A national leader

As and When: Intro to Biographies, Memoirs and Autobiographies - hosted by joemkl

Read an autobiography, memoir, or biography of a national leader. This could be political, a figurehead, or even someone not real who represents a country.

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The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama

The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
Barack Obama

6 hours, 11 minutes • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir politics challenging reflective slow-paced

The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

Barack Obama

6 hours, 11 minutes • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir politics challenging reflective slow-paced

Astoria: Astor and Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire: A Tale of Ambition and Survival on the Early American Frontier by Peter Stark

Astoria: Astor and Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire: A Tale of Ambition and Survival on the Early American Frontier
Peter Stark

400 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous informative fast-paced

Astoria: Astor and Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire: A Tale of Ambition and Survival on the Early American Frontier

Peter Stark

400 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous informative fast-paced

Washington: A Life
Ron Chernow with Scott Brick (Narrator)

41 hours, 54 minutes • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative reflective slow-paced

Washington: A Life

Ron Chernow with Scott Brick (Narrator)

41 hours, 54 minutes • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative reflective slow-paced

Jacinda Ardern
Michelle Duffy

288 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography emotional reflective medium-paced

Jacinda Ardern

Michelle Duffy

288 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography emotional reflective medium-paced

Lost Kingdom: Hawaii's Last Queen, the Sugar Kings and America's First Imperial Adventure by Julia Flynn Siler

Lost Kingdom: Hawaii's Last Queen, the Sugar Kings and America's First Imperial Adventure
Julia Flynn Siler

307 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous reflective slow-paced

Lost Kingdom: Hawaii's Last Queen, the Sugar Kings and America's First Imperial Adventure

Julia Flynn Siler

307 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous reflective slow-paced

Henry VIII: The King and His Court by Alison Weir

Henry VIII: The King and His Court
Alison Weir

656 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced

Henry VIII: The King and His Court

Alison Weir

656 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced

Hachiko: The True Story of the Royal Dogs of Japan and One Faithful Akita by Julie Chrystyn, Julie Chrystyn

Hachiko: The True Story of the Royal Dogs of Japan and One Faithful Akita
Julie Chrystyn, Julie Chrystyn

53 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

lighthearted sad medium-paced

Hachiko: The True Story of the Royal Dogs of Japan and One Faithful Akita

Julie Chrystyn, Julie Chrystyn

53 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

lighthearted sad medium-paced

Hachiko: The True Story of a Loyal Dog by Pamela S. Turner

Hachiko: The True Story of a Loyal Dog
Pamela S. Turner with Yan Nascimbene

32 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction hopeful lighthearted sad medium-paced

Hachiko: The True Story of a Loyal Dog

Pamela S. Turner with Yan Nascimbene

32 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction hopeful lighthearted sad medium-paced

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