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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorAn American Life
Ronald Reagan · 748 pages
The former president tells of his life and political experiences.
Long Walk to Freedom
Nelson Mandela · 638 pages
The riveting memoirs of the outstanding moral and political leader of our time, Long Walk to Freedom brilliantly recreates the drama of the experiences that helped shape Nelson Mandela's destiny. Emotive, compelling and uplifting, Long Walk to Freedom is the exhilarating story of an epic life; a story of hardship, resilience and ultimate triumph told with the clarity and eloquence of a born leader
Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers
Daniel Ellsberg · 505 pages
In 1971 former Cold War hard-liner Daniel Ellsberg made history by releasing the Pentagon Papers-a 7,000-page top-secret study of U.S. decision-making in Vietnam-to the New York Times and Washington Post. The document set in motion a chain of events that ended not only the Nixon presidency but the Vietnam War. In this remarkable memoir, Ellsberg describes in dramatic detail the two years he spent
Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life
Jon Lee Anderson · 814 pages
"Author obviously admires Guevara and thus tends to exaggerate his role in the Cuban Revolution; however, he has managed a degree of objectivity sufficient for production of the best biography of the guerrilla thus far. Author's research is wide and deep, his work is careful and meticulous, and he always remains close to the facts. Few will continue to venerate the memory of Guevara after reading
American Scoundrel
Kai Bird with Susan Goldmark
A co-author of “American Prometheus” chronicles the life and work of the lawyer and political fixer Roy Cohn. Read by Ari Fliakos. 15 hours, 42 minutes unabridged.
The Downing Street Years
Margaret Thatcher · 914 pages
India Wins Freedom: The Complete Version
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad · 277 pages
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
Walter Isaacson · 599 pages
Chronicles the founding father's life and his multiple careers as a shopkeeper, writer, inventor, media baron, scientist, diplomat, business strategist, and political leader, while showing how his faith in the wisdom of the common citizen helped forge an American national identity based on the virtues of its middle class.
Common Ground
Justin Trudeau · 343 pages
"Justin Trudeau's candid memoir will reveal to its readers the experiences that have shaped him over the course of his life and show how his passion for Canada and its people took root. Covering the years from his childhood at 24 Sussex to his McGill days during the tumultuous time of the Charlottetown Accord to his first campaign in Papineau to his role as Liberal leader today, the book will capt
A Doctor in the House: The Memoirs of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad
Mahathir "Che Det" Mohamad, mhtyr mHmd · 843 pages
Going Rogue: An American Life
Sarah Palin, Lynn Vincent · 512 pages
One year ago, Sarah Palin burst onto the national political stage like a comet. Yet even now, few Americans know who this remarkable woman really is.On September 3, 2008 Alaska Governor and vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin delivered a speech at the Republican National Convention that electrified the nation and instantly made her one of the most recognizable women in the world.As chief executi
In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir
Dick Cheney, Liz Cheney · 565 pages
"In his unmistakable voice and with an insider's eye on history, former Vice President Dick Cheney tells the story of his life and the nearly four decades he has spent at the center of American politics and power"-- "A memoir from the former Vice President of the United States"--
Known and Unknown: A Memoir
Donald Rumsfeld · 813 pages
Donald Rumsfeld tells the story of his career serving as a Congressman, and working for several Presidents in different capacities including two stints as Secretary of Defense. He describes Rumsfeld's Rules, his list of guidelines for behavior and action, and how they were proven over a lifetime of service as well as his use of 'snowflakes', informal memos designed to stimulate action in other
King Hancock: The Radical Influence of a Moderate Founding Father
Brooke Barbier · 320 pages
My Story
Julia Gillard · 528 pages
"With new material and dresh insights, Julia Gillard reveals what life was really like as Australia's first female Prime Minister."--Back cover.
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. · 400 pages
A professor of history and the noted author and editor of several books on the civil rights struggle, Dr. Clayborne Carson was selected by the estate of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to edit and publish Dr. King's papers. Drawing upon an unprecedented archive of King's own words--including unpublished letters and diaries, as well as video footage and recordings--Dr. Carson creates an unforgettable
A Good Life: Newspapering and Other Adventures
Ben Bradlee · 512 pages
Daughter of the East: An Autobiography
Benazir Bhutto · 442 pages
Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement
John Lewis, Michael D'Orso · 526 pages
The son of an Alabama sharecropper, and now a sixth-term United States Congressman, John Lewis has led an extraordinary life, one that found him at the epicenter of the civil rights movement in the late '50s and '60s. As Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Lewis was present at all the major battlefields of the movement. Arrested more than forty times and severely beat
From Third World to First: The Singapore Story: 1965-2000
Lee Kuan Yew · 752 pages
Outsider in the White House
Bernie Sanders · 346 pages
As Bernie Sanders continues to cement his reputation as hero to the progressive left with his run for the Democratic nomination for president in 2016, this expanded and updated edition of his 1997 political autobiography continues his remarkable story as he fights to bring radical social change to America. The revised edition will include a new introduction from Sanders explaining what led to his
Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War
Robert M. Gates · 640 pages
The former Secretary of Defense offers a candid account of serving Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
True Compass: A Memoir
Edward M. Kennedy · 538 pages
In this landmark autobiography, five years in the making, Senator Edward M. Kennedy tells his extraordinary personal story--of his legendary family, politics, and fifty years at the center of national events.TRUE COMPASSThe youngest of nine children born to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, he came of age among siblings from whom much was expected. As a young man, he played a key role
George F. Kennan: An American Life
John Lewis Gaddis · 814 pages
A remarkably revealing view of how this greatest of Cold War strategists came to doubt his strategy and always doubted himself.