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Farenheit 451 1 review Ray Bradbury
Del Rey, 2004
Dry leaves serve the fire
Just try to imagine how could be our world today with every book with a death sentence... it would be worst that it is today.
This is a terrific story, which comes from a desperate internal scream of liberty, `cause our freedom is made in the cements of the knowledge. Bradboury paints us a history ...
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1984 (Signet Classics) 1380 reviews George Orwell
New American Library, 1961
A Warning, A Prediction...A Terrifying Truth
+ Ninteen-Eighty-Four: Still a Classic + Perfectly Horrific + Still Relevant + Timeless classic on the dangers of communism/big government
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Roots 171 reviews Alex Haley
Doubleday, 1976
Great Book and One Worth Remembering!
+ A must read + Reviw for the Kindle editon
I loved this book when it first came out and am now watching the miniseries all over again. It is wonderful to read and behold. Many of the family's lore has been proven to be fiction but does it matter? It is a great book and wonderful idea for a story. It brought back the idea of tracing ...
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For Whom the Bell Tolls 269 reviews Ernest Hemingway
Scribner, 1995
The best of Hemingway
+ A Must-Read + Heminway is a GOD ! + For Whom the Bell Tolls
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The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. 47 reviews Martin Luther King Jr., Clayborne Carson
Grand Central Publishing, 2001
Required reading!
+ A must read + The best read of the year + Required reading + Great
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Prison Writings: My Life Is My Sun Dance 47 reviews Leonard Peltier
St. Martin's Griffin, 2000
Manifesto, Memoir, History, and the Fate of Mankind
+ Read the Government documents! + Innocent yet in prison
Leonard Peltier, United States Prisoner 89637-132, has been imprisoned since 1977 for the deaths of two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Reservation of the Lakota Indians during the 1973 siege at Wounded Knee, South Dakota. Most likely the scapegoat for the deaths during a blundered surveillance ...
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley 296 reviews
Ballantine Books, 1992
Should be Required Reading!
+ A revelation. + anglo-saxon reader + Important book of self discovery, resemption, and vindication + I know something Malcolm didn't
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The Fate of Africa: A History of Fifty Years of Independence 56 reviews Martin Meredith
PublicAffairs, 2006
Instant classic
+ A thorough and compelling survey of post-Colonial Africa + Amazing Book + Africa
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Death Blossoms: Reflections from a Prisoner of Conscience 17 reviews Mumia Abu-Jamal
Plough Publishing House, 1997
Must read
+ Class of It's Own + A fascinating record of a spiritual journey
Death Bloosoms" picks up where "Live From Death Row" leaves off. Mumia's reflections from family to the system make the reader stop and think about what is really going on. Even after almost 15 years on death row, Mumia has not lost hope or has his will been broken but prison life. This book is not ...
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Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life 133 reviews Jon Lee Anderson
Grove Press, 1997
MY REVOLUTIONARY BROTHA
+ superlative and always relevant + One of two essential biographies + Tales of Power + yes
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Revolution for the Hell of It: The Book That Earned Abbie Hoffman a 5 Year Prison Term at the Chicago ... 5 reviews Abbie Hoffman
Da Capo Press, 2005
If you don't read this book, then you're still asleep.
+ Revolation for the Hell of it. + Revolution For Autonomy and Freedom + Revolution? For the hell of it!
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Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela 132 reviews Nelson Mandela
Back Bay Books, 1995
Portrait of a Leader for All Times
+ Nelson Mandela + Outstanding Book....Great Inspiration! + "Study history or it will repeat itself" + A required read for anyone going to South Africa
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Death Blossoms: Reflections from a Prisoner of Conscience 17 reviews Mumia Abu-Jamal
Plough Publishing House, 1997
Must read
+ Class of It's Own + A fascinating record of a spiritual journey
Death Bloosoms" picks up where "Live From Death Row" leaves off. Mumia's reflections from family to the system make the reader stop and think about what is really going on. Even after almost 15 years on death row, Mumia has not lost hope or has his will been broken but prison life. This book is not ...
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Roots 171 reviews Alex Haley
Doubleday, 1976
Great Book and One Worth Remembering!
+ A must read + Reviw for the Kindle editon
I loved this book when it first came out and am now watching the miniseries all over again. It is wonderful to read and behold. Many of the family's lore has been proven to be fiction but does it matter? It is a great book and wonderful idea for a story. It brought back the idea of tracing ...
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For Whom the Bell Tolls 269 reviews Ernest Hemingway
Scribner, 1995
The best of Hemingway
+ A Must-Read + Heminway is a GOD ! + For Whom the Bell Tolls
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Revolution for the Hell of It: The Book That Earned Abbie Hoffman a 5 Year Prison Term at the Chicago ... 5 reviews Abbie Hoffman
Da Capo Press, 2005
If you don't read this book, then you're still asleep.
+ Revolation for the Hell of it. + Revolution For Autonomy and Freedom + Revolution? For the hell of it!
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Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life 133 reviews Jon Lee Anderson
Grove Press, 1997
MY REVOLUTIONARY BROTHA
+ superlative and always relevant + One of two essential biographies + Tales of Power + yes
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1984 (Signet Classics) 1380 reviews George Orwell
New American Library, 1961
A Warning, A Prediction...A Terrifying Truth
+ Ninteen-Eighty-Four: Still a Classic + Perfectly Horrific + Still Relevant + Timeless classic on the dangers of communism/big government
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Farenheit 451 1 review Ray Bradbury
Del Rey, 2004
Dry leaves serve the fire
Just try to imagine how could be our world today with every book with a death sentence... it would be worst that it is today.
This is a terrific story, which comes from a desperate internal scream of liberty, `cause our freedom is made in the cements of the knowledge. Bradboury paints us a history ...
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley 296 reviews
Ballantine Books, 1992
Should be Required Reading!
+ A revelation. + anglo-saxon reader + Important book of self discovery, resemption, and vindication + I know something Malcolm didn't
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