The Audacity of Hope – Barack Obama – New Thoughts on reclaiming the American Dream Brand New – Paperback 448pp Get Dreams from my Father by Barack Obama here “A government that truly represents these Americans–that truly serves these Americans–will require a different kind of politics. That politics will need to reflect our lives as they are actually lived. It won’t be pre-packaged ready to pull off the shelf. It will have to be constructed from the best of our traditions and will have to account for the darker aspects of our past. We will need to understand just how we got to this place this land of warring factions and tribal hatreds. And we’ll need to remind ourselves despite all our differences just how much we share: common hopes common dreams a bond that will not break.” –from The Audacity of Hope Before becoming the 44th President-elect of the United States in July 2004 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 here
All too Human – George Stephanopoulos Used hardback: .1999 edition hardback – good condition “So this is it. This is how the big guys talk to each other. I’d been behind my share of closed doors on Capitol Hill but this was different — more self-conscious almost cinematic as if everyone was aware of playing a part in a drama that was being written as they spoke. This was the classic smoke-filled room minus the smoke. I watched and listened and tried to look cool too dumbstruck to say a sensible word and half-convinced that somebody would look up any minute and say ‘Hey what are you doing here?” For four years in the White House and one year of campaigning before that George Stephanopoulos was rarely more than a few steps from Bill Clinton. As the President’s Senior Adviser he saw it all – the endless arguments the back hall scheming the protracted decisions the last minute flip flops that somehow produced real accomplishments but also set in motion an almost tragic series of events that placed the fate of the President in the hands of the Senate. Now w more data
Nickel and Dimed – Barbara Ehrenreich – New Brand New – 244pp Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America is a book written by Barbara Ehrenreich. Written from the perspective of the undercover journalist it sets out to investigate the impact of the 1996 welfare reform on the "working poor" in the United States. In some ways it is similar to George Orwell’s much earlier Down and Out in Paris and London as well as German investigative reporter Günter Wallraff’s Ganz Unten (The Lowest of the Low). The events related in the book took place between spring 1998 and summer 2000. The book was first published in 2001 by Metropolitan Books. An earlier version appeared as an article in the January 1999 issue of Harper’s magazine. Ehrenreich later wrote a co more info
Passion and Betrayal – Gennifer Flowers Used hardback: .1995 edition good condition America’s most famous “other woman” talks about her decade-long affair with the president and the furor over its revelation her exposure to death threats political duplicity and betrayal and her other lovers. About the Author Gennifer Flowers Gennifer Flowers is a woman who claims to have had a relationship with former U.S. President Bill Clinton. Prior to Bill Clinton’s presidency she also posed nude for Penthouse magazine and was an actress in two films and one TV show. After becoming a celebrity she acted as herself in two films and guest starred as herself in various TV shows. Gennifer Flowers came forward during Bill Clinton’s 1992 Presidential election campaign alleging that she had had a twelve-year relationship with him. Flowers at first denied that she had an affair with Clinton but later changed her s considerably more details
John F Kennedy: Potrait of a President – Hugh Sidey Used hardback: .1965 edition good condition Hugh Sidey was White House Corrospondent for Time and knew JFK over six years. About the subject John F Kennedy John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy often referred to by his initials JFK was the thirty-fifth President of the United States serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. After Kennedy’s military service as commander of the Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 during World War II in the South Pacific his aspirations turned political with the encouragement and grooming of his father Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. Kennedy represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1947 to 1953 as a Democrat and in the U.S. Senate from 1953 until 1960. Kennedy defeated then Vice Presiden more advice
Dreams from My Father – Barack Obama – New A Story of Race and Inheritance Brand New – Paperback 457pp get Barack Obama The Audacity of Hope here The autobiographical narrative tells the story of the life of Obama up to his entry in Harvard Law School. He was born in Honolulu Hawaii to Barack Obama Sr. of Kenya and Ann Dunham of Wichita Kansas both students at that time at the East-West Center of the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Obama’s parents separated when he was two years old and divorced in 1964. Obama formed an image of his absent father from stories told by his mother and her parents. He saw his father only one more time in 1971 when Obama Sr. came to Hawaii for a month’s visit. The elder Obama died in a car accident in 1982. After her divorce Ann Dunham married Lolo Soetoro an East-West Center student from Indonesia. The family moved to Jakarta. When Obama was ten he returned to Hawaii unde extra info
Madam Secretary – A biography of Madeline Albright – Thomas Blood Used hardback: .1997 edition ex library book – very good condition No American envoy has ever burst on the diplomatic scene and grabbed center stage in the theater of foreign relations like Madeleine Albright. Navigating difficult terrain as few can Thomas Blood provides exclusive interviews with and revealing anecdotes from politicians friends adversaries and colleagues including former Secretary of State Warren Christopher Senators Leahy Mikulski Kerrey Helms Reid and Rockefeller and House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt.This unique biography reveals the dramatic story of the first woman U.S. Secretary of State. Rather than providing a simple chronology Blood focuses on the defining moments in Madeleine Albright’s life identifying the periods that best open a window on the Secretary of State’s uncanny ability to triumph over adversity her unparalleled success in politics and her meteoric rise to dominance in the world of foreign policy.From her family’s thrilling e click here
The Seduction of Hillary Rodham by David Brock Used hardback: .1996 edition excellent condition No public figure in contemporary life has elicited more polarized reactions than Hillary Rodham Clinton. The first presidential spouse who pursued a major policymaking role the beleaguered first lady has been a heroine and role model to her feminist allies—and a malevolent power-mad shrew to her conservative foes. Now David Brock America’s most controversial journalist takes on the most controversial first lady in history producing a boldly incisive yet surprisingly sensitive portrait. A political biography of the first order The Seduction of Hillary Rodham is the story of one strong-willed woman’s struggle to maintain her personal and political integrity in the face of powerfully seductive forces including the appeal of Bill Clinton a charismatic talented but deeply flawed man who may have been both the best and the worst thing that ever happened to her. About Hillary Rodham Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton is the junior United States Senator from New York and was a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2008 presidential election. She is married to Bill Clinton— link here
The Selling of The President by Joe McGinniss Used hardback: .1970 UK edition reasonable condition wrinkled dust jacket – ex-library book This is the book that catapulted Joe McGinniss to nearly icon-status at the age of 25 in 1969. At the time it was a shockingly revealing book at how presidential candidate Richard Nixon was being sold – gasp – like a product. The original book jacket featured Nixon’s face on a pack of cigarettes as if the notion of Madison Avenue ad-men playing a pivotal role in a presidential campaign was dirty. The book became such a classic that it remains assigned reading in many government classes to this day. About the 1968 Presidential Election campaign The United States presidential election of 1968 was a wrenching national experience and included the assassination of Democratic candidate Robert F. Kennedy the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and subsequent race riots across the nation the violence at the 1968 Democratic National Convention and widespread demonstrations against the Vietnam War across American university and college campuses. The election also featured a s more data
All the Presidents Men – Carl Bernstein and Carl Woodward – New Brand New – 349pp Published in June 1974 two years after the Watergate break-in and two months before Nixon’s resignation All the President’s Men chronicled Woodward and Bernstein’s struggles failures and eventual success in uncovering the Watergate story. Drawing on the notes and research accumulated while writing their stories for The Washington Post the book revealed for the first time the existence of Woodward’s highly placed and highly secretive source "Deep Throat " promoting wide speculation on his identity. The book remained on best-seller lists for six months and was later turned into a hugely successful 1976 movie forever linking Woodward and Bernstein’s names with investigative journalism and Nixon’s fall. The most famous journalists in the 20th century appeared in the first half of 1970s. R full details
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