Hopes and Dreams: The Story of Barack Obama

The First Biographical Portrait Ever of This Key Political Figure

Written by a leading journalist and filled with more than 100 color photographs, this authoritative and up-to-the-moment new biography provides much-needed perspective on one of the most important figures on the national political stage.

An lively overview of Obama’s life, this timely book begins with his difficult childhood as the son of a Kansas-born college student and a black Kenyan who abandoned the family, moving through his election to president of the Harvard Law Review (the first black student ever), his early political career (including his loss of a congressional race in 2000), his own family life with wife Michelle and two daughters, his 2004 election to U.S. Senator, and his emergence as a symbol of hope for America. Including his own words and comments from both his critics and supporters, Hopes and Dreams is essential reading for all those interested in the man who is being talked about as a candidate for our highest office.

No political figure in recent memory has generated the interest that Obama has, and many compare his appeal to that of a rock star. Only forty-five years old, Barack Obama is certain to play an important role in America’s future. Here is his inspiring story to date, in words and revealing images.

someone said :
I am currently reading "The Audacity of Hope" and ordered this one more as a coffee table book. I also ordered this one because my husband who is working 50 hours plus a week and going to school part time doesn't have time to read more on Obama that he would like to. This book is perfect for those who are short on time but would like to find out more about Obama. The pictures are wonderful and the story is just as good ... it is more of an outline than an actual book, but it's inspiring, full of tales, quotes and a lot of it can be found in "The Audacity of Hope," which does go in more details about Obama and his vision for the future.

There is also a brief autiobiography about Obama, his struggles as a teenager and as a young adult, campaigning all over the state of Illnois where often there would only be a few people gathered together to hear him speak. In spite of the odds, he never gave up. He never gave up his hope and vision for a united America and that alone is his charm. After watching the presidential debates on TV and watching him speak at the Democratic National Convention, not only is he charming, it is evident that he is a hard-working man willing to work with both sides of the aisle to get things done. He is not your typical politician where fighting and the backlashing is the norm. He disagrees with that philosophy and for the first time since I can remember, he is the politican that I would love to see more of.

This book is just a reflection of that desire and there is an updated version of this book which I am tempted to get for my kids' sake. Whatever people may think of Obama, reading his books and hearing him speak ... he is definitely the man of the times.

Die Biographie spiegelt das Leben des angehenden amerikanischen Präsidentens Barack Obama in Form von Bildern, Textpassagen und Zitaten wider.
Der Autor Steve Dougherty hat ein Gespür für typische Aussagen Barack Obamas. In der Kombination von Zitaten wie z.B. "Erst, wenn man sich auf etwas Größeres vorbereitet, als man sich zutraut, begreift man sein wahres Potential" mit faszinierenden Bildern eines ergreifenden Lebens ergibt sich ein informativer Bildband. Bilder aus der Jugendzeit, dem Familienleben, der Studentenzeit, den politischen Lehrjahren, Anfängen des Wahlkampfes bis hin zur Präsidentschaft zeichnen eine ganzheitlich Sichtweise auf den Lebenslauf des Kanditaten. Die Fotoredaktion Hal Buells bewegt sich auf Augenhöhe mit den Textbeiträgen und Zitaten.
Es entsteht der Eindruck, als seien Autor und Fotografen stete Begleiter Barack Obamas gewesen. Dieser Bildband ist herzergreifend. Er wird all jene begeistern, die Sympathien für den Präsidenten hegen. Hoffnung und Träume gehören zu den Schlüsselwörtern des neuen Präsidenten der USA. Diese Biographie veranschaulicht, wie Träume wahr werden und Hoffnung so gelebt wird, dass sie weltweit Menschen inspiriert.