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This study of General Electric`s chairman looks at his long tenure with that company, his controversial business decisions--with their huge layoffs and plant closings--his attachment to Sigma Six, and the great respect he is given by fellow business leaders and the media. AUTHOR: Janet Lowe
PUBLISHER: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Osama bin Laden & the Taliban by Asad Abukhalil
Description not available.Discusses the rise of the Taliban and Osama bin Laden, examining U.S. relations with Islamic countries and the policies that have led to antipathy toward the United States. AUTHOR: Asad Abukhalil
PUBLISHER: Seven Stories Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Eleanor Everywhere by Monica Kulling
Description not available.The inspiring true story of Eleanor Roosevelt profiles the first wife of a president to have a public life and career of her own and her devotion to helping others and working for peace. Simultaneous. AUTHOR: Monica Kulling
PUBLISHER: Random House Children's Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Desertion by Jack Todd
This memoir of a Vietnam era deserter tells of the political and personal factors in his decision to flee to Canada in the 1960s, the difficult life he and other Americans endured, his efforts to find a home after the hostilities ended--complicated by the fact that he had renounced his American citizenship--and of the life he made as a successful Canadian journalist. AUTHOR: Jack Todd
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Let the Trumpet Sound by Stephen B. Oates
Winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Book Award and the Christopher Award, this brilliant examination of the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. portrays a very real man and his dream that shaped America's history. AUTHOR: Stephen B. Oates
PUBLISHER: HarperTrade
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | The New New Thing
In this fast-paced glimpse inside Silicon Valley, the best-selling author of LIAR'S POKER follows one of the Valley's most influential players: Jim Clark of Silicon Graphics, Netscape, and now Healtheon.
CATEGORY: Biographies
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