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Based on hundreds of interviews with those who were there and with access to hitherto unavailable White House tapes, this history of the civil rights era recalls the events in 1962 when 30,000 armed federal troops were sent to facilitate the enrollment of James Meredith into the University of Mississippi. Governor Ross Barnett, along with the Mississippi state police and thousands of civilians, had blocked his admission, and President Kennedy made a historic decision--one with great risk, that threatened to open old wounds from the Civil War. Author Doyle presents the story as it played on the streets of Oxford, on the campus of the university, and in Washington, DC. AUTHOR: William Doyle
PUBLISHER: Doubleday Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction 
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 | Jaguar XJ by Nigel Thorley
Development, design history and production changes. By no means the only books on these great Jaguars, they remain by far the best . Autoclassic. AUTHOR: Nigel Thorley
PUBLISHER: MBI Publishing Company LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Sindbad by Ludmila Zeman, Suzanne Levesque
An adaptation of one of the tales told by Shahrazad in THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS. Readers will learn how Sindbad the sailor landed on what he thought was an island but was really a whale and how he was carried away by a gigantic bird who eventually dropped him into a pit filled with diamonds--and vipers. Illustrated with color paintings. AUTHOR: Ludmila Zeman, Suzanne Levesque
PUBLISHER: Tundra Books of Northern New York
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Basic Mathematics by Haym Kruglak, John T. Moore, Ramon Mata-Toledo
Basic Mathematics with Applications to Science and Technology, Second Edition, will help anyone who has trouble applying mathematics to solve problems from the physical world. Good for students with a poor or average background in high school mathematics and for those only requiring a refresher and source-book of unfamiliar concepts, techniques and applications. Because it also includes much information not usually taught in high school or college, it's a good supplement to undergraduate courses in physical science, chemistry, physics and astronomy. AUTHOR: Haym Kruglak, John T. Moore, Ramon Mata-Toledo
PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Trade
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | The Ape and the Sushi Master
This collection of anecdotes about primate behavior draws on observations of individual animals by researchers who have come to the conclusion that some behaviors are passed on by the social group--and thus fall under the category of culture. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001.
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | The Prince & the Pauper by E. R. Cruz, Frank T. Merrill, Jerry Griswold, John Harley, John N. Fago
Twain published this novel himself in collaboration with the firm of James R. Osgood. A satiric costume novel full of mock-elegant language and convoluted plot elements, The Prince and the Pauper was a critical and financial failure in its day, and a personal disaster for Twain. AUTHOR: E. R. Cruz, Frank T. Merrill, Jerry Griswold, John Harley, John N. Fago
PUBLISHER: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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