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|  | Beautiful & Damned by Alan Margolies, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Flo Gibson, Kermit Vanderbilt
This novel, heavily based on the troubled marriage of the Fitzgeralds, describes the moral, physical, and financial decline of a beautiful, gifted, and decadent couple, Anthony Comstock Patch and his wife, Gloria, who are destroyed by alcohol and greed, as well as by the excesses and disappointments of the Jazz Age. THE BEAUTIFUL AND DAMNED was Fitzgerald's first fully realized novel, and it marks the beginning of the period in which his best works of social realism were written. AUTHOR: Alan Margolies, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Flo Gibson, Kermit Vanderbilt
PUBLISHER: Scribner
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Lafitte the Pirate by E. H. Suydam, Lyle Saxon
When the British landed in Louisiana and threatened New Orleans, the pirate turned patriot and joined his band of outlaws with the army of Andrew Jackson to win the Battle of New Orleans. This book was first published in 1930. AUTHOR: E. H. Suydam, Lyle Saxon
PUBLISHER: Pelican Publishing Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Warburgs by Jonathan Reese, Ron Chernow
An exhaustive history of the prominent Jewish banking family, from their origins as medieval traders to the zenith of their influence in the early years of the 20th-century, when the House of Warburg could influence the course of international politics through its control of capital and could direct the development of European art and scholarship through he numerous libraries, museums, and institutes it endowed. Banished from Germany by the Nazis, the family returned to Hamburg after the Allied victory and aided in the reconstruction of Germany. AUTHOR: Jonathan Reese, Ron Chernow
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | If a Bus Could Talk by Faith Ringgold
On her way to school, a girl named Marcie boards a mysterious bus that is filled with riders who seem totally unaware of her presence. As the trip progresses, Marcie learns the life story of Rosa Parks, the African-American woman who refused to give up her bus seat for a white man, thus setting off the Montgomery Bus Boycott--one of the most important events of the American Civil Rights Movement. Illustrated with acrylic paintings. AUTHOR: Faith Ringgold
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | He Formed His Ranks by Albert Fried
This history of the Roosevelt administration looks at the opposition and sometimes virulent attacks on FDR from five enemies, each of whom, in his own way, enjoyed a large popular following: Al Smith, former governor of New York; Father Charles Coughlin, a priest and radio personality; Senator Huey Long, from Louisiana; John L. Lewis, labor leader; and Charles A. Lindbergh, aviator and celebrity. Each one of these battles between Roosevelt and his opponent brings out a different aspect of the period's great debates about politics and the people. AUTHOR: Albert Fried
PUBLISHER: Palgrave Macmillan
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | The Fruits & Fruit Trees of Monticello by Peter J. Hatch
Thomas Jefferson was fascinated with the growing of fruit, and his Monticello collection was internationally known. This book draws on his journals and letters to document the extent of his interest and the variety of his achievements as a fruit-collector and grower. It also covers the restoration of Jefferson`s fruitery after its neglect throughout the 19th century. AUTHOR: Peter J. Hatch
PUBLISHER: University Press of Virginia
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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