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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Gandhi	Demi	Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, known by his followers as Mahatma -- or great soul -- was born in India in 1869 and grew up to become one of the most influential and well-respected political and social l…	OL103635W
Jinnah	Hector Bolitho	Jinnah: Creator of Pakistan was the official biography of the founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah. It proved popular, and from the year of its first publication in 1954, it was prin…	OL10507443W
Kakasaheb Gadgil	Sādhū, Aruṇa	Political biography of Narahara Vishṇu Gāḍagīḷa, 1896-1966, Indian statesman.	OL1080541W
Charles Francis Adams	Charles Francis Adams Jr.	“Tells little of personal traits. Narration of services while minister to England; sheds valuable light on relations between England and America during the Civil war.” – Standard Catalog for Public …	OL1104449W
"Krieg oder Frieden. Unser Platz an der Sonne"	Thomas H. Wagner	Bis heute sind die außenpolitischen Vorstellungen Stresemanns vor 1914 nicht umfassend analysiert worden eine erstaunliche Lücke angesichts der intensiven Beschäftigung der Forschung mit dem Weimarer…	OL11991666W
The diary of Edmund Ruffin	Ruffin, Edmund	Edmund Ruffin was one of the most significant figures in the Old South. A gentleman planter, writer, and political commentator, he made his greatest contribution as an agricultural reformer, but it w…	OL1465172W
Benjamin Franklin	Milton Meltzer	Presents a biography of the multi-talented and accomplished founding father.	OL14941630W
Franklin on Franklin	Benjamin Franklin	"Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography ends in 1758, some thirty years before he died. Those three decades included some of the statesman's greatest triumphs, yet instead of including them in his memoir,…	OL14996559W
Jefferson Davis	Scott Ingram	Traces the life of Jefferson Davis, who graduated from West Point and served in the Army and the House of Representatives before becoming President of the Confederate States of America during the Civ…	OL15045096W
Paul Revere	Scott Ingram	Profiles American patriot Paul Revere, who was known not only for his midnight ride, but also for his skill as a silversmith and, later, for producing copper sheeting used on warships and building do…	OL15045108W
Hell's Corner	David Baldacci	After a bomb detonates near the motorcade of the U.S. president and Britain's prime minister, British MI-5 agent Mary Chapman--along with the help of Oliver Stone--investigates whether or not the bom…	OL15374104W
Vitae parallelae	Plutarch	A Collection of potted biographies of Greek and Roman nobles. The biographies are arranged in pairs, one Greek and one Roman, ostensibly showing the similarities between them.	OL15436806W
To begin the world anew	Bernard Bailyn	With these character sketches of key figures of the American Revolution and illuminating probes of its circumstances, Bernard Bailyn reveals the ambiguities, complexities, and uncertainties of the fo…	OL15798568W
The life of Thomas More	Peter Ackroyd	A biography of Catholic martyr and saint, Thomas More, discussing his formidable intellect, political skill, and the steadfast faith that resulted in his beheading when he refused to follow King Henr…	OL15855863W
Benjamin Franklin	Richard Lacayo	Describes the life and illustrious career of the writer, scientist, and statesman, from his youth in Boston to his years as a printer, his diplomatic visits abroad, and his role in the drafting of th…	OL16188812W
Becoming Ben Franklin	Russell Freedman	In 1723 Ben Franklin arrived in Philadelphia as a poor and friendless seventeen-year-old who had run away from his family and an apprenticeship in Boston. Sixty-two years later he stepped ashore in n…	OL16499320W
The One Thomas More	Travis Curtright	"Thomas More" the humanist. "Sir Thomas More" the statesman. "Saint Thomas More" the martyr. Who was Thomas More? Which characterization of him is most true? Despite these multiple images and th…	OL16509828W
John Bright	William Cash	"John Bright was one of the greatest British statesmen of the 19th century: in a series of Punch cartoons in 1878, Bright featured alongside Disraeli and Gladstone as the three greatest politicians o…	OL16772548W
Ralph Bunche	Anne E. Schraff	Discusses the personal and professional life of the statesman and diplomat who was one of the founders of the United Nations and who received the Nobel Prize for his peacemaking efforts.	OL1742696W
Forgiveness	Mary Logue	Emphasizes the value of forgiveness in this biography of the Indian leader who led his country to freedom from British rule through his policy of nonviolent resistance.	OL17741W