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|  | A Picture Book of Harriet Tubman by David A. Adler, Samuel Byrd
An introduction to the life of the woman who helped hundreds of slaves escape via the underground railroad. Illustrated with watercolor paintings. AUTHOR: David A. Adler, Samuel Byrd
PUBLISHER: Holiday House, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | St. Martin de Porres by Alexandro Garcia-Rivera
The little stories and the traditions that grew up around St. Martin de Porres are fascinating in themselves, and every bit as charming as those told of St. Francis of Assisi. But as Garcia-Rivera shows in this book, these deceptively simple stories are equally the story of a submerged consciousness of resistance on the part of the marginalized peoples of Latin America. For the first time, Garcia-Rivera unpacks these stories, using the semiotic method and insights garnered from the works of Robert Schreiter, Eugene Genovese, and Antonio Gramsci. AUTHOR: Alexandro Garcia-Rivera
PUBLISHER: Orbis Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | African Princess
The true story of Sarah Forbes Bonetta, an African princess who was left an orphan after invading warriors killed her parents and destroyed her village. Facing execution, the princess was rescued by a British navel officer who named her Sarah Bonetta Forbes and brought her back to England with him. Once in England, Sarah was introduced to Queen Victoria who, feeling sympathy for the orphaned princess, took the girl under her protective care. Illustrated with b&w photographs and drawings.
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Mrs. Paine's Garage by Dan Frank, Thomas Mallon
A writer of historical fiction investigates a little-known chapter of the Kennedy assassination. Several months prior to the shocking events of November 1963, a recently separated Ruth Paine, seeking companionship and expressing a desire to learn the Russian language, invited Marina Oswald to live in her home in a suburb outside of Dallas. She helped Lee Harvey Oswald get a job at the Texas shoolbook repository, and he stored his rifle in her garage. Thomas Mallon examines the events of that period and what they might reveal about Lee Harvey Oswald's activities prior to assassinating the president. AUTHOR: Dan Frank, Thomas Mallon
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Mia Hamm by Clay Latimer
Description not available.Presents a biography of the record-breaking soccer player who helped the United States win a gold medal in soccer in the 1996 Olympics and the Women's World Cup in 1999. AUTHOR: Clay Latimer
PUBLISHER: Capstone Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Mountain City by Gregory Martin
A collection of eccentrics in a tiny Nevada town visit the local store where this memoir is centered, telling stories of the past, when the area was in the midst of a mining boom, and wondering what will become of their future. A New York Times Notable Book for 2000. AUTHOR: Gregory Martin
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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