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Genghis Khan was able to unite the Primitive Mongol tribes of the harsh Siberian steppes and organize them into highly mobile and disciplined squadrons which he used to conquer most of the known world. In this landmark work, Leo de Hartog looks at the world situation in the 13th century and how Ghengis Khan exploited it. More than a ruthless warrior, the great Khan was an administrative genius who selected military and civilian leaders and set up bureaucratic structures that fortified his regime. AUTHOR: De Hartog
PUBLISHER: I. B.Tauris & Company, Limited
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Miss O by Betty Oliphant, Mikhail Baryshnikov
In London in the late twenties and thirties, Betty studied ballet with Tamara Karsavina, Marie Rambert and Margaret Saul. At a very early age her schooling was sacrificed to dance training, which extended far beyond ballet to include stage, tap, ballroom and acrobatics. Teaching and dancing professionally at the age of thirteen, she opened her own school at the age of seventeen above Twinings Tea Emporium. Leaving France under the looming shadow of war, she worked during the war as an ambulance diver, as a choreographer of pantomimes, and finally for The Blue Pencils, a British army touring revue. At war`s end, Betty came to Canada as a war bride for the benefit of her young children, one of whom was suffering from tuberculosis of the spine. In Toronto, she quickly began teaching, choreographing for the opera and for pantomimes with Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster. When Celia Franca established the National Ballet of Canada, Betty was Ballet Mistress for eight years and later served the company as Associate Artistic Director. Her own school became the core of the National Ballet School, founded in 1959 to ensure that future students would receive the best dance training without sacrificing their academic schooling. She succeeded beyond anyone`s expectations. The graduates of the National Ballet School now light up stages around the world. Teaching was always her first love, but her talents extended to leadership, fundraising, governmental and corporate relations. AUTHOR: Betty Oliphant, Mikhail Baryshnikov
PUBLISHER: Turnstone Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Ambient Entury by Brian Eno, Mark Pendergrast
In this history of ambient music, a music journalist chronicles the evolution of the genre, starting with Gustav Mahler, Erik Satie, and Claude Debussy, showing how these composers paved the way for late-20th-century musicians like Brian Eno and Phillip Glass. In doing so, he illuminates the audio aesthetics of techno's computer-generated melodies. AUTHOR: Brian Eno, Mark Pendergrast
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | The Tender Land by Kathleen Finneran
The family at the heart of this memoir didn't stand out in their St. Louis neighborhood, where many families seemed just like theirs: industrious, loving, close. So when the author's youngest brother committed suicide, it stood out vividly. This memoir recounts the way that death shattered the family and the way the family rebuilt in its wake. AUTHOR: Kathleen Finneran
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Wild Swans by Anna Massey, Jung Chang, Rowena Cooper
An international bestseller with over three million copies in print, this is the story of three generations, mostly of women, in a Chinese family. AUTHOR: Anna Massey, Jung Chang, Rowena Cooper
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster, Limited
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Four Sisters of Hofei by Annping Chin
Description not available.Four Chinese sisters born between 1908 and 1914 recall their lives and experiences in this unique exploration of twentieth-century Chinese culture and history, drawing on an impressive array of prolific correspondence, diaries, family histories, journals, interviews, and other writings. 35,000 first printing. AUTHOR: Annping Chin
PUBLISHER: Scribner
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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