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|  | Christopher by Tomie dePaola
The story of Reprobus, the man who eventually became Saint Christopher. Reprobus, a giant, wants to serve the most powerful ruler in the world. He works for a king, and then for the devil, before realizing that it is Christ who he must serve. Folk art style illustrations in a deep and muted palette accompany the text. AUTHOR: Tomie dePaola
PUBLISHER: Holiday House, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | The Roosevelt Presence by Patrick J. Maney
Franklin D. Roosevelt is the only twentieth century president commonly ranked by historians with the Founding Fathers and Abraham Lincoln. His leadership in the darkest hours of our history, the depression years and the Second World War, has endowed him in the eyes of many with an aura of unsurpassable greatness. His presidency has been the explicit or implicit model for all subsequent occupants of the White House from Truman to Bush. Moreover, popular expectations of what the president should do and be trace their origins to FDR`s presidency. He remains, nearly five decades after his death, an enduring presence in American life. Like the Founders and the Great Emancipator, FDR as a historical figure is surrounded by a penumbra of mythology, indeed, of mystification, that has made his personality and presidency more enigmatic than they need be. In this concise biography, Patrick J. Maney provides an original and insightful examination of Roosevelt`s life and legacy. Maney carefully distinguishes fact from myth, and shows that many widely held ideas about Roosevelt - for instance, his supposed mastery of the legislative process, or the attribution to him of a cunningly pursued master plan - are unsupported by the historical evidence. More importantly, Maney shows how and why the Roosevelt legend arose, and how it has permanently affected the American presidency. Maney traces the origins of the Roosevelt presence , his larger-than-life image, to his first term, when both friends and foes of the president began to attribute to him virtually superhuman feats. This image, which has persisted to this day, was rooted in Roosevelt`s knack for identifying himself in the public mind with theNew Deal, including those measures to which he had originally been opposed or indifferent; in his matchless skills as a communicator; and most important, in his ability to create an illusion of intimacy between himself and the public . Maney concludes that FDR`s legacy to his successor AUTHOR: Patrick J. Maney
PUBLISHER: University of California Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | The Doctors of Revolution by Shlomo Barer
Description not available.A fascinating survey of the towering nineteenth-century thinkers who influenced the next century covers Napoleon, Karl Marx, Moses Hess, Alexander Herzen, Balzac, and many others. AUTHOR: Shlomo Barer
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Sir Winston Churchill by John B. Severance
A vivid portrait of a unique leader who both experienced and influenced the great social and political changes of the first half of the twentieth century. AUTHOR: John B. Severance
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company Trade & Reference Division
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Elvis by Ernst Jorgensen, Peter Guralnick
In this lavishly illustrated Elvis Presley biography, Peter Guralnick--the author of the acclaimed two-volume study, LAST TRAIN TO MEMPHIS and CARELESS LOVE--offers a chronology of the King's life, noting pivotal moments in both his personal life and career. AUTHOR: Ernst Jorgensen, Peter Guralnick
PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | My First Presidentiary
Description not available.Offers a satirical look into George W. Bush's faux scrapbook that shows Bush how to respond if Cheney has a heart attack and how to handle the media, and reveals his letters to his pen pal Hector, Fidel Castro, and his brother, Jeb.
PUBLISHER: Crown Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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