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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorIndia Wins Freedom: The Complete Version
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad · 277 pages
The Complete Persepolis
Marjane Satrapi · 352 pages
From inside front cover: The story of Satrapi's unforgettable childhood and coming of age within a ... loving family in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution; of the contradictions between private and public life in a coutnry plagued by political upheaval; of her high school years in Vienna facing the trails of adolescence far from her family; of her homecoming -- both sweet and terrible; and, fina
The Secret Piano: From Mao's Labor Camps to Bach's Goldberg Variations
Zhu Xiao-Mei · 316 pages
Zhu Xiao-Mei was a child prodigy on the piano, taught by her mother, and she immersed herself in the classical masters. With the onset of the Cultural Revolution in 1966, life as she knew it ended abruptly. This book tells Zhu's story through her difficult early years, longing for the comfort of playing piano, through to her emigration to France, where she was able to fully embrace her passion.
From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey
Pascal Khoo Thwe · 304 pages
Traces the life of a former Burma student rebel leader who won a Human Rights Watch award in 2002, describing his tribal upbringing, experiences with political turmoil and poverty, participation in the insurrection of 1988, and flight to England, where he attended college.
My Life: A Spoken Autobiography
Fidel Castro, Ignacio Ramonet · 608 pages
Memoirs from Beyond the Tomb
Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand · 412 pages
By the time he came to write his extraordinary, highly entertaining memoirs, Chateaubriand had witnessed some of the iconic figures and events of French history--from the court of Louis XVI, to the reign of Napoleon, to the disaster of Waterloo, to life under the Restoration.
Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter
Carmen Aguirre · 277 pages
"A gripping, darkly comic first-hand account of a young underground revolutionary during the Pinochet dictatorship in 1980s Chile. On September 11, 1973, a violent coup removed Salvador Allende, the democratically elected socialist president of Chile, from office. Thousands were arrested, tortured and killed under General Augusto Pinochet's repressive new regime. Soon after the coup, six-year-old
The Reagan Diaries
Ronald Reagan · 696 pages
The Country Under My Skin: A Memoir of Love and War
Gioconda Belli · 376 pages
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
Fire: From A Journal of Love - The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin (1934-1937)
Anais Nin · 448 pages
The Further Adventures of a London Call Girl
Belle de Jour, Brooke Magnanti · 336 pages
My Madder Fatter Diary
Rae Earl · 352 pages
Windblown World: The Journals of Jack Kerouac 1947-1954
Jack Kerouac · 387 pages
Excerpts from his diaries chronicle a pivotal era in Kerouac's life, describing the creation of his first novel; his special friendships with Allen Ginsberg and Neal Cassady; and his own take on the events described in "On the Road."
My Name Escapes Me: The Diary of a Retiring Actor
Alec Guinness · 224 pages
Over the last few years Sir Alec Guinness has been keeping a diary, small portions of which have been appearing in the "Spectator". The diary is the basis of this book, though Guinness has taken the opportunity to go back and expand and revise his entries.
White House Diary
Jimmy Carter · 570 pages
The edited, annotated diary of President Jimmy Carter--filled with insights into his presidency, his relationships with friends and foes, and his lasting impact on issues that still preoccupy America and the world.
Black Like Me
John Howard Griffin · 190 pages
Publisher's description: Studs Terkel tells us in his Foreword to the definitive Griffin Estate Edition of Black Like Me: "This is a contemporary book, you bet." Indeed, Black Like Me remains required reading in thousands of high schools and colleges for this very reason. Regardless of how much progress has been made in eliminating outright racism from American life, Black Like Me endures as a gre
The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank · 285 pages
Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl is among the most enduring documents of the twentieth century. Since its publication in 1947, it has been read by tens of millions of people all over the world. It remains a beloved and deeply admired testament to the indestructible nature of the human spirit. Restored in this Definitive Edition are diary entries that were omitted from the original edition. T
Resistance: A French Woman's Journal of the War
Agnes Humbert · 370 pages
A real-life Suite Française, this riveting diary by a key female member of the French Resistance in WWII is translated into English for the first time. Agnès Humbert was an art historian in Paris during the German occupation in 1940. Though she might well have weathered the oppressive regime, Humbert was stirred to action by the atrocities she witnessed. In an act of astonishing bravery, she joine
Dirty Blonde: The Diaries of Courtney Love
Courtney Love · 304 pages
Bring Me a Unicorn: Diaries and Letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1922-1928
Anne Morrow Lindbergh · 290 pages