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The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780307237699)
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x#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Barack Obama's lucid vision of America's place in the world and call for a new kind of politics that builds upon our shared understandings as Americans, based on his years in the Senate
"In our lowdown, dispiriting era, Obama's talent for proposing humane, sensible solutions with uplifting, elegant prose does fill one with hope."--Michael Kazin, The Washington Post
In July 2004, four years before his presidency, 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 Obama called "the audacity of hope." The Audacity of Hope is Barack Obama's call 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 Barack 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 is a vigorous search for connection: the foundation for a radically hopeful political consensus. Only by returning to the principles that gave birth to our Constitution, Obama 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."
Author: Barack Obama
ISBN-10: 0307237699
ISBN-13: 9780307237699
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Language: English
Published: 10/17/2006
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 9.52h x 6.52w x 1.44d
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 10.9
Point Value: 24
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 113515 / Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
Award: Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary_award - Winner
Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 06/15/2006 pg. 49
Publishers Weekly 10/02/2006 pg. 52
Black Issues Book Review 11/01/2006 pg. 28
New York Review of Books 11/30/2006 pg. 14
Commonweal 03/23/2007 pg. 24
Vanity Fair 04/01/2009 pg. 64
Publishers Weekly Best Books 03/23/2009 pg. 22
"In our lowdown, dispiriting era, Obama's talent for proposing humane, sensible solutions with uplifting, elegant prose does fill one with hope."--Michael Kazin, The Washington Post
In July 2004, four years before his presidency, 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 Obama called "the audacity of hope." The Audacity of Hope is Barack Obama's call 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 Barack 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 is a vigorous search for connection: the foundation for a radically hopeful political consensus. Only by returning to the principles that gave birth to our Constitution, Obama 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."
Author: Barack Obama
ISBN-10: 0307237699
ISBN-13: 9780307237699
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Language: English
Published: 10/17/2006
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 9.52h x 6.52w x 1.44d
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 10.9
Point Value: 24
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 113515 / Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
Award: Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary_award - Winner
Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 06/15/2006 pg. 49
Publishers Weekly 10/02/2006 pg. 52
Black Issues Book Review 11/01/2006 pg. 28
New York Review of Books 11/30/2006 pg. 14
Commonweal 03/23/2007 pg. 24
Vanity Fair 04/01/2009 pg. 64
Publishers Weekly Best Books 03/23/2009 pg. 22
By Barack Obama
xBarack Obama was the 44th president of the United States, elected in November 2008 and holding office for two terms. He is the recipient of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize and the New York Times bestselling author of Dreams from My Father, The Audacity of Hope, and A Promised Land. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife, Michelle. They have two daughters, Malia and Sasha.
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