Lyt når som helst, hvor som helst

Nyd den ubegrænsede adgang til tusindvis af spændende e- og lydbøger - helt gratis

  • Lyt og læs så meget du har lyst til
  • Opdag et kæmpe bibliotek fyldt med fortællinger
  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals
  • Opsig når som helst
Start tilbuddet
DK - Details page - Device banner - 894x1036

Joe Biden: The Life, the Presidency, and What Matters Now

53 Bedømmelse

3.8

Varighed
4T 26M
Sprog
Engelsk
Format
Kategori

Biografier

*A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR* A concise, brilliant, and trenchant examination of Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s successful lifelong quest for the presidency by National Book Award winner Evan Osnos.

President Joseph R. Biden Jr. has been called both the luckiest man and the unluckiest—fortunate to have sustained a fifty-year political career that reached the White House, but also marked by deep personal losses and disappointments that he has suffered. Yet even as Biden’s life has been shaped by drama, it has also been powered by a willingness, rare at the top ranks of politics, to confront his shortcomings, errors, and reversals of fortune. As he says, “Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable.” His trials have forged in him a deep empathy for others in hardship—an essential quality as he leads America toward recovery and renewal. Blending up-close journalism and broader context, Evan Osnos, who won the National Book Award in 2014, draws on nearly a decade of reporting for The New Yorker to capture the characters and meaning of 2020’s extraordinary presidential election. It is based on lengthy interviews with Biden and on revealing conversations with more than a hundred others, including President Barack Obama, Cory Booker, Amy Klobuchar, Pete Buttigieg, and a range of activists, advisers, opponents, and Biden family members. This portrayal illuminates Biden’s long and eventful career in the Senate, his eight years as Obama’s vice president, his sojourn in the political wilderness after being passed over for Hillary Clinton in 2016, his decision to challenge Donald Trump for the presidency, and his choice of Vice President Kamala Harris as his running mate. Osnos ponders the difficulties Biden faces as his presidency begins and weighs how a changing country, a deep well of experiences, and a rigorous approach to the issues, have altered his positions. In this nuanced portrait, Biden emerges as flawed, yet resolute, and tempered by the flame of tragedy—a man who just may be uncannily suited for his moment in history.

The audiobook includes Evan Osnos's conversation with David Remnick on The New Yorker Radio Hour.

© 2020 Simon & Schuster Audio (Lydbog): 9781797122663

Udgivelsesdato

Lydbog: 6. oktober 2020

Andre kan også lide...

  1. The Chancellor Kati Marton
  2. Rage Bob Woodward
  3. The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir John Bolton
  4. An American Life Ronald Reagan
  5. Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth Brian Stelter
  6. What Happened Hillary Rodham Clinton
  7. Hell and Other Destinations: A 21st-Century Memoir Madeleine Albright
  8. Donald Trump and His Assault on Truth: The President's Falsehoods, Misleading Claims and Flat-Out Lies The Washington Post Fact Checker Staff
  9. Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years David Litt
  10. Is this Anything? Jerry Seinfeld
  11. Red Roulette: An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption and Vengeance in Today's China Desmond Shum
  12. Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man Mary L. Trump
  13. The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of September 11, 2001 Garrett M. Graff
  14. A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety Jimmy Carter
  15. Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship with the First Lady Stephanie Winston Wolkoff
  16. Peril Bob Woodward
  17. Kamala's Way Dan Morain
  18. Living History Hillary Rodham Clinton
  19. A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America Philip Rucker
  20. Unhinged: An Insider's Account of the Trump White House Omarosa Manigault Newman
  21. Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History Katy Tur
  22. Barack Obama Presidency the Speech Resource Company
  23. Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty Anderson Cooper
  24. Barack Obama: The 60 Minutes Interviews: Introduced with new commentary by Steve Kroft Steve Kroft
  25. A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership James Comey
  26. Team of Rivals Doris Kearns Goodwin
  27. In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir Dick Cheney
  28. I'll Take Your Questions Now: What I Saw at the Trump White House Stephanie Grisham
  29. Hard Choices Hillary Rodham Clinton
  30. A Life in Parts Bryan Cranston
  31. Mrs. Kennedy and Me: An Intimate Memoir Clint Hill
  32. Madam Secretary: A Memoir Madeleine Albright
  33. Arthur Ashe: A Life Raymond Arsenault
  34. Beautiful Things: A Memoir Hunter Biden
  35. All the President's Men Bob Woodward
  36. AOC: The Fearless Rise and Powerful Resonance of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Lynda Lopez
  37. Saving Justice: Truth, Transparency, and Trust James Comey
  38. Beautiful Things: A Memoir Hunter Biden
  39. Truman David McCullough
  40. Nevertheless: A Memoir Alec Baldwin
  41. Team of Five: The Presidents Club in the Age of Trump Kate Andersen Brower
  42. Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire Brad Stone
  43. Five Days in November Clint Hill
  44. The Restless Wave: Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights, and Other Appreciations John McCain
  45. The House of Gucci: A True Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed Sara Gay Forden
  46. The Reckoning: America’s Trauma and Finding a Way to Heal Mary L. Trump

Vælg dit abonnement

  • Over 600.000 titler

  • Download og nyd titler offline

  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals

  • Børnevenligt miljø (Kids Mode)

  • Det er nemt at opsige når som helst

Flex

For dig som vil prøve Mofibo.

89 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 20 timer/måned

  • Gem op til 100 ubrugte timer

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Prøv gratis
Den mest populære

Premium

For dig som lytter og læser ofte.

129 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 100 timer/måned

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Unlimited

For dig som lytter og læser ubegrænset.

149 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • Ubegrænset adgang

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Family

For dig som ønsker at dele historier med familien.

Fra 179 kr. /måned
  • 2-6 konti

  • 100 timer/måned pr. konto

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Kun 39 kr. pr. ekstra konto

  • Ingen binding

2 konti

179 kr. /måned
Start tilbuddet