Author: Beatrice Gormley
Publisher: Aladdin
Keywords: president, 44th, obama, barack
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2008-12-02
List price: $5.99
ISBN-10: 1416971181
ISBN-13: 9781416971184

President Barack Obama’s early involvement with politics was inspired by his mother’s interest in the controversial social issues of her times -- a passion that she passed on to her son. As the first African American editor of the Harvard Law Review, the first African American presidential nominee of a major political party, and eventually the first African American president of the United States, Barack Obama has consistently shattered barriers -- barriers that some people thought could never be overcome.However, life has not always been easy for President Obama. Born to a Kenyan

Author: Tom Robinson
Publisher: Abdo & Daughters
Keywords: essential, lives, president, 44th, obama, barack
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 2009-01-01
List price: $32.79
ISBN-10: 160453527X
ISBN-13: 9781604535273

Author: Society of Publication Designers
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
Keywords: annual, design, publication, 44th
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2009-12-01
List price: $60.00
ISBN-10: 1592535860
ISBN-13: 9781592535866

The best visual design work is about emotion as much as appearance. Powerful, brilliant pictures—presented in just the right layout—can make us experience a whole range of emotions, from fear to attraction, anger to happiness. The Society of Publication Designers’ (SPD) annual competition seeks the very best in editorial design work. Judged by a worldwide panel of top designers, the 44th edition of Rockport’s best-selling SPD series celebrates the journalists, editorial directors, photographers, and other talented individuals who brought events of the year 2008—with all its triumphs