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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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 | Another Place at the Table by Kathy Harrison
Kathy and Bruce Harrison have taken in foster children for over 10 years. In this dramatic memoir, Kathy writes about the experience, focusing on three of the children who have been in her care: Danny, retarded and potentially dangerous; Sara, promiscuous at age 6 because of her abused background; and Karen, an infant from a troubled home. AUTHOR: Kathy Harrison
PUBLISHER: Putnam Publishing Group, The
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Up from the Ashes by Clay Portis, Hannibal B. Johnson
Description not available.Tells the story of the Greenwood community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, its destruction in the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921, and its rebuilding AUTHOR: Clay Portis, Hannibal B. Johnson
PUBLISHER: Eakin Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Joseph Smith by Donna Hill
First published in 1977, this is the first major biography of Mormonism`s founder since 1945 and the most fully authenticated story of Joseph Smith`s life ever written. Based on original sources, this is the story of a charismatic leader -- one of the most complex and influential figures in American history -- who believed in God but not in the contending, confusing denominations of his day and who, because of his beliefs, died a martyr. AUTHOR: Donna Hill
PUBLISHER: Signature Books, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | My Early Years by Deborah Shnookal, Fidel Castro, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Pedro A. Tabio
This is the first autobiographical selection to be published in English that gives a glimpse of Fidel - the boy and the young man - who was to become one of the outstanding, if controversial, political leaders of the century. The book brings together a range of interviews and talks in which Fidel Castro speaks candidly about his family background, his religious education and political influences. AUTHOR: Deborah Shnookal, Fidel Castro, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Pedro A. Tabio
PUBLISHER: Ocean Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Diary of Samuel Repys by Henry B. Wheatley, Mynors Bright, Samuel Pepys
Pepys's accounts of life in Restoration London offer a fascinating view of the society and culture of that period. He witnessed some of the most significant events of his time, including the return of Charles II in 1660, the Great Plague in 1665, the Fire of London in 1666, and the burning of the English fleet by the Dutch in 1667. Although all these events are described in the diary, much of what Pepys recorded were accounts of his flirtations, visits to the theatre, and dining pleasures. It is in these entires that we get a vivid picture of middle class life in Restoration London. Pepys's frank opinions and gratitude to God for his material gains are often amusing to the modern reader, but despite his hedonism and materialism, he was a capable administrator in the Royal Navy, and he helped to sow the seeds for the rise of British sea power in the eighteenth century. AUTHOR: Henry B. Wheatley, Mynors Bright, Samuel Pepys
PUBLISHER: University of California Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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