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|  | The Enemy by Gopal Balakrishnan
The writings of Carl Schmitt form what is arguably the most disconcerting, original, and yet still unfamiliar body of twentieth-century political thought. In the English-speaking world, he is terra incognita, a name associated with Nazism, the author of a largely untranslated oeuvre forming no recognizable system, coming to us from a disturbing place and time in the form of fragments. THE ENEMY is a comprehensive intertextual reconstruction and analysis of all of Schmitt's major works presented in an arresting narrative form. The format reveals the complex ways in which his ideas took shape in the intertwining time lines of civil and world wars. AUTHOR: Gopal Balakrishnan
PUBLISHER: Verso
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Backstreet Boys by Scholastic, Inc. Staff
Description not available.Describes the success of the popular musical group's second album, Millennium, and their most recent concert tour, and discusses the current interests and views of each member AUTHOR: Scholastic, Inc. Staff
PUBLISHER: Scholastic, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Patrick by Tomie dePaola
The story of Patrick's life, from his noble birth in Britain, to his being captured and taken to Ireland by a group of bandits, to the dreams that led him to convert the Irish people to the Christian faith. DePaola also retells several well-known legends, including the story of how Patrick got rid of all the snakes in Ireland. Full color. AUTHOR: Tomie dePaola
PUBLISHER: Holiday House, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Napoleon by Proctor Jones
A magnificent full-color treasury of Napoleonic art and artifacts, accompanied by intimate glimpses of the emperor drawn from the memoirs of his two closest aids. AUTHOR: Proctor Jones
PUBLISHER: Random House, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Swing It! by John Sforza
The Andrews Sisters -- Maxene, Patty, and La Verne -- remain best-selling female vocal group of all time, charting more Top 10 Billboard hits than Elvis or the Beatles and placing hits on the Billboard Top 40 charts 113 times in fifteen years. In 1937, as America continued to pull itself out of the Great Depression only to face the ominous clouds of war looming over Europe and East Asia, a young and vivacious trio of sisters from Minneapolis burst upon the music scene with tight harmonies framing perfectly syncopated rhythms. They would revolutionize and forever change popular music. With their first hit, Bei Mir Bist Du Schon, the sisters essentially vocalized the big band sound of the era. They went on to introduce a vocal form of boogie-woogie, originally a piano style, and were responsible for bringing various forms of ethnic music into the mainstream of American popular culture. The trio`s popularity soared throughout the 1940s, with hundreds of recordings, live shows, radio performances, and appearances in seventeen Hollywood musicals. But they are perhaps best remembered for their tireless devotion to entertaining troops overseas during World War II. AUTHOR: John Sforza
PUBLISHER: University Press of Kentucky
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley, Joe Morton
The autobiography, narrated to Alex Haley, of the leader of the Nation of Islam, from his early years as a petty criminal and his conversion in jail to his eventual rise to prominence as spokesman and rival of Elijah Mohammed. AUTHOR: Alex Haley, Joe Morton
PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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