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|  | A Call to Conscience by Clayborne Carson, Kris Shepard
This landmark collection of Dr. King's speeches includes The Birth of a New Nation from 1955; I Have a Dream, the famous speech delivered at the 1963 march on Washington; and I've Been to the Mountaintop, which was given by King on the night before his assassination. AUTHOR: Clayborne Carson, Kris Shepard
PUBLISHER: Warner Books, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Nature Writings by John Muir, William Cronon
In a lifetime of exploration, writing, and passionate political activism, John Muir made himself America's most eloquent spokesman for the mystery and majesty of the wilderness. A crucial figure in the creation of our national parks system and a visionary prophet of environmental awareness, he was also a master of natural description who evoked with unique power and intimacy the untrammeled landscapes of the American West. Nature Writings collects his most significant and best-loved works in a single volume. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth (1913) is Muir's account of growing up by the sea in Scotland, of coming to America with his family at age eleven, and of his early fascination with the natural world. My First Summer in the Sierra (1911) is his famous account of the spiritual awakening he experienced when, 1869, he first encountered the mountains and valleys of central California. The Mountains of California (1894) draws on half a lifetime of exploration of the high Sierra country to celebrate and evoke the region's lakes, forests, flowers, and animals in a masterpiece of observation and poetic description. Also included are the widely popular Stickeen (1909), Muir's affectionate story of an adventure with a dog in Alaska, and a rich selection of essays - including Yosemite Glaciers , God's First Temples , Snow-Storm on Mount Shasta , The American Forests , and the late appeal Save the Redwoods - highlighting various aspects of his career: his exploration of what became Yosemite and Yellowstone national parks and the Grand Canyon, his successful crusades to preserve the wilderness, his early walking tour to Florida, and the Alaska journey of 1879. AUTHOR: John Muir, William Cronon
PUBLISHER: Library of America, The
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Another Day of Life by Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand, Ryszard Kapuscinski, William R. Brand
Description not available.A first-hand account by a Polish journalist of the chaos, pain, and confusion of the colonial and civil war in Angola during the mid-1970s chronicles the author's discovery of a bizarre and deadly war within the war for national independence. Reprint. AUTHOR: Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand, Ryszard Kapuscinski, William R. Brand
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Michaelangelo by Shelley Swanson Sateren
Description not available.Discusses the life, works, and lasting influence of Michelangelo. AUTHOR: Shelley Swanson Sateren
PUBLISHER: Capstone Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Bark If You Love Me by Louise Bernikow
A short ode to fate and the love of a good dog, this book notes the turn Bernikow's life took when she unpredictably adopts a stray boxer. AUTHOR: Louise Bernikow
PUBLISHER: Harcourt Trade Publishers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Not Fade Away by Laurence Shames, Peter Barton
Peter Barton, a media entrepreneur prominent in the development of cable TV, was known for his ruthless ambition. In this memoir he recounted the tale of his highly eventful life shortly before he died of stomach cancer in 2002, at the age of 51. AUTHOR: Laurence Shames, Peter Barton
PUBLISHER: Rodale Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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