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Tag Archives: Barack Obama
Join election season debate with big political reads
Happy Super Tuesday! Anyone else have the feeling that the last few months of mud-slinging were relatively tame? The race is on . . . We’ve already covered some of the bios of the Republican frontrunners, and that was when … Continue reading →
A look at the Obamas’ relationship
Whether she’s writing about Passover at the White House or the First Lady’s family tree, I always enjoy Jodi Kantor’s stories for the New York Times. (Hey, whether you’re liberal or conservative, it’s still fascinating to go behind the scenes … Continue reading →
“What is best in me I owe to her”
The title of his memoir was Dreams From My Father, but Barack Obama has never hidden the debt he owes to his mother, Stanley Ann Dunham (the quote in the title of this post is his). In the new book A … Continue reading →
Ireland’s history, and its future
As St. Patrick’s Day approaches, author Mary Pat Kelly is celebrating the paperback release of her novel Galway Bay. In a guest post, Kelly reflects on how the country’s history of resilience can help them through present-day problems. Bouncing back … Continue reading →
Trailer Tuesday: ‘Of Thee I Sing’
President Obama’s picture book Of Thee I Sing was released a week ago. If you haven’t yet had a chance to take a look, this trailer from Random House Children’s Books is definitely worth two minutes of your time. Loren … Continue reading →
The President to publish a children’s book
President Barack Obama has written a children’s book titled Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters. It will be published on November 16 by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers and have a first printing of 500,000 … Continue reading →
Presidential reading
As the week comes to a close, there have been a couple of news items about President Obama and books. On the 15th, the President made his tax returns public, and turns out he and Michelle earned $5.5 million in … Continue reading →
The political and the personal
There’s been no shortage of major books about political figures recently—think Going Rogue and Game Change, just for starters—but a few titles coming out this spring will be sure to generate even more interest in these very public lives. President … Continue reading →
News: Brotherly love
After the success of President Obama’s books, a family member hopes to follow in his footsteps. Today’s Publisher’s Lunch announced that his Kenyan half brother, George Obama, will be telling the story of his “fall into crime and poverty as … Continue reading →
