The education of an idealist : a memoir
(Large Print)
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Published
[New York] : HarperLuxe, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019].
ISBN
9780062943842, 0062943847
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult | LARGE TYPE BIOGRAPHY POWER, S. | On Shelf |
Glen Ellyn Public Library - Large Type | BIOG POWER, S. | On Shelf |
La Grange Park Public Library District - Main Level | LP BIO POWER, S | On Shelf |
Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library - Stacks | LP 327.2092 POW | On Shelf |
Oak Lawn Public Library - Large Type | LARGE TYPE 327.2092 POWER | Checked out |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Ambassadors -- United States -- Biography.
Autobiographies.
Human rights workers -- Biography.
Irish -- United States -- Biography.
Large type books.
Obama, Barack -- Friends and associates.
Power, Samantha.
United Nations -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
United States -- Foreign relations.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-2017.
Autobiographies.
Human rights workers -- Biography.
Irish -- United States -- Biography.
Large type books.
Obama, Barack -- Friends and associates.
Power, Samantha.
United Nations -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
United States -- Foreign relations.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-2017.
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Published
[New York] : HarperLuxe, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019].
Format
Large Print
Physical Desc
xvii, 957 pages (large print), 32 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780062943842, 0062943847
Notes
General Note
"Larger print"--Back cover.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
Pulitzer Prize winning humanitarian Samantha Power offers an urgent response to the question "What can one person do?" In this memoir, Power transports us from her childhood in Dublin to the streets of war-torn Bosnia to the White House Situation Room and the world of high-stakes diplomacy. In 2005, her critiques of U.S. foreign policy caught the eye of newly elected senator Barack Obama, who invited her to work with him on Capitol Hill and then on his presidential campaign. After Obama was elected president, Power went from being an activist outsider to a government insider, navigating the halls of power while trying to put her ideals into practice. She served for four years as Obama's human rights adviser, and in 2013, he named her U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, the youngest American to assume the role. Power shows how she juggled the demands of a 24/7 national security job with the challenge of raising two young children. Along the way, she illuminates the intricacies of politics and geopolitics, reminding us how the United States can lead in the world, and why we each have the opportunity to advance the cause of human dignity.
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LARGE PRINT
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Power, S. (2019). The education of an idealist: a memoir ([Large print edition].). HarperLuxe, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Power, Samantha. 2019. The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir. HarperLuxe, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Power, Samantha. The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir HarperLuxe, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Power, Samantha. The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir [Large print edition]., HarperLuxe, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2019.
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