February 6: Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela

Now a major motion picture, the bestselling memoir of Nelson Mandela, begun during the South African president's years in prison, traces the Nobel Prize-winner's historic life from his traditional tribal childhood to his triumphant rise to power.

Nelson Mandela is one of the great moral and political leaders of our time: an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa won him the Nobel Peace Prize and the presidency of his country.

Since Nelson Mandela's triumphant release in 1990 from more than a quarter-century of imprisonment, Mandela has been at the center of the most compelling and inspiring political drama in the world.

Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela is the story of his life - from the early development of his political consciousness to his eventful quarter-century behind bars to his momentous victory in South Africa's first-ever multiracial elections - and an epic account of struggle, setback, renewed hope and ultimate triumph.

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