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|  | Just As I Am by Billy Graham, Jonathan Reese
If the size of his audience is any indication, then Billy Graham is the world's most successful evangelist. From the city-wide revivals that won him his first national attention (and prompted publisher William Randolph Hearst to issue a famous, two-word telegram to his media empire to Puff Graham ), to the stadium-sized, televised crusades in the U.S. and throughout the world, Graham's career has spanned five decades and ten presidential administrations. In this disarmingly personal memoir, the evangelist reflects upon the development of his ministry, from his ordinary beginnings in western North Carolina to his prominence as one of the world's most recognizable religious leaders. While there is nothing in the book that will surprise or disconcert any of Graham's loyal followers, Graham writes as he speaks--in the utterly personal voice of individual conviction and integrity that has been so convincing to so many. AUTHOR: Billy Graham, Jonathan Reese
PUBLISHER: HarperSanFrancisco
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Profiles in Courage for Our Time by Caroline Kennedy
Following the organizing principle of her father's Pulitzer prize-winning PROFILES IN COURAGE, Caroline Kennedy here collects sketches of men and women whose lives or accomplishments embody high American principles. The portraits of winners of the Profiles In Courage Award are written by Pete Hamill, Marion Wright Engelman, Michael Beschloss, Bob Woodward, and others. AUTHOR: Caroline Kennedy
PUBLISHER: Hyperion Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | In My Own Words by Eva Peron
In 1987, a small Argentine publishing house published a document that had recently been found in a government archive in Buenos Aires. The document was called Mi mensaje , or My Message , and appeared to be the long-lost deathbed manuscript of Eva Peron, referred to by her and mentioned in several biographies of her. Rumor had it that the document, which is critical of the Argentine church and military, had been suppressed for thirty years after her death by her husband, Argentine President Juan Peron. Like everything about Evita, My Message is shrouded in mystery and myth. Leading Peron scholars disagree about whether Evita wrote every word herself and about whether it is an accurate reflection of Evita's thinking at the time of her death. Her estate, however, insists that the work is not by Evita. In In My Own Words, My Message appears in English for the first time, published with an extensive introduction by Peron scholar Joseph A. Page, who weighs all the claims and counterclaims about the document's authenticity and concludes that My Message is a vital document...probably based in part on dictation by the wife of Argentine President Juan Peron . AUTHOR: Eva Peron
PUBLISHER: New Press, The
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Lives of a Biologist by John Tyler Bonner
This autobiography by the biologist John Tyler Bonner manages to sneak in a history of the development of 20th-century biology. AUTHOR: John Tyler Bonner
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Losing My Mind by Thomas DeBaggio
Thomas DeBaggio has Alzheimer`s. In this memoir, the 57-year-old former gardener, journalist, and freelance writer tells about the gradual disintegration of his memory in order to provide the existing literature on the disease with a much needed patient`s perspective. AUTHOR: Thomas DeBaggio
PUBLISHER: Free Press, The
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Eleanor Roosevelt Vol. 2 by Blanche Wiesen Cook, Kate Reading
Cook hit a nerve with her portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt--the brave, fierce, passionate, political heroine of our century. A national bestseller, her authoritative biography has been celebrated by feminists, historians, politicians, potential first ladies, and by reviewers everywhere. Now this seminal work depicting the life and achievements of an inspiring First Lady is available in trade paperback. Photographs. AUTHOR: Blanche Wiesen Cook, Kate Reading
PUBLISHER: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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