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|  | A Song in Her Heart by Roxane Orgill
Profiles of 10 women who made important contributions to the American music scene--including Ma Rainey, Ethel Merman, Joan Baez, and Madonna. Illustrated with photographs. AUTHOR: Roxane Orgill
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | An Hour Before Daylight by Jimmy Carter
Former President Carter recalls his wonder years growing up on a farm in Georgia. He evokes a sense of place and time as he tells of everyday chores and hard work, and of the people who were a lifelong influence on him. AUTHOR: Jimmy Carter
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Latin American Heroes by Jerome Adams
Description not available.A collection of essays explores the most significant figures in Latin American history, discussing the lives and accomplishments of Simon Bolivar, Che Guevara, Emiliano Zapata, Eva Peron, and others. Reprint. AUTHOR: Jerome Adams
PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Taking Charge by Michael R. Beschloss
A transcript of the tape recordings made by Lyndon Johnson of his conversations in the Oval Office during his presidency, edited by presidential historian Michael Beschloss. AUTHOR: Michael R. Beschloss
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Trade Paperbacks
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Thomas Jefferson & Sally Hemings by Annette Gordon-Reed
In light of DNA evidence supporting a Jefferson-Hemings relationship, Gordon-Reed has added to her acclaimed study a new Preface in which she finds fresh reasons for seeing Thomas Jefferson as a complicated metaphor for the American character. AUTHOR: Annette Gordon-Reed
PUBLISHER: University Press of Virginia
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | White by Kenneth R. Janken
Description not available.A portrait of the late executive secretary of the NAACP documents his efforts as a civil rights champion and his work to outlaw segregation and racism, noting how his physical appearance as an African-American with light-colored skin enabled him to work undercover to expose southern lynch mob activities. AUTHOR: Kenneth R. Janken
PUBLISHER: New Press, The
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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