The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama

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A good time, then, to get to know Barack Obama better. And if you believe this glossy manifesto - midway between chatty popphilosophy and the world's longest personal ad - he's a total charmer.

Born to an American mother and a Kenyan father, Obama's childhood in Kansas, Hawaii and Indonesia seems to have left him modest, humane, sceptical and sympathetic. Even the entire chapter devoted to his fabulous wife and children is surprisingly easy to swallow.

The only thing that sticks in the throat is that title..

Synopsis by Foyles.co.uk
This title presents Barack Obama's political vision for the future of America.If Barack Obama is successful in his quest to become President of the United States, he will dramatically change the face that his country presents to the world.In this bestselling book, Obama discusses the importance of empathy in politics, his hopes for a different America with different policies, and how the ideals of its democracy can be renewed.With intimacy and self-deprecating humour, Obama describes his experiences as a politician, about balancing his family life and his public vocation. His earch for consensus and his respect for the democratic process inform every sentence. A senator and a lawyer, a professor and a father, a Christian and a sceptic, Barack Obama has written a book of transforming power that will inspire people the world over. It is an autobiography and covers politics.