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1.A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy SoldierA Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
from Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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A Long Way Gone chronicles the life of a young teen in Sierra Leone who is fleeing the Rebels who are wreaking havoc in villages throughout the region. He falls in with a group of boys trying to survive, but since everyone is suspicious of groups of boys, they live a hard life. Eventually they,... more info

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2.Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan HolocaustLeft to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust
from Hay House
Price: $10.17

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This book was truly life changing for me. When I find myself sweating the little things in life (i.e bills, pregnancy woes, hot weather)I remember Immaculee holed up in this tiny bathroom just praying and pleading for her life. She painted such a horrific picture I simply cannot forget. The killers... more info

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3.Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in RwandaShake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda
from Da Capo Press
Price: $12.21

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What can I say about this book... It is not an easy read and it is important to realize that it is written from the point of view of the General Dallaire, the Force Commander for the operation. The writing is simple and straightforward and it essentially covers Dallaire's life and career first with... more info

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4.Ulysses S. Grant : Memoirs and Selected Letters : Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant Selected Letters, 1839-1865 (Library of America)Ulysses S. Grant : Memoirs and Selected Letters : Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant / Selected Letters, 1839-1865 (Library of America)
from Library of America
Price: $23.10

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Well written history is a rare treat, and rarer still is a history by one who lived through it. Grant writes engagingly and humorously and with great humility for a man who achieved so much. That he wrote this in the throes of cancer, finishing it on death's door and yet has no sence of savig... more info

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5.Five Years of My Life: An Innocent Man in GuantanamoFive Years of My Life: An Innocent Man in Guantanamo
from Palgrave Macmillan
Price: $14.97

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The book highlights some of the darkest sides of the Bush administation's "War On Terror". Murat Kurnaz tells a breathtaking and horrifying story about the unlawful detention that took away his youth.
He was exposed to some of the most humiliating, inhumane and painful treatments possible. He... more info

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6.The Personal Memoirs of U. S. GrantThe Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant
from Aegypan
Price: $14.95

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7.Co. Aytch: A Confederate Memoir of the Civil WarCo. Aytch: A Confederate Memoir of the Civil War
from Touchstone
Price: $11.20

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Interest in this particular Civil War memoir increased due to its being frequently quoted and referred to in the documentary series on "The Civil War" that aired on PBS stations almost twenty years ago. Thankfully, the success of the series caused "Company Aytch, or a Side Show of the Big Show" to... more info

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8.Memoirs (Penguin Classics)Memoirs (Penguin Classics)
from Penguin Classics
Price: $13.60

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There's the example of Julius Caesar, of course. And in America, there was Ulysses Grant, whose orders and dispatches were so concise and unequivocal that they were credited by his subordinates for many of his victories. Grant's Memoirs are widely recognized as a classic of autobiography, as much... more info

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9.Lincoln: His Speeches and WritingsLincoln: His Speeches and Writings
from Da Capo Press
Price: $23.10

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This book, which is an abridgmment of Basler's larger 8-volume "Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln," is ideal for all students of Lincoln as a quick source for finding Lincoln's most well-known speeches, letters, and other documents. While other collections of Lincoln's writings do exist,... more info

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10.An Ordinary Man: An AutobiographyAn Ordinary Man: An Autobiography
from Penguin (Non-Classics)
Price: $11.90

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This autobiography was written very well. The author was committed to getting the facts out without glorifying himself. Done very well. I appreciated being told about the genocide in Rwanda without all the gore. I understood perfectly what he was describing without seeing it on screen. I learned so... more info

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