Leaders & Notable People

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Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson
by Thomas Jefferson - Capricorn Books , 1959
The Autobiography left by Thomas Jefferson belongs to the literature of the Nation. The distinctive character of the man, his imagination, his intellectual force, and his patriotism, have served to make Jefferson a great figure in American history.
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Benjamin Franklin
by John T. Morse Jr. - Houghton-Mifflin , 1889
He established the American Philosophical Society, conducted electrical experiments, discovered that lightning is an electrical discharge, published his famous "Way to Wealth", wrote the Declaration of Independence, died in 1790 in Philadelphia.
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Dangerous Intimacy: The Untold Story of Mark Twain's Final Years
by Karen Lystra - University of California Press , 2004
The last years of Mark Twain's life are sadly familiar: crippled by losses and tragedies, american humorist sank into a deep depression. This book recovers Twain's final years as they really were--lived in the shadow of deception and prejudice.
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George Washington Man and Monument
by Cunliffe Marcus - Mentor Book , 1958
The obelisk that called the Washington Monument was completed a hundred years after George Washington had achieved victory and independence for his nation. Yet the bones of the man it celebrates are in the vault of his Mount Vernon home.
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God's Gold: The Story of Rockefeller and His Times
by John T. Flynn - Mises Institute , 2007
The classic and extraordinary full biography of John D. Rockefeller. Flynn shows how Rockefeller employed the tools of capitalism to become enormously rich, and how this unleashed the most unexpected backlash from anti-capitalists of all sorts.
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Spinoza
by John Caird - Adamant Media Corporation , 2005
The author left out the account of Spinoza's life and letters, and to confined the work to an examination of his philosophical system. This writing attempts to deal with that philosophy from a point of view different from that of other books.
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The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
- Fitzgerald Publishing Co , 1972
Martin Luther King, Jr. was an American clergyman, activist and prominent leader in the African-American civil rights movement. This fully illustrated biographical account provides an ideal introduction to Martin Luther King Jr. and his works.
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The Meaning of Mandela
by Xolela Mangcu - Human Sciences Research Council , 2004
This lively, engaging and witty collection of lectures brings together the renowned African and African-American scholars - Cornel West, Henry Louis Gates Jr and Wole Soyinka - to reflect on the public meaning of the iconic Nelson Mandela.
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