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|  | The Living & the Dead by Barrett Whitener, Paul Hendrickson
The author explores the early life and career of Robert McNamara, through his tenure as Secretary of Defense under Lyndon Johnson. He also tells the stories of five people whose lives were deeply affected by McNamara`s role in overseeing the Vietnam War: an artist who tries to assassinate McNamara, a Marine scarred by battle in Vietnam, a Quaker who immolates himself in protest of the war, a nurse who endured a traumatic tour of duty in Vietnam, and a Vietnamese man who was enlisted to fight by the U.S. and then left behind when the U.S. pulled out of Vietnam. AUTHOR: Barrett Whitener, Paul Hendrickson
PUBLISHER: Knopf, Alfred A. Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Romantic Exiles by Edward H. Carr
Remarkable -- The Times (London) 1847: a Russian family leaves Moscow on a short-term permit, participates in revolutionary activity in Paris and Italy, and unable to return to Russia, becomes permanently exiled. A confused and emotional thread of romance and illusion, intrigue and adultery punctuates their lives. E.H. Carr's thorough and moving account steers readers through a series of political entanglements created by a troubled combination of intelligent thought and rash action. Numerous excerpts of letters are used to illustrate and enhance Carr's lively history of intrigue and skullduggery. The tale that emerges is one of personal as well as political dreams and aspirations as international upheaval and revolutionary fervor provide the backdrop and counterfoil to the private and personal anguish of a family in conflict. AUTHOR: Edward H. Carr
PUBLISHER: Serif
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Samurai William by Giles Milton
Description not available.Vividly recreates England's first encounter with Japan, an exotic country that had been inaccessible to foreigners for years, which was brought about when AUTHOR: Giles Milton
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid by John Hamilton
Description not available.The life story of Billy, the Kid, the outlaw of the Old West, from his childhood and participation in the Lincoln County Range War to his death at the hands of Pat Garrett. AUTHOR: John Hamilton
PUBLISHER: ABDO Publishing Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Schirra's Space by Wally Schirra, Walter M. Schirra
One of America's first astronauts and the only one of the original seven to fly in all three pioneering space programs - Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo - Wally Schirra inherited a love of flying and spirit of adventure from his World War I-ace father and barnstorming, wing-walking mother. In this revealing autobiography, Schirra takes an inside look at the early days of spaceflight and the men who captured the heart of the nation. AUTHOR: Wally Schirra, Walter M. Schirra
PUBLISHER: Naval Institute Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | The Reawakening by Primo Levi
Levi writes about his liberation from Auschwitz, the long struggle to return to his home in Italy, and his painful disorientation from his old life. AUTHOR: Primo Levi
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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