Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Mother Teresa Mother Teresa Demi A biography of Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, known as Mother Teresa, who spent most of her life serving "the poorest of the poor" in Calcutta, India. OL103639W
The Nobel Peace Prize and Dalai Lama The Nobel Peace Prize and Dalai Lama His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso the XIV Dalai Lama 72 p. : 22 cm OL10373803W
Ralph J. Bunche Ralph J. Bunche Patricia McKissack Biography of the African-American statesman and diplomat who was one of the founders of the United Nations and who received the Nobel Prize for his peacemaking efforts. OL14860558W
Jane Addams Jane Addams Lucia Raatma A biography of Jane Addams, who established Hull-House in Chicago in 1889 to provide medical and legal services, educational opportunities, and social interactions to immigrants and other victims of … OL15050542W
Mother Teresa Mother Teresa Elaine Murray Stone Describes the life of the nun who founded the Missionaries of Charity, gained wide recognition for her humaniitarian efforts in Calcutta and elsewhere, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. OL19238482W
Henry Kissinger Henry Kissinger Fred L. Israel A biography of the German immigrant whose family came to the United States to escape Nazi persecution of Jews and who served this country as secretary of state under two Presidents. OL2647430W
Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter Louise Chipley Slavicek A biography of the thirty-ninth president, from his early childhood to his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. OL5815074W
Jane Addams Jane Addams Gail Faithfull Keller An easy-to-read biography of the woman who founded Hull House, one of the first social settlement houses in the United States. OL7329513W