Long Walk to Freedom
By: Nelson Mandela
3.78
Format: 479 pages, Paperback
The book that inspired the major new motion picture Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. Nelson Mandela i…
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1. Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
By: Trevor Noah
4.49
Format: 289 pages, Hardcover
The memoir of one man’s coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days… read more
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- africa
- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- nonfiction
"You didn’t know your dog was deaf?"-Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
"Don't fight the system, mock the system"-Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
"Don't fight the system. Mock the system."-Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
"Relationships are built in the silences."-Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
2. A Beautiful Mind
By: Sylvia Nasar
4.13
Format: 461 pages, Paperback
Stories of famously eccentric Princetonians abound—such as that of chemist Hubert Alyea, the model … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
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"Nash was respected but not well liked."-Sylvia Nasar, A Beautiful Mind
"A genius with a penis. Isn’t that what we all want?"-Sylvia Nasar, A Beautiful Mind
"Hey Nash! You scared?' 'Terrified,mortified,petrified...stupefied by you!"-Sylvia Nasar, A Beautiful Mind
"His heroes were solitary thinkers and supermen like Newton and Nietzsche."-Sylvia Nasar, A Beautiful Mind
3. Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
By: Ashlee Vance
3.87
Format: 54 pages, Hardcover
In Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future, veteran technology journalist As… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
4. Steve Jobs
By: Walter Isaacson
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From best-selling author Walter Isaacson comes the landmark biography of Apple co-founder Steve Job… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
5. Long Walk to Freedom
By: Nelson Mandela
3.78
Format: 479 pages, Paperback
The book that inspired the major new motion picture Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. Nelson Mandela i… read more
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- africa
- history
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- autobiography
- nonfiction
6. Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life
By: Jon Lee Anderson
3.73
Format: None pages,
From the back of the book: "Acclaimed around the world and a national best-seller, this is the defi… read more
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- politics
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7. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
By: Alex Haley , Malcolm X
4.36
Format: 466 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Alternate cover for ISBN 9780345350688 Through a life of passion and struggle, Malcolm X became … read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- nonfiction
"We all like chicken"-Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
"كانت حياتي سلسة من التحولات"-Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
"لا يدرك الناس أن كتابا واحدا قد يغير حياة انسان"-Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
"I Used the Word 'Negro' and I was Firmly Corrected"-Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
8. Wings of Fire: An Autobiography
By: A.P.J. Abdul Kalam , Arun Tiwari
3.77
Format: None pages,
Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, the son of a little-educated boat-owner in Rameswaram, Tamil N… read more
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9. My Life
By: Bill Clinton
3.74
Format: 1056 pages, Paperback
An exhaustive, soul-searching memoir, Bill Clinton's My Life is a refreshingly candid look at the f… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
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- nonfiction
"I think that when you invite people to your home, you invite them to yourself."-Bill Clinton, My Life
"The idea that power was an end in itself, rather than a means to provide the security and opportunity necessary for the pursuit of happiness, seemed to him stupid and self-defeating." (about Senator …"-Bill Clinton, My Life
"I learned a lot from the stories my uncle, aunts and grandparents told me: that no one is perfect but most people are good; that people can’t be judged by their worst or weakest moments; that harsh j…"-Bill Clinton, My Life
10. Lincoln
By: David Herbert Donald
4.19
Format: 714 pages, Paperback
A masterful work by Pulitzer Prize–winning author David Herbert Donald, Lincoln is a stunning portr… read more
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- history
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11. Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
By: Barack Obama
3.93
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Nine years before the Senate campaign that made him one of the most influential and compelling voic… read more
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12. The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
By: Clayborne Carson , Martin Luther King Jr.
3.78
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Using Stanford University's voluminous collection of archival material, including previously unpubl… read more
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13. A. Lincoln
By: Ronald C. White Jr.
4.30
Format: 816 pages, Hardcover
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYThe Washington Post • The Philadelphia Inquirer • The Chr… read more
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14. Twelve Years a Slave
By: Solomon Northup
3.58
Format: None pages, ebook
A film tie-in edition of this eloquent and powerful memoir, to accompany the major new film starrin… read more
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15. Gandhi: His Life and Message for the World
By: Louis Fischer
4.00
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
This is the extraordinary story of how one man's indomitable spirit inspired a nation to triumph ov… read more
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16. Einstein: His Life and Universe
By: Walter Isaacson
4.33
Format: 201 pages,
By the author of the acclaimed bestsellers Benjamin Franklin and Steve Jobs, this is the definitive… read more
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17. Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention
By: Manning Marable
3.83
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Selected by The New York Times Book Reviewas a Notable Book of the Year Years in the making-the def… read more
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18. The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
By: Barack Obama
3.68
Format: 290 pages, Hardcover
The Audacity of Hopeis Barack Obama's call for a new kind of politics--a politics that builds upon … read more
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19. The Story of My Experiments With Truth
By: Mahatma Gandhi
4.29
Format: 426 pages, Paperback
Mohandas K. Gandhi is one of the most inspiring figures of our time. In his classic autobiography h… read more
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20. Becoming
By: Michelle Obama
4.45
Format: 426 pages, Hardcover
In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most ico… read more
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"When they go low, we go high"-Michelle Obama, Becoming
"Grief and resilience live together."-Michelle Obama, Becoming
"I've learned that it's harder to hate up close."-Michelle Obama, Becoming
"At fifty-four, I am still in progress, and I hope that I always will be."-Michelle Obama, Becoming
21. A Promised Land
By: Barack Obama
4.33
Format: 768 pages, Kindle Edition
A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making, from the president who inspired us to… read more
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"Glory and tragedy, courage and stupidity - one set of truths didn't negate the other. For war was contradiction, as was the history of America."-Barack Obama, A Promised Land
"I thought the country I'd just described to them - a hopeful, generous, courageous America, an America that was open to everyone. At about the same age as the graduates were now, I'd seized on that i…"-Barack Obama, A Promised Land
"Then again, a president wasn’t a lawyer or an accountant or a pilot, hired to carry out some narrow, specialized task. Mobilizing public opinion, shaping working coalitions - that was the job. Whethe…"-Barack Obama, A Promised Land
"But there comes a point in the speech where I find my cadence. The crowd quiets rather than roars. It's the kind of moment I'd come to recognize in subsequent years, on certain magic nights. There's …"-Barack Obama, A Promised Land
