60 minutes. Killing Bin Laden : the president's story. Part three / produced by Michael Radutzky, L. Franklin Devine, Maria Gavrilovic.

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Waiting for Obama / written by John Moore ; [stage direction by Mare Trevathan]. by Moore, John (Playwright), Trevathan, Mare

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60 minutes. The next first family. Part one / produced by L. Franklin Devine, Michael Radutzky.

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I heart Obama / Erin Aubry Kaplan. by Kaplan, Erin Aubry

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Foreign oil dependence / Ronald D. Lankford, Jr., book editor.

Table of Contents: “…Weiss -- Foreign oil dependence is an economic and political advantage / Roger Howard -- Oil dependence strengthens US enemies / Jonathan Powers -- The United States should reduce its oil dependence / President Barack Obama -- A broad-based solution to our energy problem / Ben Adler -- The US should seek energy resilience by shifting to electricity / Andy Grove -- Domestic oil resources will reduce foreign dependence / Gary Jason -- Military expenditures drastically increase the true cost of foreign oil / Peter Maass -- Oil companies should bear the true costs of oil / Mark Engler -- Methanol can reduce foreign oil dependence / Robert Zubrin -- Public transportation can reduce foreign oil dependence / Robert J. …”

The emperor of water clocks : poems / Yusef Komunyakaa. by Komunyakaa, Yusef

Table of Contents: “…The Land of Cockaigne -- Omens -- The Water Clock -- The Emperor -- The Fool -- The Raven Master -- The King's Salt -- Lemons -- Turner's Great Tussle with Water -- Sperm Oil -- Nocturnal Houses -- Augury at Sunset -- Skulking Across Snow -- Sprung Rhythm of a Landscape -- Rock Me, Mercy -- Islands -- Latitudes -- Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash -- The Relic -- Il Duce's Villa -- Et Tu, Brutust -- The Gold Pistol -- Faces at the Window -- Cafe Du Rat Mort -- The Circus -- Minotaur -- Dear Pandora -- Transference and Bling -- Scrimmage -- Ironwork -- Common Wealth -- Torsion -- Always a Way -- Fortress -- Longitudes -- Daytime Begins with a Line by Anna Akhmatova -- Michio Ito's Fox and Hawk -- Caffe Reggio -- Praise Be -- Krar -- Dead Reckoning II -- A Night in Tunisia -- The King -- The Day I Saw Barack Obama Reading Derek Walcott's Collected Poems -- The Green Horse -- Ode to the Oud -- With My Fish-Skin Drum -- Envoy to Palestine -- Timbuktu -- Monolith -- Ghazal, After Ferguson -- Interrogation -- Precious Metals -- The Enchanted Diver -- A Prayer -- The Work of Orpheus -- Emprean Isles -- Springtime in Atlantis.…”

Dreaming blackness : black nationalism and African American public opinion by Price, Melanye T.

Table of Contents: “…8 Conclusion: Black Nationalism at the Post-Civil Rights CrossroadsAfterword: Black Power: A Note about Black Nationalism, Barack Obama, and the Future of Black Politics; Appendix A: Focus Group Characteristics; Appendix B: NBES Survey Questions and Descriptive Statistics; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; About the Author.…”
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All eyes are upon us : race and politics from Boston to Brooklyn / Jason Sokol. by Sokol, Jason

Table of Contents: “…The North Rises Again: Deval Patrick, Barack Obama, and the Twenty-First Century (2006-2012).…”
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Prezidenství Baracka Obamy: naplněné vize? / Magdalena Fiřtová, Jan Hornát, Jana Sehnálková (eds.).

Table of Contents: “…/ Vít Fojtek -- Obamova administrativa konflikt v Sýrii : institucionalizace krize v mezinárodních vztazích? / Jan Bečka -- Barack Obama i Írán : nový začátek / Jaroslav Zukerstein -- Obamův "Pivot" do Asie a činsko-americké vztahy / Jana Sehnálková -- Pod tlakem vnějších událostí : Obamova podpora demokracie ve třetích zemích / Jan Hornat.…”
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Prisoners of the White House : the Isolation of America's Presidents and the Crisis of Leadership. by Walsh, Kenneth T.

Table of Contents: “…Chapter Seven Harry Truman Connected to EverymanChapter Eight Ronald Reagan Middle-Class Roots; Chapter Nine Bill Clinton Escapes from Disaster; Chapter Ten Barack Obama Beyond the Beltway; Part IV From Wizards to Chicken Peddlers; Chapter Eleven The Wizards of the White House; Chapter Twelve Breaking Out of the Bubble; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.…”
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Winning while losing? : civil rights, the conservative movement, and the presidency from Nixon to Obama / edited by Kenneth Osgood and Derrick E. White.

Table of Contents: “…Lawson -- Civil rights and the first black president: Barack Obama and the politics of racial equality / Ronald W. …”
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The president's first year : none were prepared, some never learned--why the only school for presidents is the presidency / Douglas Alan Cohn. by Cohn, Douglas

Table of Contents: “…EISENHOWER-MCCARTHYISM 1953-1961; Well-Known Names from the Hollywood Blacklists; CHAPTER 3 THE LONERS; THOMAS JEFFERSON (1801), JIMMY CARTER (1977), AND BARACK OBAMA (2009); THOMAS JEFFERSON-LOUISIANA PURCHASE 1801-1809.…”
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Behold the proverbs of a people : proverbial wisdom in culture, literature, and politics / Wolfgang Mieder. by Mieder, Wolfgang

Table of Contents: “…"The Golden Rule as Political Imperative": President Barack Obama's Proverbial Worldview; An Inaugural Address without Famous Quotations; Immediate Journalistic Reactions to the Inaugural Address; Lack of President Obama's Earlier Quotable Creations; No Direct Reference to the Proverbs of American Democracy; "We Must Pick Ourselves up, Dust Ourselves off "; Barack Obama's Attempts at New Quotable Formulations; From Inaugural Speech to the World.…”
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The Iowa precinct caucuses : the making of a media event / Hugh Winebrenner and Dennis J. Goldford. by Winebrenner, Hugh, 1937-

Affordable Care Act : The Mandate Is Constitutional / MacNeil/Lehrer Productions.

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Foreign oil dependence / Susan C. Hunnicutt, book editor.

Annie Leibovitz at work / [text based on conversations with Sharon DeLano ; editor, Sharon DeLano]. by Leibovitz, Annie, 1949-

Why presidents fail : and how they can succeed again / Elaine C. Kamarck. by Kamarck, Elaine Ciulla

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The Obama Victory : How Media, Money, and Message Shaped the 2008 Election. by Kenski, Kate

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Videofashion style. Volume 1, Episode 1, Style in politics / by Videofashion. by Charney, Nicolas H.

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