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|  | Taking Care of Business by Paul Buhle
In this labor history of the American Federation of Labor and, later, the AFL-CIO, a historian contends that the organization has been too friendly with big business--to the detriment of the workers--and that the large unions have become self-perpetuating bureaucracies that stifle dissent from within. AUTHOR: Paul Buhle
PUBLISHER: Monthly Review Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Stepping into Freedom by Thich Nhat Hanh
Religion. Steeeping Into Freedom is a book of guidelines, encouraging words, reminders and poems for novice monks and nuns in the Buddhist tradition. It often Western readers a glimpse of Buddhist monastic life. Based on 400-year-old Chinese texts that have been updated by Thich Nhat Hanh and the Plum Village community, Stepping Into Freedom teaches many basic practices, including conscious breathing, sitting and walking meditation. Thich Nhat Hanh is a poet and Zen Master. He lives in Plum Village, a monastic practice center in southwestern France, and he travels worldwide lecturing and leading retreats on the art of mindful living. AUTHOR: Thich Nhat Hanh
PUBLISHER: Parallax Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | The Norton Anthology of African American Literature by Henry Louis Gates, Nellie Y. McKay
African-American writing in all genres is finally given its critical due as a legitimate literary tradition in its own right in the latest (and most talked-about) addition to the Norton Anthology series. Its publication, under the much publicized direction of general editors Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Nellie McKay, has conferred canonical status on exemplary African-American poetry, short fiction, novel, drama, autobiography, journals, and letters, including 11 major works, from Frederick Douglass's Narrative to Toni Morrison's Sula . A companion CD, advertised in a coupon included with the book, provides spoken-word recordings of many of the blues, gospel, spirituals, jazz, rap, folk tales, sermons, prayers, testimonies, and speeches featured in the book itself. AUTHOR: Henry Louis Gates, Nellie Y. McKay
PUBLISHER: Norton, W. W. & Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | The Hidden Hitler by Lothar Machtan
This biographical study of Adolph Hitler probes into his psychology and his personal life and contains the news that Hitler may have been homosexual. Author Lothar Machtan investigates what he sees as the homosexual milieu in which the young Hitler traveled, and he gives names of likely male intimates. Machtan sees this aspect of Hitler's personality as an essential piece in understanding Hitler the man and, as well, the rise of Naziism. Hitler took great pains to conceal his preferences, and the tragic fate of homosexuals under Hitler is a matter of historical record. AUTHOR: Lothar Machtan
PUBLISHER: Basic Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Paul McCartney by Jorie B. Gracen
Description not available.A behind-the-scenes look into the private world of one of the world's finest musician-songwriters features more than two hundred exclusive full-color and black-and-white photographs, taken from 1976 to the present day, capturing music tours, record signings, press conferences, private parties, backstage moments, and personal encounters with friends, family, and colleagues. Reprint. AUTHOR: Jorie B. Gracen
PUBLISHER: Watson-Guptill Publications, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Autobiography of a People by Herb Boyd
Description not available.Three centuries of African-American history are richly chronicled using first-person narratives by the likes of Phillis Wheatley, Frederick Douglass, Harriett Tubman, Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King, Jr., among many others. Reprint. 25,000 first printing. AUTHOR: Herb Boyd
PUBLISHER: Doubleday Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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