The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

by Barack Obama (Read by)

At the heart of The Audacity of Hope is Senator Obama?s vision of how his country can move beyond its divisions to tackle concrete problems. He examines the growing economic insecurity of American families and the racial and religious tensions within the body politic, and considers the nature of threats from outside America?s borders. By returning ...

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True Compass: A Memoir

by Edward M Kennedy, Senator

In this landmark autobiography, five years in the making, Senator Edward M. Kennedy tells his extraordinary personal story--of his legendary family, politics, and 50 years at the center of national events.

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Mein Kampf

by Adolf Hitler

Hitler outlines a program of blood and terror in this self-revealing classic.

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Autobiography of Malcolm X

by Malcolm X

Malcolm X was a controversial figure in the early sixties as one of the most forceful and eloquent spokesmen for African-Americans. In his writings and public appearances he addressed the issues of Black pride, separatism (a position he eventually renounced), and self-esteem. In the years prior to his assassination in 1965, he granted Alex Haley, ...

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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

by Doris Kearns Goodwin

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political genius in her #1 "New York Times" bestseller, as she chronicles the rise of the the one-term congressman/prairie lawyer from obscurity to prevail over three gifted rivals of national reputation to become president. 16 pages of photos.

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American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House

by Jon Meacham

From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Franklin and Winston" and "American Gospel" comes a magnificent portrait of Andrew Jackson, the man who shaped the modern presidency. Illustrated with black-and-white photos.

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Infidel

by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

In this profoundly affecting memoir from the internationally renowned author of "The Caged Virgin," Ayaan Hirsi Ali tells her life story, from her traditional Muslim childhood in Somalia to her intellectual awakening in the Netherlands to her life under armed guard in the West.

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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream

by Hunter S Thompson

A classic of American journalism from the aftermath of the '60s, Hunter S. Thompson's FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS, the chronicle of his life on the road and on drugs, was originally published serially in Rolling Stone in 1971. Dubbing himself a "Gonzo journalist," Thompson devoted his entire career to defining that term as a reporter whose ...

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Last Lion: The Fall and Rise of Ted Kennedy

by Peter Canellos (Editor)

No figure in American public life has had such great expectations thrust upon him, or has responded so poorly. But Ted Kennedy -- the youngest of the Kennedy children and the son who felt the least pressure to satisfy his father's enormous ambitions -- would go on to live a life that no one could have predicted: dismissed as a spent force in ...

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Lincoln

by David Herbert Donald

Unlike many biographies of Abraham Lincoln, which have concentrated on particular aspects of his life, his politics, his writings, his personal life or background, this book is presented as a detailed, definitive biography which draws together all the strands of the politician's life, and includes much new material. Lincoln emerges from it as a ...

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Resilience: Reflections on the Burdens and Gifts of Facing Life's Adversities

by Elizabeth Edwards

The bestselling author of "Saving Graces" shares her inspirational message on the challenges and blessings of coping with adversity.

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Theodore Rex

by Edmund Morris

The second entry in Morris's projected three-volume life of Theodore Roosevelt focuses on the presidential years 1901 through early 1909. Impeccably researched and beautifully composed, Morris's book provides what is arguably the best consideration of Roosevelt's presidency ever penned. Illustrations.

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See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism

by Robert Baer, Seymour M Hersh (Foreword by)

An ex-CIA agent recounts several key cases of his career--including the infiltration of a Palestinian terror group and efforts in Iraq to undermine Saddam Hussein--and reflects on how the agency has gone into decline after his departure.

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Because They Hate: A Survivor of Islamic Terror Warns America

by Brigitte Gabriel

Brigitte Gabriel lost her childhood to militant Islam. In 1975 she was ten years old and living in Southern Lebanon when militant Muslims from throughout the Middle East poured into her country and declared jihad against the Lebanese Christians. Lebanon was the only Christian influenced country in the Middle East, and the Lebanese Civil War was ...

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The Revolution: A Manifesto

by Ron Paul

The best way to understand Congressman Ron Paul is to take a look at his voting record. He has never voted to raise taxes. He has never voted for an unbalanced budget. He has never voted to raise congressional pay. He has never taken a government-paid junket. He has never voted to increase the power of the executive branch. He voted against the ...

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The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

by Edmund Morris

The first volume of Edmund Morris's biography of Theodore Roosevelt covers his life up to 1901, when he assumed the presidency following the assassination of President McKinley. Morris explores Roosevelt's origins and growth, and conveys the robust personality that charmed a nation.

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Bobby and Jackie: A Love Story

by C David Heymann

The bestselling author uses his impressive list of sources and impeccable insight to reveal the true story of the relationship between Jacqueline Kennedy and her brother-in-law, Robert F. Kennedy. Their affair has been an open secret for decades amongst Kennedy insiders. Now, C. David Heymann will share those secrets with the thousands of readers ...

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Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation

by Cokie Roberts

Explores the lives of women who helped shape the United States, profiling such key figures as Abigail Adams, Eliza Pinkney, Dolley Payne Madison, Deborah Read Franklin, and Catherine Littlefield Greene.

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The Reagan Diaries

by Ronald Reagan

During his two terms in office, Reagan kept a daily diary in which he recorded, by hand, his innermost thoughts and observations on the extraordinary, the historic, and the routine day-to-day occurrences of his presidency. Now, this remarkable historical record is available in a single volume.

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John Adams

by David McCullough

His first book since Truman, from one of America's most distinguished and popular biographers. Destined for the same kind of sweeping success as his Pulitzer Prize-winning Truman, John Adams is a powerful, deeply moving biography that reads like an epic historical novel. Breathing fresh life into American history, it takes as its subject the ...

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Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela

by Nelson Mandela

Since his release from prison in 1990, Nelson Mandela has emerged as the world's most potent moral leader since Gandhi. As president of the ANC and head of the anti-apartheid movement, he has been instrumental in moving South Africa toward black-majority rule. Throughout the world he is revered as a vital force in the fight for human rights and ...

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The Forever War

by Dexter Filkins (Read by)

A prizewinning "New York Times" correspondent chronicles a remarkable chain of events that begins with the rise of the Taliban in the 1990s, continues with the attacks of 9/11, and moves on to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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Profiles in Courage

by John F Kennedy

In this Pulitzer Prize-winning collection, John F. Kennedy tells the stories of eight U.S. senators who put principle above popularity. Kennedy singled out John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, Edmund G. Ross, Robert A. Taft, and four other individuals who risked their political lives to embrace their most heartfelt beliefs.

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Hope in the Unseen

by Ron Suskind

As an honor student walking the gauntlet of sneers and threats at his crime-infested high school in Washington, D.C., Cedric Jennings achieved the impossible: a 4.02 grade-point average and acceptance into Brown University. Suskind won a Pulitzer Prize in 1995 for his stories about Jennings and now expands them into this full-length, nonfiction ...

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The Real George Washington

by Jay A Parry, Andrew M Allison

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