmountable odds to secure passage of the Affordable Care Act, clashes with generals about U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, tackles Wall Street reform, responds to the devastating Deepwater Horizon blowout, and authorizes Operation Neptune's Spear, which leads to the death of Osama bin Laden. A Promised Land is extraordinarily intimate and introspective--the story of one man's bet with history, the faith of a community organizer tested on the world stage. Obama is candid about the balancing act of running for office as a Black American, bearing the expectations of a generation buoyed by messages of "hope and change," and meeting the moral challenges of high-stakes decision-making. He is frank about the forces that opposed him at home and abroad, open about how living in the White House affected his wife and daughters, and unafraid to reveal self-doubt and disappointment. Yet he never wavers from his belief that inside the great, ongoing American experiment, progress is always possible. This beautifully written and powerful book captures Barack Obama's conviction that democracy is not a gift from on high but something founded on empathy and common understanding and built together, day by day. -- Provided by publisher.10aObama, Barack.94849917aObama, Barack2fast948499 7a2009-20172fast948500 0aPresidentszUnited StatesvBiography.948501 0aAfrican American politicianszUnited StatesvBiography.948502 7aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State.2bisacsh948503 7aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General.2bisacsh948504 7aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / African American & Black.2bisacsh948505 7aAfrican American politicians2fast948506 7aPolitics and government2fast948507 7aPresidents2fast948508 7aPresidentszUnited StatesvBiography.2sears948501 7aAfrican American politiciansvBiography.2sears948509 0aUnited StatesxPolitics and governmenty2009-2017.948510 7aUnited States2fast948511 7aUnited StatesxPolitics and government.2sears948512  aAyesha Abed LibrarycAkbar Ali Khan Collection  2ddccBK  00102ddc4071aBRACULbBRACULcAAKCd2022-05-19eDonated by Akbar Ali Khanl0o973.929092 OBAp3010038492r2022-05-19t1w2022-05-19yBK