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|  | Becoming Mae West by Emily Wortis Leider
This first intensive biography of Mae West focuses on the creative, dynamic, sexually adventurous young woman who took control of her own performances--from the vaudeville days to her legitimate stage career to her box office successes as a Hollywood star. It is also a window on the history of American urban entertainment, especially its love-hate relationship with sex. AUTHOR: Emily Wortis Leider
PUBLISHER: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Confederate Girl by Ann Todd, Carrie Berry, Christy Steele, Suzanne L. Bunkers
Description not available.Offers excerpts from the diary of Carrie Berry, describing her family's life in the Confederate south in 1864, with sidebars, activities, and a timeline of the era. AUTHOR: Ann Todd, Carrie Berry, Christy Steele, Suzanne L. Bunkers
PUBLISHER: Capstone Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | The Christian Scientists by Jean K. Williams
In 1870, Mary Baker Eddy began teaching about the spiritual principles by which she experienced a healing of various lifelong ailments. By her death in 1910, the church had 85,000 members, and today there are churches in fifty countries. Society has criticized the church since its start, particularly because healing requires absolute faith in God and a rejection of modern medical procedures. But Christian Science belief encompasses far more than just healing; it is based on a Divine Principle , as described in Eddy`s central book, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, which discusses a set of spiritual rules that guides Christian Scientists in all aspects of their lives. AUTHOR: Jean K. Williams
PUBLISHER: Scholastic Library Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Hungry Ocean by Linda Greenlaw
Linda Greenlaw, one of the few female swordfishing captains on duty, provides the details of one memorable event searching for fish in the waters off Newfoundland. Unlike so many other accounts that tell of disasters at sea, THE HUNGRY OCEAN provides an informative look at the typical routine of a successful fishing voyage. AUTHOR: Linda Greenlaw
PUBLISHER: Hyperion Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Dispatches from the Muckdog Gazette by Bill Kauffman
Kauffman describes his move back to his hometown of Batavia, New York, from Washington, D.C., and the social biology of hometown living, with humorous depictions of local quirks and a 20-year reunion. A personal history of Batavia, DISPATCHES FROM THE MUCKDOG GAZETTE shows a real town with real problems. AUTHOR: Bill Kauffman
PUBLISHER: Holt, Henry & Company, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | On Pilgrimage
On Pilgrimage gathers diary entries written by Dorothy Day in 1948 that intimately reveal both Day's spiritual life and the personal ideals that guided her tenacious pursuit of social justice. When Dorothy Day sat down to record her thoughts in diary form, she wrote not only as the leader of the Catholic Worker movement but also as a mother, a grandmother, and a deeply religious woman concerned for even the mundane facets of life. But whether describing day-to-day happenings or the writings of the saints, Day's reflections return to her abiding theme -- the call to personal and public transformation. Her diary entries touch on numerous social and moral concerns still vital in our day: the disenfranchised poor, the benefits of meaningful work, the significance of family, the dangers of secularization, the decline of moral standards, and the importance of faith.
CATEGORY: Biographies
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