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The Maraniss book, like Obama’s own, is likely to play an important, if not game-changing, role in the campaign. “I can’t think of a historical example of a biography like this being ...

The book project mentioned in the copy never ... is not a birther: The errant Obama biography in the Acton & Dystel booklet does not contradict the authenticity of Obama's birth certificate.

Barack Obama proposed to a serious girlfriend before he met his eventual wife Michelle, according to a new biography of the former president. The book – "Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama ...

U.S. President Barack Obama has captured the Biography of the Year prize at the Galaxy British Book Awards for his bestseller, Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance. Dreams From ...

who won a Pulitzer Prize for his biography of Martin Luther King Jr. In his late 20s, Obama had the irksome habit of summarizing other people’s arguments for them, the book reveals.

While the book won't be released until June 19, vast sections of it were already available Friday on Google Books. [Related: Obama ex-girlfriend ... author of a biography of the 42 nd president.