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|  | Leap of Faith: Memoirs of an Unexpected Life by Queen Noor
Description not available.In an eloquent and candid memoir, the Queen of Jordan describes her youth in a privileged Arab-American family, her Princeton education, and her marriage to King Hussein of Jordan, providing an intimate portrait of the late monarch and his quest for peace in the Middle East, their private life together, her work as a queen and activist, and the message of Islam in the wake of September 11. 200,000 first printing. The Queen of Jordan describes her youth in a privileged Arab American family, her Princeton education, and her marriage to King Hussein of Jordan, providing a portrait of their private life together and her work as a queen and activist. AUTHOR: Queen Noor
PUBLISHER: Talk Miramax Books
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Walk This Way by Stephen Davis
In addition to the obligatory contents of any book about a successful rock band, Aerosmith is in a unique position to tell their story of near-total self-destruction in the mid-1980s. This was followed by a period of drying out, recovering, regrouping, and subsequently rising to heights previously unattained. AUTHOR: Stephen Davis
PUBLISHER: Morrow/Avon
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Story of My Life by Helen Keller
In this autobiography, initially published in 1903, Helen Keller recalls her remarkable life as a blind and deaf woman taught to communicate by Ann Sullivan. Here among other memories, Keller describes her epiphany at the water pump when she connected the physical world with its linguistic counterpart. Keller was eventually educated at Radcliffe University, where she graduated with honors. AUTHOR: Helen Keller
PUBLISHER: Buccaneer Books, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Cold Burial by Clive Powell-Williams
This story of a failed expedition to Canada, where Jack Hornby, his nephew Edgar Christian, and a friend, Howard Adler, eventually died of starvation in a cabin, is reconstructed from the diaries of young Edgar, the last to die. AUTHOR: Clive Powell-Williams
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | The Gutenberg Revolution by John Man
In 1450, western Europe's books were all handcopied and amounted to no more than a single modern library. By 1500 they were printed and numbered in the millions, bringing about the biggest changes in human culture since the invention of the alphabet. The man responsible for this was Johann Gutenberg. This absorbing book explains how this technical genius struggled against a background of plague, religious upheaval, and legal battles to bring his remarkable invention to light. AUTHOR: John Man
PUBLISHER: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | House Calls by Ainslie Manson, Mary Jane Gerber
Description not available.Based on the life of the author's great-grandfather and accompanied by sidebars filled with information on common ailments, medical plants, and more, a fascinating glimpse into the life of Dr. John Hutchinson, as told by Kathleen, a young girl recovering from consumption who follows him on his rounds and longs to be a doctor one day, details his many contributions to the community. AUTHOR: Ainslie Manson, Mary Jane Gerber
PUBLISHER: Groundwood Books
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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