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|  | Great African Americans in Film by Janice Parker
Contains thirteen biographies of African American movie stars, including Dorothy Dandridge, Morgan Freeman, Richard Pryor, and Butterfly McQueen. AUTHOR: Janice Parker
PUBLISHER: Crabtree Publishing Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | The Abracadabra Kid by Nelson Runger, Sid Fleischman
An autobiography of the author of such books as Jim Ugly, The 13th Floor, and The Whipping Boy. Illustrated with b&w photographs. AUTHOR: Nelson Runger, Sid Fleischman
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Children's Book Group
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Packinghouse Daughter by Cheri Register
The memoirist recalls her childhood in Minnesota, where a meatpacking plant dominated the lives of her family and friends. A 1959 strike at the plant, where her father was a striking employee, defines the narrative. Although a memoir of her own childhood, this book meditates on the larger issues of labor and class. AUTHOR: Cheri Register
PUBLISHER: Minnesota Historical Society Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Mister God, This Is Anna by Anna Fynn
She was only four years old when Fynn found her on London's fog-shrouded docks. He took her back to his mother's home, and from that first moments, their times together were filled with delight and discovery. Anna had an astonishing ability to ask--and answer--life's largest questions. Her total openness and honesty amazed all who knew her. She seemed to understand with uncanny certainty the purpose of being, the essence of feeling, the beauty of love. For Annna had a special friendship with Mister God.... AUTHOR: Anna Fynn
PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Real Life at the White House by Claire Whitcomb, John Whitcomb
REAL LIFE AT THE WHITE HOUSE celebrates two centuries of domestic life in this historic abode. In forty-two chapters one for each administration this stylish sourcebook takes us on an intimate tour of the daily life of each president and his family, bringing into view everything from china patterns to built-in closets (a luxury added during the Truman renovation), from plumbing to telephones (Coolidge refused to use the phone for business) from architectural structure to state dinners and family meals. Filled with hundreds of anecdotes, photographs, and presidential quotes from Washington (who never lived there but oversaw the first plans) to Clinton, this thoroughly engaging book captures the texture of presidential life while documenting the very human history of a house. AUTHOR: Claire Whitcomb, John Whitcomb
PUBLISHER: Routledge
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Thoughts from a Queen-Sized Bed by Mimi Schwartz
The 40 essays collected here chronicle the events of Schwatz's life-- both the upbeat moments experienced during family weddings and her daughter's pregnancy, as well as the darker times, such as her own mastectomy and her husband's stroke. AUTHOR: Mimi Schwartz
PUBLISHER: University of Nebraska Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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