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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Friedrich Ebert	Walter Mühlhausen	128 p. : 19 cm	OL10042183W
Musa'nın Gül'ü	Ergün Poyraz	Gül, Abdullah; President; biography; Turkey; politics and government.	OL1019192W
Wings of Fire	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam	Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, the son of a little-educated boat-owner in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, had an unparalleled career as a defence scientist, culminating in the highest civilian award of…	OL1037811W
Russell speaking	Mijānura Rahamāna Mijāna	Contributions of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, 1922-1975, first president of Bangladesh, to the Bangladesh freedom movement; includes brief accounts of him and the assassination of his family.	OL1052141W
All too human	George Stephanopoulos	All Too Human is a new-generation political memoir, written from the refreshing perspective of one who got his hands on the levers of awesome power at an early age. At thirty, the author was at Bill …	OL106196W
George Washington	Mike Venezia	An introduction to the life of George Washington, who proved himself a good military leader during the American Revolution and became the nation's first president.	OL106298W
Herbert Hoover (Getting to Know the Us Presidents)	Mike Venezia	A brief biography of the thirty-first president of the United States, describing his career as mining engineer, businessman, and president during the Great Depression.	OL106309W
Warren G. Harding (Getting to Know the Us Presidents)	Mike Venezia	A brief account of the life and accomplishments of our 29th president.	OL106347W
Andrew Jackson	Nancy Whitelaw	A biography of the seventh president from his childhood in South Carolina, through his military career in the War of 1812, to his death.	OL106693W
The life of Abraham Lincoln, drawn from original sources and containing many speeches, letters, and…	Ida Minerva Tarbell	Missing page 208.	OL1100464W
Martin Van Buren	John Niven	They called him "the Magician," "the Red Fox" and other names that celebrated his pollitical skill. And, indeed, there is no doubt that Martin Van Buren was the most innovative politician of his age.…	OL11332324W
Abraham Lincoln	Carl Sandburg	This definitive, single-volume edition of the Pulitzer Prize–winning biography delivers “a Lincoln whom no other man . . . could have given us” (New York Herald Tribune Book Review). Celebrated fo…	OL1164736W
Domestic programs of the American presidents	Richard B. Faber	"From George Washington to George W. Bush, this volume takes an in-depth look at the domestic programs of America's 43 presidents. Written from a non-partisan viewpoint, each chapter focuses on a sin…	OL11810310W
George Washington	David A. Adler	Presents a biography of the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army and first President of the United States.	OL121619W
Hold on, Mr. President--	Sam Donaldson	"Here is the brashest, most irreverent, most provocative television reporter in Washington telling us just how he got there, and how he gets away with it ... that is, with being the nation's most cel…	OL12379804W
Why the Democrats will win in 2008	Daniel Bruno Sanz	Written 18 months before the historic presidential election of November, 2008, when Hillary Clinton was believed to be the inevitable Democratic Party nominee, financial analyst Daniel Bruno Sanz dis…	OL13616338W
Big George	Anne F. Rockwell	Portrays George Washington as a shy boy who wasn't afraid of anything except talking to people, but who grew up to lead an army against the British and serve as president of the new nation.	OL14853937W
Andrew Jackson	Robert Vincent Remini	Reveals why Jackson's bold leadership as a general cemented "Old Hickory"'s reputation for being tough and ultimately led to his election as President of the United States in 1828.	OL14865067W
Wilson	A. Scott Berg	One hundred years after his inauguration, Woodrow Wilson still stands as one of the most influential figures of his century, and one of the most enigmatic. From the scholar-president who ushered the…	OL19976155W
The rise of Theodore Roosevelt	Edmund Morris	A biography of Theodore Roosevelt, covering the years from his birth in 1858 to 1901 when, with the death of President McKinley, he became the youngest president of the United States.	OL19989339W