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Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
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The famously taciturn South African president reveals much of himself in Long Walk to Freedom. A good deal of this autobiography was written secretly while Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years on Robben Island by South Africa's apartheid regime. Among the book's interesting revelations is Mandela's ambivalence toward his lifetime of devotion t... »
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Write it When I'm Gone
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There are plenty of books worth 5 stars on Amazon, but this just isn't one of them. I'm a Republican, and found this book to be pretty interesting all in all. It really sheds some light on how the Party operates, what kind of a person President Ford really was, and what his true thoughts were on a number of subjects. You probably aren't going to fin... »
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The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
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After 40 years of writing biographies, Robert A. Caro deserves an all time winning award in history. In 1974 he wrote the biography of Robert Moses, Big Bob the Builder in New York. It is an incredible biography. By focusing on one person, Caro succeeds in revealing the peculiarities of this particular epoch in New York. It is a detailed account of how... »
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His Excellency: George Washington
I have learned so much about George Washington reading this book. I am generally not a non-fiction reader, but this book kept me interested and provided a... »
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Ike: An American Hero
Once Korda reached 1945 in IKE, it feels like he filed all his research away and said, "Let's wrap this up!" Unfortunately, Ike still had 25 years left i... »
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The Twelve Caesars (Penguin Classics)
When I first become seriously interested in the history of Rome, this was one of the first books I read. I really enjoyed it and found it easy to read.
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