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Jane Goodall

2015
Profiles the life and accomplishments of Jane Goodall, whose observations have advanced understanding of primate behavior, through combining strict scientific principles with intuitive and ethical thought.

Me and Hank

a boy and his hero, twenty-five years later
2001
The author, who is white, describes meeting African-American baseball hero Hank Aaron in 1998 twenty-five years after writing him a letter of support during a period when Aaron was being inundated with racist hate mail.

The holy or the broken

Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, and the unlikely ascent of "Hallelujah"
2012
Acclaimed music journalist Alan Light follows the improbable journey of Cohen's "Hallelujah" straight to the heart of popular culture and gives insight into how great songs come to be, how they come to be listened to, and how they can be forever reinterpreted.

Carl Sagan's universe

1997
An illustrated collection of articles by various authors written in honor of Carl Sagan, discussing the U.S. and Russian space programs, the search for extraterrestrial life, the importance of science education, and the shaping of science policy, and including a chapter by Sagan in which he explains the place and role of Earth and mankind in the universe.

Uelsmann

process and perception : photographs and commentary
1985
Presents a collection of black-and-white photographs by Jerry Uelsmann, and includes information from the photographer on his creative process, and the techniques he uses to produce his multiple images.

Hank Aaron

groundbreaking baseball slugger
2014
A biography of African American baseball player Hank Aaron.

The names

a memoir
1976

Leonard Cohen

2000
A critical biography of contemporary poet, lyricist, and performer Leonard Cohen, discussing aspects of his personal and professional life.

Henry!

The sports career of Henry Aaron
1981
A biography of Hank Aaron, one of the best baseball players of all time.

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