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Description not available.Takes a behind-the-scenes look at the young golfer's career and discusses his campaign for a third straight amateur championship and the beginnings of his life as a professional AUTHOR: Arthur Addison, Tim Rosaforte
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Shakira
Description not available.A biography of the Latin American singer/songwriter chronicles the rise to success of a young superstar whose unique combination of bold charisma, old-fashioned values, and stunning performances have made her a sensation. (Biography)
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Trade Paperbacks
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | American Scoundrel by Thomas Keneally
The life of Dan Sickles (1820-1914), the flamboyant Tammany Hall attorney, diplomat, congressman, duelist, Union general, war hero, womanizer, and hell-raiser. A New York Times Notable Book for 2002. AUTHOR: Thomas Keneally
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Robert Frost by John Hollander, Richard Poirier
Description not available.Based on interviews with the poet's friends and drawing from Frost's personal archives, a definitive account of Robert Frost's life examines his varied literary career, tracing his rise to world fame and offering close readings of his works. Reprint. AUTHOR: John Hollander, Richard Poirier
PUBLISHER: Holt, Henry & Company, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | American Places by William Leuchtenburg
This festschrift honors Sheldon Meyer, a distinguished editor at the Oxford University Press. It includes personal essays by scholars who evoke different places and times in America--the Polo Grounds, a Woolworth's lunch counter in 1960, the Grand Canyon, and others. AUTHOR: William Leuchtenburg
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Eleven Stories High by Corinne Deman
This memoir focuses on the history of Stuyvesant town, a Manhattan apartment complex that opened in 1947 to house 9,000 families. The narrator recalls her childhood experiences of growing up Greek in this predominantly Jewish neighborhood, describing her relationships with her neighbors and the security she found in the city's Greek community. She also offers a description of life in the 1950s, detailing her mother's domestic skills and her father's preoccupation with the tragic events of World War II. AUTHOR: Corinne Deman
PUBLISHER: State University of New York Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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