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Joan, a peasant child, hears heavenly voices telling her to save her beloved France, so she becomes a soldier destined to lead her people against English invaders. AUTHOR: Ed Parker, Marie Jacks, Patrice Selene
PUBLISHER: Morrow/Avon
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | The Saddest Pleasure by Moritz Thomsen, Paul Theroux
Description not available.Offers a personal look at the people, poverty, beauty, and passion of South America by an expatriate American who left his farm in Ecuador at the age of sixty-three to embark on a journey through Brazil on the Amazon River AUTHOR: Moritz Thomsen, Paul Theroux
PUBLISHER: Graywolf Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Daniel Boone by John M. Faragher
An award-winning historian portrays America's most famous frontier hero. From Boone's extraordinary accomplishments and from the conflicting accounts of his life and character, Faragher depicts not only the hero but the uniquely American hero-making process. Photos. AUTHOR: John M. Faragher
PUBLISHER: Holt, Henry & Company, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Shoes for Everyone by Barbara Mitchell, Hetty Mitchell
Description not available.Describes the racial inequality of post-Civil War Philadelphia and celebrates Jan Matzeliger's refusal to let prejudice keep him from realizing his dream--to create a shoe last machine to make shoes for everyone AUTHOR: Barbara Mitchell, Hetty Mitchell
PUBLISHER: Lerner Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Bush vs. Gore by Bruce A. Ackerman
These essays on the legal issues involved in the decision by the Supreme Court that decided the 2000 presidential election come from scholars and jurists on the left, right, and center. They present a range of analysis--though many are critical of the court's actions and foresee a decline in the credibility of that once august body. AUTHOR: Bruce A. Ackerman
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Of the People, by the People, for the People & Other Quotations from Abraham Lincoln by Gabor Boritt
Description not available.Gathers 750 of Lincoln's most memorable lines from speeches, debates, letters, and diary entries--from meditations on democracy to folk wisdom--and includes the full text of three of Lincoln's most celebrated speeches, including the Gettysburg Address. UP. AUTHOR: Gabor Boritt
PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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