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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
Kepemimpinan kharismatis	Ayub Ranoh	Theological perspective on charismatic leadership of Soekarno, 1901-1970, first President of Indonesia.	OL1030677W
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
Stink	Megan McDonald	The shortest kid in the second grade, James Moody, also known as Stink, learns all about the shortest president of the United States, James Madison, when they celebrate Presidents' Day at school.	OL104360W
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
Thomas Jefferson	Nancy Whitelaw	An account of Jefferson's life highlighting his many accomplishments as governor, architect, gardener, inventor, and president.	OL106695W
George Washington	Tom McGowen	Recounts the life of America's first president, including his youth in Virginia, military career, role in the formation of an independent nation, and leadership of that new country.	OL109028W
The life of Abraham Lincoln, drawn from original sources and containing many speeches, letters, and…	Ida Minerva Tarbell	Missing page 208.	OL1100464W
The President's lady	Irving Stone	They called her "liar" and "adulteress"—yet Rachel Robards married Andrew Jackson and led him straight into the White House.	OL111996W
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
Presidents of the U.S.A	Cornel Adam Lengyel	Brief biographical sketches describing the family life, social background, political careers, and administrations of each of the Presidents from George Washington to Jimmy Carter.	OL1146987W
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
In the shadow of a people's president	Evans Cooray	In The Shadow of a People's President By Evans Gunalal Cooray. This book was much more enjoyble than any other autobiography as it brought more knowledge and insight into inside politics and the comp…	OL11689397W
Janaseta sădu janapati sevaṇē	Evans Cooray	In The Shadow of a People's President By Evans Gunalal Cooray. This book was much more enjoyble than any other autobiography as it brought more knowledge and insight into inside politics and the comp…	OL11689398W