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1) Becoming
Author
Language
English
Description
"When she was a little girl, Michelle Robinson's world was the South Side of Chicago, where her parents raised her to be outspoken and unafraid. But life soon took her much further afield, from Princeton, where she learned what it felt like to be the only black woman in a room, to the office tower where she worked as a high-powered corporate lawyer -- and where, one summer morning, a law student named Barack Obama appeared in her office and upended...
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
Publisher
Amistad
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
391 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), geneological tables ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A remarkable history of First Lady Michelle Obama's mixed ancestry as well as a portrait of America itself in an epic and inspiring family saga.
Publisher
Miramax
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the summer afternoon in 1989 when the future President of the United States, Barack Obama, wooed the future First Lady, Michelle Robinson, on an epic first date across Chicago's South Side.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xxi, 170 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
An analysis of the personal style of Michelle Obama shares tips on how to create an adaptable, polished style regardless of budget, in a guide that also considers essential fitness practices and empowerment skills.
6) The meaning of Michelle: 16 writers on the iconic First Lady and how her journey inspires our own
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 220 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Michelle Obama is unlike any other First Lady in American history. From her first moments on the public stage, she has challenged traditional American notions about what it means to be beautiful, to be strong, to be fashion-conscious, to be healthy, to be First Mom, to be a caretaker and hostess, and to be partner to the most powerful man in the world. As Hillary Clinton has said, admiringly about Michelle Obama, our soon to be ex-First Lady exemplifies...
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
109 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A collection of striking and intimate photographs of Michelle Obama, coupled with personal reflections and behind-the-scenes stories from official White House photographer and New York Times bestselling author of Chasing Light, Amanda Lucidon, presented in a deluxe format for young readers." --Provided by publisher.
11) The Obamas
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Kantor takes readers deep inside the White House as the Obamas try to grapple with their new roles, change the country, raise children, maintain friendships, and figure out what it means to be the first black President and First Lady.
Author
Publisher
Regnery Publishing, a Salem Communications Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xviii, 302 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Delves into [what Klein sees as] the rocky relationship between the Obamas and the Clintons ... [positing] just how deep the rivalry between the Obamas and the Clintons runs, with details on closed-door meetings buttressed by hundreds of interviews"--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
151 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits (chiefly color) ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
In just a few generations, Michelle Obama's family has blazed a path from a slave cabin to the White House. She's now writing a new chapter in history as a fresh kind of first lady, old-fashioned in many ways, yet so genuine and natural that she constantly surprises and inspires.
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Formats
Description
It was all as unpredictable as it was riveting: Hillary Clinton's improbable rise, her fall and her insistence on pushing forward straight through to her remarkable phoenix flight from the race; Sarah Palin's attempt not only to fill the void left by Clinton, but to alter the very definition of feminism and claim some version of it for conservatives; liberal rapture over Barack Obama and the historic election of our first African-American president;...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Washington Post writer Liza Mundy paints an intimate portrait of Michelle Obama, taking us inside the marriage of the most dynamic couple in politics today. Drawing on interviews with more than one hundred people, including one with Michelle, Mundy captures the complexity of this remarkable woman and the life she has lived.
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