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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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 | Promiseland by Elizabeth R. Bethel
A portrait of a dynamic African American community in the rural South Simply a splendid study in American social history. No recent book tells more about the twentieth-century rural black community and how its men and women dealt with opportunity and oppression. Southern black immigrants to northern cities look very different because Bethel has liberated them from sterile social stereotypes . -- Herbert Gutman What emerges from (Bethel`s) impressively abundant raw data is a picture of Promised Land as an evolving, growing community. Miss Bethel`s use of living informants in conjunction with historical sources produces a rich blend....Stimulating and important . -- New York Times Book Review Promiseland chronicles the intergenerational story of fifty African American families living in the rural community of Promised Land, South Carolina. From the newly emancipated slaves who established the settlement in 1870 to the third- and fourth-generation descendants who remain a part of the community, Elizabeth Rauh Bethel describes the personal strength, cooperative spirit, family integrity, and gender equality that have united residents in the face of unyielding racial abuse. AUTHOR: Elizabeth R. Bethel
PUBLISHER: University of South Carolina Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Charles Drew, Doctor by Garnet N. Jackson
Description not available.A biography of the surgeon who conducted research on the properties and preservation of blood plasma and was a leader in establishing blood banks. AUTHOR: Garnet N. Jackson
PUBLISHER: Modern Curriculum Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Churchill Wanted Dead or Alive by Celia Sandys
Description not available.A lively biography of the young Winston Churchill, written by his granddaughter, chronicles Churchill's adventure-filled odyssey through South Africa, including his participation in the Boer War, his work as a war correspondent, his experiences as a prisoner-of-war, and his daring escape. Reprint. AUTHOR: Celia Sandys
PUBLISHER: Avalon Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Aaliyah by Christopher J. Farley
Description not available.Traces the life and career of the successful singer who first gained notice as a talented teenager and later made the transition to acting in films before her untimely death in a plane crash. AUTHOR: Christopher J. Farley
PUBLISHER: Pocket Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | My Stroke of Luck by Eric Douglas, Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas
SPARTACUS actor Kirk Douglas, in his eighth book, chronicles his experience recovering from a debilitating stroke. The road from speech therapy to the Oscars, where he received a Lifetime Achievement Award, is traveled here with insight, honesty, and a sense of humor. AUTHOR: Eric Douglas, Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas
PUBLISHER: HarperTrade
FORMAT: Audio
CATEGORY: Biographies
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