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Abe Lincolnby Sterling NorthISBN 0394891791 (0-394-89179-1)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Adolf Hitlerby John TolandISBN 0385037244 (0-385-03724-4)
Hardcover, Doubleday
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Adolf Hitler'Book summary:A national bestseller with more than 370,000 copies in print, this is "the first book that anyone who wants to learn about Hitler or the war in Europe must read... a marvel of fact."--Newsweek
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The Adventures of Conan Doyle: The Life of the Creator of Sherlock Holmesby Charles HighamISBN 0393075079 (0-393-07507-9)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Albert Camus: A Biographyby Herbert R. LottmanISBN 0385116640 (0-385-11664-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Albert Camus: A Biography'Book summary:When Albert Camus died in a car crash in January 1960 he was only 46 years old - already a winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature and a world figure - author of the enigmatic The Stranger, the fable called The Plague, but also of the combative The Rebel - which attacked the 'politically correct' among his contemporaries.
Thanks to his early literary achievement, his work for the underground newspaper Combat and his editorship of that daily in its Post-Liberation incarnation, Camus' voice seemed the conscience of postwar France. But it was a very personal voice that rejected the conventional wisdom, rejected ideologies that called for killing in the cause of justice. His call for personal responsibility will seem equally applicable today, when Camus' voice is silent and has not been replaced. The secrecy which surrounded Algerian-born Camus' own life, public and private - a function of illness and psychological self-defense in a Paris in which he still felt himself a stranger - seemed to make the biographer's job impossible.
Lottman's Albert Camus was the first and remains the definitive biography - even in France. On publication it was hailed by New York Times reviewer John Leonard: "What emerges from Mr. Lottman's tireless devotions is a portrait of the artist, the outsider, the humanist and skeptic, that breaks the heart." In The New York Times Book Review British critic John Sturrock said: Herbert Lottman's life (of Camus) is the first to be written, either in French or English, and it is exhaustive, a labor of love and of wonderful industry." When the book appeared in London Christopher Hitchens in New Statesman told British readers: "Lottman has written a brilliant and absorbing book... The detail and the care are extraordinary... Now at last we have a clear voice about the importance of liberty and the importance of being concrete." The new edition by Gingko Press includes a specially written preface by the author revealing the challenges of a biographer, of some of the problems that had to be dealt with while writing the book and after it appeared. [via]
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Alexander Pope: A Lifeby Maynard MackISBN 0393305295 (0-393-30529-5)
Softcover, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
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Winner of the Christian Gauss Award of Phi Beta Kappa and the Robert Kirsch Award of the Los Angeles Times. [via]
Alfred C. Kinsey: A Lifeby James H. JonesISBN 0393327248 (0-393-32724-8)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Alfred C. Kinsey: A Public/Private Lifeby James H. JonesISBN 0393040860 (0-393-04086-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alfred C. Kinsey: A Public/Private Life'Book summary:This astonishing biography of Alfred Kinsey, the man who launched the sexual revolution, is graphically frank about his decidedly out-of-the-mainstream sexual practices (including masochism and voyeurism), yet historian James Jones doesn't exploit the material for titillation. Instead, Jones argues compassionately and persuasively that Kinsey's personal sexual demons sparked his campaign to demolish Victorian taboos about sex by gathering the scientific data eventually published in Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (1948) and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (1953). Jones reveals that the data were hardly as unbiased as Kinsey claimed, but it was world-shaking nonetheless. Alfred C. Kinsey: A Public/Private Life is a magnificent work of cultural history as well as a sensitive study of a troubled individual. [via]
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As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morningby Laurie LeeISBN 0393022331 (0-393-02233-1)
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Benjamin Franklinby Ingri D'Aulaire, Edgar Parin D'AulaireISBN 0385241038 (0-385-24103-8)
Softcover, Random House Children's Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Benjamin Franklin'Book summary:In this outstanding picture book biography, first-time readers will meet one of America's most extraordinary historical figures. Inventor, philosopher, writer, publisher and adviser for the Declaration of Independence, Ben Franklin brought to a new and growing nation his intelligence and wit.
A NCSS-CBC Notable Children's Book in the Field of Social Studies, A Child Study Children's Book Committee: Children's Book of the Year. [via]More editions of Benjamin Franklin:
Berlin Diaries, 1940-1945by Marie VassiltchikovISBN 0394757777 (0-394-75777-7)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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Bernard Shaw: The Lure of Fantasy, 1918-1951by Michael HolroydISBN 0394575547 (0-394-57554-7)
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The Big Bam: The Life and Times of Babe Ruthby Leigh MontvilleISBN 0385514379 (0-385-51437-9)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Bill Peetby Bill PeetISBN 0395509327 (0-395-50932-7)
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The Biographical Dictionary of Filmby David ThomsonISBN 0394581652 (0-394-58165-2)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Bold Dragoon: The Life of J.E.B. Stuartby Emory M. ThomasISBN 0394757750 (0-394-75775-0)
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Bookby Whoopi GoldbergISBN 0380729792 (0-380-72979-2)
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The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friendsby Humphrey CarpenterISBN 0395597692 (0-395-59769-2)
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Cary Grant: The Lonely Heartby Charles Higham, Roy MoseleyISBN 0380710099 (0-380-71009-9)
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Catharine Beecher: A Study in American Domesticityby Kathryn Kish SklarISBN 0393008126 (0-393-00812-6)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Catharine Beecher: A Study in American Domesticity'Book summary:Beecher is famous for a few reasons: she wrote a book called "The American Woman's Home Companion" which revolutionized the way the 19th century thought about women and their place in society. (ever heard of separate spheres? Or domestic goddesses? Thank Beecher). She's also part of the crazy Beecher family, who was involved in just about every major 19th century intellectual movement. And yes, she is the sister of Harriet. A pretty good read, and Sklar did a good job of setting her in a broader context. [via]
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Charlemagne: The Legend and the Manby Harold LambISBN 0385040660 (0-385-04066-0)
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Charlotte Perkins Gilmanby Ann J. LaneISBN 039450559X (0-394-50559-X)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Citizen Cohnby Nicholas Von HoffmanISBN 0385236905 (0-385-23690-5)
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The Civil War and Reconstruction: A Documentary Collectionby William GienappISBN 039397555X (0-393-97555-X)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Civil War and Reconstruction: A Documentary Collection'Book summary:An ample, wide-ranging collection of primary sources, The Civil War and Reconstruction: A Documentary Collection, opens a window onto the political, social, cultural, economic, and military history from 1830 to 1877.
Particular attention is paid to social history; coverage of the experience of African Americans, women, and non-elites provides a well-rounded picture of the period. Substantial selections, careful editing, and helpful annotations make this collection an ideal supplement for your course on the Civil War and Reconstruction. [via]More editions of The Civil War and Reconstruction: A Documentary Collection:
Daniel Webster: The Man and His Timeby Robert V. ReminiISBN 0393045528 (0-393-04552-8)
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Dark Safari: The Life Behind the Legend of Henry Morton Stanleyby John BiermanISBN 0394583426 (0-394-58342-6)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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A Day in the Life : The Music and Artistry of the Beatlesby Mark HertsgaardISBN 0385315171 (0-385-31517-1)
Softcover, Dell Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Day in the Life : The Music and Artistry of the Beatles'Book summary:They are the most popular and accomplished musical artists of this century. But for more than three decades, the secrets behind the Beatles' unparalleled artistic evolution were beyond reach--sealed in a locked room at London's Abbey Road Studios. In this comprehensive and brilliantly rendered book the only "outsider" to gain access to these invaluable musical archives provides a new, fascinating look at the music and artistry of the Beatles, revealing how four untrained musicians merged their collective genius into a single creative force, how they came together to paint pictures with sound...and how album by album, the Beatles transformed the landscape of popular music forever.
Combining literary analysis and investigative reporting with page-turning storytelling and musical explication, author Mark Hertsgaard has written the first serious biography of the music of the Beatles. A Day in the Life takes readers inside the Beatles' creative process as never before, from the first tentative run-throughs in the studio of such classics as "Eleanor Rigby" and "I Want to Hold Your Hand" to the final master tapes.
Here we learn how George Harrison's stirring composition "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" was completely transformed from an achingly meditative acoustic masterpiece to a hard-rocking hit--in forty-four takes. We recall how the fantastic final mix of "Strawberry Fields Forever" opens the door to a psychedelic utopia, but discover it is the haunting solo version that takes us down to the core of John Lennon's disillusioned soul. And only here do we see how the Beatles' audacious ability to reinvent themselves stamped the group's unfolding ingenuity on each album like a fingerprint.
With rare insight, Mark Hertsgaard unlocks the mystery of the century's most dynamic musical collaboration: the competitive and creative partnership of John Lennon and Paul McCartney. A Day in the Life traces the way Lennon and McCartney worked together and paints an intricate picture of the composers as we have never seen them before: Paul, the optimistic foil who made John's ominous fragments whole...John, the natural poet who injected raw sexuality into "I Saw Her Standing There" by making a simple five word change.
Smart, fresh, compulsively readable, A Day in the Life reveals John, Paul, George, and Ringo not as celebrities or cultural icons but as musicians whose work will be remembered as some of the most important art of the twentieth century. [via]More editions of A Day in the Life : The Music and Artistry of the Beatles:
Death of a Rebelby Marc EliotISBN 0385136102 (0-385-13610-2)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Depths of Gloryby Irving StoneISBN 0385120656 (0-385-12065-6)
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The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himselfby Daniel BoorstinISBN 0394726251 (0-394-72625-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself'Book summary:Perhaps the greatest book by one of our greatest historians, The Discoverers is a volume of sweeping range and majestic interpretation. To call it a history of science is an understatement; this is the story of how humankind has come to know the world, however incompletely ("the eternal mystery of the world," Einstein once said, "is its comprehensibility"). Daniel J. Boorstin first describes the liberating concept of time--"the first grand discovery"--and continues through the age of exploration and the advent of the natural and social sciences. The approach is idiosyncratic, with Boorstin lingering over particular figures and accomplishments rather than rushing on to the next set of names and dates. It's also primarily Western, although Boorstin does ask (and answer) several interesting questions: Why didn't the Chinese "discover" Europe and America? Why didn't the Arabs circumnavigate the planet? His thesis about discovery ultimately turns on what he calls "illusions of knowledge." If we think we know something, then we face an obstacle to innovation. The great discoverers, Boorstin shows, dispel the illusions and reveal something new about the world.
Although The Discoverers easily stands on its own, it is technically the first entry in a trilogy that also includes The Creators and The Seekers. An outstanding book--one of the best works of history to be found anywhere. --John J. Miller [via]
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The Discoverersby Daniel Joseph BoorstinISBN 0394256336 (0-394-25633-6)
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The Discoverers Set: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himselfby Daniel J. Boorstin, Clare Boothe LuceISBN 0394402294 (0-394-40229-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Discoverers Set: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself'Book summary:Perhaps the greatest book by one of our greatest historians, The Discoverers is a volume of sweeping range and majestic interpretation. To call it a history of science is an understatement; this is the story of how humankind has come to know the world, however incompletely ("the eternal mystery of the world," Einstein once said, "is its comprehensibility"). Daniel J. Boorstin first describes the liberating concept of time--"the first grand discovery"--and continues through the age of exploration and the advent of the natural and social sciences. The approach is idiosyncratic, with Boorstin lingering over particular figures and accomplishments rather than rushing on to the next set of names and dates. It's also primarily Western, although Boorstin does ask (and answer) several interesting questions: Why didn't the Chinese "discover" Europe and America? Why didn't the Arabs circumnavigate the planet? His thesis about discovery ultimately turns on what he calls "illusions of knowledge." If we think we know something, then we face an obstacle to innovation. The great discoverers, Boorstin shows, dispel the illusions and reveal something new about the world.
Although The Discoverers easily stands on its own, it is technically the first entry in a trilogy that also includes The Creators and The Seekers. An outstanding book--one of the best works of history to be found anywhere. --John J. Miller [via]
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A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Centuryby Barbara W. TuchmanISBN 0394400267 (0-394-40026-7)
Hardcover, Knopf Canada
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century'Book summary:In this sweeping historical narrative, Barbara Tuchman writes of the cataclysmic 14th century, when the energies of medieval Europe were devoted to fighting internecine wars and warding off the plague. Some medieval thinkers viewed these disasters as divine punishment for mortal wrongs; others, more practically, viewed them as opportunities to accumulate wealth and power. One of the latter, whose life informs much of Tuchman's book, was the French nobleman Enguerrand de Coucy, who enjoyed the opulence and elegance of the courtly tradition while ruthlessly exploiting the peasants under his thrall. Tuchman looks into such events as the Hundred Years War, the collapse of the medieval church, and the rise of various heresies, pogroms, and other events that caused medieval Europeans to wonder what they had done to deserve such horrors. [via]
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E. M. Forster: A Biography of the Novelist E. M. Forsterby Nicola BeaumanISBN 0394583817 (0-394-58381-7)
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Eisenhower at War, 1943-1945by Dwight D. EisenhowerISBN 0394412370 (0-394-41237-0)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Epicurean Delight : The Life and Times of James Beardby Evan JonesISBN 039457415X (0-394-57415-X)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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A Fine Old Conflictby Mitford, Jessica, HonISBN 0394726154 (0-394-72615-4)
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Gandhi's Truth: On the Origins of Militant Nonviolenceby Erik H. EriksonISBN 0393310345 (0-393-31034-5)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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George Kennan Memoirs 1925-1950by George F. KennanISBN 0394716248 (0-394-71624-8)
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Grey Is the Color of Hopeby Irina Ratushinskaya, Alyona KojevnikovISBN 0394571401 (0-394-57140-1)
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Henry Clay: Statesman for the Unionby Robert V. ReminiISBN 0393310884 (0-393-31088-4)
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Henry James, Les Annees Dramatiquesby Leon EdelISBN 0380396513 (0-380-39651-3)
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I, Tina: My Life Storyby Tina TurnerISBN 0380700972 (0-380-70097-2)
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Infamous Woman: The Life of George Sandby Joseph Amber BarryISBN 0385068301 (0-385-06830-1)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Invented Lives: F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgeraldby James R. MellowISBN 0395344123 (0-395-34412-3)
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Jack's Life: A Biography of Jack Nicholsonby Patrick McGilliganISBN 0393313786 (0-393-31378-6)
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The Journals of Lewis and Clarkby Meriwether LewisISBN 039508380X (0-395-08380-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Journals of Lewis and Clark'Book summary:[Traditional paperback edition of this title is 680 pages.]
The journals of Lewis and Clark have been called a national treasure. The Corps of Discovery helped to open the Louisiana Purchase to hundreds of thousands of pioneering settlers.
We're proud to bring this recreation of those handwritten texts to a new generation of readers, learners, and historians.
In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson commissioned the Corps of Discovery as a scientific and military expedition to explore the newly acquired Louisiana Purchase. The expedition's goal was stated by Jefferson in a letter dated June 20, 1803, to Lewis: "to explore the Missouri River and such principal stream of it as by its course and communication with the waters of the Pacific Ocean, whether the Columbia, Oregon, Colorado or any other river that may offer the most direct and practicable water communication across this continent for the purpose of commerce".[6] In addition, the expedition was to learn more about the Northwest's natural resources, inhabitants and possibilities for settlement;[7] as well as evaluating the potential interference of British and French Canadian hunters and trappers who were already well established in the area.
Jefferson selected U.S. Army Captain Meriwether Lewishis aide and personal friendto lead the Corps of Discovery. Lewis selected William Clark as his partner. Because of bureaucratic delays in the U.S. Army, Clark officially only held the rank of Second Lieutenant at the time, but Lewis concealed this from the men and shared the leadership of the expedition, always referring to Clark as "Captain".
They began their historic journey on May 14, 1804. They soon met up with Lewis in Saint Charles, Missouri, and the corps followed the Missouri River westward. Soon they passed La Charrette, the last caucasian settlement on the Missouri River. The expedition followed the Missouri through what is now Kansas City, Missouri, and Omaha, Nebraska. On August 20, 1804, the Corps of Discovery suffered its only death when Sergeant Charles Floyd died, apparently from acute appendicitis. He was buried at Floyd's Bluff, in what is now Sioux City, Iowa. During the final week of August, Lewis and Clark had reached the edge of the Great Plains, a place abounding with elk, deer, bison, and beavers.
The expedition continued to follow the Missouri to its headwaters and over the Continental Divide at Lemhi Pass via horses. In canoes, they descended the mountains by the Clearwater River, the Snake River, and the Columbia River, past Celilo Falls and past what is now Portland, Oregon. At this point,[clarification needed] Lewis spotted Mount Hood, a mountain known to be very close to the ocean. On a big pine, Clark carved
Clark had written in his journal, "Ocean in view! O! The Joy!". One journal entry is captioned "Cape Disappointment at the Entrance of the Columbia River into the Great South Sea or Pacific Ocean". By that time the expedition faced its second bitter winter during the trip, so the group decided to vote on whether to camp on the north or south side of the Columbia River. The party agreed to camp on the south side of the river (modern Astoria, Oregon), building Fort Clatsop as their winter quarters. While wintering at the fort, the men prepared for the trip home by boiling salt from the ocean, hunting elk and other wildlife, and interacting with the native tribes.
The explorers began their journey home on March 23, 1806. Lewis and Clark used four dugout canoes they bought from the Native Americans, plus one that they stole in "retaliation" for a previous theft.
Lewis and Clark separated until they reached the confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers on August 11. Clark's team had floated down the rivers in bull boats. Once reunited, the Corps was able to return home quickly via the Missouri River. They reached St. Louis on September 23, 1806. [via]More editions of The Journals of Lewis and Clark:
Jung and the Story of Our Timeby Laurens Van der PostISBN 0394721756 (0-394-72175-6)
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The Last Seven Months of Anne Frankby Willy LindwerISBN 0385423608 (0-385-42360-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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A Life in Secrets: Vera Atkins And the Missing Agents of Wwiiby Sarah HelmISBN 038550845X (0-385-50845-X)
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The Life of Bertrand Russellby Ronald William ClarkISBN 0394490592 (0-394-49059-2)
Hardcover, Knopf
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Lluvia De Oroby Victor VillasenorISBN 0385315163 (0-385-31516-3)
Softcover, Random House Espanol
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lluvia De Oro'Book summary:Rain of Gold, the magical Mexican-American family saga and critically acclaimed bestseller, is now available for Spanish-speaking readers in Lluvia De Oro.
Rain of Gold is the captivating true story of author Victor Villasenor's Mexican-American family heritage and of the people who fled war-torn Mexico at the turn of the century to find a better life in the United States.
This enchanting translation, Lluvia De Oro, reveals the moving story of Villasenor's mother, Lupe, whose family was forced to flee their homeland during the Mexican Revolution, and how despite this hardship, she met and fell in love with the man who would become Villasenor's father.
Lluvia De Orois a telling narrative of Mexico's cultural richness, of a family whose tragedies are endured through the power of mysticism and unconditional love, and of all immigrants: brave people who embrace life with an unwavering spirit. [via]More editions of Lluvia De Oro:
Man of the House: The Life and Political Memoirs of Speaker Tip O'Neill with Novakby O'Neill, Thomas P., Jr., William NovakISBN 0394552016 (0-394-55201-6)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Marcel Proust: A Biographyby George D. PainterISBN 0394725611 (0-394-72561-1)
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Marx for Beginnersby RiusISBN 0394737164 (0-394-73716-4)
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Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biographyby Jean H. BakerISBN 0393305864 (0-393-30586-4)
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Meet George Washingtonby Joan Heilbroner, Stephen MarchesiISBN 0394819659 (0-394-81965-9)
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Montyby Robert LaguardiaISBN 0380495287 (0-380-49528-7)
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Nathaniel Hawthorne in His Timesby James R. MellowISBN 0395321352 (0-395-32135-2)
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The New Grove Mozartby Stanley SadieISBN 0393300846 (0-393-30084-6)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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O'Keeffe and Stieglitz: An American Romanceby Benita EislerISBN 0385261225 (0-385-26122-5)
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One More Timeby Carol BurnettISBN 0380704498 (0-380-70449-8)
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Featuring a new Afterword by the author, about teaming up with her daughter to bring this story to Broadway, One More Time is an intimate, touching, and astonishing narrative of a financially desperate but emotionally rich childhood on the wrong side of Hollywood s tracks.
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One of Us: Richard Nixon and the American Dreamby Tom WickerISBN 0394550668 (0-394-55066-8)
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A Passage to Egypt: The Life of Lucie Duff Gordonby Katherine FrankISBN 0395546885 (0-395-54688-5)
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The Pontiff in Winter: Triumph and Conflict in the Reign of John Paul IIby John CornwellISBN 0385514859 (0-385-51485-9)
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Rabbi Jesus: An Intimate Biographyby Bruce ChiltonISBN 0385497938 (0-385-49793-8)
Softcover, Image Books
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Rabbi Jesus : An Intimate Biography; the Jewish Life and Teaching That Inspired Christianityby Bruce ChiltonISBN 038549792X (0-385-49792-X)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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Rain of Goldby Victor VillasenorISBN 038531177X (0-385-31177-X)
Softcover, Delacorte Pr
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Riders on the Storm: My Life With Jim Morrison and the Doorsby John DensmoreISBN 0385304471 (0-385-30447-1)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Romanovs: Autocrats of All the Russiasby W. Bruce LincolnISBN 0385279086 (0-385-27908-6)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Sailing Alone Around the Worldby Joshua SlocumISBN 0393032779 (0-393-03277-9)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Searching for Bobby Fischer : The Father of a Prodigy Observes the World of Chessby Fred WaitzkinISBN 0394544552 (0-394-54455-2)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Souls on Fire: Portraits and Legends of Hasidic Mastersby Elie WieselISBN 0394464370 (0-394-46437-0)
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Stephen Hawking's Universe: An Introduction to the Most Remarkable Scientist of Our Timeby John BosloughISBN 0380707632 (0-380-70763-2)
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Ted Williams : The Biography of an American Heroby Leigh MontvilleISBN 0385507488 (0-385-50748-8)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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Thomas Hardyby Michael MillgateISBN 0394488024 (0-394-48802-4)
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A Twist of Lennonby Cynthia LennonISBN 0380454505 (0-380-45450-5)
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U2 at the End of the Worldby Bill FlanaganISBN 0385311575 (0-385-31157-5)
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The Unredeemed Captive : A Family Story from Early Americaby John Putnam DemosISBN 0394557824 (0-394-55782-4)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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With William Burroughs: A Report from the Bunkerby William S. Burroughs, Victor BockrisISBN 0394178289 (0-394-17828-9)
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