Hillary Rodham Clinton is known to hundreds of millions of people around the world. But few outside his close friends and family have heard the story of his extraordinary journey. She writes with candor, humor, and passion about her upbringing in suburban, middle-class America in the 1950s and her transformation from Goldwater Girl to student activist to controversial First Lady. Living History…
In the course of this fascinating novel, many characters are introduced; some actual historical figures like President Roosevelt and Senator McCarthy appear in the story (as they did in the history of the period), as well as such fictional creations as Harold Griffiths, a Washington pundit; Enid, Clay's hand- some doomed wife; Irene Bloch, Washing- ton's most ruthless social climber; and finally.
Audacity of Hope is Barack Obama's call for a new kind of politics — one built on the shared understanding that unites us as Americans. Lucid in his vision of America's place in the world, candidly candid about his family life and time in the Senate, Obama here sets out his political beliefs and inspires us to believe in the steady optimism that has long defined us and that is our best hope g…