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Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Politician, Lawyer, Author

44th President of the United States (2009–2017), Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and former U.S. Senator from Illinois.

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The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource

The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered ResourceChristopher L. Hayes

Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service

Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public ServiceCasey Cep

A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck

A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and ShipwreckSophie Elmhirst

Abundance

AbundanceEzra Klein

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

The Buffalo Hunter HunterStephen Graham Jones

Audition: A Novel

Audition: A NovelKatie Kitamura

Rosarita

RosaritaAnita Desai

King of Ashes: A Novel

King of Ashes: A NovelS. A. Cosby

The Book of Records: A Novel

The Book of Records: A NovelMadeleine Thien

Mark Twain

Mark TwainRon Chernow

The Look

The LookMichelle Obama

What We Can Know: A Novel

What We Can Know: A NovelIan McEwan

Dead and Alive: Essays

Dead and Alive: EssaysZadie Smith

The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny: A Novel

The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny: A NovelKiran Desai

1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History—and How It Shattered a Nation

1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History—and How It Shattered a NationAndrew Ross Sorkin

North Sun: Or, The Voyage of the Whaleship Esther

North Sun: Or, The Voyage of the Whaleship EstherEthan Rutherford

There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America

There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in AmericaBrian Goldstone

The Wilderness

The WildernessAngela Flournoy

We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution

We the People: A History of the U.S. ConstitutionJill Lepore

Flashlight: A Novel

Flashlight: A NovelSusan Choi

Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America

Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured AmericaBeth Macy

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