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|  | The Life & Poems of Osceola Mays by Alan Govenar, Osceola Mays, Shane W. Evans
Osceola Mays, the African-American daughter of a sharecropper, describes her childhood in a segregated Texas town during the early 20th century. Originally an oral history, this true story is illustrated with color paintings. AUTHOR: Alan Govenar, Osceola Mays, Shane W. Evans
PUBLISHER: Disney Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Un Periodista sin Fronteras by Jorge Ramos
Description not available.The award-winning Hispanic anchorman describes his journey from Mexican immigrant to education in Los Angeles to rise to success in the world of American journalism, offering intimate portraits of the political figures he has interviewed over the years, his insights into world affairs, and the pivotal events he has covered. (Biography) AUTHOR: Jorge Ramos
PUBLISHER: HarperTrade
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | William Shakespeare, a Textual Companion by Gary Taylor, John Jowett, Stanley Wells, William Montgomery
A companion to The Norton Shakespeare , this is the most comprehensive reference work on Shakespearean textual problems ever compiled in a single volume. William Shakespeare: A Textual Companion provides a wealth of information about the problems presented by the texts and the processes by which editorial decisions are reached. AUTHOR: Gary Taylor, John Jowett, Stanley Wells, William Montgomery
PUBLISHER: Norton, W. W. & Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Booknotes by Brian Lamb
Brian Lamb, host of C-Span's Booknotes, collects essays taken from the program, featuring writers like Shelby Foote, Norman Mailer, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Howell Raines. AUTHOR: Brian Lamb
PUBLISHER: Crown Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | The Man Who Ran Faster Than Everyone by Jack Batten
Description not available.Despite poverty, poor training, and prejudice, Tom Longboat--a member of the Onondaga Nation--became one of the world's best runners, winning the Boston Marathon in 1907 and competing in the 1908 Olympic Marathon. Original. AUTHOR: Jack Batten
PUBLISHER: Tundra Books of Northern New York
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Simone Weil by Francine Du Plessix Gray
Simone Weil was an intellectual and religious woman who grew up during the turbulent first-half of the twentieth-century in Paris a privileged and talented student, and later worked as a union organizer in London. Francine du Plessix Gray, whose earlier contribution to the Penguin Lives Biographies Series for the Marquis de Sade won her a Pulitzer nomination, retells Weil's story. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001. AUTHOR: Francine Du Plessix Gray
PUBLISHER: Viking Penguin
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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