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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: HighBridge Company
FORMAT: Audio
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | The Nancy Mace Autobiography by Mary Jane Ross, Nancy Mace
An autobiography by Nancy Mace, the woman who was the first female graduate of the Citadel. Illustrated with b&w photographs. AUTHOR: Mary Jane Ross, Nancy Mace
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Parachute Infantry by David K. Webster
Description not available.In a fascinating memoir of life as a paratrooper during World War II, the author describes his career with the 101st Airborne Division, drawing on the letters he sent home during the war and personal reminiscences to offer vivid portraits of his fellow soldiers and the harsh realities and tragedies of war. Reprint. AUTHOR: David K. Webster
PUBLISHER: Dell Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Some Memories of a Long Life, 1854-1911 by Linda Przybyszewski, Malvina Shanklin Harlan, Ruth Bader Ginsburg
The wife of John Marshall Harlan (1833-1911), the former Supreme Court Justice who helped establish separate but equal as the law of the land, captures the tenor of times past in this memoir. AUTHOR: Linda Przybyszewski, Malvina Shanklin Harlan, Ruth Bader Ginsburg
PUBLISHER: Random House Adult Trade Publishing Group
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Mendelev's Dream by Paul Strathern
This history book explores the development of chemistry, from it alchemist beginnings to Mendeleyev's periodic table. Strathern sketches the various progenitors of the science and fits them chronologically into the frame established by the systematic ordering of elements. AUTHOR: Paul Strathern
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | A Big Life in Advertising by Mary W. Lawrence
The founder and former CEO of Wells Rich Greene recalls her career in advertising, including the stories behind memorable ad campaigns for Alka Seltzer, Braniff Airways, and Ford, among others. Lawrence also tells of her personal life, which included marriage to a major client and a cancer experience. AUTHOR: Mary W. Lawrence
PUBLISHER: Knopf, Alfred A. Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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