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A family history traces the compelling story of Michelle Obama's ancestors, covering a journey from slavery to the White House in five generations that bears witness to the changes in the nation.

A memoir in graphic novel format about the author's experiences as the son of Vietnamese immigrants who fled to America during the fall of Saigon describes how he learned his tragic ancestral history and the impact of the Vietnam War on his family while visiting their homeland years later.

Traces the author's inspirational quest to honor the memory of her late father by performing one thousand acts of kindness, describing the unexpected personal benefits she experienced while helping others and explaining how readers can transform their own lives through mitzvah acts.

A host of NPR's "All Things Considered" traces her ancestry in America's South and how it reflects the nation's turbulent efforts toward racial equality, a heritage that has influenced her awareness about character, silence, and integration.

Relates how the author's discovery of a photograph of her mother wearing a wedding veil and with a man she had never seen before revealed her family's true origins in Iran, her mother's history of abuse and neglect, and a sister that the author never knew she had.

Malan's search for the truth, as he seeks answers not in the way black and white South Africans live, but from the way they die at one another's hands.

Follows four generations of the Alliluyevs, from the 1860s to the present day, with personal accounts by the dictator's descendants.

Diana Joseph offers a humorous reflection on her interactions with the men who have shaped her life, including her father, husband, brothers, and sons.

Nobel Laureate Doris Lessing provides a fictional account of her parent's experiences during World War I, when her father was a farmer turned soldier who lost a leg, and her mother was a nurse stationed at Royal Free Hospital; and also describes their relationship after the close of the Great War, based on the real-life memories of the author.