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|  | Hurricane by James S. Hirsch
This authorized biography of Rubin Hurricane Carter, who was imprisoned in the mid-'60s for murdering three men in a bar, chronicles his life as an aspiring boxer and his long and difficult years in prison, as well as the efforts by others to bring his case before the public and back to the courts. Carter's conviction was eventually overturned and his story is told in the film THE HURRICANE, which stars Denzel Washington. AUTHOR: James S. Hirsch
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company Trade & Reference Division
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | You Can't Win by Jack Black
Our lost history is revived in this legendary book, which was a bestseller in 1926 and has hovered at the edge of our memory ever since. The favorite book of William Burroughs, it is a journey into the hobo underworld, through freight hopping around the still-Wild West, becoming a highwayman and member of the yegg (criminal) brotherhood, getting hooked on opium, and doing stints in jail or escaping, often with the assistance of crooked cops or judges. The book includes an afterword by Michael Discend, who tells what became of Jack after the book was written (he gave up the outlaw life and moved to San Francisco). AUTHOR: Jack Black
PUBLISHER: AK Press Distribution
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Roll Me Over
Description not available.From the beaches of Normandy to the Battle of the Bulge to the border of Czechoslovakia, an American infantryman recounts his journey through the expiring Third Reich, offering an insightful and detailed account of his experiences under fire. Original.
PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Inside the Afrika Korps by Bruce I. Gudmundsson, Rainer Kriebel, U. S. Army Intelligence Service Staff
The German Afrika Korps was an outstanding military organization that witnessed both the heights of glory and the depths of defeat in the Western Desert campaign. This new book presents the battles of the Afrika Korps as seen through the eyes of a trained general staff officer, and gives a key insight into a formidable fighting force at the height of its powers. Kriebel`s account highlights the German response to the Crusader offensive and analyzes the unparalleled genius and fatal flaws of Erwin Rommel`s generalship. Inside the Afrika Korps is a key to understanding Rommel and the men he commanded, and exposes the secrets of this exemplary fighting force`s success as well as the dangers inherent in victory. AUTHOR: Bruce I. Gudmundsson, Rainer Kriebel, U. S. Army Intelligence Service Staff
PUBLISHER: Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal, Limited
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Die for Me by Don Lasseter
Description not available.When a shoplifting arrest leads to the shocking discovery of six bodies, a bag of bone fragments, a child's liver, and a videotape revealing horrifying murders, Charles Ng and Leonard Lake, two twisted psychopaths whose orgy of sex crimes, torture, and murder claimed the lives of at least sixteen victims, are apprehended, in a disturbing true story. Original. AUTHOR: Don Lasseter
PUBLISHER: Kensington Publishing Corporation
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Mugabe by Martin Meredith
Robert Mugabe came to power in 1980 after a long civil war in Rhodesia. The white minority government had become an international outcast in refusing to give in to the inevitability of black majority rule. Finally the defiant white prime minister Ian Smith was forced to step down and Mugabe was elected president of a country now called Zimbabwe. Initially hopes were high that he had the intelligence, political savvy and idealistic vision to help repair the damage done by colonialism and the bitter civil war, and to lead his country's economic and social development. He was admired throughout the world as one of the leaders of the emerging nations and as a model for a good transition from colonial leadership. But month by month, year by year, Mugabe became increasingly autocratic; his methods increasingly violent. In recent years he has unleashed a reign of terror and corruption in his country. Like the Congo, Angola, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Liberia, Zimbabwe has been on a steady slide to disaster. What happened in Zimbabwe? Now for the first time the whole story is told in detail by an expert. It is a riveting and tragic political story, a morality tale, and an essential text for understanding today's Africa. AUTHOR: Martin Meredith
PUBLISHER: PublicAffairs, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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