Immortals of history

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Simon Bolivar

Lenin, genius of revolution

A biography of the man who led the Russian Revolution of 1917, created the first socialist state, and became Russia's first Communist leader.

Mahatma Gandhi

Biography of the man recognized by the people of India as the father of their nation, whose belief in and use of non-violent resistance won for India independence from Britain.

Captain James Cook: genius afloat

A biography of a common British seaman who becomes a navigator, scientist, and explorer; accurately charts and sails the Pacific; and discovers the islands of Hawaii.

Hannibal, invader from Carthage

A history of the campaigns of the military genius who vowed to conquer the Romans and who entered Italy by crossing the Alps on elephants.

Alexander the Great

Winston Churchill, man of the century

A biography of Winston Churchill, the "Renaissance man," outlining the main events in his long and varied career.

Joseph Stalin

A biography of the son of a Georgian shoemaker who rose from bitter poverty to rule as terrorist dictator of Communist Russia for twenty-four years.

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