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    <body><![CDATA[This book reads like the bible. I am really not interested in it at all. I hear it gets better, I hope so. <br/><br/>**EDIT**<br/>Okay, So I'm On Chapter 100 and it doesn't get much better at all. The only reason someone should buy this book is for a paperweight! That is unless you like people ta...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19314193">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I learned (as if I didn't already know) that I am one slack m*^&amp;rf&amp;*ker, and this is the perfect book to read if you need some motivation to get off your ass and/or get over yourself. <br/><br/>There are also a lot of fascinating things about his story that i didn't know -he grew up literally bare...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20734381">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[First of all let me say that Nelson Mandela is an amazing man who has been through more trials than I could ever imagine, and he faced them with such class and strength.  I am glad I know more about his history and his life as a &quot;freedom fighter,&quot; and this book gave me greater appreciation...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6975757">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[We are reading this book for book club.  It is an autobiography by Nelson Mandela.  It is informative, but it seems like a good read for an autobiography. I will not rate this book, because I did not actually read the book word for word.  I read MULTIPLE summaries, and have a good feel for the book....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58425105">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[On February 11, 1990, I sat with my family watching the BBC, waiting for Nelson Mandela to come into view of the TV cameras.  I remember there was a long, dusty road (or drive way) between Mandela and the assembled journalists; I remember watching every tiny movement on the screen in case it was him...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56440730">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[What an amazing book! It is a testament to the durability and sustainability of the human spirit.<br/><br/>Mandela went through hell on earth during his 27 years in apartheid South Africa's prisons. It helped me to know how the story was going to turn out: that he was released and subsequently ele...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53412607">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The autobiography of a man like Nelson Mandela should be given five stars if only for the accomplishments of the man in question. But good golly, did he need 544 pages to be as vague and humble as he is? In the final pages, he reports being elected president as though it were the whole of the ANC th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66539423">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wow. This has been sitting on my shelf since I came back from South Africa and now I wish I'd read it before I went as I would've really appreciated the trip to Robben Island much more. <br/><br/>Probably the most surprising thing to me about his story was that the half-assed help the ANC had from...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45139894">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Nelson Mandela’s inspiring autobiography <br/><br/>Reading this firsthand, contemporaneous account of Nelson Mandela’s life is an extraordinary opportunity. Mandela, a South African freedom fighter and a political prisoner for 27 years, tells his own saga of how he helped his black countrymen ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51661400">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'll say nothing new by telling you that this one is a GREAT book ! This is a story of an amazing life (autobiography). This book told me a lot about human nature, and about principles in life. Nelson Mandela spent 27 years in jail, and after that he became the first black to be President of the pos...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79501646">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book took me over a month to slog through and though it gave me a lot to think about, I wouldn't say it's a favorite or even that inspirational.<br/><br/>I find myself at odds sometimes with Mandela's politics and his book could have used a whole lot less meta-data -- he was constantly explai...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48663679">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm one of those people who starts a book and whether they like it or not, must finish it. There are a rare few titles I've picked up and dropped. This one, I probably should have just dropped. It was far too slow for me. Though I have great respect for the man and the challenges he overcame, I foun...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40093558">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I can't NOT rate this book 5 stars because it's such a necessary book to read in order to understand an important part of South Africa's history. I have friends who came from South Africa, and therefore thought I knew some of what had happened both during apartheid and during the disbandment of it. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21314455">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I bought this book in South Africa and was immersed in it during the time I spent walking the streets where much of the action of the book happened.  It had particular power for me.<br/><br/>There are &quot;saints&quot; in our world that I have long struggled to understand - Mandela has always bee...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11421181">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wow. I am in awe. I just completed this book and am blown away at what an amazing man Mr. Mandela is. What can you say about the man who gave up his small freedoms, but nonetheless his life and his family's life, and gave it all to his country to ensure that all who live there - black and white - ca...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10854402">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[What do I really have to say?  :-)  I read this before the first time I went to South Africa and fell in love with the country...hence two return trips!  I had some amazing experiences during the pr days and one was a private tour of Robben Island with Ahmed Kathrada while in SA. He was imprisoned w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1356971">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[At first, I wasn't sure how many stars to give Nelson Mandela's biography, but when I read the last few pages, it was clear to me there's no other way then adoring it and feeling so touched by the South African history, that I will have to calm down before going to sleep today :D<br/><br/>I guess ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64980533">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read an abridged version, so maybe missed out a bit. Mandela is amazing and his story is interesting, but the the book was written in such a matter-of-fact way that I think it didn't communicate his story as powerfully as it could have been told. I would like to have heard more about his thoughts ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52851179">more...</a>]]></body>
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