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|  | Kordell Stewart by Mark Stewart
Description not available.Presents a biography of the professional football player who, in his first season as starting quarterback, led the Pittsburgh Steelers to the AFC title game AUTHOR: Mark Stewart
PUBLISHER: Scholastic Library Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Joe T. Robinson by Cecil E. Weller
Joseph Taylor Robinson's career as a United States congressional leader spanned the most momentous legislative debates of the early twentieth century, from the Versailles Peace Treaty to the first one hundred days of the New Deal. This biography is a fitting tribute to the life and accomplishments of undoubtedly one of the most powerful U.S. senators of that period. An important political figure in Arkansas from the time he was elected to the state legislature in 1895, Joe T., as he was popularly called, became nationally prominent when he ascended to the Democratic leadership of the U.S. Senate in 1923. Weller uses the story of Robinson's life to illuminate the inner chambers of the Senate and to explore such controversial issues as the League of Nations debate, the Teapot Dome Scandal, and FDR's plan to pack the Supreme Court. The study further chronicles Robinson's run for the vice-presidency in 1928, the first southerner on a major ticket after the Civil War, and his three terms as chairman of the Democratic National Convention, in 1920, 1928, and 1936. AUTHOR: Cecil E. Weller
PUBLISHER: University of Arkansas Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Black Pioneers of Science & Invention by Louis Haber
Profiles of 14 African American scientists and inventors including Benjamin Banneker, George Washington Carver, and Granville T. Woods. Illustrated with b&w photographs. AUTHOR: Louis Haber
PUBLISHER: Harcourt Children's Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Who's Sorry Now by Joe Pantoliano
Description not available.The actor best known as Ralph Cifaretto in the hit HBO series The Sopranos describes growing up as a street-smart kid in Hoboken, New Jersey, among the eccentric wise guys from his own family and neighborhood, working as a numbers runner with his chain-smoking mother, and his rise to success as a Hollywood actor. 35,000 first printing. AUTHOR: Joe Pantoliano
PUBLISHER: Dutton/Plume
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Do What Thou Wilt by Lawrence Sutin
An exploration into the life and works of a modern mystic, occultist, poet, mountaineer, and bisexual adventurer known to his contemporaries as The Beast AUTHOR: Lawrence Sutin
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Songbirds, Truffles & Wolves by Gary P. Nabhan
Arousing the mind and the appetite, Nabhan tells of his adventures as he walks through northern and central Italy along a route used by St. Francis of Assisi. From his talks with peasant farmers and others rich experiences, Nabhan offers profound reflections on the spirit with precise observations of nature as well as lively asides on Italian cuisine. AUTHOR: Gary P. Nabhan
PUBLISHER: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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