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|  | The Ditchdigger's Daughters by Yvonne S. Thornton
The amazing story of a remarkable African-American family: six sisters--daughters of a laborer and a cleaning woman--who became professionals (psychologist, dentist, lawyer, nurse, court stenographer, physician) thanks to the determination and sacrifices of their parents. AUTHOR: Yvonne S. Thornton
PUBLISHER: Dutton/Plume
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Personal Odyssey by Thomas Sowell
The famed economist and social commentator looks back on his life and remembers the people who helped him at key points along the way. Raised in Harlem, Sowell was a Marine, attended Harvard and Columbia, and has presented his conservative views in the leading newspapers and magazines in America--as well as in his best-selling books. AUTHOR: Thomas Sowell
PUBLISHER: Free Press, The
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Human Monsters by David Everitt
Description not available.Offers profiles of the most notorious murderers in history, from Vlad the Impaler to Charles Manson, David Berkowitz, Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, and Jeffrey Dahmer AUTHOR: David Everitt
PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Rutherford B. Hayes by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Ira Claffey, Tom Wicker
Description not available.The presidency of the American military hero-turned-politician is reexamined without the distortions of 1950s nostalgia to reveal a deeply flawed administration beset by McCarthyism, civil rights disturbances, and Cold War brinksmanship. 25,000 first printing. AUTHOR: Arthur M. Schlesinger, Ira Claffey, Tom Wicker
PUBLISHER: Holt, Henry & Company, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Deborah E. McDowell, Frederick Douglass, Peter J. Gomes
This dramatic autobiography of the early life of an American slave was first published in 1845, when its young author had just achieved his freedom. Douglass' eloquence gives a clear indication of the powerful principles that led him to become the first great African-American leader in the United States. AUTHOR: Deborah E. McDowell, Frederick Douglass, Peter J. Gomes
PUBLISHER: Random House of Canada, Limited
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Wonder Bread & Ecstasy by Charles Isherwood
Charles Isherwood defends the pornographic film industry against the charge that gay film star Joey Stefano's death at age 26 of drug-related causes was entirely the result of his rapid success and his knowledge that he was HIV positive. AUTHOR: Charles Isherwood
PUBLISHER: Alyson Publications
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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