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|  | I Love You Ronnie by Nancy Reagan, Ronald Reagan
These letters, from several decades, show the private side of a public man, and testify to the enduring love of Ronald Reagan for his beloved wife Nancy. AUTHOR: Nancy Reagan, Ronald Reagan
PUBLISHER: Random House Large Print
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Dream Reaper by Craig Canine
In this saga, the author takes us through the struggles of two cousins as they attempt to raise capital, obtain patents, solve technical gliches, and court corporate suitors. We see how an industry in which hundreds of small manufacturers once thrived is now dominated by a handful of giant corporate players and how economic forces that grind down the modern farmer sometimes inspire brilliant new inventions. AUTHOR: Craig Canine
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Lost Lennon Interviews by Geoffrey Giuliano
This extraordinary book offers new insights into the timeless and troubled hero that was John Lennon. Features rare, exclusive interviews with Lennon, the other Bealtes and Yoko Ono. Also interviewed are members of John Lennons family, many of whom have never spoken publicly before. This book contains one of the last ever interviews John Lennon gave, 3 days before his murder in 1980. AUTHOR: Geoffrey Giuliano
PUBLISHER: Adams Media Corporation
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | For Freedom's Sake by Chana Kai Lee
This intimate biography provides the first full account of 1960s civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer, born among the ruralest of the ruralest and the poorest of the poorest in Jim Crow, Mississippi. 12 photos. AUTHOR: Chana Kai Lee
PUBLISHER: University of Illinois Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | But They Can't Beat Us by Randy Roberts, Indiana Historical Society Staff
The 1986 film Hoosiers, based on the true story of tiny Milan High School`s 1954 state basketball championship, trafficked in familiar indiana images -- a backboard and a hoop erected on a pole between a house and a field and a solitary boy arching a basketball against a backdrop of corn, soybeans, and the monotony of the rural Midwest. But in the 1950s another Hoosiers myth was taking shape, one in which urban, poor, black kids came together at Indianapolis`s Crispus Attucks High School and overcame greater obstacles and achieved even more than Milan. Led by a talented group of players that included Oscar Robertson and coached by the young and talented Ray Crowe, the Crispus Attucks Tigers won the state championship the next two years in a row, 1955 and 1956. In the first of those years it became the first all-black school to win a championship, and in the second it became the first undefeated state champion. Attucks also was the first Indianapolis team to win the state tournament, a result that brought about mixed emotions among many in the state capital. According to award-winning sports historian Randy Roberts, Attucks helped define and enshrine the Hoosiers myth by being its negation . An inspiring story that brings together joy, race, and achievement during a critical time in America, the chronicle of Crispus Attucks justifies the Indiana belief that basketball is just about the most important thing there is. AUTHOR: Randy Roberts, Indiana Historical Society Staff
PUBLISHER: Sports Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Find Me by Rosie O'Donnell
When O'Donnell, the winner of multiple Emmys for her beloved talk-show, contacts a pregnant teen to help her through her ordeal, the experience touches deep-seated personal memories. In this memoir, O'Donnell chronicles the emotional drama. AUTHOR: Rosie O'Donnell
PUBLISHER: Warner Books, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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