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|  | Wait Till Next Year by Doris Kearns Goodwin, Julia Delfino
Doris Kearns Goodwin's memoir of growing up in the '50s as a Brooklyn Dodgers fan. AUTHOR: Doris Kearns Goodwin, Julia Delfino
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Audio
FORMAT: Audio
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Diary from Dixie by Isabella D. Martin, Mary B. Chestnut, Myrta Lockett Avary
This original diary of the wife of Confederate General James Chesnut, Jr., who was also an aide to President Jefferson Davis, provides an eyewitness narrative of all of the years of the war. Period photos illustrate this you-are-there account of the daily lives and tribulations of all those who suffered through the war, from ordinary people to the Confederacy's generals and political figures. AUTHOR: Isabella D. Martin, Mary B. Chestnut, Myrta Lockett Avary
PUBLISHER: Random House, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | A Song Flung up to Heaven by Maya Angelou
When this volume of her autobiography opens, Angelou is returning home from Africa to work alongside Malcolm X. However, she shortly thereafter learns of his assassination and begins her dark journey through the violent terrain of the civil rights movement. AUTHOR: Maya Angelou
PUBLISHER: Random House Audio Publishing Group
FORMAT: Audio
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Last Witnessed by Erica Harth
A rich, compelling collection that brings together writers from different cultural backgrounds and personal histories who speak to one of the great injustices of 20th-century American history. AUTHOR: Erica Harth
PUBLISHER: Palgrave Macmillan
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Helen Keller by Johanna Hurwitz, Neverne Covington
A beginning-reader biography about the girl who, despite being blind and deaf from a childhood illness, became a major 20th-century figure whose life and achievements transformed popular perceptions of what handicapped individuals could accomplish. Color illustrations accompany the text. AUTHOR: Johanna Hurwitz, Neverne Covington
PUBLISHER: Random House Children's Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Thomas A. Edison by Sue Guthridge, Wallace Wook
A biography focusing on the childhood of the inventor who patented more than 1,100 inventions in sixty years, among them the electric light and the phonograph. AUTHOR: Sue Guthridge, Wallace Wook
PUBLISHER: Aladdin Paperbacks
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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