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24 books with the same feel
Hide books by the same authorThe Story of My Life
Giacomo Casanova · 532 pages
The Fall: A Father's Memoir in 424 Steps
Diogo Mainardi · 157 pages
'Knowing how to fall is much more valuable than knowing how to walk.' The Fall is a memoir like no other. Its 424 short texts match the number of steps taken by Diogo Mainardi's son Tito as he walks, with great difficulty, with his father around Venice, the city where the disastrous birth took place that left him with cerebral palsy. It is the story of a father and his love for his handicapped son
Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson · 110 pages
Memoirs of General W.T. Sherman
William T. Sherman · 606 pages
From Manassas To Appomattox
James Longstreet · 690 pages
James Longstreet, also known as Robert E. Lee’s Old War Horse, was one of the top Confederate generals of the American Civil War. Longstreet wrote the memoirs *From Manassas to Appomattox* detailing his experience in the war.
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin · 208 pages
Few men could compare to Benjamin Franklin. Virtually self-taught, he excelled as an athlete, a man of letters, a printer, a scientist, a wit, an inventor, an editor, and a writer, and he was probably the most successful diplomat in American history. David Hume hailed him as the first great philosopher and great man of letters in the New World. Written initially to guide his son, Franklin's aut
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return
Marjane Satrapi · 187 pages
187 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmGN500L Lexile
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.
London Journal, 1762-1763
James Boswell · 370 pages
The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865
Leander Stillwell · 278 pages
Fate Is the Hunter
Ernest K. Gann · 386 pages
Ernest K. Gann’s classic memoir is an up-close and thrilling account of the treacherous early days of commercial aviation. In his inimitable style, Gann brings you right into the cockpit, recounting both the triumphs and terrors of pilots who flew when flying was anything but routine. Source http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Fate-is-the-Hunter/Ernest-K-Gann/9780671636036
Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant · 646 pages
At the age of thirty-nine, Ulysses Simpson Grant volunteered to command a regiment after the attack on Fort Sumter. His campaign in early 1862 against Forts Henry and Donelson resulted in the first major Union victory of the Civil War. Shiloh, Vicksburg, Chattanooga - the great battles in the West that followed - are stunningly described in Personal Memoirs. After Grant's rise to commanding gener
Beneath the Underdog
Charles Mingus · 334 pages
Introduction by Richard Williams. Mingus by Mingus. From the shabby roadhouses to fabulous estates, from the psychiatric ward of Bellevue to worlds of mysticism and solitude, these are the celebrated, demonic, anguished and, above all, profoundly moving memoirs of the great jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus.
The Passing of Armies: An Account of the Final Campaign of the Army of the Potomac
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain · 368 pages
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
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass · 570 pages
"Born and raised a slave, Frederick Douglass (1817?-1895) made two escape attempts before reaching freedom, educated himself against all odds, and became a leading abolitionist and spokesperson for African Americans." "My Bondage and My freedom is his account of his life, and that of slaves generally, in antebellum Maryland. Just as impressive as Douglass's gift for conveying the stark terrors and
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Harriet Jacobs · 228 pages
The true story of an individual's struggle for self-identity, self-preservation, and freedom, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl remains among the few extant slave narratives written by a woman. This autobiographical account chronicles the remarkable odyssey of Harriet Jacobs (1813–1897) whose dauntless spirit and faith carried her from a life of servitude and degradation in North Carolina to l
Act One
Moss Hart · 444 pages
An engaging story, superbly written, funny, poignant, fascinating. The life of Moss Hart, written by Moss Hart and his life in American theater.
Hope Against Hope
Nadezhda Mandelstam · 431 pages
The story of the poet Osip Mandelstam, who suffered continuous persecution under Stalin, but whose wife constantly supported both him and his writings until he died in 1938. Since 1917 The Modern Library prides itself as The Modern Library of the World’s Best Books. Featuring introductions by leading writers, stunning translations, scholarly endnotes and reading group guides. Production values emp