{"product_id":"9781400030033","title":"My Life","description":"President Bill Clinton's \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/search.barnesandnoble.com\/BookSearch\/results.asp?TTL=my+life\u0026amp;ATH=bill+clinton\u0026amp;WRD=\u0026amp;PRU=ALL\u0026amp;FMT=ALL\u0026amp;PDF=Y\u0026amp;grade=ALL\u0026amp;CID=ALL\u0026amp;sLinkPrefix\u0026amp;SearchBooks.x=31\u0026amp;SearchBooks.y=8\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e is the strikingly candid portrait      of a global leader who decided early in life to devote his intellectual       and political gifts, and his extraordinary capacity for hard work, to       serving the public.       \u003cp\u003e           It shows us the progress of a remarkable American, who, through his          own enormous energies and efforts, made the unlikely journey from          Hope, Arkansas, to the White House—a journey fueled by an          impassioned interest in the political process which manifested itself          at every stage of his life: in college, working as an intern for          Senator William Fulbright; at Oxford, becoming part of the Vietnam War          protest movement; at Yale Law School, campaigning on the grassroots          level for Democratic candidates; back in Arkansas, running for          Congress, attorney general, and governor.       \u003c\/p\u003e       \u003cp\u003e           We see his career shaped by his resolute determination to improve the          life of his fellow citizens, an unfaltering commitment to civil          rights, and an exceptional understanding of the practicalities of          political life.       \u003c\/p\u003e       \u003cp\u003e           We come to understand the emotional pressures of his youth—born          after his father's death; caught in the dysfunctional relationship          between his feisty, nurturing mother and his abusive stepfather, whom          he never ceased to love and whose name he took; drawn to the          brilliant, compelling Hillary Rodham, whom he was determined to marry;          passionately devoted, from her infancy, to their daughter, Chelsea,          and to the entire experience of fatherhood; slowly and painfully          beginning to comprehend how his early denial of pain led him at times          into damaging patterns of behavior.       \u003c\/p\u003e       \u003cp\u003e           President Clinton's book is also the fullest, most concretely          detailed, most nuanced account of a presidency ever          written-encompassing not only the high points and crises but the way          the presidency actually works: the day-to-day bombardment of problems,          personalities, conflicts, setbacks, achievements.       \u003c\/p\u003e       \u003cp\u003e           It is a testament to the positive impact on America and on the world          of his work and his ideals.       \u003c\/p\u003e       \u003cp\u003e           It is the gripping account of a president under concerted and          unrelenting assault orchestrated by his enemies on the Far Right, and          how he survived and prevailed.       \u003c\/p\u003e       \u003cp\u003e           It is a treasury of moments caught alive, among them:       \u003c\/p\u003e       \u003cul\u003e          \u003cli\u003e             The ten-year-old boy watching the national political conventions on             his family's new (and first) television set.          \u003c\/li\u003e          \u003cli\u003e             The young candidate looking for votes in the Arkansas hills and the             local seer who tells him, \"Anybody who would campaign at a beer             joint in Joiner at midnight on Saturday night deserves to carry one             box. . . . You'll win here. But it'll be the only damn place you             win in this county.\" (He was right on both counts.)          \u003c\/li\u003e          \u003cli\u003e             The roller-coaster ride of the 1992 campaign.          \u003c\/li\u003e          \u003cli\u003e             The extraordinarily frank exchanges with Newt Gingrich and Bob             Dole.          \u003c\/li\u003e          \u003cli\u003e             The delicate manipulation needed to convince Rabin and Arafat to             shake hands for the camera while keeping Arafat from kissing Rabin.          \u003c\/li\u003e          \u003cli\u003e             The cost, both public and private, of the scandal that threatened             the presidency.          \u003c\/li\u003e       \u003c\/ul\u003e       Here is the life of a great national and international figure, revealed       with all his talents and contradictions, told openly, directly, in his       own completely recognizable voice. A unique book by a unique American.       \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e           \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cfont size=\"-1\"\u003eAlso available from Random House \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/search.barnesandnoble.com\/BookSearch\/results.asp?TTL=my+life\u0026amp;ATH=bill+clinton\u0026amp;WRD=\u0026amp;PRU=ALL\u0026amp;FMT=AU\u0026amp;PDF=Y\u0026amp;grade=ALL\u0026amp;CID=ALL\u0026amp;sLinkPrefix\u0026amp;SearchBooks.x=48\u0026amp;SearchBooks.y=22\"\u003eAudio\u003c\/a\u003e and in a Random House \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/search.barnesandnoble.com\/booksearch\/isbninquiry.asp?isbn=0375435190\u0026amp;sLinkPrefix\"\u003eLarge          Print Edition\u003c\/a\u003e.      \u003cbr\u003e           clintonpresidentialcenter.org       \u003cbr\u003e           with 32 pages of photographs       \u003cbr\u003e           Jacket photographs courtesy of the Clinton Presidential Materials          Project Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47040657686768,"sku":"9781400030033","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781400030033_p0.jpg?v=1763711543","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781400030033","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}