Obama writes convincingly about race as well as the lofty place the Constitution holds in American life He writes tenderly about family and knowingly about faith.

An upbeat view of the country's potential and a political biography that concentrates on the senator's core values.

The Audacity of Hope is Barack Obama's call for a new kind of politics-a politics that builds upon those shared understandings that pull us together as Americans.Lucid in his vision of America's place in the world, refreshingly candid about his family life and his time in the Senate, Obama here sets out his political convictions and inspires us to trust in the dogged optimism that has long defined us and that is our best hope going forward.

Prologue

CHAPTER ONE: Republicans and Democrats

CHAPTER TWO: Values

CHAPTER THIEE: Our Constitution

CHAPTER FOUR: Politics

CHAPTER FIVE: Opportunity

CHAPTER SIX: Faith

CHAPTER SEVEN: Race

CHAPTER EIGHT: The World Beyond Our Borders

CHAPTER NINE: Family

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Index