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50 Heroes Every Kid Shld Meet
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by Millbrook Press
Hardcover (01 March, 2001)
(12 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: A Collection of Real Heroes: In a timeof Homer Simpson and Sponge Bob it is so refreshing to have a source of real heroes for school age children and adults alike.
52 McGs. : The Best Obituaries from Legendary New York Times Reporter Robert McG.
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by Scribner
Hardcover (23 October, 2001)
(8 reviews) 4.75 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: eclectic and witty: This was given to me as a present. I had never heard of the book before, and indeed, when I told people about it,

A 20th Century Apostle
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by Morningstar Publications (NC)
Paperback (April, 2004)
A Boy I Once Knew: What a Teacher Learned from Her Student
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by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Hardcover (01 May, 2002)
(12 reviews) 3.67 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: author biographical: While I really enjoyed "A boy i once knew" I wish it was more about the boy. The novel does follow the live of Vincent and his diaries but it lacks a true sense of who he was.

A Fine White Dust
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by Recorded Books
Audio Cassette (01 December, 1997)
(6 reviews) 3.5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: A Fine White Dust: A Fine White Dust is about a boy named Pete who is afraid to going into hell.He meets this guy whom he thinks is a crimnal but it turns out that he is a preacher.T
A reference guide to miniature makers marks
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by Alice and Lee Frank
Hardcover (1996)

A to Z of American Women Leaders and Activists (A to Z of Women)
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by Facts on File
Hardcover (01 June, 2002)
A Wanderer in the Perfect City: Selected Passion Pieces
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by Ruminator Books
Paperback (01 November, 1998)
(2 reviews) 4.5 out of 5 stars
Editorial Review: A few months ago, a friend I was talking with began to tell me about a friend of his named Gary Isaacs, who was working at the downtown headquarters of one of the city's top investment houses as an executive in the division monitoring the savings-and-loan crisis.

A World of Ideas : The Dictionary of Important Ideas and Thinkers
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by Ballantine Books
Paperback (31 October, 2000)
(10 reviews) 4.6 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Excellent Reference For Armchair Philosophers: If you're an avid reader of philosophy, history, psychology, science, or even just the New York Times,
Accardo: The Genuine Godfather
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by Ivy Books
Paperback (01 September, 1996)
(21 reviews) 3.43 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Tony Accardo was the real "Godfather": I grew up in the Chicago area, and I would hear Tony Accardo's name in the news from time to time,

African-American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 1865-1945
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by Routledge
Hardcover (01 February, 2004)
After the Revolution: Profiles of Early American Culture
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by W. W. Norton & Company
Paperback (01 June, 1981)
(1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: An American Revolution Review: Ellis presents the American Revolution in six "bite size" stories. This structure allows the reader to enjoy American History without wadding through hundreds of pages of text.

Alamo Defenders: A Genealogy : The People and Their Words
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by Eakin Press
Paperback (01 September, 1990)
Alaska's Women Pilots: Contemporary Portraits
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by Utah State University Press
Paperback (01 September, 2004)

American Inventors, Entrepreneurs, and Business Visionaries (American Biographies
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by Facts on File
Hardcover (01 July, 2002)
An American Journey: Over 30 Years on the Road to Memories, Music & Legend
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by New Leaf Press (AR)
Hardcover (October, 2004)

Ana Mendieta: A Book of Works
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by Grassfield Pr
Hardcover (01 November, 1993)
And So I Sing : African American Divas Of Opera and Concert
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by Amistad
Paperback (01 July, 1993)
(1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: A must read for all singers!: This is a great book that tells the story of the African - American experience in the world of opera.

Andrew Carnegie
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by University of Pittsburgh Press
Paperback (01 July, 1989)
(5 reviews) 4.6 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Excellent Read!!!: This book is finest, most comprehensive, and exciting biography ever written about Carnegie. No Carnegie biography,
Andy Warhol: Time Capsule 21
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by Dumont
Hardcover (15 March, 2004)
(1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Boxing: Ok, we all know Andy Warhol kept everything, but how boring is that? Not so boring at all, as it turns out. Maybe the Warhol Museum picked the best time-capsule box,

Autobiography
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by North Books
Hardcover (01 January, 1998)
(40 reviews) 4.12 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Franklin's life as the prototype of the American character: The prevailing conception of the American character found its apotheosis in the persona of Benjamin Franklin.
Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes
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by Little, Brown
Hardcover (September, 2000)
(4 reviews) 3.5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: a thousand good quick reads: I enjoyed this book throughly! It's an excellent resource for speech writing or for creating your own personal fables (to be passed on through conversation and lessons).

Baseball Players of the 1950s: A Biographical Dictionary of All 1,560 Major Leaguer
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by McFarland & Company
Hardcover (01 December, 2003)
(2 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: HOME RUN: Over 150 years ago, John James Audubon published his classic book, "The Birds of America". In it, he cataloged the feathered creatures inhabiting the United States by painting exquisite portraits of every species of wild fowl he could find.
Benjamin Franklin : An American Life
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by Simon & Schuster
Paperback (April, 2004)
(98 reviews) 4.39 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: This the best bio of BF out there: I'm giving Walter Isaacson's biography five stars for its fairness, its comprehensiveness, accuracy,

Beyond The Red Carpet: Keys To Becoming A Successful Personal Assistant
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by Authorhouse
Paperback (30 September, 2004)
Biographical Dictionary of Modern World Leaders: 1992 To the Present (Facts on File
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by Facts on File
Hardcover (01 August, 2003)

Book Business: Publishing Past, Present, and Future
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by W.W. Norton & Company
Paperback (15 January, 2002)
(19 reviews) 4 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: This is a memoir, not an analysis: Jason Epstein has worked with many of the best writers of the twentieth century. He has helped revolutionize the American book market by introducing the quality trade paperback,
Boswell's London Journal, 1762-1763
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by Yale University Press
Paperback (10 May, 2004)
(5 reviews) 4.8 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Where's the video?: Tired of all those solemn "memoirs" and "remembrances" that are on the library shelves? Well, this one will knock your socks off!I

Burke's Peerage and Baronetage (2 Volume Set)
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by Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers
Hardcover (01 April, 1999)
(2 reviews) 4.5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: history: Few books have caused such anxiety as this one. It brands some people as socially unworthy (basically, if you're not in it!)
Chambers Biographical Dictionary (Larousse Biographical Dictionary)
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by Larousse Kingfisher Chambers
Hardcover (01 October, 1997)
(1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: One of the best: My girlfriend is a history major and she always has this book open on her desk. I picked it up one day, just to browse,

Classical Composers: A Guide to the Lives and Works of the Great Composers from the Medieval,
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by Southwater Publishing
Paperback (September, 2002)
Clive Barker: The Dark Fantastic
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by HarperCollins Publishers
Hardcover (23 July, 2002)
(2 reviews) 4 out of 5 stars
Editorial Review: Douglas E. Winter, author of Stephen King: The Art of Darkness and editor of two major dark-fiction anthologies (Prime Evil and Revelations), may be the reigning expert on modern horror. If his book Clive Barker: The Dark Fantastic is not the definitive biography of that polymathic author-playwright-auteur,

Cobb: A Biography
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by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Hardcover (01 October, 1994)
(26 reviews) 4.73 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Cobb the legend: Was Tyrus Cobb as good as you imagined? Better.Did Tyrus Cobb innovate the game? Absolutely.Did a worse human being play the game?
Combat! A Viewer's Companion to the WWII TV Series (revised)
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by Strange New Worlds
Paperback (18 August, 2002)
(5 reviews) 4.8 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Combat, must read: Each time I sit down to watch an episode I read about it before hand in the guide book, and then check it off.

Complete Book of U.S. Presidents : From George Washington to George W. Bush
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by Gramercy
Hardcover (06 April, 1997)
(23 reviews) 4.7 out of 5 stars
Editorial Review: This is the consummate guide to the political and personal lives of every U. S. president through Bill Clinton. Arranged chronologically, The Complete Book of U.S. Presidents elaborates not only on the major accomplishments and events of their terms,
Computer Vision
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by Prentice Hall
Hardcover (23 January, 2001)
(3 reviews) 3.67 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Best Intro. Text I've Used: This text is excellent as the basis for an introduction to CV, it treats a wide variety of topics in a clear and accessible manner.

Contemporary American Ethnic Poets : Lives, Works, Sources
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by Greenwood Press
Hardcover (30 April, 2004)
Criminal Justice Pioneers in U.S. History
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by Allyn & Bacon
Paperback (17 October, 2003)

Current Biography Yearbook 2002 (Current Biography Yearbook)
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by H. W. Wilson
Hardcover (01 January, 2003)
(1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: A cross-section of the best and the brightest of 2002: Current Biography Yearbook 2002 With Index 2001-2002 is a solid collection of biographical sketches of notable people from all walks of life,
Current Biography Yearbook 2003 (Current Biography Yearbook)
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by Hw Wilson Co
Hardcover (01 January, 2004)
(1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Priceless: I remember when I found it [Current Biography Yearbook 2003]--in a dimly lighted place near the black, oily river where the mists always swirl.

Dancing With Gis: A Red Cross Club Worker In India Wwii
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by Warren Publishing (NC)
Paperback (24 June, 2004)
DAUGHTERS OF THE EARTH
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by Simon & Schuster
Paperback (01 December, 1995)
(3 reviews) 3.67 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Offensive: Daughters of the Earth is one of the most offensive books I have ever read about Native American women. More than anything,

Den of Lions : A Startling Memoir of Survival and Triumph
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by Ballantine Books
Paperback (01 March, 1995)
(8 reviews) 4.75 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: A lot of time to think: Mr. Anderson's book is a lesson on how to maintain sainity in the most horrible situations you could every be in;
Desktop Encyclopedia of Telecommunications (Telecommunications)
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by McGraw-Hill Professional
Paperback (26 March, 2002)
(4 reviews) 4.75 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: This book helped me to stay current.: There are so many Telcomm terms and there are more every year. It's always good to have a easy-to-read technical reference book like this one.

Dialogues in Swing: Intimate Conversations With the Stars of the Big Band Era
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by Pathfinder Publishing of California
Paperback (01 June, 1989)
(1 reviews) 4 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Gotta love it.: If you love big band music [like I do], then you gotta buy this book. "Dialogues in Swing; Intimate Conversations with the Stars of the Big Band Era."
Doctors and Discoveries: Lives That Created Today's Medicine
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by Houghton Mifflin
Hardcover (10 May, 2002)
(3 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: How today's health practitioners work: Centuries of research and medical insights have contributed to the fundamental principles of today's medical and research practices: Doctors &

Drug Lord, the Life and Death of a Mexican Kingpin
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by Demand Publications
Paperback (23 February, 1998)
(13 reviews) 4.38 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Note worthy book: I felt like I was reading fiction, it is hard to belive this is real life for these people. Mexican drug lord,
Encyclopedia of Hollywood Film Actors, Vol. 1: From the Silent Era to 1965
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by Applause Books
Hardcover (April, 2003)
(1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Best of All!: Barry Monush's "Encyclopedia of Hollywood Film Actors" is the best volume of its type. Other guides to performers tend either to be mean spirited or incomplete.

Enforcer
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by Ivy Books
Paperback (01 April, 1995)
(28 reviews) 3.21 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: FLAWED BUT NOT A BAD EFFORT: I couldn`t wait to start reading the true account of the classic movie CASINO and all the major events from the film are here,
Explorers & Discoverers 1 V2
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Hardcover (November, 1994)

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