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|  | Jim Otto by Dave Newhouse, Jim Otto
Jim Otto is generally recognized as one of the greatest and most durable offensive centers the game of football has ever seen. He wasn't drafted by any NFL team, so he joined the Oakland Raiders of the new AFL, went on a strength program to increase his weight by 50 pounds and became Oakland's starting center for the next 15 seasons. Jim Otto: The Last of the Great Football Heroes is the story about a man who fought through numerous injuries, frequent surgeries, and a myriad of other maladies. Double-zero recalls stories about all of his famous Raider teammates, his most memorable opponents, and the behind-the-scenes life of an NFL Hall of Famer. Otto also tells about how injuries he received as a pro football player have turned his retirement years into a struggle to live. AUTHOR: Dave Newhouse, Jim Otto
PUBLISHER: Sports Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Mary Slessor by Sam Wellman
In this Heroes of the Faith volume, the reader is introduced to Mary Slessor who, armed with a relentless Christian faith, helped open up West Africa to healthy trade and to the Christian message while vehemently opposing human slavery. AUTHOR: Sam Wellman
PUBLISHER: Barbour Publishing, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Brecht & Company
The result of twenty-five years of research on three continents, Brecht and Company is a revolutionary portrait of one of the world's greatest theater artists - and the people upon whom he built his reputation.
The result of twenty-five years of research on three continents, Brecht and Company is a revolutionary portrait of one of the world's greatest theater artists - and the people upon whom he built his reputation. Bertolt Brecht is regarded by many as the most influential figure in twentieth-century theater; the director Peter Brook has argued that all theater work today at some point starts with or returns to his achievement . In this first full biography of the Brecht circle, John Fuegi confirms Brecht's rank as a world-class theater director, but also shows why much of the writing can no longer be attributed to Brecht alone. Brecht's first violent, homoerotic plays, though noisily provocative failures at the box office, brought him praise from adventurous critics. In Berlin in the 1920s, Brecht found someone who would change not only his life but world theater: Elisabeth Hauptmann, who wrote over 80 percent of The Threepenny Opera in exchange for time in Brecht's life and in his bed. Yet her name often disappeared from the printed text, as well as from other plays and poems. Disappointed and disaffected, Hauptmann was supplanted by the passionate, tubercular Margarete Steffin, who contributed crucially to such classics as Mother Courage and The Good Woman of Setzuan. With Steffin's death in 1941, Brecht's career as a playwright virtually ended, though other works, begun with her, were finished with the aid of the uninhibited and politically committed Danish director and author Ruth Berlau. Fuegi traces the evolution of Brecht's parasitic relationships and aggressive ambition through close analysis of diaries, letters, and drafts of the literary works, revealing a man who was personally dazzling, a genius at assembling and directing the plays created in his workshop, but ultimately lacking in literary stamina, for which he depended on his lovers. His need for control and fame led him to dominate - and betray nearly everyone who supported and loved him.
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | George W. Bush, Jr. by Daniel Cohen
Description not available.Celebrates the life and work of the popular Texas governor and presidential candidate, and includes a chronology of his personal and political life. AUTHOR: Daniel Cohen
PUBLISHER: Millbrook Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | The F Word by Carl Kurlander
Description not available.In an entertaining and poignant memoir, the best-selling author of Dear Dad combines personal reminiscences with inspirational advice on how to deal with poor family dynamics, examining his own dysfunctional upbringing, his relationships with his many siblings, and how he learned to make peace with the past. 100,000 first printing. AUTHOR: Carl Kurlander
PUBLISHER: Warner Books, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Brother Sun, Sister Moon by Margaret Mayo, Peter Malone
Author Margaret Mayer tells the story of Francis of Assisi, the founder of the Franciscan Order. With rich color illustrations throughout. AUTHOR: Margaret Mayo, Peter Malone
PUBLISHER: Little, Brown & Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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