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Running with Scissors

Author: Augusten Burroughs
Published: 2006-09-01
book: 288 pages
ISBN:0312355645
ISBN:9780312355647
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Subject: Biography & Autobiography

A #1 "New York Times" bestseller--the true story of a boy whose mother gave him away to be raised by her unorthodox psychiatrist--Burroughs's memoir is now a ...

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Plutarch's Lives

Author: Plutarch
Published: 1905
book: book
ISBN:0312355645
ISBN:9780312355647
Publisher: null
Subject: Biography

PLUTARCH'S LIVES. §••• THE LIFE OF NICIAS. WE have pitched upon Crassus as a proper person to be put in parallel with Nicias; and the misfortunes which ...

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A Child's Christmas in Wales

Author: Dylan Thomas
Published: 2003
book: 32 pages
ISBN:0811215601
ISBN:9780811215602
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Subject: Drama

A Welsh poet recalls the celebration of Christmas in Wales and the feelings it evoked in him as a child.

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The collected works of G.K. Chesterton

Author: Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Published: 1988
book: 341 pages
ISBN:0898701996
ISBN:9780898701999
Publisher: Ignatius Pr
Subject: Biography & Autobiography

GENERAL EDITORS' INTRODUCTION In November of 1936, critic Sidney Dark wrote, " Perhaps the happiest thing that happened in Gilbert Chesterton's ...

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A picture book of Amelia Earhart

Author: David A. Adler
Published: 1998-02-01
book: 32 pages
ISBN:0823413152
ISBN:9780823413157
Publisher: null
Subject: Juvenile Fiction

A colorful picture book follows the life of aviator Amelia Earhart who became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and mysteriously disappeared ...

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Medieval People

Author: Eileen Edna Power
Published: 2000
book: 256 pages
ISBN:0486414353
ISBN:9780486414355
Publisher: Dover Pubns
Subject: History

Classic study recreates the lives of 6 ordinary people who lived between the 9th and 16th centuries: a peasant on a country estate in Charlemagne's time, a ...

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The Life of John Marshall

Author: Albert Jeremiah Beveridge
Published: 2002
book: 720 pages
ISBN:1587980509
ISBN:9781587980503
Publisher: Beard Books Inc
Subject: Biography & Autobiography

THE LIFE OF JOHN MARSHALL CHAPTER I THE PERIOD OF AMERICANIZATION Great Britain is fighting our battles and the battles of mankind, and France is combating ...

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Unbowed

Author: Wangarĭ Maathai
Published: 2007
book: 326 pages
ISBN:0307275205
ISBN:9780307275202
Publisher: Anchor
Subject: Biography & Autobiography

The recipient of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize describes her life as a feminist, political activist, and environmentalist in Kenya, detailing her determination to ...

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The Other Side of the Sky

Author: Farah Ahmedi
Published: 2006-06-20
book: 256 pages
ISBN:141691837X
ISBN:9781416918370
Publisher: Simon Spotlight Entertainment
Subject: Biography & Autobiography

An inspirational memoir of the teenage author's struggles to survive her youth in war-torn Kabul describes her witness to brutal conflicts between the ...

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The Prison Angel

Author: Mary Jordan
Published: 2006-05-30
book: 237 pages
ISBN:014303717X
ISBN:9780143037170
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Subject: Religion

Traces the story of Mary Clarke, describing her choice to leave her comfortable home for a spiritual life among drug lords and inmates in one of Mexico's most ...

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Nature writings

Author: John Muir
Published: 1997
book: 888 pages
ISBN:1883011248
ISBN:9781883011246
Publisher: Library of America
Subject: Nature

The library of America is dedicated to publishing America's best and most significant writing in handsome, enduring volumes, featuring authoritative texts.

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Wildflower

Author: Mark Seal
Published: 2010
book: 272 pages
ISBN:0812979095
ISBN:9780812979091
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Subject: Biography & Autobiography

"Vanity Fair" contributing editor Seal tells the mesmerizing story of the captivating life and shocking death of world-renowned naturalist Joan Root.

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Jackie, Ethel, Joan

Author: J. Randy Taraborrelli
Published: 2000-10-01
book: 752 pages
ISBN:0446609129
ISBN:9780446609128
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Subject: Biography & Autobiography

The author of Sinatra: A Complete Life offers a fascinating portrait of three famous Kennedy wives--Jacqueline Bouvier, Ethel Skakel, and Joan Bennett--their ...

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The 100

Author: Michael H. Hart
Published: 1992-01-01
book: 556 pages
ISBN:0806513500
ISBN:9780806513508
Publisher: Citadel Pr
Subject: Biography & Autobiography

A list of the one hundred most influential people in history features descriptions of the careers, contributions, and accomplishments of the political and ...

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Brave companions

Author: David McCullough
Published: 1992-11-01
book: 256 pages
ISBN:0671792768
ISBN:9780671792763
Publisher: Pocket Books
Subject: Biography & Autobiography

A collection of portraits of men and women who changed history includes discussions of Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederic Remington, Louis Agassiz, Charles and ...

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The legacy of Luna

Author: Julia Butterfly Hill
Published: 2000
book: 256 pages
ISBN:0062516590
ISBN:9780062516596
Publisher: HarperOne
Subject: Biography & Autobiography

The author recounts the events of the two years she spent living in the branches of a thousand-year-old redwood tree to protest clear-cutting of the Headwaters ...

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Civilization of the Middle Ages

Author: Norman F. Cantor
Published: 1994-06-09
book: 604 pages
ISBN:0060925531
ISBN:9780060925536
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Subject: History

Surveys the history of the Middle Ages, describes the most influential political and social forces, and looks at everyday life

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Prison Writings

Author: Leonard Peltier
Published: 2000-05-23
book: 272 pages
ISBN:0312263805
ISBN:9780312263805
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Subject: Biography & Autobiography

I pray this book will bring Leonard home.

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Men and Women of the Eighteenth Century

Author: Arsène Houssaye
Published: 1857
book: book
ISBN:0312263805
ISBN:9780312263805
Publisher: null
Subject: null

INTRODUCTION. AN ancient sage has represented human reason under the form of an adventuress in rags resting in the evening upon ruins. ...

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Les cotillons célèbres

Author: Emile Gaboriau
Published: 1861
book: book
ISBN:0312263805
ISBN:9780312263805
Publisher: null
Subject: Women

LES COTILLONS CÉLÈBRES EMILE GABORIAU PARIS E. DE1NTU, ÉDITEUR LIBRAIRE DE LA SOCIÉTÉ DES GENS DE LETTRES PALAIS-ROYAL, GALERIE D'ORLÉANS, ...

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