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|  | Colors of the Mountain by Da Chen, Daxing Zhang
The author of this memoir was born at the height of China's Cultural Revolution, and his landowning and educated family bore the brunt of the Revolution's cruelty. Growing up in a family that was despised for its former status, the author sought escape through education and found it, eventually graduating from Columbia Law School and settling down in America. This memoir focuses on his childhood, though, and demonstrates his family's methods of coping with their unimaginably tough lot. AUTHOR: Da Chen, Daxing Zhang
PUBLISHER: Audio Literature
FORMAT: Audio
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | African-American Inventors by Jetty Kahn
Description not available.Offers brief biographical profiles of five African American inventors AUTHOR: Jetty Kahn
PUBLISHER: Capstone Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Rice Room: Growing up Chinese-American
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The Rice Room is a brilliant and moving memoir of growing up in Oakland's Chinatown, by one of America's preeminent journalists. Ben Fong-Torres was the third child of first-generation Chinese parents...Ben had to learn that family came first, no matter how backward at times they seemed. The Rice Room is riveting personal history of the most moving and engaging kind - a story of growing up in this country that readers of all backgrounds will want to experience.
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | The Country under My Skin by Giocanda Belli, Kristina Cordero
Description not available.A powerful memoir by the acclaimed Nicaraguan writer describes her privileged youth, her growing awareness of Nicaragua's social inequities, her involvement with the Sandinistas, her current life with an American husband and children, and her continuing devotion to her country and its people. 30,000 first printing. AUTHOR: Giocanda Belli, Kristina Cordero
PUBLISHER: Random House, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Ultimate Elton John Collection by Hal Leonard Publishing Co. Staff
This is the most comprehensive collection of Elton John songs ever! The two volumes in this deluxe boxed set include over 100 songs, from his first album through his latest release, The Big Picture. Songs are divided alphabetically, with Volume 1 containing titles A-Leg, and Volume 2, Lev - Y. Songs include: Bennie and the Jets -- Blue Eyes -- Candle in the Wind (both versions) -- Circle of Life -- Crocodile Rock -- Daniel -- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road -- Honky Cat -- Levon -- Made in England -- Nikita -- Philadelphia Freedom -- Recover Your Soul -- Tiny Dancer -- Your Song -- and many more. AUTHOR: Hal Leonard Publishing Co. Staff
PUBLISHER: Leonard, Hal Corporation
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Master of the Senate by Robert A. Caro
The third volume of Caro`s biography of Lyndon Johnson tells of his role as leader of the United Sates Senate. Caro explicates Johnson`s deft use of power, which included cajoling, deal-making, and even intimidation. Johnson made history when he craftily built a coalition of Northern and Southern Democrats that successfully passed the Civil Rights Act of 1957--the first act of its kind since Reconstruction. A New York Times Notable Book for 2002. AUTHOR: Robert A. Caro
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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