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A promised land / (Record no. 37654)

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005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
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008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
Canceled/invalid ISBN 9781524763183
Qualifying information (ebook)
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency FFL
Language of cataloging eng
Transcribing agency FFL
Description conventions rda
Modifying agency ZQP
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-- BDX
-- ERASA
-- OCLCF
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042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE
Authentication code pcc
050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number E 908
Item number .O23 2020
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Obama, Barack,
Relator term author.
245 12 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title A promised land /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Barack Obama.
260 #4 - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Date of publication, distribution, etc. ©2020
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 904 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates :
Other physical details illustrations (some color) ;
Dimensions 25 cm
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Includes index.
505 00 - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Title Preface --
-- The bet --
-- Yes we can --
-- Renegade --
-- The good fight --
-- The world as it is --
-- In the barrel --
-- On the high wire.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. 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 watershed 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, the faith of a community organizer tested on the world stage. Obama is candid about the balancing act of running for office as a Black American, bearing the expectations of a generation buoyed by messages of "hope and change," and meeting the moral challenges of high-stakes decision-making. He is frank about the forces that opposed him at home and abroad, open about how living in the White House affected his wife and daughters, and unafraid to reveal self-doubt and disappointment. Yet he never wavers from his belief that inside the great, ongoing American experiment, progress is always possible. 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. -- Provided by publisher.
600 17 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Authority record control number or standard number (OCoLC)fst00348231
Source of heading or term fast
Personal name Obama, Barack
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element African American politicians
Form subdivision Biography.
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
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Koha item type Books
Holdings
Date last seen Total checkouts Full call number Price effective from Koha item type Lost status Damaged status Not for loan Withdrawn status Home library Current library Date acquired
03/19/2026   E 908 .O23 2020 03/19/2026 Books         Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan Institute of Behavioral Sciences Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan Institute of Behavioral Sciences 03/19/2026



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