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|  | The Holy Twins by Kathleen Norris, Tomie dePaola
A biography of Saint Benedict, who created the Benedictine Rule still followed by many religious orders, and his twin sister Saint Scholastica. Color illustrations accompany the text. AUTHOR: Kathleen Norris, Tomie dePaola
PUBLISHER: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | If You Could Hear What I See by Kathy Buckley
Description not available.The author shares her painful childhood of growing up hearing-impaired where she used humor to overcome many obstacles and traumatic events, details the people who profoundly impacted her life and urged her to follow her dreams, and reveals how she used laughter, courage, and pride to deal with life's many surprises. Reprint. AUTHOR: Kathy Buckley
PUBLISHER: Dutton/Plume
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Ill-Advised by Robert H. Ferrell
In Ill-Advised: Presidential Health and Public Trust, historian Robert H. Ferrell presents powerful evidence of frightening medical cover-ups in the White House, from Grover Cleveland's secret surgery for cancer to the questionable reporting of details on the health of both Ronald Reagan and George Bush. Malpractice, missing public records, and politically motivated cover-ups have hidden sometimes severe presidential illnesses from the American people for more than a century. A massive stroke in 1919 crippled Woodrow Wilson both mentally and physically. But it was the ensuing cover-up that paralyzed both foreign and domestic affairs, as the incompetent leader continued to serve. Certain that an ailing Franklin D. Roosevelt would never survive a fourth term, White House insiders worked frantically behind Roosevelt's back to orchestrate the nomination of their own choice for the vice-presidential candidate. Roosevelt's health never became a public issue, and Harry S. Truman became the thirty-third president of the United States just two months after the election, having been handpicked by a handful of politically motivated White House insiders. At the heart of Ill-Advised is important new documentation of the serious physical condition of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Using previously untapped evidence, Ferrell uncovers convincing evidence of Eisenhower's ill health, which perhaps should have kept him from ever running for the presidency, and certainly should have kept him from running for reelection. Ferrell discusses possible cover-ups in the presidencies of John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan, and leaves readers to draw their own conclusions about George Bush's arrhythmic heart and thepossibility of Dan Quayle as sudden, accidental president of the United States. As the 1992 election campaign heats up, some commentators are already watching for Bush's health to become a political issue. In a time of great crisis , writes Ferrell, a president of the United States AUTHOR: Robert H. Ferrell
PUBLISHER: University of Missouri Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | The Unknown Callas by George H. Harewood, Nicholas Petsalis-Diomedis
Nicholas Petsalis-Diomidis has consulted a wealth of materials to produce this in-depth life of Maria Callas (nee Mary Kaloyeropoulou) from her birth in New York in 1923 to recently immigrated parents, through the last performance in her spectacular career--with an emphasis on her life in Greece. Winner of the Greek National Biography Award in 1999. AUTHOR: George H. Harewood, Nicholas Petsalis-Diomedis
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Science & Health with Key to the Scriptures (Wissenschaft und Gesundheit Mit Schlussel Zur Heiligen Schrift) by Mary Baker Eddy
Science & Health is the textbook of Christian Science used to study & demonstrate the healing power of prayer. It is the major work of Mary Baker Eddy, discoverer & founder of Christian Science, & reveals the scientific & spiritual laws underlying Christ Jesus' healing works. It explains the nature of God, & how scientific prayer can heal & regenerate through a true understanding of Him. This book is a classic work on metaphysics, religion, & philosophy. Accounts of the healing of incurable & terminal disorders are found in the last 100 pages of the book. AUTHOR: Mary Baker Eddy
PUBLISHER: Eddy, The Writings of Mary Baker
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | The Osbournes - Bleeped! by Danny Fields
Description not available.Dotted with Truth or Dare sidebars, punchy pop-ups, eight pages of color photographs, and headline head-scratchers, a fact-packed biography of MTV's first family spotlights Kelly and Jack and what it is like to grow up in a home like theirs. Original. AUTHOR: Danny Fields
PUBLISHER: Scholastic, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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