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|  | Mark Dion by Lisa G. Corrin
Mark Dion is an American artist who metamorphoses into an explorer, biochemist, detective and archaeologist. In his gallery installations around Europe and America since the 1980s, Dion has constructed the laboratories, experiments and museum caches of the great historical naturalists -- following in their footsteps in his own adventurous, eco-inspired journeys to the tropics. His research and magical collections are presented in installational still lifes which combine taxidermic animals with lab equipment with artefacts, like walk-through Wunderkammers, lifesized cabinets of curiosity. AUTHOR: Lisa G. Corrin
PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Johann Sebastian Bach by Christoph Wolff
In this biography of Johann Sebastian Bach, a Harvard professor of music attempts to penetrate the mysterious circumstances of the classical composer's life. Additionally, the author chronicles Bach's musical development, noting his achievements both as an artist and technician. AUTHOR: Christoph Wolff
PUBLISHER: Norton, W. W. & Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Covered Wagon Women by Anne M. Butler, David C. Duniway, Kenneth L. Holmes, Lillian Schlissel, Ruth B. Moynihan
A courageous young mother, Sarah Davis, counts the graves along the way. Mary M. Colby's record is a reminder of how women contributed to the family prosperity when they reached bountiful Oregon. Lucena Parsons, a bride, provides details about washing and cooking in the open air. Sophia Goodridge, the youngest daughter in a large Mormon family, charts the trip to Salt Lake. Anna Maria Morris travels to Santa Fe with the military unit commanded by her husband. AUTHOR: Anne M. Butler, David C. Duniway, Kenneth L. Holmes, Lillian Schlissel, Ruth B. Moynihan
PUBLISHER: University of Nebraska Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya by Ruth A. Tucker
Examines the history of missions with emphasis on a biographical approach.Covers missions chronologically and geographically and discusses key issues, both modern and historical, within missions. Bibliography, maps, photos, charts. AUTHOR: Ruth A. Tucker
PUBLISHER: Zondervan
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | When Elephants Fight
This memoirist left Cambodia in 1971 to study in Australia, absenting herself from the turbulence to come under the reign of the Khmer Rouge in which her grandmother and aunts and uncles were murdered. In this memoir she explores her familial history in relation to the political history of Cambodia.
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Restoring Hope by Cornel West, Henry Louis Gates, Kelvin S. Sealy
Maya Angelou, Harry Belafonte, Bill Bradley, Wynton Marsalis, and others share their experiences and hopes for black America with the bestselling author of Race Matters . AUTHOR: Cornel West, Henry Louis Gates, Kelvin S. Sealy
PUBLISHER: Beacon Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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