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Description not available.Relates the naturalist's experiences with the courageous, adventurous dog who helped him battle a storm on Alaska's Taylor Glacier AUTHOR: Carl Dennis Buell, Christopher Canyon, Donnell Rubay, John Muir, Malcolm Margolin
PUBLISHER: Dawn Publications
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Without Lying Down by Cari Beauchamp
A biography of Frances Marion, one of the earliest--and for many years the most successful--screenwriters in Hollywood. AUTHOR: Cari Beauchamp
PUBLISHER: University of California Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Amazing Grace by Steve Turner
Description not available.Documents the history of the popular American hymn, noting the inspiration of its writing by John Newton, nineteenth- and twentieth-century rise to a gospel and folk standard, and recording by various top artists. AUTHOR: Steve Turner
PUBLISHER: HarperTrade
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | The Waiting Child by Cindy Champnella
Adoption advocate Cindy Champnella tells of how her Chinese-born adopted daughter campaigned to get the family to travel back to China and adopt a boy she had befriended while in the orphanage. Despite time and money constraints, the Champnellas eventually agreed to adopt the boy, but by then the author`s sister had also decided to adopt him--a situation the entire extended family found acceptable. AUTHOR: Cindy Champnella
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | War in a Time of Peace by David Halberstam, James Naughton
Through a deep analysis of the War in the Gulf, and through studies of operations in Haiti, Somalia, and Bosnia, Halberstam examines new ways of waging war following the fall of Communism. He addresses the issues of civilian control of the military and whether politics threatens to interfere with military goals, and he explains the new technologies of war, especially America's dominance in the air. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001. AUTHOR: David Halberstam, James Naughton
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Trade Paperbacks
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Journey Through Genius by William W. Dunham
A rare combination of the historical, biographical, and mathematicalgenius, this book is a fascinating introduction to a neglected field of human creativity. Dunham places mathematical theorem, along with masterpieces of art, music, and literature and gives them the attention they deserve. AUTHOR: William W. Dunham
PUBLISHER: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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