US president Barack Obama leads the nominations for this year's British Book Awards by making the shortlist for both author and biography of the year.
Obama's political tract, The Audacity of Hope, and his life story, Dreams from My Father, became UK bestsellers during his 2008 run for office.
Dreams from My Father was written before Obama thought of entering politics and was originally published in 1995. It tells of his early life as a black boy growing up with his white grandparents and is frank about his drug use and flirtations with the Black Power movement.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/7933336.stm
Obama's political tract, The Audacity of Hope, and his life story, Dreams from My Father, became UK bestsellers during his 2008 run for office.
Dreams from My Father was written before Obama thought of entering politics and was originally published in 1995. It tells of his early life as a black boy growing up with his white grandparents and is frank about his drug use and flirtations with the Black Power movement.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/7933336.stm
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