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|  | Virginian by Charles M. Russell, Frederic Remington, John Seelye, Owen Wister, Robert Shulman
Owen Wister's classic popular romance THE VIRGINIAN (1902) had a significant influence on the Western fiction genre. This edition includes Wister's neglected essay, The Evolution of the Cow-Puncher (1895) and an introduction highlighting the social, gender, and political implications of Wister's mythic West in the context of its actual history. AUTHOR: Charles M. Russell, Frederic Remington, John Seelye, Owen Wister, Robert Shulman
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | The Kennedy Tapes by Ernest R. May, Philip D. Zelikow
An account of the reaction within Kennedy's White House to news that the Soviets had constructed long-range missile bases in Cuba, based on recently declassified tape recordings of Cabinet and National Security Council meetings. AUTHOR: Ernest R. May, Philip D. Zelikow
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | 'Tis by Frank McCourt
Arriving in the United States as a poor, fairly uneducated young man, Frank McCourt became an accomplished English teacher and author. This is the story of his incredible transformation, a follow-up memoir to the Pulitzer Prize-winning ANGELA`S ASHES. A New York Times Notable Book in 1999. AUTHOR: Frank McCourt
PUBLISHER: Scribner
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Jesse Owens by Jane Sutcliffe, Janice Lee Porter
From the time he was a young boy on a farm in Alabama until he received his fourth Olympic gold medal in Berlin in 1936, all Jesse Owns wanted to do was run. Overcoming sickness, poverty, and racial discrimination, Jesse worked hard, shattered many track-and-field records, and earned countless medals and trophies. This beautifully illustrated and simply told biography tells the inspirational story of a man with strength of spirit and heart. AUTHOR: Jane Sutcliffe, Janice Lee Porter
PUBLISHER: Lerner Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | They Found the Secret by V. Raymond Edman
Inspirational insights into the lives of prominent Christians, living and dead, such as Hudson Taylor, Charles Finney, Eugenia Price, and Richard Halverson. AUTHOR: V. Raymond Edman
PUBLISHER: Zondervan
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | In Sicily by Lewis
Although the Mafia haunts this travelogue like a ghost, Lewis's descriptions of Sicily--quilted together from his trips to the island in the 1950s and 1990s--reveal all the small fascinations that make Sicily unique. AUTHOR: Lewis
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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