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100	1		_aObama, Barack, _eauthor.
245	1	2	_aA PROMISED LAND / _cBARACK OBAMA.
264		1	_aLondon : _bViking,an imprint of Penguin Random House, _c2020
264		4	_c©2020
300			_axvi, 751 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : _bphotographs (mostly colour), plates ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
500			_aIncludes index.
500			_a First published in the United States by Crown, an imprint of Penguin Random House, New York, in 2020.
520			_aA riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making-from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy. In 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.
600	1	0	_aObama, Barack. _cPresidents _zUnited States _vBiography.
650		0	_aAfrican American politicians _zUnited States _vBiography.
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y2009-2017.
655		7	_aAutobiographies. _2lcgft
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