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Empire: The Life, Legend, And Madness
by Donald L. Barlett
Howard Hughes lived one of the greatest, most heroic, misunderstood, mysterious, bizarre, and tragic lives in American history. In this brilliantly documented biography, the mythology that surrounded that life is disentangled from the truth. Hughes had always been different. Certainly his... Read More
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An Autobiography: The Story of My...
by Mohandas Gandhi
In 1999, this book was designated as one of the ''100 Most Important Spiritual Books of the Twentieth Century'' by HarperCollins Publishers.
''When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a... Read More
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern...
by Jack Weatherford
The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in twenty-five years than the Romans did in four hundred. In nearly every country the Mongols conquered, they brought an unprecedented rise in cultural communication, expanded trade, and a blossoming of civilization. Vastly... Read More
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A. Lincoln: A Biography
by Ronald C. White
In this important new biography, Ronald C. White, Jr. offers a fresh and fascinating definition of Lincoln as a man of integrity — what today's commentators are calling "authenticity" — whose internal moral compass is the key to understanding his life. Through meticulous... Read More
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Nathan Hale: The Life and Death of...
by M. William Phelps
Few Americans know much about Nathan Hale other than his famous last words: "I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country." But who was the real Nathan Hale?
M. William Phelps charts the life of this famed patriot, following his childhood in Connecticut,... Read More
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Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the...
by Muhammad Yunus
In 1983 Muhammad Yunus established Grameen, a bank devoted to providing the poorest of Bangladesh with miniscule loans. He aimed to help the poor by supporting the spark of personal initiative and enterprise by which they could lift themselves out of poverty forever.
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The Brotherhoods: The True Story of Two...
by Guy Lawson
Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa were New York police officers with part-time jobs as hit-men for the Mafia. Caracappa was a morose and taciturn character; Eppolito was a fat, flamboyant fellow who had the gall to publish a memoir titled MAFIA COP. Their downfall began when the Lucchese... Read More
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