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Cheney's biography of one of the greatest inventors and scientists of the modern age restores Tesla's precedence as the true inventor of radio, as well as of other remarkable firsts such as the harnessing of alternating current, remotely guided weapons, florescent lighting, and the bladeless turbine. The biography illuminates Tesla's relationships with George Westinghouse, J. P. Morgan, Thomas Edison, Michael Pupin, Guglielmo Marconi, and Mark Twain. Cheney also explains the controversies surrounding Tesla's unusual methods of generating publicity and his unfulfilled explorations into controlling weather and the wireless transmission of electric power. AUTHOR: Margaret Cheney
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Trade Paperbacks
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | One Hundred Men Who Shaped World History by Bill Yenne
Description not available.Presents a brief biographical profile and portrait of mostly American and European men known for their contributions in such areas as politics, religion, the arts, and science AUTHOR: Bill Yenne
PUBLISHER: Bluewood Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Breaking New Ground by George T. Frampton, Gifford Pinchot
Vigorous, colorful, bold and highly personal, Breaking New Ground is the autobiography of Gifford Pinchot, founder and first chief of the Forest Service. His philosophy of the greatest good for the greatest number over the longest time has become the foundation upon which this country's conservation policy is based. With a new introduction that traces the evolution of Pinchot's career in the context of his personal life and the social and environmental issues of his time, and a new 32-page photo section, this edition of Breaking New Ground is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the basis of our present national forest policy, and the origins of the conservation movement. AUTHOR: George T. Frampton, Gifford Pinchot
PUBLISHER: Island Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | The Supreme Commander
In North Africa, on the beaches at Normandy, and in the Battle of the Bulge, Dwight David Eisenhower proved himself as one of the world's greatest military leaders. Faced with conciliating or disagreeing with such stormy figures as Churchill, Roosevelt, and DeGaulle, and generals like Montgomery and Patton, General Eisenhower showed himself to be as skillful a diplomat as he was a strategist. Stephen E. Ambrose, associate editor of the General's official papers, analyzes his subject's decisions in The Supreme Commander, which Double-day first published in 1970. Throughout the book Ambrose traces the steady development of Eisenhower's generally -- from its dramatic beginnings through his time at the top post of Allied command. The New York Times Book Review said of The Supreme Commander, It is Mr. Ambrose's special triumph that he has been able to fight through the memoranda, the directives, plans, reports, and official self-serving pieties of the World War II establishment to uncover the idiosyncratic people at its center....General Dwight Eisenhower comes remarkably alive....(Ambrose's) angle of sight is so fresh and lively that one reads as if one did not know what was coming next. It is better than that: One does know what's coming next -- not only the winning of a war but the making of a general -- but the interest is in seeing how. This study of Eisenhower's role in the world's biggest war is absorbing as reading and unvaluable as a reference.
PUBLISHER: University Press of Mississippi
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | The Stardust Lounge by Deborah Digges
Description not available.The author of Fugitive Spring describes her desperate battle to understand, protect, and preserve her wildly rebellious teenage son, an intelligent and sensitive young man whose behavior is escalating beyond her control, as they rebuild their lives and transform their unusual household into a loving family. Reader's Guide included. Reprint. 17,500 first printing. AUTHOR: Deborah Digges
PUBLISHER: Random House Children's Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Commies by Ronald Radosh
Author Radosh chronicles his political journey, beginning with his upbringing as a red diaper baby in New York City, through his radical college years, to his eventual disenchantment with the left following the harsh reception of his book THE ROSENBERG FILE. AUTHOR: Ronald Radosh
PUBLISHER: Encounter Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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