Bøger af Barack Obama

"Der er ikke noget, der kan sammenlignes med at skrive en bog færdig, og jeg er meget stolt af denne. Jeg har brugt de sidste par år på at reflektere over min præsidenttid, og i ET FORJÆTTET LAND har jeg prøvet at give en ærlig beskrivelse af min præsidentkampagne og mine år i embedet, de nøglebegivenheder og -personer, der var med til at forme det; min vurdering af hvad jeg gjorde rigtigt, og hvilke fejltagelser jeg begik; og de politiske, økonomiske og kulturelle kræfter, som jeg dengang måtte håndtere sammen med mit team - og som vi stadig kæmper med som land. Jeg har også prøvet at give læserne en fornemmelse af den personlige rejse, som Michelle og jeg var på i de år med både utrolige højdepunkter og nedture. Og endelig, på et tidspunkt hvor USA gennemgår enorme omvæltninger, byder bogen også på nogle af mine mere overordnede tanker omkring, hvordan vi kan mindske splittelserne i vores land fremover og få vores demokrati til at fungere for alle - en opgave, som ikke hænger på en enkelt præsident, men på os alle som engagerede borgere. Jeg håber ikke kun, det er en sjov og underholdende læseoplevelse, men endnu mere at bogen kan inspirere unge mennesker over hele landet - og i hele verden - til at tage handsken op, tage ordet og tage del i arbejdet med at gøre verden til et bedre sted." - Barack Obama

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERTwo long-time friends share an intimate and urgent conversation about life, music and their enduring love of America, with all its challenges and contradictions, in this stunningly-produced expansion of their ground-breaking Higher Ground podcast, featuring more than 350 photographs, exclusive bonus content, and never-before-seen archival material.Renegades: Born in the USA is a candid, revealing, and entertaining dialogue between President Barack Obama and legendary musician Bruce Springsteen that explores everything from their origin stories and career-defining moments to their country's polarized politics and the growing distance between the American Dream and the American reality. Filled with full-colour photographs and rare archival material, it is a compelling and beautifully illustrated portrait of two outsiders-one Black and one white-looking for a way to connect their unconventional searches for meaning, identity, and community with the American story itself. It includes: Original introductions by President Obama and Bruce Springsteen Exclusive new material from the Renegades podcast recording sessions Obama's never-before-seen annotated speeches, including his "e;Remarks at the 50th Anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery Marches Springsteen's handwritten lyrics for songs spanning his 50-year-long career Rare and exclusive photographs from the authors' personal archives Historical photographs and documents that provide rich visual context for their conversation. In a recording studio stocked with dozens of guitars, and on at least one Corvette ride, Obama and Springsteen discuss marriage and fatherhood, race and masculinity, the lure of the open road and the call back to home. They also compare notes on their favourite protest songs, the most inspiring American heroes of all time, and more. Along the way, they reveal their passion for-and the occasional toll of-telling a bigger, truer story about America throughout their careers, and explore how their fractured country might begin to find its way back toward unity.

Den danske udgave af bogen bag Barack Obama og Bruce Springsteens populære podcast med mere end 350 fotos og masser af eksklusivt bonusmateriale, der aldrig før har været offentliggjort.I et pladestudie fyldt med guitarer har to mangeårige venner en åbenhjertig samtale om liv, musik, race, maskulinitet og en stor fælles kærlighed til fædrelandet USA med alle dets udfordringer og modsætninger. Renegades er en ærlig, afslørende og underholdende samtale mellem præsident Barack Obama og den legendariske musiker Bruce Springsteen, som udforsker temaer fra deres private forhistorier og karriere-definerende øjeblikke til USA?s polariserede politiske liv og den voksende afstand mellem den amerikanske drøm og virkeligheden. Det er et smukt illustreret portræt af to rebeller med forskellige baggrunde, som leder efter en måde, hvorpå de kan knytte deres egen ukonventionelle søgen efter mening, identitet og fællesskab sammen med amerikansk historie.

I disse usentimentale og gribende erindringer fortæller præsident Barack Obama om sin opvækst og sit liv som barn af en sort far og en hvid mor – og om kampen for at finde sin egen identitet. Historien begynder i New York, hvor Barack Obama får at vide, at hans far – som forlod familien, da sønnen var to år – er blevet dræbt i en bilulykke. Dødsfaldet sender Obama ud på en følelsesmæssig rejse, først til en lille flække i Kansas, hvorfra hans mors familie emigrerer til Hawaii, og derefter til Kenya, hvor han møder den afrikanske side af familien. Barack Obama var 33 år, da han skrev Arven fra min far, som giver læseren et enestående indblik i en banebrydende politikers personlige historie."En fremragende – og ikke mindst fremragende skrevet – bog. Det er svært at komme i tanke om nulevende politikere med så levende en pen som Obama og politikere med så stor en sans for nuancer og glæde ved at observere, fundere og filosofere, sådan som det kommer til udtryk i hans bog." Tom Buk-Swienty, Weekendavisen"Det her er noget af det mest personlige, ærlige og skarpe, jeg længe har læst, skrevet af en nulevende, offentlig person – og samtidig er det alt andet end individuelt og privat (…) den mest overbevisende, intelligente og bevægende bog om identitet, jeg kan huske at have læst." Tøger Seidenfaden, Politiken Barack Obama (f. 1961) var senator for staten Illinois, før han blev valgt som Det Demokratiske Partis kandidat til præsidentvalget i 2008. I 2012 blev han valgt til sin anden præsidentperiode i USA. Han og hans hustru, Michelle, og deres to døtre, Malia og Sasha, kommer oprindeligt fra Chicago.

I MOD TIL AT HÅBE reflekterer Barack Obama over familiens betydning, over religion, race, værdier, partipolitik, Forfatningen og USAs rolle i verden, og han formulerer sine politiske visioner for et bedre Amerika bygget på en ny politik, der formår at samle nationen og forny de demokratiske idealer. Med MOD TIL AT HÅBE har han skrevet en ærlig og personlig bog om, hvordan han vil genskabe et Amerika, som det amerikanske folk kan tro på og have tillid til, og som kan inspirere folk og regeringer verden over.MELDERCITATER"en vigtig bog – Barack Obama kan være verdens mest magtfulde mand i de næste fire år, når valget er overstået." - Jens Winther, BogMagasinet"I sit elegante politiske manifest, "Mod til at håbe", fremlægger Barack Obama sin vision for et bedre Amerika og giver et fængende indblik i det amerikanske politiske landskab ... den fænger og efterlader læseren med indtrykket af en kompleks og eftertænksom politiker, der kæmper for at undgå at lade sig korrumpere af Washington, og hvis positive budskaber om håb og fremskridt meget vel kan ende med at sætte ham i spidsen for et folk, der er notorisk kendt for sin kollektive kærlighedsaffære med optimismen." - Sidsel Nyholm, Kristeligt Dagblad""Mod til at håbe" er inderligt godt skruet sammen. Lige dele politiske visioner og personlige bekendelser, lige dele kloge samtidshistoriske analyser og fantasifulde visioner. Det er sentimentalt og for meget, men samtidig inderligt medrivende, og Barack Obama fremstår virkelig som noget nær det mest sympatiske menneske, der findes på kloden. Det er ganske enkelt rigtig godt skrevet". ***** - Dennis Nørmark, Jyllands-Posten"en gave til alle, der interesserer sig for amerikansk politik ... så absolut værd at fordybe sig i." ***** - Henrik Bo Nielsen, Nyhedsavisen"Barack Obama tegner et uhøjtideligt og generøst portræt af sig selv og sine medborgere ... blændende formidling og langt mere personligt end partisk". - Børsen"Manifest: »Mod til at håbe. Tanker om generobringen af den amerikanske drøm« ... er nu oversat til dansk. Det viser en politiker, der har tænkt grundigt over politik og rollen som politiker ... Obamas manifest kan anbefales, hvis man er interesseret i at følge og forstå den amerikanske valgkamp." ****Mogens Rüdiger, Berlingske Tidende"Udgivelsen på dansk af Obamas politiske manifest fra 2006 sker på et kærkomment tidspunkt, hvor demokraten med stor sikkerhed har sikret sig sit partis nominering."Martin Burcharth, Information"Obama er en længe ventet tværpolitisk frelserskikkelse, der gør op med den kulturkamp, der har splittet vælgerne i to fjendtlige lejre: de blå liberale og de røde konservative. Obama er den lilla kandidat – med en blanding af liberale og konservative ideer."Lars Trier Mogensen, Politiken"Barack Obama, senatoren fra Illinois og Demokraternes nye superstar, tilhører den sjældne type politiker, som virkelig kan skrive – og som skriver gribende og oprigtigt om sig selv."New York Times

Barack Obama's memoir, written long before his political career began, is a remarkable story of one man's search for his identity.

A 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 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. This beautifully written and powerful book captures Barack Obama's conviction that democracy is not a gift from on high but something founded on empathy and common understanding and built together, day by day.

Barack Obama's political vision for the future of America, written two years before he became president; the New York Times bestseller

¿If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy¿tonight is your answer.¿ Barack ObamaWords That Changed a Nation is a concise collection of the eleven most significant speeches of Barack Obamäthe words that defined his campaign, the words that made history, the words that inspired a nation:¿The Audacity of Hope¿ (DNC Keynote)¿Take Back AmericäAnnouncement for Candidacy¿Yes We Can¿ (South Carolina Victory Speech)¿A More Perfect Union¿ (famous speech on race)Final Primary Night: Presumptive Nominee Speech ¿A World That Stands as One¿ (famous speech in Berlin)¿The American Promise¿ (DNC acceptance speech)Election Night Victory Speech The Inaugural Address2009 Economic AddressAlso included is a brief selection of public declarations on the death of Rosa Parks, the loss of Habeas Corpus, his Father¿s Day address, and his official 2002 Senate floor statement against the invasion of Iraq.

BARACK OBAMA inspirerede en hel nation, da han i 2007 trådte ind i den amerikanske præsidentvalgkamp. Faktisk inspirerede han en hel verden med sit budskab om håb og forandring i vanskelige tider, troen på fremtiden, troen på, at verden kan blive bedre. Med sit sjældne oratoriske talent, hvis lige ikke er set siden Kennedy, greb han hele verden om hjertet.Denne bog samler tyve af hans største taler fra hans to perioder som den frie verdens leder. Talerne giver et godt indblik i en særlig amerikansk politisk kultur og den patos, hvormed den formidles. Samtidig viser den, hvem Obama i eftertiden gerne vil ses i forlængelse af: de amerikanske forfatningsfædre. For Obama var ikke samfundsomstyrter og revolutionær. Han så sin rolle som forvalter af en arv: den fortsatte og evige opgave med at bringe USA stadigt tættere på den fuldkomne union, som den amerikanske forfatning fra 1787 stillede det amerikanske folk i udsigt.

This political satire describes President Obama's Foreign Policy. The book of blank pages can also be used as a notebook; makes a great gift for your favorite conservative.

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

My life is full of espionage and political memories. When I started my political activities and when I started to fight for freedom of people, I was only 14, one of the teenager Iranian boys. I got tortured extremely hard. Today (February 15) I'm in Turkey and I decided to write a book, a concise part about my cooperation with The White House and The Central Intelligence Agency and many years of cooperation with Human Rights Watch (HRW) and IFRC (International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies); a few political leaders of England, France, agents of NSA (The National Security Agency, who didn't let me to submit any top secret information, before.) and CIA agents and Mossad and Shin Bet (Shabak) and USSS (The United States Secret Service) and Microsoft communicated with me about what am I started to write now? All around the hell, staying in Russia where your bones would sense it's very cold weather, inside of it's deep underground city where you ask your self "How is it possible for some satellites with their warheads to track me here?". During travel to Philippines with it's sexy girls inside of the bars and clubs. In middle east, years ago, in dark and fearful deserts in Esfahan-Tehran highways in Iran smelling cold weather in my lungs causes a different filling for me about this hard and cold situation, the Animal Farm nearby and me On The Run, it's about 2 AM and I am in my car, damn it's so dark, from the side of the highway I hear something like a scream but no problem its only a nightmare what the environmental situation caused, my secret documents here in my briefcase! Doing violated activities causes a shame on our country. While Israeli and also British intelligence agencies are up to date and act for the current situation. I remember, many month ago, I informed The US President about that I like to write a book but I wrote for him that its subject will be about the latest US presidential election, while because of some accidents, what happened after sending this messages and also because of I received a vast variety of new information, so only a very limited part of this book is about the election. I remember The Great Britain had decided that one of their spies who was sick (because of the amounts of tortures on him) dies but some agents of UK and America and somewhere else, use his Identities to keep them selves alive, before of his death I had some communications (through satellites) with SIS and I had some secret communications with some US agents, some US agents who was sentenced to death, in Iran. This book is a great monument for people who want to increase their knowledge about the secret history and about the spies who died but they could not talk with them. It's a pleasure that I included one of the notes what Bill Gates gave me before to submit it in my book. It's a pleasure that I could receive only a few words from Stephen Hawking from a dictionary and I added them to my book. I decided to write a non-fiction book and describe the realities to researchers who like to learn more about some parts of my life and also some parts of president Obama's life, for who like to gain more knowledge about me and about what happened recently in Iran, Turkey, Russia and England, the relations and the affections of the American's policy on their policy. A concise part of our private communications and what we did behind the closed doors to change the course of the world!

Key speeches from the 44th President of the United States

President Barack Obama's #1 New York Times bestselling memoir of his childhood and young adult years, a compelling journey through family, race and identity, is now adapted for young people. Includes a new introduction from the author, a new full-colour plate section and a family tree

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Barack Obama's lucid vision of America's place in the world and call for a new kind of politics that builds upon our shared understandings as Americans, based on his years in the Senate "In our lowdown, dispiriting era, Obama's talent for proposing humane, sensible solutions with uplifting, elegant prose does fill one with hope."-Michael Kazin, The Washington Post In July 2004, four years before his presidency, 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 struggle to be found in our history as a nation, we have always been guided by a dogged optimism in the future, or what Obama called "the audacity of hope."The Audacity of Hope is Barack Obama's call for a different brand of politics-a politics for those weary of bitter partisanship and alienated by the "endless clash of armies" we see in congress and on the campaign trail; a politics rooted in the faith, inclusiveness, and nobility of spirit at the heart of "our improbable experiment in democracy." He explores those forces-from the fear of losing to the perpetual need to raise money to the power of the media-that can stifle even the best-intentioned politician. He also writes, with surprising intimacy and self-deprecating humor, about settling in as a senator, seeking to balance the demands of public service and family life, and his own deepening religious commitment.At the heart of this book is Barack Obama's vision of how we can move beyond our divisions to tackle concrete problems. He examines the growing economic insecurity of American families, the racial and religious tensions within the body politic, and the transnational threats-from terrorism to pandemic-that gather beyond our shores. And he grapples with the role that faith plays in a democracy-where it is vital and where it must never intrude. Underlying his stories is a vigorous search for connection: the foundation for a radically hopeful political consensus.Only by returning to the principles that gave birth to our Constitution, Obama says, can Americans repair a political process that is broken, and restore to working order a government that has fallen dangerously out of touch with millions of ordinary Americans. Those Americans are out there, he writes-"waiting for Republicans and Democrats to catch up with them."

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this iconic memoir of his early days, future PresidentBarack Obama "guides us straight to the intersection of the most serious questions of identity, class, and race" (The Washington Post Book World). "Quite extraordinary."-Toni Morrison In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. It begins in New York, where Barack Obama learns that his father-a figure he knows more as a myth than as a man-has been killed in a car accident. This sudden death inspires an emotional odyssey-first to a small town in Kansas, from which he retraces the migration of his mother's family to Hawaii, and then to Kenya, where he meets the African side of his family, confronts the bitter truth of his father's life, and at last reconciles his divided inheritance. Praise for Dreams from My Father "Beautifully crafted . . . moving and candid . . . This book belongs on the shelf beside works like James McBride's The Color of Water and Gregory Howard Williams's Life on the Color Line as a tale of living astride America's racial categories."-Scott Turow "Provocative . . . Persuasively describes the phenomenon of belonging to two different worlds, and thus belonging to neither."-The New York Times Book Review "Obama's writing is incisive yet forgiving. This is a book worth savoring."-Alex Kotlowitz, author of There Are No Children Here "One of the most powerful books of self-discovery I've ever read, all the more so for its illuminating insights into the problems not only of race, class, and color, but of culture and ethnicity. It is also beautifully written, skillfully layered, and paced like a good novel."-Charlayne Hunter-Gault, author of In My Place "Dreams from My Father is an exquisite, sensitive study of this wonderful young author's journey into adulthood, his search for community and his place in it, his quest for an understanding of his roots, and his discovery of the poetry of human life. Perceptive and wise, this book will tell you something about yourself whether you are black or white."-Marian Wright Edelman

Newly abridged (by Obama himself) and updated for a young adult readership, this is a revealing portrait of a young Black man asking questions about self-discovery and belonging long before he became one of the most important voices in America.

BRAND-NEW EDITION of the multi-million-copy bestseller, now adapted for YA readers and complete with never-before-seen colour photos. A revealing portrait of one of the most important voices in America long before he became president: a young Black man asking questions about self-discovery and belonging.Barack Obama brings readers along as he faces the challenges of high school and college, living in New York, becoming a community organizer in Chicago and travelling to Kenya. On his journey to adulthood from a humble background, he forges his own path by trial and error while staying connected to his roots, determined to lead a life of purpose, service and authenticity. Obama's powerful and enduring memoir has been skilfully abridged to make it accessible and engaging for young readers, giving them the opportunity to reflect on where they have come from ¿ and where they are capable of going.

Pages of photos in black and white

Bogen er gennemsyret af Barack Obamas overbevisning om, at demokrati ikke er en gave fra oven, men er noget, vi kontinuerligt må arbejde for og skabe sammen – hver eneste dag.