our special guest this evening, mark obama ndesandjo, is the half-brother of president barack obama. in his new book "an obama's journey," marc offers another glimpse of their father, once married to barack's mother and mark's jewish-american mother ruth, a kenyan border american pianist, writer, businessman, mark uses his talents to work with orphans and is donating a portion of the profits of this book to promote art education among the children around the globe. please join me in welcoming mark obama ndesandjo. [applause] >> hello, everyone, how are you doing today? great, great. i am so very honored to be here at barnes and noble. this is the first time i haven't had a book signing in the united states. as well as -- i got to stay here, i guess. okay. is that ok? okay. great. my book is "an obama's journey: my odyssey of self-discovery across 3 cultures". the reason i wrote this book was to tell my story without having other people tell it for me. it is also about my family. in the united nations of sorts but also a family that tries to make a difference in its own way is. and my

mark obama ndesandjo, our special guest this evening is the half-brother of president barack obama.in his new book mark offers another terms of their father, once married to barack's mother denmark's jewish-american mother, ruth. a kenyan born american pianist, writer of businessmen, mark uses talents to work with orphans and is donating a portion of the profits of this book to promote art education among needy children around the globe. please join me in welcoming mark obama ndesandjo. [applause] >> hello, everyone. how are you doing today? i am so very honored to be here at barnes & noble. this is the first time in the united states than i am overwhelmed by the interest as well as -- i guess i've got to stay here. okay, it's not okay? okay, great. my book is "an obama's journey" by discovery through cross cultures. the reason i wrote this book was to tell my story without having other people teleport me. it's also about my family. many united nations of swords. but also a family that tries to make a difference in its own ways. my story actually begins about 50 years ago when my fa

. >> up next on booktv, mark obama ndesandjo, president barack obama's half brother talks about his relationship with the president and disputes barack obama's take on their family history as it appears in dreams from my father. this is of little over an hour. >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to bonds and noble.