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Gather Together in My Name. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a 1969 autobiography describing the young and early years of American writer and poet Maya Angelou. The first in a seven-volume series, it is a coming-of-age story that illustrates how strength of character and a love of literature can help overcome racism and trauma.
Long Walk to Freedom is an autobiography by South Africa 's first democratically elected President Nelson Mandela, and it was first published in 1994 by Little Brown & Co. [1][2] The book profiles his early life, coming of age, education and 27 years spent in prison. Under the apartheid government, Mandela was regarded as a terrorist and jailed ...
The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover. Herbert Hoover. Macmillan. 1951. Published in three volumes: Volume 1: Years of Adventure 1874-1920; Volume 2: The Cabinet and the Presidency 1920-1933; Volume 3: The Great Depression 1929-1941. Memoirs: Year of Decisions. Harry S. Truman.
Playing It My Way: 2014: Temsula Ao: Once Upon a Life: Burnt Curry and Bloody Rags: A Memoir: 2014: Sharad Pawar: On my Terms: From the Grassroots to the Corridors of Power: 2015: Sania Mirza: Ace Against Odds: 2016: Anil K. Rajvanshi: A Life of an ordinary Indian - An exercise in self-importance: 2016 [3] [4] Saurabh Duggal
Altrive Tales: Featuring a Memoir of the Author's Life: 1832 Charles Dickens: Autobiographical Fragment: 1847 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: The Autobiography Of Goethe: Truth And Poetry, From My Own Life: 1848 William Wordsworth: The Prelude: 1850 Leo Tolstoy: Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth: 1856 Alexandre Dumas: Mes Mémoires: 1856 John Neal
Up from Slavery is the 1901 autobiography of the American educator Booker T. Washington (1856–1915). The book describes his experience of working to rise up from being enslaved as a child during the Civil War, the obstacles he overcame to get an education at the new Hampton Institute, and his work establishing vocational schools like the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama to help Black people and ...
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York is a 1974 biography of Robert Moses by Robert Caro.The book focuses on the creation and use of power in New York local and state politics, as witnessed through Moses's use of unelected positions to design and implement dozens of highways and bridges, sometimes at great cost to the communities he nominally served.
The Harvard Classics, originally marketed as Dr. Eliot's Five-Foot Shelf of Books, is a 50-volume series of classic works of world literature, important speeches, and historical documents compiled and edited by Harvard University President Charles W. Eliot. [1][2] Eliot believed that a careful reading of the series and following the eleven ...