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John Adams
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Left to his own devices, John Adams might have lived out his days as a Massachusetts country lawyer, devoted to his family and friends. As it was, events swiftly overtook him, and Adams--who, David McCullough writes, was "not a man of the world" and not fond of politics--came to greatness as the second president of the United States, and one of the mos... »
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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
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The life and times of Abraham Lincoln have been analyzed and dissected in countless books. Do we need another Lincoln biography? In Team of Rivals, esteemed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin proves that we do. Though she can't help but cover some familiar territory, her perspective is focused enough to offer fresh insights into Lincoln's leadership... »
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The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness
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Karen Armstrong speaks to the troubling years following her decision to leave the life of a Roman Catholic nun and join the secular world in 1969. What makes this memoir especially fascinating is that Armstrong already wrote about this era once---only it was a disastrous book. It was too soon for her to understand how these dark, struggling years influ... »
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Autobiography of Malcolm X (4 Cassettes)
Malcolm X's searing memoir belongs on the small shelf of great autobiographies. The reasons are many: the blistering honesty with which he recounts his tr... »
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Barbara Bush a Memoir
Tugboat Babs has finally written her memoir. She is in the weird situation of having been married to one president and having spawned another. She is ... »
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Lincoln
After hearing all of the hype about this Lincoln bio I finally got around to reading it. OK, I am spoiled, I read Sandburg's bio and it is hard to find an... »
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Churchill in His Own Voice
As one not old enough to have heard Winston Churchill's speeches at the time he originally gave them, I found this tape simply marvellous.All one tends... »
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