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Released: May 3, 2011
"A biography of considerable depth and understanding."
A richly nuanced, decidedly sympathetic portrait of President Obama's remarkably accomplished, spirited mother.
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Released: Oct. 12, 2010
"An engaging overview of the president's early political education."
Journalist McClelland (
The Third Coast: Sailors, Strippers, Fishermen, Folksingers, Long-Haired Ojibway Painters, and God-Save-the-Queen Monarchists of the Great Lakes, 2008, etc.) looks at the effect of President Obama's years in Chicago.
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Released: Oct. 5, 2010
"A harsh blast timed to arrive before the fall elections--sure to stir controversy."
From the left, a polemic charging President Obama with choosing pragmatism over principle, mendacity over audacity.
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Released: June 1, 2010
"A rich, provocative meditation on the importance of Obama's election."
"What does it mean to live in a country where 64 million people voted to make a black man a president?" asks Cobb (History/Spelman Coll.;
To the Break of Dawn: A Freestyle on the Hip Hop Aesthetic, 2007, etc.).
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Released: May 18, 2010
"Politics junkies will find this rewarding, particularly in Alter's account of the inner workings of the White House and Capitol Hill."
Newsweek senior editor Alter (
The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope, 2006, etc.) turns in a freshman-year report card for the sitting president, with mixed but generally good grades.
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Released: April 6, 2010
"Remnick's fluent writing makes this expansive, significant book move along swiftly. Readers will look forward to the sequel, eight years from now."
From
New Yorker editor Remnick (
Reporting: Writings from The New Yorker, 2006, etc.), a world-ranging, eye-opening, comprehensive life to date of the 44th President of the United States
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