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This recreation of Robert Scott`s 1911 polar expedition--his last--attempts to rehabilitate that explorer`s reputation. Author Solomon uses the best available scientific knowledge to test her thesis that the unusually inclement weather was the fatal factor in Scott`s demise, not, as some have surmised, his ineptitude and bumbling. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001. AUTHOR: Susan Solomon
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Peace at Heart by Barbara Drake
In 1987, Barbara Drake and her husband sold their home in Portland and moved to a farm in western Oregon`s Yamhill Valley. In PEACE AT HEART, Drake reflects on ten years of country living and on the happiness that this rural landscape has brought her. She combines gentle humor, practical advice, and deep respect for the work and the land. AUTHOR: Barbara Drake
PUBLISHER: Oregon State University Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis by Dan Santow
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, wife of the thirty-fifth president of the United States, was an elegant and fashionable First Lady, whose restoration efforts made the White House the museum-quality historical mansion she felt the country deserved. She helped Washington become the social and cultural center of the country by bringing great artists, musicians, actors, and intellectuals to the city. AUTHOR: Dan Santow
PUBLISHER: Scholastic Library Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | The Martin Luther King, Jr. Companion by Coretta Scott King, Dexter Scott King, Martin Luther King
In the Martin Luther King, Jr. Companion, Coretta Scott King has selected her husband's finest words. Assembled here into a handsome and portable book, these quotations are as significant and moving as they were in the 1960s. Whether reflecting on the dusty back roads of Montgomery, Alabama, or speaking at the legendary March on Washington, Martin Luther King, Jr., brought a stirring message of peace, equality, and justice to a divided people. The vision of healing and forgiveness presented here is a timeless message that America can ill afford to ignore. AUTHOR: Coretta Scott King, Dexter Scott King, Martin Luther King
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Buffalo Bill's Wild West by Joy Kasson
In this study, Kasson demonstrates how the world's perception and recollection of the Wild West has been, in a large part, based on the travelling show that was Buffalo Bill and His Wild West Show. Buffalo Bill, born William Cody, developed his touring carnival/play--which featured Native Americans, cowboys, sharpshooters, and the like--in the 1880s and went on to tour all over the US, and eventually to England and Europe. AUTHOR: Joy Kasson
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Why I Am An Agnostic & Other Essays by Clarence Darrow
The renowned lawyer Clarence Darrow (1857-1938) was also an impassioned defender of intellectual freedom, individual liberties, and social injustice. In these wide-ranging essays, Darrow attacks beliefs in the inerrancy of the Bible, the immortality of the soul, miracles, and heaven as being completely at odds with human experience and science. AUTHOR: Clarence Darrow
PUBLISHER: Prometheus Books, Publishers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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