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|  | Saving the Lost Tribe by Asher Naim
An Israeli diplomat tells of the 1991 effort to save thousands of Ethiopian Jews whose lives were threatened by civil war. Naim tells of the feverish diplomatic negotiations, fundraising, and military logistics that resulted in over 14,000 Falashas being airlifted to a new home in Israel. AUTHOR: Asher Naim
PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | My Losing Season by Pat Conroy
When Pat Conroy was a student at the Citadel, he was an enthusiastic but relatively undistinguished member of the basketball team. In this memoir, he looks back on all his years of basketball, starting in elementary school, including interviews with former coaches and teammates. He also recounts the story of his father, whom he depicted as the monstrous hero of THE GREAT SANTINI and who, after he read the book, repented and reformed. AUTHOR: Pat Conroy
PUBLISHER: Bantam Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | A Clever Base-Ballist: John Montgomery Ward
For a complete description of this product, please click the product image. More than a biography, A CLEVER BASE-BALLIST is a social history of a slice of late-19th-century America, when the idea of professional athletes, 'nonlocal mercenaries,' was new, and baseball's corporate energy went into sanitizing its image. USA Today, 8/19/1999
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | The Interior Castle by St. Teresa of Avila
A collection of maxims on self-knowledge and fulfillment attributed to the 16th-century Spanish nun and mystic. AUTHOR: St. Teresa of Avila
PUBLISHER: Doubleday Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | I Am the Central Park Jogger by Trisha Meili
Description not available.The center of the 1989 case recounts the discovery of her badly injured body, her treatment and rehabilitation, the trials of the suspects, and her subsequent experiences. AUTHOR: Trisha Meili
PUBLISHER: Scribner
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Prisoner's Dilemma by William Poundstone
John von Neumann invented the digital computer, played a key role in the development of the atom bomb, constructed a branch of mathematics known as game theory, and became a defender of a movement to bomb the Russians before they could bomb us. Now comes a biography of this controversial genius and an exploration of his greatest idea--one that nearly triggered a nuclear war in 1950. Photographs. AUTHOR: William Poundstone
PUBLISHER: Doubleday Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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