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Profiles in leadership

historians on the elusive quality of greatness
  • Isaacson, Walter
2010
A collection of essays written by current historians discusses the components of great leadership and reflects upon why FDR was a more successful Depression-era leader than Hoover and why Grant was one of the best presidents in American history.

Letters of transit

reflections on exile, identity, language, and loss
  • Aciman, Andr?
1999
Contains five essays in which the authors meditate upon themes of exile, home, and memory.

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