Michelle Obama

In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America—the first African American to serve in that role—she helped create the most welcoming and inclusive White House in history, while also establishing herself as a powerful advocate for women and girls in the U.S. and around the world, dramatically changing the ways that families pursue healthier and more active lives, and standing with her husband as he led America through some of its most harrowing moments. Along the way, she showed us a few dance moves, crushed Carpool Karaoke, and raised two down-to-earth daughters under an unforgiving media glare. In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites readers into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her—from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work, to her time spent at the world’s most famous address. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it—in her own words and on her own terms. Warm, wise, and revelatory, Becoming is the deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily defied expectations—and whose story inspires us to do the same.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER - ONE OF TIME'S 100 MUST-READ BOOKS OF 2022 - In an inspiring follow-up to her critically acclaimed, #1 bestselling memoir Becoming, former First Lady Michelle Obama shares practical wisdom and powerful strategies for staying hopeful and balanced in today's highly uncertain world. There may be no tidy solutions or pithy answers to life's big challenges, but Michelle Obama believes that we can all locate and lean on a set of tools to help us better navigate change and remain steady within flux. In The Light We Carry, she opens a frank and honest dialogue with readers, considering the questions many of us wrestle with: How do we build enduring and honest relationships? How can we discover strength and community inside our differences? What tools do we use to address feelings of self-doubt or helplessness? What do we do when it all starts to feel like too much?Michelle Obama offers readers a series of fresh stories and insightful reflections on change, challenge, and power, including her belief that when we light up for others, we can illuminate the richness and potential of the world around us, discovering deeper truths and new pathways for progress. Drawing from her experiences as a mother, daughter, spouse, friend, and First Lady, she shares the habits and principles she has developed to successfully adapt to change and overcome various obstacles--the earned wisdom that helps her continue to "become." She details her most valuable practices, like "starting kind," "going high," and assembling a "kitchen table" of trusted friends and mentors. With trademark humor, candor, and compassion, she also explores issues connected to race, gender, and visibility, encouraging readers to work through fear, find strength in community, and live with boldness."When we are able to recognize our own light, we become empowered to use it," writes Michelle Obama. A rewarding blend of powerful stories and profound advice that will ignite conversation, The Light We Carry inspires readers to examine their own lives, identify their sources of gladness, and connect meaningfully in a turbulent world.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The former First Lady, author of Becoming, and producer and star of Waffles + Mochi tells the inspirational story of the White House Kitchen Garden and how gardens can transform our lives and the health of our communities. Early in her tenure as First Lady, despite being a novice gardener, Michelle Obama planted a kitchen garden on the White House’s South Lawn. To her delight, she watched as fresh vegetables, fruit, and herbs sprouted from the ground. Soon the White House Kitchen Garden inspired a new conversation all across the country about the food we feed our families and the impact it has on the nutrition and well-being of our children. In American Grown, Mrs. Obama invites you inside the White House Kitchen Garden, from the first planting to the satisfaction of the seasonal harvest. She reveals her early worries and struggles—would the new plants even grow?—and her joy as lettuce, corn, tomatoes, collards and kale, sweet potatoes and rhubarb flourished in the freshly tilled soil. She shares the stories of other gardens that have moved and inspired her on her journey across the nation. And she offers what she learned about planting your own backyard, school, or community garden. American Grown features: • a behind-the-scenes look at every season of the garden’s growth• unique recipes created by White House chefs• striking original photographs that bring the White House garden to life• a fascinating history of community gardens in the United States From a modern-day vegetable truck that brings fresh produce to underserved communities in Chicago, to Houston office workers who make the sidewalk bloom, to a New York City school that created a scented garden for the visually impaired, to a garden in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, that devotes its entire harvest to those less fortunate, American Grown isn’t just the story of a single garden. It’s a celebration of the bounty of our nation and a reminder of what we can all grow together.

What's important is our story, our whole story, including those moments when we feel a little vulnerable . . .Michelle Robinson started life sharing a bedroom with her older brother Craig, in their family's upstairs apartment in her great-aunt's house. Her parents, Fraser and Marian, poured their love and energy into their children. She would go on to become Michelle Obama, the inspirational First Lady of the United States of America.Now adapted for younger readers, with new photographs and a new introduction from Michelle Obama herself, this memoir tells a very personal, and completely inspiring, story of how, through hard work and determination, the girl from the South Side of Chicago built an extraordinary life.A tale of ups and downs, triumphs and failures, this is an incredibly honest account. It will take you from the early years - first kiss, first school, first love - to the wonders of the White House, and the moment Mrs Obama shook hands with the Queen of England.A book to read, share, and talk about with the adults in your life, this is a call to action and compassion, and hope for change in uncertain times, and in a scary world.You'll be inspired to help others, and understand that no one is perfect. Just like Michelle Obama, you too are finding out exactly who you want to be (and, actually, so are the adults in your life).Above all, it is a book to make you think: who are you, and what do you want to become

What's your journey of becoming? Based on Michelle Obama's bestselling memoir, this gorgeous journal features an intimate and inspiring introduction by the former First Lady and more than 150 inspiring questions and quotes to help you discover-and rediscover-your story. "It's not about being perfect. It's not about where you get yourself in the end. There's power in allowing yourself to be known and heard, in owning your unique story, in using your authentic voice. And there's grace in being willing to know and hear others. This, for me, is how we become." - Michelle ObamaIn writing Becoming, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama shared her own extraordinary journey to help create space for others to tell their stories and to give people the courage to discover the power of their own voice. With this journal, she now provides you with the encouragement to find value in your own personal journey of becoming. Printed on cream writing paper, with a grosgrain ribbon, foil-stamped cover, and removable half-jacket, Becoming: A Guided Journal for Discovering Your Voice includes thought-provoking prompts designed to help you reflect on your personal and family history; your goals, challenges, and dreams; what moves you and brings you hope; and what future you imagine for yourself and your community. Writes Mrs. Obama in the Introduction to the Becoming journal, "I hope you'll use this journal to write down your experiences, thoughts, and feelings, in all their imperfections, and without judgment. . . . We don't have to remember everything. But everything we remember has value."These pages will help you capture your own voice and journey so you can nurture your sense of belonging. Inside, you'll find an opportunity not only to take heart in the experiences that brought you to where you are today, but also to feel empowered to take those next steps, wherever they might lead.

Michelle Obama - In Her Own Words.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Beautifully illustrated with more than 200 photographs, including never-before-seen images, The Look is a stunning journey through Michelle Obama’s style evolution, in her own words for the first time. In this celebration of style, from the moment she entered the public eye during her husband’s U.S. Senate campaign through her time as the first Black First Lady and today as one of this country’s most influential figures, Michelle Obama shares how she uses the beauty and intrigue of fashion to draw attention to her message. Featuring the voices of Meredith Koop, Obama’s trusted stylist, as well as her makeup artist Carl Ray, hairstylists Yene Damtew, Johnny Wright, and Njeri Radway, and many of the designers who have dressed Obama for notable events, The Look brings readers behind the scenes not only to reveal how her most memorable looks came together but also to tell a powerful story about how we present ourselves. Obama’s intimate and candid stories illuminate how her approach to dressing has evolved throughout her life—from the colorful sheath dresses, cardigans, and brooches she wore during her time as First Lady to the bold suits, denim, and braids of her post-White House life and all the active looks and beautiful gowns in between. In The Look, Michelle Obama explores the joy and the purpose of fashion and beauty and how—when wielded with grace and care—they can uplift and affirm the values one holds most dear. Confidence, she concludes, cannot be put on. But when you’re wearing something that’s intentional or beloved, clothing can make you feel like the best version of yourself.

Michelle Obama has quickly become one of the most influential and respected women in America. This book represents a moving collection of her most personal and inspirational speeches, given over the course of a year and a half, on the Obama's historic journey to the White House. In her own words, Michelle Obama talks about her beliefs, her upbringing, and her values.

Michelle Speeches by the First Lady is a collection of fifty essential speeches and remarks by First Lady Michelle Obama. This compilation includes commencement addresses along with speeches to military families, youth groups, and a moving talk on the anniversary of September 11.This special edition also includes the inaugural address of President Barack Obama.

Michelle Obama, the wife of Sen. Barack Obama, speaks on the opening night of the Democratic National Convention in Denver, August 25, 2008.Length: 21 mins

The final speeches of both First Lady Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama, together in this handsome new paperback edition. Both the President and the First Lady closed their eight years with remarks that were emblematic of their time in the White House--gracious, moving, insightful, and urging us all on to be the very best America has to offer.

"First Lady Michelle Obama - REMARKS!" is a complete documentary collection of all Remarks and Speeches held by Michelle Obama within one year (since she became First Lady of the United States.) All 63 remarks were released by the Office of the First Lady, an entity of the White House Administration, and published by The White House. "A Must Read for Everyone interested in Social Issues", and a Must Read for Everyone who wants to learn more about the First Lady, her thoughts, her opinion, and her views. 1 year serving as the First Lady. 65 remarks. 266 pages. Carefully collected, formatted and re-published by SoHo Books.

A Birthday Card in Book Form! Features nearly 90 witty and inspirational quotations, and a page for inscribing your personal birthday message.Capricorn Michelle Obama easily lives up to the sign's reputation as CEO of the zodiac. The former First Lady displays great gratitude for the people who help her, and she doesn't take herself too seriously. On Jimmy Kimmel Live she read out Jimmy's list of things she can say after leaving the White House, our favorite one being "George Clooney is my freebie." She is proof that fun gets the work done!Birthdays come but once a year. Who better to help celebrate yours than someone equally legendary? On your special day, enjoy the gift of wit and wisdom from Michelle Obama-First Lady.

First Lady Michelle Obama delivered this beautiful eulogy for poet and memoirist Maya Angelou at Wait Chapel at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on June 7, 2014.

"Michelle Obama. Co w życiu ważne" to zbiór ponad 170 pełnych mądrości i afirmacji życia wypowiedzi Michelle Obamy na temat edukacji, równości, rodziny i związków, polityki, wiary w siebie i sukcesu. Jako Pierwsza Dama Stanów Zjednoczonych wykorzystała swoją pozycję do rozpowszechnienia swoich przekonań i pomocy innym.Inteligencja, hojność, siła, odwaga, pewność siebie i ciężka praca to cechy, które określają Michelle Obamę. Książka ta jest inspirującą propozycją, która pokazuje, czym powinniśmy się kierować i jak postępować, żeby żyć szczęśliwie i skupić się na tym, co w życiu jest naprawdę ważne.

Intre timp, puteam sa aud zumzetul conversatiei pe care o purtau adultii in bucataria din apropiere, rasetele parintilor mei rasunand pana in curte. Ma uitam la fratele meu, absorbit total de meciul pe care-l juca impreuna cu un grup de baieti, la coltul strazii. Toata lumea parea sa fie in locul potrivit, mai putin eu. Gandindu-ma acum la disconfortul acelei clipe, recunosc provocarea mai generala de a te defini prin locul din care vii si dupa tinta spre care te indrepti. Si imi dau seama, totodata, ca pe atunci eram inca foarte departe de punctul in care aveam sa invat sa spun ce gandesc. Michelle Robinson s-a nascut in cartierul South Side din Chicago. De la aceste inceputuri umile va ajunge Michelle Obama, puternica prima doamna a Statelor Unite, adevarata sursa de inspiratie, atunci cand sotul ei, Barack Obama, a fost ales cel de-al patruzeci si patrulea presedinte. Vor fi prima Prima Familie de culoare la Casa Alba si vor servi tara vreme de doua mandate. In copilarie, Michelle a impartit aceeasi camera cu fratele ei, Craig, in apartamentul de la etaj al familiei lor, din casa matusii ei. Parintii sai, Fraser si Marian, si-au hranit copiii cu dragostea si energia lor. Tatal lui Michelle si-a invatat copiii sa munceasca din greu, sa se tina de cuvant si sa isi aminteasca sa rada. Mama ei le-a aratat cum sa gandeasca singuri, sa isi foloseasca vocea si sa nu se teama. Dar viata a indepartat-o de casa. Cu hotarare, planuri facute cu atentie si dorinta de a se realiza, Michelle a fost dornica sa isi extinda orizontul. A intrat la Universitatea Princeton, unde a descoperit cum e sa fii singura femeie de culoare dintr-o incapere. A studiat apoi la Facultatea de Drept de la Harvard si, dupa absolvire, s-a intors la Chicago si a devenit avocat de succes. Planurile ei s-au schimbat cand l-a cunoscut si s-a indragostit de Barack Obama.

Michelle Obama's 'The Light We Carry' is an inspiring compilation of personal stories, insights, and reflections. It delves into themes like resilience, hope, and the power of community. Obama shares practical advice from her own experiences, encouraging readers to stay true to their values while overcoming life's challenges. It's a heartfelt call to embrace our inner strength and positively impact the world.

Considera este diario un compañero de viaje para forjar tu propia historia. Basado en las exitosas memorias de Michelle Obama, el libro incluye preguntas que invitan a la reflexión, así como apuntes para ayudarte a descubrir, y redescubrir, la única cosa que siempre será auténtica y tu historia. Gracias a él, tendrás la oportunidad no solo de emocionarte recordando las experiencias que te han llevado a ser quien eres, sino también de reunir fuerzas para seguir avanzando. «Hay cosas que nos hacen darnos a conocer, hacernos oír, ser dueños de nuestro relato personal y único, expresarnos con nuestra auténtica voz. Y hay algo que nos confiere estar dispuestos a conocer y escuchar a los demás. Para mí, así es como forjamos nuestra historia.» Michelle Obama, Mi historia