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|  | Wanted Dead Or Alive by Ann McGovern, Richard M. Powers
After gaining freedom from slavery, Harriet Tubman vowed to help others become free, too. As a result of her efforts, about 300 slaves were able to leave the South safely. A dramatic biography packed with adventure. AUTHOR: Ann McGovern, Richard M. Powers
PUBLISHER: Scholastic, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Mayor Corning by Paul Grondahl
A biography of the man who served as mayor of Albany for 42 years. AUTHOR: Paul Grondahl
PUBLISHER: Washington Park Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | When I Was a Young Man by Bob Kerrey
In this memoir, former Senator Kerrey recalls his youth in Nebraska and his military service. While a Navy SEAL in Vietnam, Kerrey was involved in a firefight that resulted in civilian deaths. When that experience was reported in the press decades later, it reopened the debates about that war. Kerrey was also wounded in the war, and received the Congressional Medal of Honor. As he writes here, he was not the same person afterwards. AUTHOR: Bob Kerrey
PUBLISHER: Harcourt Trade Publishers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Kovacsland by Diana Rico
Description not available.A portrait of the legendary comedian and television pioneer examines Kovac's inventive comedic talent, his relationships with friends, family, and peers, and his immoderate, feverish lifestyle AUTHOR: Diana Rico
PUBLISHER: Harcourt Trade Publishers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Sheryl Crow by Richard Buskin
Description not available.Describes the musical performer's collaborations with top fellow artists, driving ambitions, album successes, relationships with friends and adversaries, and awards. AUTHOR: Richard Buskin
PUBLISHER: Watson-Guptill Publications, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Educating Esme by Esme Raji Codell
Esme Codell's diary of her first year as a fifth-grade teacher in Chicago's public schools. Ms. Esme's enthusiasm never wavers. Her classroom is an active one, full of projects and activities from storytelling to conflict resolution sessions. Outside the classroom, she endures doubting colleagues, a perplexing bureaucracy, and a principal who at times seems intrusive and unprofessional. How will her students score on a standardized reading test? Will Esme find time for a personal life? AUTHOR: Esme Raji Codell
PUBLISHER: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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