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Winberg Chai was confused to learn after his mother's death that she had arranged to be buried in a private plot, rather than in the grave site she and her husband purchased together. Here, Chai and his daughter explore the life of this fiercely independent woman who was among the first women admitted to a Chinese university and had refused an arranged marriage. AUTHOR: May-Lee Chai, Winberg Chai
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Complete Preparation by Joan Dornemann, Maria Ciaccia, Nancy Milnes, Sherrill Milnes
This guide for professional singers covers technical, physical and mental preparation, the business aspects and much more. AUTHOR: Joan Dornemann, Maria Ciaccia, Nancy Milnes, Sherrill Milnes
PUBLISHER: Excalibur Publishing, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Learning to Love by Christine M. Bochen, Thomas Merton
Description not available.Depicts the author's struggle with love and his recommittment to the monastic life through a greater understanding of both worldly and spiritual love AUTHOR: Christine M. Bochen, Thomas Merton
PUBLISHER: HarperSanFrancisco
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | African Diary by Beverly Joubert, Dereck Joubert
Description not available.A first-person testament by the directors of Disney's The Story of Whispers share their twenty-year sojourn through the wilds of Africa and their determined efforts to protect its wildlife. 30,000 first printing. AUTHOR: Beverly Joubert, Dereck Joubert
PUBLISHER: National Geographic Society
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Anatomy of Restlessness by Bruce Chatwin
Posthumous essays by Bruce Chatwin, on such topics as Timbuktu, the social history of Capri, the renunciation of possessions, collecting, Robert Louis Stevenson, and nomadism, as well as some short fiction. AUTHOR: Bruce Chatwin
PUBLISHER: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Madam Millie by Max Evans
Silver City Millie, as she was then known, was a spirited entrepreneur of the Old West, running a number of bordellos in New Mexico and elsewhere. Drawing on Madam Millie's own recollections, this biography draws a portrait of her time and place, and chronicles her unique business. AUTHOR: Max Evans
PUBLISHER: University of New Mexico Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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