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Reminiscing in Tempo
This exciting, untraditional biography of Ellington relates his rise to fame through an exciting assemblage of block quotes, historical jazz newspaper clippings, FBI documents, and quotes from admirers like Billy Strayhorn, Irving Mills, Johnny Hodges, and Adam Clayton Powell. Ellington`s childhood in a middle-class African-American community Washington D.C. and the jazz scene of Depression-era Harlem are richly evoked. Packed with personal anecdotes and archival material, this is a coherent, in-depth look at the composer`s life and legacy.
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Jews Who Rock by Ben Stiller, Guy Oseary, Perry Farrell
In this celebration of Jewish rock stars, Madonna's sidekick Guy Oseary of Maverick Records explores the lives of David Lee Roth, Lou Reed, Courtney Love, Bob Dylan, and several others who break stereotypes. Actor Ben Stiller, who starred in MEETING THE PARENTS and FLIRTING WITH DISASTER, provides an introduction while Saturday Night Live's Adam Sandler offers lyrics to his famed The Hanukkah Song.

AUTHOR: Ben Stiller, Guy Oseary, Perry Farrell
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
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Sam Houston by Tracey Boraas
Description not available.A biography of Sam Houston, including his early life with the Cherokee Indians, his political career in Washington, D.C., and his role in the history of Texas.

AUTHOR: Tracey Boraas
PUBLISHER: Capstone Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
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Cochrane by Robert Harvey
Description not available.A colorful account of the adventures of an English naval captain recreates the life and times of Thomas Cochrane, the man who served as the inspiration for novelist Patrick O'Brian's fiction. Reprint.

AUTHOR: Robert Harvey
PUBLISHER: Avalon Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
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Woodsong by Gary Paulsen, Ruth Wright Paulsen
An autobiographical account of the author's love of dogsled racing, and his participation in the Iditarod dogsled race across the Alaskan tundra.

AUTHOR: Gary Paulsen, Ruth Wright Paulsen
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
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Buffalo Bill Cody by Robert A. Carter
The first full biography in over 30 years of the frontier hero who created the legend of the Wild WestWilliam Buffalo Bill Cody was a larger-than-life figure of the frontier whose legendary exploits made him one of the most famous figures of his time. A buffalo hunter, U.S. Army scout, Indian fighter, and, finally, a master showman, he conceived the world-famous Wild West Exhibitions traveling show, which spanned almost two generations, from the 1870s to his death in 1917. Called the P. T. Barnum of the American West, he brought the Wild West to millions here and abroad. Buffalo Bill Cody explores the life behind the legend-and reveals how an authentic Westerner, a real-life hero, became the arch-purveyor of the romanticized, mythical West that lives on to the present day.Features many of the most famous and important figures from the frontier era, such as Wild Bill Hickock, George Armstrong Custer, Sitting Bull, Annie Oakley, Philip Henry Sheridan, and Ned Buntline.Robert A. Carter (Richmond, VA) is a writer of both fiction and textbooks on publishing. A student of western history, he has just completed a novel set in 1882 in Colorado.

AUTHOR: Robert A. Carter
PUBLISHER: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
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