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|  | Close up on Sunset Boulevard by Elizabeth Beier, Sam Staggs
Everything there is to know about one of Hollywood's most scandalous and brilliant pictures makes its way into the pages of obsessed fan Sam Staggs's book. Famous for many reasons, SUNSET BOULEVARD probably ruined, restored, resurrected, and reinvigorated more careers than any other movie. With a history like that, there are a lot of stories, each of which Staggs manages to track down, from the well-known rants of outraged mogul Louis B. Mayer to the tossed-off caustics of director Billy Wilder. Text accompanied by 16 b&w photographs. AUTHOR: Elizabeth Beier, Sam Staggs
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Andrew Carnegie
With engaging text and historical photographs and illustrations, each title in this new series is a biography of a well-known person who has contributed to the economic and cultural growth of a town, city, or region. In each biography, the local and national -- and sometimes global -- impact of the subject's life is included. Sidebars with related Internet sites, organizations, and books for further information, as well as an activity page, enhance the series theme that hard work, dedication, generosity, and empathy can have lasting benefits.
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | How It Was with Dooms by Xan Hopcraft
A remarkable portrait of a wild cheetah and the human family he chose to live with, documented with stunning photographs When Dooms, a cheetah cub, was three or four weeks old, he came to live with the Hopcrafts on their game ranch in Kenya. From the time Xan Hopcraft, now twelve years old, could remember, Dooms was a much-loved member of the family. He died when Xan was seven. To ease their sorrow, Xan's mother, Carol, suggested they put together a scrapbook of her photos and Xan's drawings and tell the story of Dooms. Xan spoke into a tape recorder and Carol typed the story. Xan's simple, direct text gives a rich sense of Dooms's life, as a tiny cub living first in the house for safety, and thereafter as a free wild cheetah who chose never to leave the Hopcraft family. Finally, Xan tells of the shock and grief of Dooms's death. Together with Carol's family photographs, this book creates a memorable picture of a beautiful animal and his remarkable acceptance of humans. Dooms lives in these pages, and all who look and read will be deeply moved by this unique record. AUTHOR: Xan Hopcraft
PUBLISHER: McElderry, Margaret K. Books
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Mein Kampf by Adolph Hitler, James Murphy, Konrad Heiden, Ralph Manheim
Description not available.Although this monumental book was first ignored, it was a significant warning to the world for it contained an outline of Hitler's plans for his rise to power AUTHOR: Adolph Hitler, James Murphy, Konrad Heiden, Ralph Manheim
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company Trade & Reference Division
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Sally Wister's Journal by Albert C. Myers, Sally Wister
In 1775, the British invaded Philadelphia. Sally Wister, a sixteen-year-old girl, was sent to the countryside to avoid harm. During her time there, in order to keep a friend up-to-date, she kept a journal. This lively diary has not been available to the book-buying public in nearly a hundred years, but it is a vital and delightful historical record of a young girl`s life during a perilous and all-important time in American history. AUTHOR: Albert C. Myers, Sally Wister
PUBLISHER: Applewood Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Highlanders by Fitzroy Maclean
Unmatched in its romantic resonance, Scotland's remote landscape offers tales of courage and savagery, of loyalty and treachery--legends set against a panorama of wild beauty. This illustrated celebration of the history of the Scottish Highlands and clans is also ties into a PBS documentary narrated by Sean Connery. Illustrations, 30 in color. AUTHOR: Fitzroy Maclean
PUBLISHER: Studio Books
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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