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|  | Kerouac & Friends by Fred W. McDarrah, Timothy S. McDarrah
Description not available.A revealing collection of photographs, essays, and pop culture depictions captures the Beat Generation writers and their prince, Jack Kerouac, in all their glory, behind the typewriter and on stage in America in the 1950s and 1960s. Original. AUTHOR: Fred W. McDarrah, Timothy S. McDarrah
PUBLISHER: Avalon Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | How the Universe Got Its Spots by Janna Levin
Written as a series of unsent letters to her mother, Janna Levin`s book explains the workings of the universe as they engage both the mind and the heart. AUTHOR: Janna Levin
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Harriet Tubman by Martha E. H. Rustad
Description not available.Simple text and photographs introduce the life of Harriet Tubman. AUTHOR: Martha E. H. Rustad
PUBLISHER: Capstone Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | The Women Troubadours by Meg Bogin
An introduction to the women poets of the 12th-century Provence and a collection of their poems. AUTHOR: Meg Bogin
PUBLISHER: Norton, W. W. & Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Minty by Alan Schroeder, Jerry Pinkney
A fictionalized account of the childhood of Harriet Tubman, then known as Minty. Readers will learn how young Harriet was taught by her father how to follow the North Star, swim in a river, and survive in the wilderness--skills she later used as she helped runaway slaves escape on the Underground Railroad. Pencil and watercolor illustrations accompany the text. AUTHOR: Alan Schroeder, Jerry Pinkney
PUBLISHER: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Strongmen & Escape Artists by John Kasson
This exploration in popular culture and gender studies considers how Tarzan, Houdini, and bodybuilder Eugen Sandow--often through pictures of their bodies--codified a new image of the modern male for a popular audience. AUTHOR: John Kasson
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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