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|  | Under the Royal Palms by Alma Flor Ada
The author recalls her life and impressions growing up in Cuba. AUTHOR: Alma Flor Ada
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Nike is a Goddess by Lissa Smith, Lucy Danziger, Mariah B. Nelson
This inspirational history of women's sports illuminates the courage, determination, and strength of several acclaimed female athletes, including Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Mia Hamm, and Tara Lipinski. AUTHOR: Lissa Smith, Lucy Danziger, Mariah B. Nelson
PUBLISHER: Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Lunar Men by Jennifer Uglow
This study explores how the friendship and collaboration between industrial pioneers Josiah Wedgewood, Samuel Galton, Erasmus Darwin, and James Watt propelled the Industrial Revolution in England. AUTHOR: Jennifer Uglow
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | The Best of Frank DeFord by Frank Deford
Description not available.Profiles sports legends such as Bill Russell, Bobby Knight, and Dennis Rodman, and discusses with personal insight and humor issues such as soccer moms, team buses, and baseball caps. AUTHOR: Frank Deford
PUBLISHER: Triumph Books
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Pasquale's Nose by Michael Rips
Everywhere hailed for its quirkiness, its hilarity, its charm, PASQUALE'S NOSE tells the story of new York City lawyer who runs away to a small Etruscan village with his wife and new baby, and discovers a community of true eccentrics--warring bean growers, vanishing philosophers, a blind bootmaker, a porcupine hunter--among whom he feels unexpectedly at home. AUTHOR: Michael Rips
PUBLISHER: Little, Brown & Company
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Portrait of a Happy Man by Erik Orsenna, Moishe Black
The author of this reevaluation of the work of Andre le Notre--who created the gardens at Versailles--sees his landscapes as playful, witty, and welcoming, rather than over-controlled, as they are often described. AUTHOR: Erik Orsenna, Moishe Black
PUBLISHER: Braziller, George Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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