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Ben Carson
Ben Carson (born 1951)

psychologist, neurosurgeon, politician, surgeon

  • University of Michigan, Yale University

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Gifted hands
Think big
Ben Carson
A More Perfect Union
Gifted Hands [videorecording]
America the beautiful
Gifted hands
Think big
Gifted hands
Take the Risk
The big picture
Gifted hands
The big picture
Piense En Grande
One Nation
Think Big
Big Picture
Managing in the Middle
The big picture
Wangari Muta Maathai
Wangari Muta Maathai (1940-2011)

biologist, teacher, veterinarian, politician, environmentalist, activist

  • Benedictine College, University of Pittsburgh

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Unbowed
The Green Belt Movement
Replenishing the earth
The challenge for Africa
Little Hummingbird
The challenge for Africa
Pour l'amour des arbres
The Canopy of Hope
The bottom is heavy too
Devolver la abundancia a la tierra
The challenge for Africa
World We Once Lived In
Celle qui plante les arbres
Wangari Speaks Out
Flight of the Hummingbird
Movimiento Cinturón Verde.Compartiendo propuestas y experiencia
The challenge for Africa
Mark Latham
Mark Latham (born 1961)

politician, trade unionist, political pundit

  • University of Sydney, University of Sydney Business School

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The Latham Diaries
Civilising global capital
What did you learn today?
A Conga Line Of Suckholes Mark Lathams Book Of Quotations
The enabling state
Malcolm X
Malcolm X (1925-1965)

politician, autobiographer, political activist, human rights activist, Muslim minister

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The end of white world supremacy
Words of Ages
Autobiografía Malcolm X
Speeches
Malcolm X
Habla Malcolm X
By any means necessary
Nous, les Nègres
Malcolm X Habla a la Juventud
Two speeches by Malcolm X
Afro-American History
The speeches of Malcolm X at Harvard
Malcolm X speaks
February 1965
Two speeches
By any means necessary
Autobiography of Malcolm X (SparkNotes Literature Guide)
Two speeches
Le pouvoir noir
Malcolm A to X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Autobiography of Malcom X (SparkNotes Literature Guide)
Malcolm X's By Any Means Necessary
Malcolm X
Biraz Aksiyon; Rahat Durmayacagiz
Autobiografia di Malcolm X
Kardeslige Inaniyorum
Con Ogni Mezzo Necessario. Discorsi e Interviste
Malcolm X speaks out
By Any Means Necessary: Speeches, Interviews and a Letter
Malcolm X Speaks
The diary of Malcolm X, El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, 1964
The Ballot or the Bullet
Malcolm X, Derniers Discours
Der schwarze Tribun
Prophetic Voice of Malcolm X
Le Vote Ou Le Fusil. Suivi de Nous Formons Un Seul Et Mme Pays
Malcolm X
The speeches of Malcolm X
Quotations of Malcolm X
Auto Malcolm X Disc Gde
EL VOTO O LA BALA
Köklerimiz
Malcolm X Story
Two speeches by Malcolm X.
By any means necessary
The greatest speeches of all time
Mahpekhah hi kemo śerefah ba-yaʻar
Two speeches
Malcolm X Speeches
Malcolm X
Malcolm X
Malcolm X talks to young people
[al-Nuṣūṣ al-muḥarramah wa-nuṣūṣ ukhraʹ]
Ballots or bullets
Oscar Zeta Acosta
Oscar Zeta Acosta (1935-1974)

lawyer, politician, jurist

  • San Francisco State University, San Francisco Law School

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Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo (Vintage International)
The autobiography of a brown buffalo
The revolt of the cockroach people
Oscar "Zeta" Acosta
The catalina papers
La révolte des cafards
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela (1918-2013)

politician, autobiographer, lawyer, political activist, political prisoner

  • University of the Witwatersrand, University of Fort Hare

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The Illustrated Long Walk to Freedom
The prison letters of Nelson Mandela
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--World Literature
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Gold
Long Walk to Freedom
Prentice Hall Literature
Nelson Mandela
In the words of Nelson Mandela
In his own words
Conversations with Myself
No Easy Walk to Freedom
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Gold Level
Nelson Mandela speaks
Nelson Mandela, speeches 1990
Mandela
The Struggle Is My Life
Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales
Long Walk to Freedom
Habla Nelson Mandela
For Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales (Aesop Accolades (Awards))
One nation, one country (Statements)
Notes to the future
Cuba and Angola
Intensifiquemos la lucha
L' apartheid
A prisoner in the garden
Reader's Digest Great biographies in large type
A prisoner in the garden
Nelson Mandela
Let freedom reign
The prison letters of Nelson Mandela
Qué lejos hemos llegado los esclavos!
Un Long Chemin Vers La Liberte
Nelson Mandela, symbol of resistance and hope for a free South Africa
Nelson Mandela I Am Prepared to Die
Nelson Mandela: Intersifiguemos LA Lucha
The Mandela document
Favorite African Folktales
Speeches that Changed the World
46664 The Concert
Dare Not Linger: The Presidential Years
Embargo
Voices from Robben Island
I am prepared to die
Selected speeches and writings of Nelson Mandela
Azadi ki shahrah par
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the 49th ANC National Conference, 17 December 1994, Bloemfontein
Nelson Mandela's favorite African folktales
The essential Nelson Mandela
Eye of the Hurricane
Walk the last mile with us
L' Apartheid
Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales 2004 Wall Calendar
The Voice of Nelson Mandela
Housing Generator
The story of the Rugby World Cup, South Africa, 1995
Nelson Mandela speaks
A time to build
I have done my duty to my people and to South Africa
South and Southern Africa into the next century
We accuse
How Far We Slaves Have Come!
One nation, one country
The building has begun!
A better life for all
Renewal and renaissance
Long Walk to Freedom : 1962-1994
Invest in peace
Biko
Freedom, justice and dignity for all in South Africa
Violence and Health
A Mandela!
Làpartheid
Madiba Buyusu
Un long chemin vers la liberté
A Mandela!
Prison Letters
El color de la libertad
Mis cuentos africanos
In the words of Nelson Mandela
Mandela
Un gesto può cambiare il mondo
In the words of Nelson Mandela
Long Walk to Freedom : 1918-1962
Cartes des de la presó de Nelson Mandela
Long Walk to Freedom Part 1 of 2
Illus Long Walk Freedom Hb Bclub
Cartes des de la presó de Nelson Mandela
Long Walk to Freedom Part 2 of 2
Long Walk to Freedom Hb D/Bx12
L'apartheid (Documents)
Conversaciones conmigo mismo
In gesprek met mijzelf
Mis cuentos africanos
Pensêes Pour Moi-même
In gesprek met mijzelf
Nelson Mandela by himself
Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela
Long Walk to Freedom B D/Bx36
Conversaciones conmigo mismo
Nelson Mandela
Long Walk Freedom B d/Bx27 Inc3Fr
Une minute peut changer le monde
Nelson Mandela addresses the Special Committee against Apartheid on his historic visit to the United Nations,22 June 1990
Nelson Mandela. Une vie en mots et en images
Pensées pour moi-même
Meine afrikanischen Lieblingsmarchen
Nelson Mandela addresses the Special Committee against Apartheid on his historic visit to the United Nations, 22 June 1990
Trial of Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela
Mā burdagān tā bih kujā āmadahʼīm
Letters to Madiba
Rivonia sabotage trial, Oct. 1963-Sept. 1964
In the words of Nelson Mandela
Letters to Madiba
Freedom, justice and dignity for all in South Africa
Indlela ende eya enkululekweni
An irresistible vision
Freiheit ist ein Ideal
L'Année Mandela
Gehe deinen Weg in Freiheit
Statement of the National Executive Committee of the ANC on the occasion of the 84th anniversary of the African National Congress
Meine afrikanischen Lieblingsmärchen
Fighting on both sides of the law
John Howard
John Howard (born 1939)

politician, autobiographer, lawyer, solicitor, historian

  • University of Sydney

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Lazarus rising
The Menzies era
John howard
Natural asphaltum and its compounds
Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov (born 1963)

chess player, politician, journalist, critic

  • Azerbaijan University of Languages

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Velikoe protivostoi͡anie
Unlimited challenge
Checkmate!
Winter is coming
24 lecciones de ajedrez
On my great predecessors
The Sicilian scheveningen
Garry Kasparov on my great predecessors
Caro-Kann , classical 4 ... (B)f5
Moi velikie predshestvenniki
Batsford chess openings
Toxic precision
Sicilian-- e6 and-- d6 systems
Fighting chess
Kasparov Vs Karpov 19861987 Modern Chess
Fighting chess
Moi velikie predshestvenniki
Garry Kasparov on Garry Kasparov
How life imitates chess
Deep thinking
Garry Kasparov on Fischer
Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part 1
London-Leningrad championship games
How Life Imitates Chess
Batsford chess openings 2
Modern Chess Series, Part 1
Lessons In Chess
Garry Kasparov on Modern Chess, Part 2
My games
Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part 5 (My Great Predecessors)
Debiutnaia revoliutsiia 70-kh [The Debut Revolution of 70s]
Garry Kasparov's chess puzzle book
New world chess champion
Kasparov teaches chess
El Campeon Ensena Ajedrez
Moi Velikie Predshestvenniki: V Shesti Tomakh: V 7 TomakhTom 4: Fisher i Zvezdy Zapada[My great predeccessors: In seven volumes: Volume four: Fischer and the western stars]
Kasparov on the King's Indian
La pasión del Ajedrez
The test of time
Garry Kasparov on Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov's Chess Puzzle Book
Gari Kasparov 1981-1984
Child of change
Garry Kasparov on Garry Kasparov
New in Chess Yearbook
Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part 3 (My Great Predecessors)
How life imitates chess
Sicilian
Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part 2
Garry Kasparov's Chess Challenge
24 lecciones de ajedrez / 24 Chess Lessons (Coleccion Jaque Mate / Jaque Mate Collection)
Caro-Kann
How life imitates chess
La vie est une partie d'échecs
The Attacker's Advantage
Shi jie guan jun jiao ni Xi Yang qi
Kasparov's Greatest Games
Deep Thinking
La Defensa Caro-Kann
Shakhmaty kak modelʹ zhizni
Waarom het leven op schaken lijkt
Fighting Chess
Mis geniales predecesores
My Games (An Americans Chess Promotions Chess Book.)
Velikoe protivostoi︠a︡nie
Child of Change
The centenary match: Kasparov - Karpov III
The blueprint
The Ultimate Grandmaster
Sit͡s︡ilianskai͡a︡ zashchita, Skheveningen
Learn chess with Gary Kasparov
Kasparov v. Karpov, 1990
Garry Kasparov's fighting chess
¡Jaque mate!: iniciación al ajedrez para niños
L'épreuve du temps
Batsford Chess Openings
New in Chess Yearbook
Ispytanie vremenem
Kasparov commente
New in Chess Yearbook (Supplement to New in Chess Magazine Series)
Garry Kasparov's Fighting Chess
L'est indienne entre les mains de Kasparov
Zou dui xia yi bu
Classical Caro-Kann
Learn Chess With Garry Kasparov
Batsford Chess Openings II
My sozdaëm v Rossii realʹnui︠u︡ oppozit︠s︡ii︠u︡