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|  | Rasputin by Brian Moynaham, Nelson Runger
A biography of one of the strangest and most influential figures in modern Russian history, written by an editor of the Sunday Times of London . Rasputin was an itinerant holy man from Siberia who found his way to St. Petersburg after the turn of the century and developed a cult of followers by virtue of his healing powers and mesmerizing looks. Eventually the Empress Alexandra became his most devoted disciple, convinced that only he could save her hemophiliac son. From his position within the Court, shielded by Alexandra's favor, Rasputin was able to influence policy and became increasingly resented by the Ministers and officials who eventually had him assassinated. His intimacy with the Empress led to a widespread perception of the Tsarist Court as corrupt, and helped prepare the way for its eventual overthrow. AUTHOR: Brian Moynaham, Nelson Runger
PUBLISHER: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | The Outlaw Trail by Anne Meadows, Charles Kelly, Dan Buck
The Wild Bunch, the confederation of western outlaws headed by Butch Cassidy, found sanctuary on the rugged Outlaw Trail. Stretching across Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico, this trail offered desert and mountain hideouts to bandits and cowboys. The almost inaccessible Hole-in-the-Wall in Wyoming was a station on the Outlaw Trail well known to Butch Cassidy. To the south, in Utah, was the inhospitable Robber`s Roost, where Butch and his friends camped in 1897 after a robbery at Castle Gate. Charles Kelly recreates the mean and magnificent places frequented by the Wild Bunch and a slew of lesser outlaws. At the same time, he brings Butch Cassidy to life, traces his criminal apprenticeship and meeting with the Sundance Kid, and masterfully describes the exploits of the Wild Bunch. AUTHOR: Anne Meadows, Charles Kelly, Dan Buck
PUBLISHER: University of Nebraska Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Eisenhower by Stephen E. Ambrose
Stephen E. Ambrose draws upon extensive sources, an unprecedented degree of scholarship, and numerous interviews with Eisenhower himself to offer the fullest, richest, and most objective rendering yet of the soldier who became president. AUTHOR: Stephen E. Ambrose
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | The Forge of Experience, 1732-1775
This volume tells about considerably more than half George Washington`s life, the forty-three years that elapsed from his birth to his acceptance, at the outbreak of the American Revolution, of the command of the Continental Army.
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Mathematicians Are People, Too by Luetta Reimer, Wilbert Reimer
Volume Two dramatizes the lives of Omar Khayyam, Albert Einstein, Ada Lovelace, and others. Stories in Volume One focus on moments of mathematical discovery experienced by Thales, Pythagoras, Hypatia, Galileo, Pascal, Germain, and still others. 15 illustrated vignettes per book introduce students to great mathematicians from various cultures. AUTHOR: Luetta Reimer, Wilbert Reimer
PUBLISHER: Seymour, Dale Publications
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | One Man's Bible by Gao Xingjian, Mabel Lee
Description not available.A fictionalized account of the author's life under Mao Zedong and the Cultural Revolution describes how the political climate of Beijing rendered his home one of perpetual fear for its citizens, and discusses his troubled relationships and his decision to live in exile. 100,000 first printing. AUTHOR: Gao Xingjian, Mabel Lee
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Publishers
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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