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1) Becoming
Author
Lexile measure
1170L
Language
English
Description
In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America, she helped create the most welcoming and inclusive White House in history. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private. A deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Mrs. Obama offers readers a series of fresh stories and insightful reflections on change, challenge, and power, including her belief that when we light up for others, we can illuminate the richness and potential of the world around us, discovering deeper truths and new pathways for progress. Drawing from her experiences as a mother, daughter, spouse, friend, and First Lady, she shares the habits and principles she has developed to successfully adapt...
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Formats
Description
The only First Lady to play a major role in shaping domestic legislation, Hillary Rodham Clinton lived through America's political wars from the Watergate scandal to the Whitewater Inquiry, stood by her husband during his impeachment proceedings, and made a decision to run for and, ultimately win a seat in the U.S. Senate from the state of New York.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
1080L
Physical Desc
xvii, 406 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
This volume for young people is an honest and fascinating account of Michelle Obama's life led by example. She shares her views on how all young people can help themselves as well as help others, no matter their status in life. She asks readers to realize that no one is perfect, and that the process of becoming is what matters, as finding yourself is ever evolving. In telling her story with boldness, she asks young readers: Who are you, and what do...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Washington Post writer Liza Mundy paints a revealing and intimate portrait of the most dynamic couple in politics today: Michelle, the highly organized, sometimes intimidating, list-making pragmatist; and Barack, the introspective political charmer who shoots for the stars. Michelle's story carries all the achievements and lingering pain of the post-civil rights era. She grew up on the south side of Chicago, in a neighborhood rocked by white flight....
Author
Series
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hillary Rodham Clinton has always dreamed big ... and achieved big too. But she didn't become the greatest woman in US political history overnight. She was a kid first-organizing neighborhood carnivals, playing backyard ice hockey, and writing NASA to volunteer for astronaut training. This story shows readers the fun, fears, and challenges young Hillary had and enourages them to find their own strengths and dream big.
Author
Series
Publisher
Raintree
Pub. Date
[2014]
Lexile measure
900L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (48 pages) : color illustrations, color maps.
Language
English
Description
Presents a brief biography of Michelle Obama, discussing her early life up through her studying to become a lawyer, how she met her future husband Barack Obama, and how she has lived since becoming the First Lady of the United States.
10) Hillary Clinton
Author
Series
Publisher
Raintree
Pub. Date
[2014]
Lexile measure
930L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (48 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color).
Language
English
Description
Explores the life of the first former First Lady who was Secretary of State and also a presidential candidate in 2008.
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
xxx, 210 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Michelle Obama played a large and influential role in her husband's campaign, and is certain to do the same thing during his presidency. Michelle Obama: First Lady of Hope examines, for the first time, her astonishing career, from her undergraduate years at Princeton, where she majored in African Studies, to her continuing education at Harvard Law School, where she obtained a Juris Doctor degree.
12) Michelle Obama
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
112 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the life and accomplishments of Michelle Obama, including her childhood, her career in law and community service, her public and private life, and her role as First Lady.
13) The truth about Hillary: what she knew, when she knew it, and how far she'll go to become president
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
305 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
New York Times best-selling author Edward Klein is a former foreign editor for Newsweek and former editor-in-chief of The New York Times Magazine. In this illuminating exploration of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Klein draws on insider sources to reveal the many secrets she has managed to keep hidden despite the publication of more than a dozen unauthorized books on her life. Certain to be a presidential candidate in 2008, Hillary Rodham Clinton deserves...
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st Atria books hbk. ed.
Physical Desc
ix, 226 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
An in-depth look at the much talked-about -- but never fully revealed -- relationship between Jackie Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy that began as a result of their shared grief over the assassination of the president in 1963 and lasted until Bobby began his run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1968.
Author
Lexile measure
1120L
Language
English
Description
Presents the life and career of Hillary Clinton, discussing her childhood in Illinois, her college and law school years, her life as First Lady, her time as a New York Senator, and her achievements as Secretary of State. -- Publisher's description.
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Lexile measure
900L
Physical Desc
151 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, portraits ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Michelle Obama grew up on Chicago's South Side, and while the world outside her door was chaotic and ever-changing, her family provided a stable environment in which she could grow and flourish. This look at Michelle Obama's life and the turning points that shaped her shows how a girl from a working class background could rise to become one of the most influential women of her day. But this is more than a straight chronological retelling. This book...
Author
Publisher
Crown Forum
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 254 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Cindy Hensley was just out of college when she met and fell in love with the celebrated Navy hero John McCain. They embarked on a thrilling life together that put her at the center of American politics for over four decades. In this moving and inspiring memoir, Cindy McCain tells the story of her adventurous life with John for the first time" --