Central Kansas Library System

A photobiography of the first wife of a president to have a public life and career of her own. The intriguing story of Eleanor Roosevelt traces the life of the former First Lady from her early childhood through the tumultuous years in the White House to her active role in the founding of the United Nations after World War II.

Text and photographs describe the life of Michelle Obama, the wife of the forty-fourth President of the United States, Barack Obama.

Text and photographs describe the life of the popular First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, and describes her childhood, education, private life, and years of public service.

Pearl S. Buck's epic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of a China that was -- now in a Contemporary Classics edition. Though more than sixty years have passed since this remarkable novel won the Pulitzer Prize, it has retained its popularity and become one of the great modern classics. "I can only write what I know, and I know nothing but China, having always lived there," wrote Pearl Buck. In The Good Earth she presents a graphic view of a China when...

A young woman who had been raised in Boston marries a member of the Northwest Mounted Police and goes with him to live in the Canadian wilderness.

Text and photographs describe the life of Laura Bush, the wife of the forty-third United States President, George W. Bush.

Text and photographs describe the life of Abigail Adams, wife of the second President of the United States, John Adams.