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|  | The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky by Joan Acocella, Kyril Fitzlyon, Vaslav Nijinsky
This diary of one of the greatest dancers and choreographers of the 20th century reveals as much (or more) about the mechanisms of madness as it does about dance. Nijinsky developed schizophrenia shortly after World War I, and in his diary he shows the symptoms of both his nearly total delusion and his unmistakable genius. Even as he is identifying himself with God, ruminating at length on bodily functions, and raving about sex, Nijinsky's writing slips in and out of poetry. This edition of the diary includes the sections that Nijinsky's wife removed from her earlier edition, and includes an introduction by The New Yorker dance critic Joan Acocella. A New York Times Notable Book in 1999. AUTHOR: Joan Acocella, Kyril Fitzlyon, Vaslav Nijinsky
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | The Prize Winner of Defiance Ohio by Terry Ryan
Description not available.A woman describes her mother Evelyn's struggles with poverty in the 1950s as she tries to build a happy home for her ten children, with the help of wit, poetry, and prose during the contest era of the 1950s and 1960s. Reprint. 50,000 first printing. AUTHOR: Terry Ryan
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Trade Paperbacks
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | City of God by David Knowles, Henry Bettenson, Marcus Dods, Saint Augustine, Thomas Merton
Saint Augustine, who spent 14 years composing this Christian and literary classic, wrote City of God as a defense of Christianity in the wake of the fall of the Roman Empire. City of God functions as a history of early Christianity, a critique of Roman polytheism, and a philosophy of history. Its central theme is the duality of good and evil. Augustine proposes a universal religious society, or the perfectly ordered and harmonious communion of those who find their joy in God, and in one another in God. AUTHOR: David Knowles, Henry Bettenson, Marcus Dods, Saint Augustine, Thomas Merton
PUBLISHER: Random House Adult Trade Publishing Group
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | It Doesn't Take a Hero by H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Description not available.The general who led the troops who attacked Iraq during the war in the Persian Gulf discusses his experiences during the Vietnam War, his personal life, and his beliefs. Reprint. NYT. AUTHOR: H. Norman Schwarzkopf
PUBLISHER: Bantam Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | The Wolf, the Woman, the Wilderness by Teresa T. Martino
This is at once a heartfelt reflection and an exciting adventure tale, well told and with a happy ending. The author tells her fascinating true story of returning a wolf to the wilderness and, in the process, discovering her own roots. Promotion in conjunction with the Humane Society of the United States and the American Humane Society. AUTHOR: Teresa T. Martino
PUBLISHER: NewSage Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Castro & Cuba by Angelo Trento
This concise history, which begins with the seizing of independence in 1898 and reaches to the present day, synthesizes the events that have made Cuba a singular case in the history of communism: the choice of socialism by Fidel and the missile crisis of 1962; the internationalism of Ernesto Che Guevara and Havana's maverick foreign policy; tile adoption of the Soviet model and its effect on Cuba's social and economic life; the forms of the poder popular; the period after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the break with Moscow; and the difficulties created by the continuing economic embargo and the historical hostility of the United States. AUTHOR: Angelo Trento
PUBLISHER: Interlink Publishing Group, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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