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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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 | Clara Barton
Description not available.An introduction to the life of the nurse who served on the battlefields of the Civil War and later founded the American Red Cross.
PUBLISHER: Scholastic Library Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Harriet Tubman by Nancy J. Nielsen
Description not available.A biography of the African American woman best known for her work with the Underground Railroad, describing her childhood as a slave, her escape to the North, her assistance to the Union cause during the Civil War, and her accomplishments during the Recon AUTHOR: Nancy J. Nielsen
PUBLISHER: Capstone Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Paper Shadows by Wayson Choy
A Chinese-Canadian novelist looks back on his childhood in Vancouver. AUTHOR: Wayson Choy
PUBLISHER: Picador
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Slave Narratives by Henry Louis Gates, William L. Andrews
This collection of slave narratives includes selections from Nat Turner, Sojourner Truth and James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw. AUTHOR: Henry Louis Gates, William L. Andrews
PUBLISHER: Library of America, The
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Philip of Spain by Henry Kamen
A biography of the 16th-century Spanish king. Philip II was one of the greatest figures of Spanish history: a staunch Catholic who brought the weight of his office to bear against the northern Protestants, a patron of the arts, a master diplomat, and a soldier who conquered Holland and tried to invade Britain when their alliance collapsed. Kamen provides an exhaustively researched account of Philip`s life, the first new biography of him in over 20 years. AUTHOR: Henry Kamen
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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