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|  | The Revolutionary Path by William J. Duiker
This biography of Marxist revolutionary and political leader Ho Chi Minh chronicles his peasant background, his education--which included formative years in Paris--and his role as leader of the liberation movement to unify his people as a nation. In 1954, Ho became President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. The rest of his life, until 1969, was spent in a protracted war against South Vietnam and its ally, the United States of America. Duiker`s research gave him him access to revealing documents about Ho`s relations with China and Russia and about the war with the United States. A New York Times Notable Book for 2000. AUTHOR: William J. Duiker
PUBLISHER: Hyperion Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Model Patient by Karen Duffy
In this memoir, Karen Duffy, best known as a former MTV VJ and Revlon model, reveals how her acting and modeling career came to an abrupt halt when she was diagnosed with sarcoidosis of the central nervous system--a rare and potentially deadly disease. With candid words, she explains how she prevented her health condition from interfering with her love of life. AUTHOR: Karen Duffy
PUBLISHER: HarperTrade
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Good to Go by Harry Constance, Randall Fuerst
Description not available.A veteran of the U.S. Navy's elite SEAL unit recounts his three tours of duty in Vietnam in a vivid, firsthand narrative, from harrowing missions in the jungle to firefights on the beaches of the South China Sea. Reprint. AUTHOR: Harry Constance, Randall Fuerst
PUBLISHER: Morrow/Avon
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Education of a Speculator by Victor Niederhoffer
Description not available.The commodity trader describes how his personal life influenced his career in finance, and promotes strategic thinking as a way to successfully speculate in stocks, bonds, currencies, and futures AUTHOR: Victor Niederhoffer
PUBLISHER: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | New Radicalism in America 1889-1963 by Christopher Lasch
A seminal work of political science by the renowned author of The Culture of Narcissism . Lasch sees modern radicalism as a phase in the social history of intellectuals, rooted in the intellectual`s estrangement from the middle class and his sense of kinship with the other half of humanity. AUTHOR: Christopher Lasch
PUBLISHER: Norton, W. W. & Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | My Father, Daniel Boone by Neal O. Hammon, Nelson L. Dawson
Daniel Boone is undoubtedly one of the most famous figures of the American frontier. He clashed with the Shawnee and became a land speculator who sought to exploit the riches of a newly settled region. Because fact and fiction have become so enmeshed in the Boone legend, Lyman Draper`s interviews with Boone`s son, Nathan, and his wife, Olive, provide a wealth of accurate information about Boone`s first trip to Kentucky, his capture by Indians, his defense of Fort Boonesboro, and his lengthy hunting trips. My Father, Daniel Boone brings together the Nathan Boone interviews for the first time in an easily accessible edition. The Draper interviews with the Boones are one of the most important sources of information about life in the trans-Appalachian West and they give a fascinating portrait of a great pioneer. AUTHOR: Neal O. Hammon, Nelson L. Dawson
PUBLISHER: University Press of Kentucky
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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