Farenheit 4511 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 ...
  
  











  



  
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
  
  











  



  
Roots171 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 ...
  
  











  



  
For Whom the Bell Tolls269 reviews
Ernest Hemingway

Scribner, 1995

The best of Hemingway

+ A Must-Read
+ Heminway is a GOD !
+ For Whom the Bell Tolls
  
  











  



  
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
  
  











  



  
Prison Writings: My Life Is My Sun Dance47 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 ...
  
  











  



  
The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley296 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
  
  











  



  
The Fate of Africa: A History of Fifty Years of Independence56 reviews
Martin Meredith

PublicAffairs, 2006

Instant classic

+ A thorough and compelling survey of post-Colonial Africa
+ Amazing Book
+ Africa
  
  











  



  
Death Blossoms: Reflections from a Prisoner of Conscience17 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 ...
  
  











  



  
Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life133 reviews
Jon Lee Anderson

Grove Press, 1997

MY REVOLUTIONARY BROTHA

+ superlative and always relevant
+ One of two essential biographies
+ Tales of Power
+ yes
  
  











  



  
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!
  
  











  



  
Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela132 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
  
  











  



  
Death Blossoms: Reflections from a Prisoner of Conscience17 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 ...
  
  











  



  
Roots171 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 ...
  
  











  



  
For Whom the Bell Tolls269 reviews
Ernest Hemingway

Scribner, 1995

The best of Hemingway

+ A Must-Read
+ Heminway is a GOD !
+ For Whom the Bell Tolls
  
  











  



  
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!
  
  











  



  
Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life133 reviews
Jon Lee Anderson

Grove Press, 1997

MY REVOLUTIONARY BROTHA

+ superlative and always relevant
+ One of two essential biographies
+ Tales of Power
+ yes
  
  











  



  
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
  
  











  



  
Farenheit 4511 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 ...
  
  











  



  
The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley296 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