Barack Obama's success in becoming President-Elect of the United States
means he will dramatically change the face that his country presents to the
world.In this bestselling book Obama discusses the importance of empathy in
politics, his hopes for a different America with different policies, and
how the ideals of its democracy can be renewed.With intimacy and self-
deprecating humour, Obama describes his experiences as a politician, about
balancing his family life and his public vocation. His search for consensus
and his respect for the democratic process inform every sentence. A senator
and a lawyer, a professor and a father,a Christian and a sceptic, Barack
Obama has written a book of transforming power that will inspire people the
world over.