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Barack Obama

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President Barack Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on August 4, 1961. He graduated with a degree in political science from Columbia University in 1983. Before moving to Chicago in 1985, he worked at Business International Corporation and then at the New York Public Interest Research Group. In vis mere Chicago, he worked as a community organizer with low-income residents. He entered Harvard Law School in 1988, was elected editor of the Harvard Law Review in 1990, and graduated in 1991. After graduating law school, he returned to Chicago and became a civil rights lawyer. He also taught at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. In 1997, he was elected to the Illinois State Senate and served until 2004. In 2000, he made an unsuccessful bid for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. In 2005, he was elected to the U.S. Senate. In 2007, he announced his candidacy for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. On November 4, 2008, Obama defeated John McCain in the general election and became the first African-American to be elected President of the United States. He wrote Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance in 1995 and The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream in 2006. He won Best Spoken Word Album Grammy Awards in 2006 and 2008 for abridged audiobook versions of both books. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009. His book Of Thee I Sing came out in 2010. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
Image credit: President Obama, December 6, 2012 in an Official White House Photo by Pete Souza

Værker af Barack Obama

Arven fra min far (1995) — Fortæller, nogle udgaver9,314 eksemplarer
A Promised Land (2020) — Forfatter; Fortæller, nogle udgaver4,103 eksemplarer
Renegades: Born in the USA (2021) 200 eksemplarer
The Faith of Barack Obama (2008) — Associated Name — 142 eksemplarer
101 Things I Learned in Law School (2013) 133 eksemplarer
Yes We Can: A Biography of President Barack Obama (2008) — Associated Name — 131 eksemplarer
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance [abridged audiobook] (1987) — Forfatter; Fortæller — 52 eksemplarer
The Obama Victory (2010) — Associated Name — 40 eksemplarer
Barack Obama Speeches (2020) 36 eksemplarer
Farewell Speeches (2017) 14 eksemplarer
Barack Obama: 44th U.S. President (2009) — Associated Name — 12 eksemplarer
Et lovet land (2020) 5 eksemplarer
The Inaugration of Barack Obama (2009) 3 eksemplarer
Renegados (2021) 3 eksemplarer
Discours choisis (2018) 2 eksemplarer
Pamantul fagaduintei (2020) 2 eksemplarer
Renegades: Born in the U.S.A. (2021) 2 eksemplarer
Yes We Can 2 eksemplarer
Audacity of hope, The 2 eksemplarer
The Audacity of Hope (excerpt) (2009) 2 eksemplarer
Ziemia obiecana (2021) 1 eksemplar
Barack Obama: Out of Many, One (2009) 1 eksemplar
TOKE E PREMTUAR 1 eksemplar
American factory 1 eksemplar
UNA TERRA PROMESSA 1 eksemplar
Preşedintele Obama: drumul către Casa Albă: [album] (2008) — Associated Name — 1 eksemplar
Πρόεδρος Ομπάμα: Η… (2009) — Associated Name — 1 eksemplar
UNTITLED 1 eksemplar
Si può fare (2008) 1 eksemplar
Eleventh Hour 1 eksemplar
Sulla Razza (Italian Edition) (2008) 1 eksemplar
Barack Obama 1 eksemplar
A Promised Land / Becoming (2020) 1 eksemplar
Senator Obama Goes To Africa (2007) 1 eksemplar

Associated Works

Conversations with Myself (2010) — Forord; nogle udgaver626 eksemplarer
The Mark Twain Anthology: Great Writers on His Life and Work (2010) — Bidragyder — 138 eksemplarer
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2018 (2018) — Bidragyder — 104 eksemplarer
Nuclear Nightmares: Securing the World Before It Is Too Late (2013) — Appendices — 21 eksemplarer
They Said This Day Would Never Come: Chasing the Dream on Obama's Improbable Campaign (2020) — Fortæller, nogle udgaver17 eksemplarer
Quo vadis, Amerika?: Die Welt nach Bush (2008) — Bidragyder, nogle udgaver4 eksemplarer
Barack Obama a náš sen — Associated Name — 1 eksemplar

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Obama, A Promised Land - Introductions and general i One LibraryThing, One Book (december 2020)
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