The Audacity of Hope
Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
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Barack Obama
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Barack Obama
About this listen
At the heart of this audiobook is Senator Obama's vision of how we can move beyond our divisions to tackle concrete problems. Underlying his stories about family, friends, members of the Senate, and even the president is a vigorous search for connection: the foundation for a radically hopeful political consensus.
A senator and a lawyer, a professor and a father, a Christian and a skeptic, and above all a student of history and human nature, Senator Obama has written a book of transforming power.
©2006 Barack Obama (P)2006 Random House, Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc.You may also enjoy...
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1 out of 5 stars
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I tried so hard to love this book...but couldn't..
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 422
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 360
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 361
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1 out of 5 stars
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Easy for her
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 8
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President Bill Clinton's My Life is the strikingly candid portrait of a global leader who decided early in life to devote his intellectual and political gifts, and his extraordinary capacity for hard work, to serving the public. It shows us the progress of a remarkable American who, through his own enormous energies and efforts, made the unlikely journey from Hope, Arkansas, to the White House - a journey fueled by an impassioned interest in the political process that manifested itself at every stage of his life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Authentic and comprehensive
- By Aurora on 2020-12-10
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- A Story of Race and Inheritance
- Written by: Barack Obama
- Narrated by: Barack Obama
- Length: 14 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 33
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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.
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4 out of 5 stars
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- Narrated by: Barack Obama
- Length: 29 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4,956
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4,137
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,118
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.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I wanted to love this eAudiobook so much more
- By Laurie ‘The Baking Bookworm’ on 2020-12-19
Written by: Barack Obama
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Becoming
- Written by: Michelle Obama
- Narrated by: Michelle Obama
- Length: 19 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 9,898
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 8,586
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Story5 out of 5 stars 8,558
In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites listeners into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her - from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work to her time spent at the world's most famous address. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it - in her own words and on her own terms.
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1 out of 5 stars
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I tried so hard to love this book...but couldn't..
- By Makizzo on 2019-01-28
Written by: Michelle Obama
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The Light We Carry
- Overcoming in Uncertain Times
- Written by: Michelle Obama
- Narrated by: Michelle Obama
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 422
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 360
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 361
There may be no tidy solutions or pithy answers to life’s big challenges, but Michelle Obama believes that we can all locate and lean on a set of tools to help us better navigate change and remain steady within flux. In The Light We Carry, she opens a frank and honest dialogue with listeners, considering the questions many of us wrestle with: How do we build enduring and honest relationships? How can we discover strength and community inside our differences? What tools do we use to address feelings of self-doubt or helplessness? What do we do when it all starts to feel like too much?
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1 out of 5 stars
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Easy for her
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Written by: Michelle Obama
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- Written by: Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Narrated by: Hillary Rodham Clinton
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story5 out of 5 stars 5
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5 out of 5 stars
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Something lost something gained
- By Sid Fox on 2024-09-27
Written by: Hillary Rodham Clinton
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My Life (Complete)
- Written by: Bill Clinton
- Narrated by: Michael Beck
- Length: 50 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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5 out of 5 stars
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- Aldo
- 2018-12-17
I could listen to Obama talk for days
I now have a better understanding of why Trump is jealous and obsessed with this; intelligent, pragmatic , kind, knowledgeable, funny, successful, respected and extraordinary man.
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- Chris
- 2020-11-28
Awesome Read.
Loved it. I always great to hear from their own words and thoughts !Great read.!
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- Peter Kong
- 2021-03-07
One to add to your collection.
It was nice to hear what it was like from the inside. Highly recommended listen.
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- lauris
- 2021-06-30
Heavy political
If you are into politics, this is your book, language and speed are at the highest. If English is your second language you may get lost quickly, however don’t get discouraged, you can listen it again until you get it. He talks about his experience while escalating towards the presidency and only talks about his personal life at the end of the 10 minutes of the book. Overall very insightful and educative but I think he was very careful showing his true self. Understandable I guess but I would’ve like him to be more open heart it. I listened to Michelle Obama’s book, “Becoming” and that one talks more about their political and personal journey trough her eyes. Both books are great!
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- M J Costa
- 2023-04-13
A meaningful experience of a political Father
Barack Obama gently portrays how a highly powerful and popular President balances leadership of a Global Super Power with the Family he Treasures so deeply with Michelle and his daughters.
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- Anonymous User
- 2021-02-12
interesting listen in 2021!
listening to this so many years after its release gives some interesting perspective on the progress made by our society while highlighting the areas that we have been complacent in allowing to slip into the background.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2019-07-23
Good Read if you're looking for Self-Reflection
This book was published in a day long passed, but the insights contained transcend time. Barack Obama clearly presents his side on key issues in ways that demonstrate respect to all parties, without taking a centralist stance. The diction and presentation used was a demonstration of English mastery, but is also indicitive of a strong ghostwriting.
Regardless of writer, the ability to reforge our biases and interactions to all peoples with greater dignity is a skill we could all afford to sharpen, and hearing Obama's words in his own voice may have sharpened mine.
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- Ian Bell
- 2019-07-18
Superb in every way - Don't miss it.
Barak Obama is known for giving a first rate speech but this book is better than them. It's more personal, more intimate. His narrative on faith at the end of the 6th chapter is truly moving. He does a wonderful job personalizing the problems of America and them abstracting as to what could be done to fix them. It's not often I've read a political memoir that dares that. Perhaps the best of all is chapter 8. His thoughts on family will choke you up.
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- james salanga
- 2024-09-07
amazing
Barack Obama is probably one of the best leaders this world has seen he is insightful, motivational and inspirational. His wisdom is as a president is awesome
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- Taylor
- 2021-03-12
I love Obama, but...
This entire book kind of felt like he was trying to earn my vote for his 2008 election. As I’m neither American, nor was I old enough to vote at that time, there’s a chance that it probably would have worked if I were. I was just hoping for something a little less “these are the problems with America and this is how I’ll fix it.” Still a great read, though.
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