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|  | Hail to the Chief by Robert Dallek
Dallek addresses five qualities that successful presidents have typically manifested: vision, pragmatism, charisma, trust, and an ability to build consensus. He illustrates how these qualities have come into play for some presidents, and how others have lacked them. AUTHOR: Robert Dallek
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Magic Kingdom by Steven Watts
A biography of Walt Disney, written by a professor of history at the University of Missouri. Watts views Disney's career as an expression of the same culture that he was to change through his art, and he attempts to explain Disney's vast popularity as part of America's development of a mass culture that was meaningful to audiences from widely different backgrounds. AUTHOR: Steven Watts
PUBLISHER: University of Missouri Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Anthony Appiah, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs
Description not available.Presents an autobiography of the famous abolitionist and statesman who escaped to the North after twenty-one years of enslavement, and reveals the exploitation of American American female slaves through first-person narrative. AUTHOR: Anthony Appiah, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs
PUBLISHER: Random House Adult Trade Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Kierkegaard by Alastair Hannay
Hannay`s studied biography of Kierkegaard brings together the personal episodes and philosophical writings of Kierkegaard that ultimately effected an entire movement in Western philosophy, and he provides readers with a smooth and full account of Kierkegaard`s work. AUTHOR: Alastair Hannay
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Are You Experienced? by Carol Appleby, Noel Redding
In this account of working with Jimi Hendrix, Noel Redding, the former bassist of The Jimi Hendrix Experience, draws on the business journals that he kept between 1967 and '70 to focus on the legal battles he had in the cutthroat music industry after Hendrix's death. AUTHOR: Carol Appleby, Noel Redding
PUBLISHER: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | A Sportsman's Life by Geoffrey Norman, Leigh Perkins
In this memoir, a former Orvis CEO details how he created a balanced life by integrating his love of nature with his career. The author describes how this balance helped him to fuel his company's growth in a rapidly changing sporting goods industry. AUTHOR: Geoffrey Norman, Leigh Perkins
PUBLISHER: NewStar Media, Incorporated
FORMAT: Audio
CATEGORY: Biographies
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