The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama

 "[Barack Obama] is that rare politician who can actually write--and write movingly and genuinely about himself...[He] strives in these pages to ground his policy thinking in simple common sense.. while articulating these ideas in level-headed, nonpartisan prose." -Michiko Kakutani, New York Times

"An upbeat view of the country's potential and a political biography that concentrates on the senator's core values." -Mike Dorning, Chicago Tribune

"[Few] on the partisan landscape can discuss the word 'hope' in a political context and be regarded as the least bit sincere. Obama is such a man, and he proves it by employing a fresh and buoyant vocabulary to scrub away some of the toxins from contemporary political debate." -John Balzar, Los Angeles Times