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|  | Henning Kronstam by Alexandra Tomalonis
Description not available.A compelling portrait of the creative force driving the Royal Danish Ballet looks at the life and contributions of Henning Kronstam, one of the greatest dancers of the twentieth century. (Performing Arts) AUTHOR: Alexandra Tomalonis
PUBLISHER: University Press of Florida
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Reconstructing Woody by Mary P. Nichols
Description not available.Takes a fresh look at this prolific filmmaker's body of work and attempts to show that even at his worst, Woody Allen is ultimately concerned with human ethics, goodness, and virtue. IP. AUTHOR: Mary P. Nichols
PUBLISHER: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | A Picture Book of Rosa Parks by David A. Adler, Robert Casilla
In 1955, an African-American woman named Rosa Parks changed history when she defied the segregationist Jim Crow laws of the times by refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger. Her action is widely cited as the beginning of the American civil rights movement. This introductory biography explores Parks's life both before and after that historic event. Illustrated with watercolor paintings. AUTHOR: David A. Adler, Robert Casilla
PUBLISHER: Holiday House, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Arafat by Said K. Aburish
Description not available.Offers a look at the Palestinian leader, describing how Arafat and the PLO represent the Palestinian elite and the conservative Arab regimes rather than act as a revolutionary movement AUTHOR: Said K. Aburish
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | South by Ernest H. Shackleton, Frank Hurley, Sean Barrett
The chief source for Alfred Lansing's bestselling Endurance , this unparalleled story of the limits of human courage and perseverance presents Shackleton's enthralling personal account of his doomed ship and his heroic rescue of its crew. of photos & maps. AUTHOR: Ernest H. Shackleton, Frank Hurley, Sean Barrett
PUBLISHER: Avalon Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Bin Laden by Adam Robinson
Osama bin Laden has presented himself to the world as a zealous freedom fighter and a deeply pious man, a de facto paragon for Muslims everywhere. Telling a far different story, this authoritative new biography lifts bin Laden?s mask of moral purity as it recounts his transformation from dissolute rich kid into terrorist mastermind and delineates his long campaign to bring jihad to the United States. Based on reliable information provided by members of bin Laden?s family and extensive independent research, Adam Robinson opens a window onto a privileged childhood riven by jealousies, family politics, and the early death of his father, and depicts the young bin Laden desperately seeking attention and acceptance. Documenting the teenager?s excesses in the Beirut nightclub world of hedonism, sex, and alcohol, he traces the steps that led to bin Laden?s transformation, via the Soviet-Afghan war and Operation Desert Storm--and with no small amount of media manipulation--into an icon in the Islamic fundamentalist world. The author shows how bin Laden?s business skills shaped Al-Qaeda into a kind of Terrorism, Inc., and recounts in detail the increasingly violent stages of his decade-long war against the United States, right up to the attacks of September 11, 2001, and their aftermath. At the same time he underscores the contradictions and fanaticism of a would-be Islamic hero who claims moral superiority while profiting from the opium trade, which has abetted the spread of HIV and AIDS among fellow Muslims; whose past is littered with alcohol and prostitutes; who courts publicity and seeks adulation within the Muslim world while staging modesty; who inspires his followers to commit murder in the name of a peace-loving religion; and who would go to any lengths to achieve his goal of a global Islamic fundamentalist revolution. In researching this book, the author traveled to Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Bahrain, Oman, Libya, and Pakistan. Bringing a thorough knowledge AUTHOR: Adam Robinson
PUBLISHER: Arcade Publishing, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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