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|  | Karel Capek ? Life and Work by Ivan Klima, Norma Comrada, Robert Wechsler
Ivan Klima provides the life of fellow Czech writer Karel Capek (1890-1938), the author of the famous R.U.R.: ROSSUMS UNIVERSAL ROBOTS, in which he coined the word robot. He was also an outspoken critic of both Nazism and America. AUTHOR: Ivan Klima, Norma Comrada, Robert Wechsler
PUBLISHER: Catbird Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Jefferson Davis, American by William J. Cooper
This biography of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America, reviews his life and achievements, and seeks to illuminate his character and his thought. Davis is seen as being grounded in the principles espoused by many of the Founding Fathers and as an advocate of states' rights. AUTHOR: William J. Cooper
PUBLISHER: Knopf, Alfred A. Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Ulysses S. Grant Cl by Brooks D. Simpson
Description not available.A compelling biography of the Union general challenges stereotypes of Grant as a drunk and a bumbler, focusing on his brilliant military career and his political evolution into a man who came to see the war as the necessary destroyer of slavery. Tour. AUTHOR: Brooks D. Simpson
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Where Rivers Change Direction by Mark Spragg
The author of this memoir grew up on the oldest dude ranch in the nation's least populous state, Wyoming. Here he recalls the rugged life of horse wrangling and bear hunting he was born to and the mentors who led him into a career in writing. AUTHOR: Mark Spragg
PUBLISHER: Putnam Publishing Group, The
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Abigail Adams by Alexandra Wallner
A biography of Abigail Adams, an amazing woman in her own right who was also the wife of one president and the mother of another. Readers will learn how Abigail was opposed to slavery and believed that women should have the same rights as men. Colorful folk-art style paintings accompany the text. AUTHOR: Alexandra Wallner
PUBLISHER: Holiday House, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Falling Through Space by Ellen Gilchrist
Gilchrist writes effervescently about her event-filled life in these essays taken largely from her NPR broadcasts. AUTHOR: Ellen Gilchrist
PUBLISHER: University Press of Mississippi
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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