World leaders past & present

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Martin Luther King, Jr

Abraham Lincoln

A biography of the sixteenth President of the United States whose term of office was served during the Civil War.

Josip Broz Tito

A biography of the peasant boy who gained fame as a guerilla leader during World War II and, after establishing a Communist government in Yugoslavia, became that country's first President.

Lyndon B. Johnson

1988
Describes the personal and historical events that shaped the life of the thirty-sixth president of the United States.

Catherine the Great

1986
Recounts the story of the eighteenth-century Empress of Russia, describing her life as wife, mother, and ruler.

Indira Gandhi

1986
Describes how Indira Gandhi's life was intertwined with the political development of India, eventually leading her to become prime minister.

Henry VIII

1988
A biography of the sixteenth-century English monarch who effected the separation of England from the Church of Rome.

Julius Caesar

1987
A biography of the Roman general and statesman whose brillant military leadership helped make Rome the center of a vast empire.

Alexander the Great

1986
A biography of the general and king who conquered much of the civilized world, creating a vast empire influenced by Greek ideas.

James Monroe

1989
The life and career of the fifth president whose Monroe Doctrine proclaimed opposition to further European control in the western hemisphere.

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