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|  | War Within & Without by Anne M. Lindbergh
The story of Anne Morrow Lindbergh's life, begun in Bring Me a Unicorn, continues in this fifth and final published volume of her diaries and letters. This record of the Lindberghs' wartime years is emotionally charged by the struggle between the American isolationists, who counted among their membership Charles Lindbergh, and the interventionists, who included Anne's mother and sister. In her introduction, the author sets the historical record of these years straight, fairly and equitably, before letting the diaries and letters speak with the voice of anguished immediacy. A gentle, intensely responsive woman and a pacifist, Anne experienced the conflicts of the war years -- within her own family as well as in the world -- with excruciated sensitivity. She speaks here of the many aspects of her life -- supporting an embattled husband, creating several new homes, bearing and raising children, pursuing her writing career -- and the reader sees her as she was, valiant and vulnerable, loving and beloved. What emerges from these pages is the story of the bond between Charles and Anne: two extraordinary people, tested in stress and found not wanting. AUTHOR: Anne M. Lindbergh
PUBLISHER: Harcourt Trade Publishers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Writing from the Center by Scott R. Sanders
Writing from the Center is about one very fine writer's quest for a meaningful and moral life. The center he seeks and describes is geographical, emotional, artistic, and spiritual - and it is rooted in place. The geography is midwestern, the impulses are universal. Where and how do we find meaning? Where does a writer find inspiration? How can personal, artistic, family, and community needs be blended to create a harmonious life? What aids exist in such a located life against despair? How should a writer relate to and represent his place? Twelve interrelated essays probe these questions from different perspectives. Buckeye examines the resonance of objects and the mysteries of relationships and death. Imagining the Midwest surveys how other writers have seen and related to their region. The Common Life makes an eloquent case for community values. Sanctuary is an eloquent and painful consideration of environmental degradation. Writing from the Center and Letter to a Reader deal with Sanders's decisions to locate in the Midwest, to know his place, and to write about it in both fiction and nonfiction. AUTHOR: Scott R. Sanders
PUBLISHER: Indiana University Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Harriet Tubman by Margo McLoone
Description not available.A brief biography of the woman who escaped life as a slave and then rescued hundreds of other slaves as a conductor in the underground railroad. AUTHOR: Margo McLoone
PUBLISHER: Capstone Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Gerald Durrell by Douglas Botting
A candid and revealing biography of the conservationist and writer Gerald Durrell (1925-95), who entertainingly described not only the animals he lived and worked with, but his own eccentric family, including his brother, the writer Lawrence Durrell.... AUTHOR: Douglas Botting
PUBLISHER: Avalon Publishing Group
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | The Big Book of Blues by Robert Santelli
Description not available.An ultimate reference book for blues lovers contains more than 650 entries profiling every important blues artist, including in each entry a discussion on the artist's style, musical contributions, and more. AUTHOR: Robert Santelli
PUBLISHER: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Hungry Ocean by Linda Greenlaw
Linda Greenlaw, one of the few female swordfishing captains on duty, provides the details of one memorable event searching for fish in the waters off Newfoundland. Unlike so many other accounts that tell of disasters at sea, THE HUNGRY OCEAN provides an informative look at the typical routine of a successful fishing voyage. AUTHOR: Linda Greenlaw
PUBLISHER: Brilliance Audio
FORMAT: Audio
CATEGORY: Biographies
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