{"product_id":"renegades-9780241561249","title":"Renegades","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - AND THE GIFT THAT WILL BE ON EVERY BRUCE AND BARACK FAN''S WISH LIST!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo long-time friends share an intimate and urgent conversation about life, music and their enduring love of America, with all its challenges and contradictions, in this stunningly-produced expansion of their groundbreaking Higher Ground podcast, featuring more than 350 photographs, exclusive bonus content, and never-before-seen archival material.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRenegades: Born in the USA\u003c\/i\u003e is a candid, revealing, and entertaining dialogue between President Barack Obama and legendary musician Bruce Springsteen that explores everything from their origin stories and career-defining moments to their country''s polarized politics and the growing distance between the American Dream and the American reality. Filled with full-colour photographs and rare archival material, it is a compelling and beautifully illustrated portrait of two outsiders-one Black and one white-looking for a way to connect their unconventional searches for meaning, identity, and community with the American story itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt includes:\u003cbr\u003e Original introductions by President Obama and Bruce Springsteen\u003cbr\u003e Exclusive new material from the Renegades podcast recording sessions\u003cbr\u003e Obama''s never-before-seen annotated speeches, including his Remarks at the 50th Anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery Marches\u003cbr\u003e Springsteen''s handwritten lyrics for songs spanning his 50-year-long career\u003cbr\u003e Rare and exclusive photographs from the authors'' personal archives\u003cbr\u003e Historical photographs and documents that provide rich visual context for their conversation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a recording studio stocked with dozens of guitars, and on at least one Corvette ride, Obama and Springsteen discuss marriage and fatherhood, race and masculinity, the lure of the open road and the call back to home. They also compare notes on their favourite protest songs, the most inspiring American heroes of all time, and more. Along the way, they reveal their passion for-and the occasional toll of-telling a bigger, truer story about America throughout their careers, and explore how their fractured country might begin to find its way back toward unity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThere is a lot to be enjoyed\u003c\/b\u003e as they dig into a subject that has underpinned their very different careers: the gap between the glowing aspiration and cracked reality of the so-called American Dream . . . there is \u003cb\u003esome serious political and philosophical content here. Springsteen and Obama are articulate and idealistic orators, and the conversation relentlessly pushes towards the shared goal of reclaiming a liberal, progressive vision of America in post-Trumpian times\u003c\/b\u003e * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eThis new book of conversations, photos and speeches is\u003cb\u003e a beautifully presented, coffee table-friendly smorgasbord of uplift\u003c\/b\u003e . . . Annotated versions of Obama speeches on their original notepaper, most movingly his passionate and compassionate eulogy for civil rights activist John Lewis (\"like John, we have to keep getting into good trouble\"), feel like \u003cb\u003ea window on to history, as, to a lesser extent, do rather more pristine, handwritten Springsteen lyrics\u003c\/b\u003e * iNews *\u003cbr\u003eOne may be a songwriter and the other a politician but \u003cb\u003eBruce Springsteen and Barack Obama\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eare both gifted storytellers \u003c\/b\u003ewho have crafted a story about themselves and their nation . . . \u003ci\u003eRenegades\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e reminds us that despite the hardness of the world and the challenges that demand to be faced there still exists the promise of better days\u003c\/b\u003e -- Sarfraz Manzoor\u003cbr\u003eIn this \u003cb\u003ebeautifully curated coffee-table book\u003c\/b\u003e, which bulks up the extended podcast transcripts with \u003cb\u003ephotographs, annotated speeches and handwritten song lyrics\u003c\/b\u003e to lend a degree of \u003cb\u003epolished intimacy\u003c\/b\u003e, these\u003cb\u003e American heavyweights find the silver linings adorning even the darkest of clouds\u003c\/b\u003e * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRenegades: Born in the USA \u003c\/i\u003eis \u003cb\u003ehuman, vulnerable, smart, and passionate\u003c\/b\u003e . . . Obama and Springsteen admire their country while considering its shortcomings and still come out the other side with a sense of patriotism and hope that spills over the bounds of a book * Associated Press *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of intimate and thoughtful conversations\u003c\/b\u003e between the President and the Boss * Los Angeles Times *\u003cbr\u003eDo you dream of scoring an invitation to Springsteen's Colts Neck compound? Maybe strumming on those guitars, riding horses, riffing on the American experiment in the recording studio? Unless you're an American president, you're going to have to get in line. But in between daydreams, pick up \u003ci\u003eRenegades\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eIt's the closest thing to being a fly on the wall of an incredible friendship\u003c\/b\u003e * Esquire *","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400398152023,"sku":"9780241561249","price":28.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780241561249.jpg?v=1730470593","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/renegades-9780241561249","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}