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|  | Out of Darkness by Kate Kiesler, Kate A. Kiesler, Nelson Runger, Russell Freedman
The story of Louis Braille, blinded as a child, who created the alphabet of raised dots that enables blind people to read. Illustrations accompany the text. AUTHOR: Kate Kiesler, Kate A. Kiesler, Nelson Runger, Russell Freedman
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company Trade & Reference Division
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Taking on the World
Description not available.Chronicles the author's daring participation in the challenging and dangerous Vendee Globe around-the-world sailboat race, an event dominated by men, and details her extraordinary second place finish, becoming the first woman and the youngest sailor to ever complete the race.
PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Professional
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Letters of a Woman Homesteader by Elinore P. Stewart, Flo Gibson, Jessamyn West
Complete with its original N.C. Wyeth illustrations is this outstanding first-person chronicle of life on the American frontier. AUTHOR: Elinore P. Stewart, Flo Gibson, Jessamyn West
PUBLISHER: University of Nebraska Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Bruce Lee by Chunovik
Description not available.A collection of hundreds of never-before-seen photographs, ephemera, movie stills, and writings captures the life, career, and philosophy of the late actor and martial artist. Original. AUTHOR: Chunovik
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Kiss or Kill by Mark Twight
This collection is drawn from 12 years' worth of work by Mark Twight, who has made his mark on extreme sports journalism with his distinctive style and tone.Twight's mountaineering escapades push the envelope--as does his writing. AUTHOR: Mark Twight
PUBLISHER: Mountaineers Books, The
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | In the Arms of Africa by Roy Richard Grinker
This biography of the author of THE FOREST PEOPLE chronicles his public life as an anthropologist and author, and his domestic life--revealing that he lived in a sometimes troubled same-sex relationship with a younger actor. AUTHOR: Roy Richard Grinker
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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