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Elizabeth

the life of Elizabeth Taylor
1991

John Jakes

a critical companion
1996
A critical study of the writings of John Jakes that discusses how he used his novels to portray history and the flaws in American society.

The twenty-five year century

a South Vietnamese General remembers the Indochina War to the fall of Saigon
2001
General Lam Quang Thi chronicles the experiences he had between 1950 and 1975, when the Republic of Vietnam and its Army rose and fell.

Farewell to Spandau

2008
Tony Le Tissier, the final governor of Spandau Prison in Western Berlin, describes the confinement and eventual death of Rudolf Hess, Adolf Hilter's Deputy and the last of the prisoners to be held at Spandau.

Ama Adhe, the voice that remembers

the heroic story of a woman's fight to free Tibet
1997
An autobiography of Tibetan refugee Adhe Tapontsang, discussing the abuses she and her family suffered following the Chinese occupation of Tibet in 1950.

Food in grandma's day

1999
Recalls what it was like for a young African-American girl to help prepare meals for her large family living in Madison, Illinois, in the 1930s and 1940s.

Andy Warhol

Ten Lizes
1991

Botero

1997
Profiles the work of Columbian artist Fernando Botero and includes information about his life and career and the influence he had in the development of twentieth-century art.

Rebound

1986

R.C. Gorman

Navajo artist
1995
Covers the life and work of the contemporary Navajo artist, R. C. Gorman, from his childhood days on an Arizona reservation to his commercial success and the recognition of his artistic achievements.

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