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|  | Kenya by Lynne Mansure, Sylvia McNair
Description not available.Describes the geography, history, culture, religion, and people of Kenya. AUTHOR: Lynne Mansure, Sylvia McNair
PUBLISHER: Scholastic Library Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General 
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 | Warrior by Eleanor Holmes Norton, Joan Lester, Maya Angelou
Description not available.The U.S. congresswoman and civil rights crusader traces her more than forty-year career, from her early challenges as a young black woman struggling to enter the political arena, to her efforts against the Senate and Supreme court for such issues as sexual harassment and free speech. AUTHOR: Eleanor Holmes Norton, Joan Lester, Maya Angelou
PUBLISHER: Atria Books
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | Score One for the Sloths by Helen Lester, Lynn M. Munsinger
The students at Sleepy Valley Sloth School are usually snoring, yawning, or just plain sleeping--which is fine, because they are, after all, sloths. However, when a new sloth named Sparky arrives at school everything is different--Sparky doesn`t like to sleep and her constant activity is driving her fellow students crazy. Will the other students ever come to appreciate Sparky`s rather unique take on slothy living? Color illustrations accompany the text. AUTHOR: Helen Lester, Lynn M. Munsinger
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company Trade & Reference Division
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Power Behind the Veil by Indu Sundaresan
Set in the 17th century, this novel focuses in on the court of Jahangir, the Mughal Emperor, who has just taken his 20th wife--the only one of his wives that he truly loves. Mehrunnisa (called by her doting husband Light of the World ) soon becomes the power behind the throne, and makes many powerful enemies until finally, despite the emperor`s adoration of her, she finds herself in mortal danger. FEAST OF ROSES is the sequel to Sundaresan`s first novel, THE TWENTIETH WIFE, in which Mehrunnisa was introduced. AUTHOR: Indu Sundaresan
PUBLISHER: Atria Books
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | The Helliconia by Brian W. Aldiss
Description not available.In Helliconia, a world orbiting binary suns far from Earth, a young man named Yuli builds the city of Oldorando, a city that now faces the threat of the phagors, a beast species rivaling humankind. Reprint. AUTHOR: Brian W. Aldiss
PUBLISHER: ibooks, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Michelangelo by Richard B. McLanathan
Description not available.In addition to providing colored plates of his most magnificent works, this volume recounts the life of the famed Renaissance artist, including his dramatic rise to fame, his struggles to complete important commissions, and more. AUTHOR: Richard B. McLanathan
PUBLISHER: Abrams, Harry N. Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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