Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters is a children's book by United States President Barack Obama, with illustrations by Loren Long. It is described by the publisher as "a moving tribute to thirteen groundbreaking Americans and the ideals that have shaped our nation." The stories of thirteen ...
Jujur aja sih, kalo saja beli buku ini dengan harga asli, saya gak bakal kasi 4 bintang. Ketipisan soalnya.Untungnya saya beli di obralan seharga IDR 10K. Jadi ya sudah. Ikhlas aja kasi 4 bintang.Beli buku ini karena jatuh cinta sama warna birunya dan ilustrasinya yang bagus banget itu.Isi bukun...
This book made me cry. It is a lovely and inspiring letter written by Barak Obama to his two daughters. The people depicted in the book are all people who have struggled through adversity to create something beautiful and make change to our society. The illustrations are very sweet and truthful....
It was a bit odd to read a book like this written in 2008 and it is now 2012 and near the end of Obama's first term. Maybe I read it a bit late. It was sitting on my shelf forever. It was full of promises that he hoped to accomplish in the first four year term and beyond. He has fullfilled a ...
In "The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream," Senator Barack Obama offers a message of hope to the cynics that would claim that our country is hopelessly divided and politics has devolved into a power game of little interest to ordinary Americans. Senator Obama believes ...
Nine years before the Senate campaign that made him one of the most influential and compelling voices in American politics, Barack Obama published this lyrical, unsentimental, and powerfully affecting memoir, which became a #1 New York Times bestseller when it was reissued in 2004. Dreams from My...
I held thirty-nine of them my first year in the Senate, all across Illinois, in tiny rural towns like Anna and prosperous suburbs like Naperville, in black churches on the South Side and a college in Rock Island. There’s not a lot of fanfare involved. My staff will call up the local high school, ...
There was a new sign above the entrance, and the door had been propped open to let in the spring light. The floors were freshly scrubbed, the furniture rearranged. Rafiq wore a black suit and a black leather tie; his leather kufu was polished to a high gloss. For several minutes, he fussed over a...