{"product_id":"joe-biden-the-life-the-run-and-what-matters-now-9781982174026","title":"Joe Biden: The Life, the Run, and What Matters Now","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e*A \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBEST BOOK OF THE YEAR*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA concise, brilliant, and trenchant examination of Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s successful lifelong quest for the presidency by National Book Award winner Evan Osnos. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePresident 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYet 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOsnos 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvan Osnos has been a staff writer at \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003esince 2008. His most recent book, \u003ci\u003eWildland: The Making of America's Fury\u003c\/i\u003e, was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eAge of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the National Book Award. Previously, he was a foreign correspondent for the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, where he shared two Pulitzer Prizes. He lives with his wife and children near Washington, DC.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50520014225682,"sku":"9781982174026","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_951768bd-7485-41a8-8383-96c044208e57.jpg?v=1731074541","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/joe-biden-the-life-the-run-and-what-matters-now-9781982174026","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}