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|  | Before Their Time
In this vivid and deeply moving memoir, novelist Robert Kotlowitz recounts his experiences as a teenaged infantryman in the Second World War. With a sharp, ironic eye, he brings every moment of his service to life, from the day he is drafted as an eighteen-year-old and thrown into basic training and maneuvers in Tennessee. Readers meet his commanding officers and fellow platoon members in all their quirky individuality, see the grimly foreboding drowning of fellow recruits in a swollen river, feel his excitement and anxiety alike as the young Francophile and Jew arrives in France to face the German army, and watch the drudgery and senselessness of military routine erode his youthful idealism. Most shatteringly, he describes the horrific day in which almost his entire platoon is slaughtered in an ill-advised assault on a German position, during which he must play dead for twelve hours in the midst of furious fire. An immensely moving work of witness and of muted, well-justified rage, Before Their Time joins the ranks of the great and sobering stories of World War II.
PUBLISHER: Doubleday Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | She Got Game by Cynthia Cooper, Russ Pate
WNBA star and Olympic gold medalist Cynthia Cooper shares her extraordinary story in this fascinating and inspiring book that proves that hard work, commitment, and determination can pave the way for success--no matter what the odds. AUTHOR: Cynthia Cooper, Russ Pate
PUBLISHER: Warner Books, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Double Billing by Cameron Stracher
In this memoir of the workplace, Cameron Stracher tells what it is really like being a lawyer for a large, New York law firm. He and his fellow lawyers spend their days generating documents and this takes a toll on his health. He sees signs of disturbing behavior on the part of his colleagues and moves on to a firm that allows him to actually litigate in the courtroom. AUTHOR: Cameron Stracher
PUBLISHER: Morrow/Avon
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People by Toby Young
This memoirist gossips about his own termination from the newsrooms at Vanity Fair, London`s Evening Standard, and finally, Gear. AUTHOR: Toby Young
PUBLISHER: Basic Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | The Truth of Me
Description not available.A collection of the oral histories of some of the most enduring and powerful contributors to American soul music of the twentieth century discusses their hardships on the road, conflicts with male managers, and the competition of the industry, as well as addressing issues of racism and sexism. Simultaneous.
PUBLISHER: University Press of Mississippi
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Ice Bound by Jerri Nielsen, Maryanne Vollers
Drawn to the South Pole by both her spirit of adventure and her altruism as a medical doctor, Dr. Nielson thought an expedition would be the perfect therapy after a painful divorce. However, once isolated in the pole, and unreachable for months because the temperature made it impossible to land a plane there, she discovered cancer in her own breast. In this memoir she shares her physical and emotional ordeal. AUTHOR: Jerri Nielsen, Maryanne Vollers
PUBLISHER: Brilliance Audio
FORMAT: Audio
CATEGORY: Biographies
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