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Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation
John Carlin
★★★★· Published 2008· 288 pages
How Mandela used the 1995 Rugby World Cup to unite South Africa — the book behind Invictus. Inspiring.
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The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride
Daniel James Brown
The Donner Party told through one young bride's ordeal. Harrowing and hard to put down.
★ 5The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Daniel James Brown
The University of Washington rowing team's improbable road to gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. I don't even care about rowing and I was riveted.
★ 5DisneyWar
James B. Stewart
The Michael Eisner era at Disney in all its backstabbing glory. A doorstop, and I'd have read another hundred pages.