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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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 | Go Where You Wanna Go by Matthew Greenwald
Description not available.Chronicles the history of the 1960s vocal group from the release of their California Dreamin' record through their explosion on the hippie scene, in a volume complemented by rare interviews, early-day anecdotes, and examinations of their challenging personal dynamics. AUTHOR: Matthew Greenwald
PUBLISHER: Cooper Square Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Yasar Kemal on His Life & Art by Barry Tharaud, Eugene L. Hebert
For over four decades Yasar Kemal has been Turkey`s greatest and best-known writer. His works have been translated into every major language, and he has been short-listed several times for the Nobel Prize in Literature. In 1957 Kemal became friends with the French writer Alain Bosquet, and much later the idea for a conversation in correspondence between the two writers developed. The conversation , which is really a series of questions by Bosquet are answered at length by Kemal, was published in Paris by Gallimard in 1990. In this work Kemal describes his life, including the political persecution he experienced because of his leftist politics, the development of his literary art, and the influences that have played a significant role in his creations. His account of how Turkish and Kurdish oral epic traditions influenced his work is significant, for it marks Kemal as the, preeminent figure in modern world literature who combines literary traditions of East and West, poetry and prose, and folk and classical styles. Yasar Kemal on His Life and Art opens the door for English-speaking readers to the universe of one of the most important and most fascinating writers of contemporary world literature. AUTHOR: Barry Tharaud, Eugene L. Hebert
PUBLISHER: Syracuse University Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Life of Charlotte by Elisabeth Jay, Elizabeth Gaskell
Mrs. Gaskell's celebrated book was the first biography of Charlotte Bronte. The two women were close friends, and Bronte was not unlike the self-sacrificing heroines of Gaskell's own novels. Gaskell drew closely on her own knowledge of Bronte in this affectionate evaluation. AUTHOR: Elisabeth Jay, Elizabeth Gaskell
PUBLISHER: Viking Penguin
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Scott Joplin by Steven Otfinoski
A biography of ragtime music`s greatest composer, the African-American Scott Joplin, that covers his early days performing in the 1890s in the Midwest to his attempts in New York to have his opera Tremonisha published at the end of his career. AUTHOR: Steven Otfinoski
PUBLISHER: Scholastic Library Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Platoon Leader by James R. McDonough
A remarkable memoir of small unit leadership and the coming of age of a young soldier in combat in Vietnam. Truly a classic of military history. Col. James McDonough graduated from West Point and served in Vietnam as an infantry platoon leader in the legendary 173d Airborne Brigade. AUTHOR: James R. McDonough
PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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