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|  | Bebop by Scott Yanow
Part of the Essential Listening series, this guide contains hundreds of profiles of bebop musicians and artists, along with ratings and recommendations of more than 1600 recordings. AUTHOR: Scott Yanow
PUBLISHER: Backbeat Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | The Millionaire Next Door by Cotter Smith, Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danke, William D. Danko
Thomas J. Stanley destroys the myth that the majority of wealthy Americans have gained their fortunes through inheritance or lottery winnings. Instead, Stanley shows how hard work, savings, and smart investing have brought true financial success to average Americans. AUTHOR: Cotter Smith, Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danke, William D. Danko
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Audio
FORMAT: Audio
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Richard Wright by Hazel Rowley
This biography of Richard Wright reveals more about him than he himself revealed in his autobiographical BLACK BOY, including the roots of his anger with the white world and the sometimes conflicting messages in his books. AUTHOR: Hazel Rowley
PUBLISHER: Holt, Henry & Company, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Fredy Neptune by Les Murray
A verse novel, in five sections, about Fred Boettcher, who leaves his native Australia in the 1920s. He travels the world, is touched by many of the major events of history (including Prohibition, the Great Depression, and the war). He contracts leprosy, is cured, and becomes mysteriously strong and unable to feel pain. Finally, he returns home, haunted and made wiser by what he has seen and experienced. A New York Times Notable Book in 1999. AUTHOR: Les Murray
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Hirohito & the Making of Modern Japan by Herbert Bix
This biography of the emperor of Japan examines his formative years and how they shaped his character, his deft grasp of both the imperial system and modernity, his wielding of power and influence within his country, and that country's conflicts with major powers such as China and the United States. Winner of the 2001 National Book Critics Circle Award for biography and a 2001 Pulitzer Prize. AUTHOR: Herbert Bix
PUBLISHER: HarperTrade
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | The Wild Blue by Jeffrey DeMunn, Stephen E. Ambrose
Historian Ambrose evokes what it was like to be in a B-24 as pilot, gunner, bombardier, or navigator, as these planes flew missions over German territory during World War II. He chronicles their training and assesses their contribution to the Allied victory--which was often at great cost to these freedom-loving men who made a difference. Much of the book focuses on pilot George S. McGovern, who was later to be the 1972 Democratic presidential candidate. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001. AUTHOR: Jeffrey DeMunn, Stephen E. Ambrose
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Audio
FORMAT: Audio
CATEGORY: Biographies
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