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[Jonathan S. Fox]

I have not yet read "The Audacity of Hope", his second book, but I know that "Dreams From My Father" is not propaganda. It will not even discuss his political views all that much; as I said, he wrote it before his political career, so it's very soul-baring stuff. What it will do is give you an understanding of who he is and where he comes from as a person. If you are interested, you can probably get a downloaded recording of Obama reading either or both of his books aloud. Rest assured the quality of the narration is excellent -- he won grammy awards for his recordings of both books.

[Yanlin]

The complete book for free? Being read to me by Obama? How the hell can people still buy the book when they have THAT available!?

I want a link!

[Toady One]

Summary of deleted posts:  Some people argue about the existence of a media establishment (at first rather harmlessly about the standard stuff, in particular at first about Obama's grammy).  New ground wasn't tread though, and even before the now-banned Moon posted, the thread had some fighting going on.  Please continue roughly on-topic or at least civilly.

[Aqizzar]

(Whoa.  Let's do the time warp again!)

I'm not a fan of audio books myself, because I can never pay attention long enough and have to keep rewinding it.  I suppose I'd have to give that one a listen.  Not that I haven't heard the guy's life story via every other telling.

[Bromor Neckbeard]

I can't seem to find the link that Jonathan is talking about.  I can find a link that lets you download "The Audacity of Hope", but it's sure as hell not legal.

I don't like audiobooks much myself because I read much faster than I can listen to a guy talking, but they do have one use for me - Long trips in the car.  I'm gonna give this a listen the next time I go out of town.

[Jonathan S. Fox]

The complete book for free? Being read to me by Obama? How the hell can people still buy the book when they have THAT available!?

I want a link!

Well, you still have to buy them, but you should be able to find them online for download for no more than $20 US each. I got them on iTunes for $28 for the both of them, or $14 for just "Dreams From My Father".

(Whoa.  Let's do the time warp again!)

I'm not a fan of audio books myself, because I can never pay attention long enough and have to keep rewinding it.  I suppose I'd have to give that one a listen.  Not that I haven't heard the guy's life story via every other telling.

I like because I can listen while cleaning the kitchen, walking to class, or otherwise multitasking. But, I don't have trouble keeping my attention on it, so I'm sure it'll depend on your preference. Speaking for myself, I learned much more about his life story from the book than I learned from the entire political campaign. In particular, it goes much more into the people who influenced him, and the emotions and feelings that underpin the events of his life. I think it was time well spent.

[Yanlin]

Ah. Figures. Well I can't buy online due to... Parental issues. I will be able to buy online once I get my own bank account. But for that, you need a job over here. Otherwise, you get screwed.

Figures. I turn 16. Finally able to get a job. BAM! Credit crisis.