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Jay-Z

CEO of hip-hop
2013
Looks at the life and career of hip hop star Jay-Z.

Jay-Z

2013
A brief biography of rap music superstar Jay-Z.

Brother, I'm dying

2007
In a personal memoir, the author describes her relationships with the two men closest to her--her father and his brother, Joseph, a charismatic pastor with whom she lived after her parents emigrated from Haiti to the United States.

The Bronx is burning

1977, baseball, politics, and the battle for the soul of a city
2007

Emmitt Smith

[by] Stew Thornley
1997
Profiles the star running back who helped the Dallas Cowboys win Super Bowls in 1993, 1994 and 1996.

The weight of it

a story of two sisters
2005
Alison and Amy were sisters growing up in a Boston suburb, but as they grew older, Alison started to gain incredible amounts of weight while Amy remained slim, and the two different body types pushed the sisters apart so far that Alison decided to get gastric bypass surgery.

Steffi Graf, tennis champ

1996
A biography of the West German tennis player who won her first Grand Slam tournament at seventeen and beat Martina Navratilova to win her first Wimbledon tournament in 1989.

The partly cloudy patriot

2002
A collection of personal stories in which Sarah Vowell examines various aspects of her own life while chronicling the experiences she had while traveling throughout the United States.

The partly cloudy patriot

2003
A collection of personal stories in which Sarah Vowell examines various aspects of her own life while chronicling the experiences she had while traveling throughout the United States.

Zombie spaceship wasteland

a book
2011
Patton Oswalt reflects on some of the more humorous moments of his life, recounting tales from his childhood, school days, acting career, and relationships.

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