The man who changed the world
Gail Sheehy
The human story of an inner struggle, a struggle that is the culmination of the series of lives Gorbachev has led throughout his career. Presents the first full-scale portrait of this unique figure.
Read Time: ~1.9 hr
The Hard Awakening
by H.B. Dehqani-Tafti (1981)
About this book
The Iranian Revolution, and the events that followed, have had such an impact on my life, and all that I have lived and nearly died for, that I have definitely something to say now. Thank God we did not know from the beginning what was in store for us as a family and as a Church, otherwise I don't think we would have been able to bear it.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreThe Hard Awakening Lead Character
Readers who enjoyed this also loved
Il tribuno Clodio
Luca Fezzi
Publio Clodio Pulcro (93-52 a.C.) nasce da una famiglia di antichissima nobiltà. Fratello della spregiudicata Clodia, la Lesbia cantata da Catullo, sin dagli inizi della carriera politica si rende protagonista di gravi scandali, uscendone miracolosamente indenne. Nel 60 a.C. abiura le proprie origini patrizie divenendo plebeo; due anni dopo si fa eleggere tribuno e inizia una folgorante ascesa politica, sorretto dal favore del popolo. Spregiudicato e audace, gestisce un potere inedito e lo fa in modo particolarmente radicale e violento: combatte i suoi nemici - Cicerone in primis - con le bande armate di piazza, si assicura l'impunità grazie alla connivenza dei triumviri Cesare, Pompeo e Crasso, blinda il proprio successo popolare a colpi di demagogia. Muore per mano dell'avversario Milone, a pochi giorni dalle elezioni alla carica di pretore.
Undying courage, the story of Bagha Jatin
Prithwindra Mukherjee
On the life and activities of Jyotindra Nath Mukherjee, 1880-1915, militant revolutionary in the Indian freedom movement.
Bridging two eras
Virginia Jeans Laas
"First written in 1937 and never before published, Bridging Two Eras is the fascinating autobiography of Emily Newell Blair, a remarkable woman who successfully reconciled a productive public life with the traditional values of a housewife and mother."--BOOK JACKET. "Because Blair's life essentially spanned two eras, from the end of the nineteenth century through the middle of the twentieth, she thought of herself as a bridge builder. A dedicated feminist, she wanted her autobiography to help women understand what life was like during that transition time. She had moved from being a conventional, middle-class, midwestern wife and mother to becoming an acclaimed author, a nationally known feminist, and vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee only two years after women gained the right to vote. She felt that her story could encourage women to take their rightful places in public life."--BOOK JACKET.