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    "Dear Friend": Thomas Garrett & William Still : Collaborators on the Underground
    list: $15.99
    by Dutton Books
    Hardcover (01 February, 1997)
    Editorial Review: Judith Bentley tells the story of the American Underground Railroad through the friendship of Thomas Garrett, a white Quaker who operated a section of the railroad, and William Still, a free black man who lived in Philadelphia.
    100 African Americans Who Shaped American History (100 Series)
    list: $7.95 - our price: $7.16
    by Bluewood Books
    Paperback (01 November, 1995)

    100 Scientists Who Shaped World History
    list: $7.95 - our price: $7.16
    by Bluewood Books
    Paperback (01 February, 2000)
    (3 reviews) 3.67 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: This is a good book: This is a good bookYes, George Washington Carver was an accomplished scientist.His work developed 325 products from peanuts,
    100 Women Who Shaped World History (100 Series)
    list: $7.95 - our price: $7.16
    by Bluewood Books
    Paperback (01 April, 1994)
    (3 reviews) 3 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: 100 Women Who Shaped World History: I think this book is a wonderful book to read. It shows how women changed the world history by what they accomplished and how they stand up from their troubles.

    A Day of Pleasure : Stories of a Boy Growing Up in Warsaw
    list: $8.95 - our price: $8.06
    by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
    Paperback (01 May, 1986)
    (1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Grandfather telling stories...: To enjoy listening to stories told by grandfather, you don't necessarily have to be a child! As a matter of fact,
    A Female Focus: Great Women Photographers (Women Then--Women Now)
    list: $9.95
    by Franklin Watts
    Paperback (01 June, 1996)
    (1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: A great book on Female photographers: This book did a good comparison over the past and present female photographers. There was a lot of information given about each photographer,

    A Girl from Yamhill
    list: $10.99 - our price: $8.24
    by HarperTrophy
    Paperback (01 October, 1996)
    (19 reviews) 4.89 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: A terrific autobiography!: Like the other reviewers here, I was addicted to the books of Beverly Cleary when I was child. Mrs. Cleary's books provided me endless hours of enjoyment,
    A Restless Spirit: The Story of Robert Frost
    list: $19.95
    by Henry Holth & Co (J)
    Hardcover (01 November, 1991)

    A Summer Life
    list: $5.50 - our price: $4.95
    by Laurel Leaf
    Paperback (01 August, 1991)
    (3 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: A Little Boy, A Big World: I read Gary Soto's "A Summer Life" while I was writing my first book in order to educate myself in the creation of vibrant,
    Abe Lincoln Grows Up
    list: $8.00 - our price: $7.20
    by Harcourt
    Paperback (09 April, 1975)
    (1 reviews) 4 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: A home-style, family book for everyone: If you enjoy history and want a clean read that will keep you hooked cover to cover than this is the book for you!

    Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution
    list: $9.99 - our price: $8.99
    by Simon Pulse
    Paperback (01 February, 1998)
    (6 reviews) 4.33 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Are you sure it's the 21st Century?: This book really takes you back in time. It is the most interesting biography I read, ever.
    Agatha Christie: Writer of Mystery (Lerner Biographies Series)
    list: $27.93 - our price: $27.93
    by Lerner Publications
    Hardcover (01 April, 1997)
    (1 reviews) 1 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: agatha christie bio: The book is definitely for the young reader. I sent mine back aafter just a few pages and a skim (since I am an old reader!)

    Alex Haley & Malcolm X's the Autobiography of Malcolm X (Bloom's Notes)
    list: $22.95 - our price: $22.95
    by Chelsea House Publications
    Library Binding (01 June, 1996)
    (214 reviews) 4.71 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: A must read for everyone, Black or White. :): I read this book for the first time a year ago and I have to say that it was one of the best reads I have ever had.
    Almost Lost : The True Story of an Anonymous Teenager's Life on the Streets (Avon
    list: $4.99 - our price: $4.99
    Mass Market Paperback (01 June, 1996)
    (22 reviews) 3.45 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: A Story/Therepy Session that will make you cry!!!: This book was absolutely Fantastic! At first, the book was kind of, well, boring.

    Anne Frank: Beyond the Diary : A Photographic Remembrance
    list: $10.99 - our price: $8.79
    by Puffin Books
    Paperback (01 May, 1995)
    (18 reviews) 4.72 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: A very great book.: This book has pictures of Anne Frank and her family. She also writes in her diary about how she feels going in to hiding and wearing a yellow star to show she is Jewish.
    Annie's Baby: The Diary of Anonymous, a Pregnant Teenager
    list: $5.99 - our price: $5.39
    Mass Market Paperback (28 December, 2004)
    (109 reviews) 4.28 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: A completely moving book: In this book Annie, a naive 14 year old, describes her painful realationship with her boyfriend, her unexpected pregnancy,

    At the End of Words: A Daughter's Memoir
    list: $14.00 - our price: $10.50
    by Candlewick Press (MA)
    Hardcover (01 March, 2003)
    (5 reviews) 4.4 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Quick Read: I gave this book 2 stars because I couldn't relate to the book at all. The book didn't really hold my attention and I think that's why I didn't like it.
    Aung San Suu Kyi: Fearless Voice of Burma (Newsmakers Biographies Series)
    list: $27.93 - our price: $27.93
    by Lerner Publications
    Hardcover (01 April, 1997)
    (1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: You know,she is our leader of NLD.: I'm a menber of NLD(Nationnal League for Democracy)liberated area Korea branch.Aung San Suu Kyi,l

    Bad Boy: A Memoir
    list: $6.99 - our price: $6.29
    by Amistad
    Paperback (07 May, 2002)
    (11 reviews) 3.91 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: A good book for teens.: The book Bad Boy by Walter Dean Myers is a memoir of the author's life. Set mostly in Harlem, the book follows Myers' troublesome childhood and the challenges he faced with his family life,
    Bad to the Bone: Fifteen Young Bible Heroes Who Lived Radical Lives for God
    list: $10.99 - our price: $8.24
    by Bethany House Publishers
    Paperback (01 October, 1999)
    (3 reviews) 4.67 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Of interest to a wide range of teenagers.: I teach a Sunday School class for teenagers from ages 13 to 19, which is challenging because it is so hard to find material of interest to a group with such a wide range of ages.

    Barbara Jordan: Getting Things (Biographies)
    list: $24.90 - our price: $24.90
    by Millbrook Press
    Hardcover (01 October, 2000)
    Beatrix Potter: Artist, Storyteller and Countrywomen
    list: $24.95
    by Frederick Warne & Co
    Hardcover (01 March, 1987)

    Belles on Their Toes
    list: $4.99
    by Starfire
    Mass Market Paperback (01 February, 1984)
    (16 reviews) 4.81 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: This book is funnier (if possible) than its prequel!: If you enjoyed Cheaper by the Dozen, reading this book is a must! After Father Gilbreth dies,
    Betsy and the Emperor
    list: $16.95 - our price: $11.53
    by Margaret K. McElderry
    Hardcover (01 October, 2004)

    Beware, Princess Elizabeth: A Young Royals Book
    list: $5.95 - our price: $5.36
    by Gulliver Books Paperbacks
    Paperback (01 September, 2002)
    (44 reviews) 4.61 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: A great historical read for all.: This is a great read for those who love European history. This book tells of Elizabeth, Princess of England,
    Beyond the Myth: The Story of Joan of Arc
    list: $8.95 - our price: $8.06
    by Houghton Mifflin
    Paperback (October, 1999)
    (6 reviews) 4.67 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: I'm young again !: Ms. Brooks concise biography of Joan, marketed toward "young adults," makes me feel sure that I must be young again!

    Bill Gates: Billionaire Computer Genius (People to Know)
    list: $26.60 - our price: $26.60
    by Enslow Publishers
    Library Binding (01 June, 1997)
    (4 reviews) 4 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Very informative and easy to understand: This biography of Bill Gates had a lot of interesting facts about his entire life. It explained how he got started and how his company evolved.
    Billie Holiday the Tragedy and Triumph of Lady Day: The Tragedy and Triumph of Lady
    list: $8.00
    by Franklin Watts
    Paperback (01 August, 1995)

    Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage
    list: $10.00 - our price: $7.50
    by Simon Pulse
    Paperback (01 January, 1997)
    (7 reviews) 3.86 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: What they don't teach in schools: I first came across this book while visiting FoxWoods. It was the cover and topic that caught my eye.T
    Blood on the Forehead: What I Know About Writing
    list: $21.95
    by HarperCollins Publishers
    Hardcover (01 May, 1998)
    (2 reviews) 4 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: More, More, More!: I wish M.E. Kerr hadn't taken her own advice ("Cut! Cut! Cut!") and given us more breadth--I loved what was there,

    Born to Fly
    list: $5.50 - our price: $4.95
    by Yearling
    Paperback (14 October, 2003)
    (22 reviews) 3.82 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Absorbing and Moving: Well, I am a 64-year-old woman whose knowledge of airplanes and the military are scant. Yet I was drawn to this book from viewing interviews with Shane Osborne on TV.
    Boy: Tales of Childhood
    list: $6.99 - our price: $6.29
    by Puffin Books
    Paperback (01 October, 2001)
    (99 reviews) 4.4 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Review of Boy, by toni: In the book boy, which was written by Roald Dahl, school obviously plays an important role in his life and he explains this through important memories from his school life.

    Breaking Through
    list: $6.95 - our price: $6.26
    by Houghton Mifflin
    Paperback (01 October, 2002)
    (3 reviews) 4.67 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Spanish Book Review of Breaking Through: I thought this book was very interesting. It told about the life of a boy who had moved to California from Mexico,
    Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt! (Unforgettable Americans)
    list: $5.99 - our price: $5.39
    by Putnam Publishing Group
    Paperback (01 January, 1997)
    (4 reviews) 4.25 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Where have you gone, Teddy Roosevelt, our nation turns...: Jean Fritz is perhaps best known for her short picture book biographies of Revolutionary War Heroes.

    Carver: A Life in Poems
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    by Front Street
    Hardcover (09 April, 2001)
    (5 reviews) 4.4 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Carver's Life in Sanpshots of Poetry: This biography that won both a Newbery Honor and a Coretta Scott King Honor is an awe inspiring book.
    China's Son : Growing Up in the Cultural Revolution
    list: $8.95 - our price: $8.06
    by Delacorte Books for Young Readers
    Paperback (14 January, 2003)
    (4 reviews) 4.5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: An inspirational, insightful autobiography: China's Sons is the intensely personal account of Da Chen, born in China in 1962, is reviewed here for its importance to many an adult reader as well.

    Chinese Cinderella : The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter (Laurel-Leaf Books)
    list: $5.99 - our price: $5.39
    by Laurel Leaf
    Paperback (13 March, 2001)
    (124 reviews) 4.6 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Adeline and her Chronicle of Courage: Chinese Cinderella, by Adeline Yen Mah is a beautifully written, tragic, and moving true story of an unwanted daughter.
    Cleopatra: Goddess of Egypt, Enemy of Rome
    list: $15.95
    by Harpercollins Childrens Books
    Hardcover (01 November, 1995)
    (4 reviews) 4.75 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Great Historical Book: Cleopatra, a historical fiction book written by Polly Schoyer Brooks tells the story of how the beautiful,

    Commander in Chief: Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War
    list: $14.99 - our price: $10.19
    by Dutton Books
    Paperback (01 January, 2003)
    (1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: The Human Side of Lincoln: For the first time, I came to know Lincoln not as an iconified hero, but as a funny, direct, engaging and committed human being as I read this book.
    Cool Careers for Girls With Animals (Cool Careers for Girls Series)
    list: $12.95
    by Impact Publications
    Paperback (01 April, 1999)
    (2 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: A great book: This is a great book! I've always wanted to work with animals and I wanted to explore some of the options. This book really helped show me what is out there!

    Crazy Horse: War Chief of the Oglala Sioux (American Indian Experience)
    list: $24.00
    by Franklin Watts
    School & Library Binding (01 April, 1996)
    Dolley Madison: Courageous First Lady (Historical American Biographies)
    list: $26.60 - our price: $26.60
    by Enslow Publishers
    Library Binding (01 January, 1999)
    (1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: An enjoyable and accurate biography of this fascinating lady: I was fortunate to be one of the readers for this book before it was published.

    Doomed Queen Anne: A Young Royals Book
    list: $17.00 - our price: $11.90
    by Gulliver Books
    Hardcover (01 October, 2002)
    (17 reviews) 4.76 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: A wonderful addition to the Young Royals: This has to be my favorite book in the Young Royals, they keep getting better each time.
    Dove
    list: $13.00 - our price: $9.75
    by Perennial
    Paperback (27 March, 1991)
    (57 reviews) 4.32 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Intangible Wealth Found at Journey's End: Lately I've been reading books about great sea adventures, some of which for the second or third time.

    Dr. Fisher's Life on the Ark: Green Alligators, Bushman, and Other "Hare-Raising"
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    by Racom Communication
    Hardcover (June, 2004)
    (2 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: A delightful memoir of a life with animals: For anyone who loves animals, remembers "Zoo Parade" broadcasts from the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago,
    Dropping in with Andy Mac : The Life of a Pro Skateboarder
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    by Simon Spotlight Entertainment
    Paperback (01 May, 2003)

    East Side Dreams
    list: $13.95 - our price: $13.95
    by Dream House Press
    Paperback (01 July, 1999)
    (7 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: East Side Dreams: Voice of Youth Advocates Magazine October 2002 VOYAGrowing up in San Jose, California, Arturo Rodriguez and his brothers and sister endured an abusive father,
    Edgar Allen Poe
    list: $31.90 - our price: $31.90
    by 21st Century Books
    Hardcover (05 August, 2003)

    Encyclopedia of Artists
    list: $199.00 - our price: $199.00
    by Oxford University Press
    Hardcover (01 November, 2000)
    Enrique Iglesias : An Unauthorized Biography
    list: $4.99 - our price: $4.99
    by St. Martin's Paperbacks
    Paperback (15 March, 2000)
    (4 reviews) 4.25 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Great Book: The book was very insightful into Enrique's life. The early chapters of his life, with his mother and father, give a small explanation as to why Enrique is the way he is today.

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