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Evel Knievel, daredevil stuntman

1975
The life of Evel Knievel, professional motorcycle stuntman who will try jumping over almost anything, including the Snake River Canyon.

History on trial

my day in court with David Irving
2005
Deborah Lipstadt chronicles the events surrounding the trial in which David Irving sued Lipstadt for libel over her statements claiming Irving was one of the most dangerous spokespersons of the Holocaust denial movement.

At mother's request

a true story of money, murder, and betrayal
1985

Blind ambition

the White House years
1976

Evel Knievel

1974
A brief biography of the professional motorcycle daredevil.

Janet Guthrie, first woman at Indy

1978
A biography of the first woman ever to attempt to race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Philip H. Knight--running with Nike

1991
Describes how entrepreneur Philip Knight developed the successful Nike company.

This child will be great

memoir of a remarkable life by Africa's first woman president
2009
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf recounts her rise to power as Africa's first woman president, describing how she overcame abuse, imprisonment, and exile to become president of the Republic of Liberia in January 2006, and describing her efforts to bring social justice and democracy to her country and its people.

War boy

a country childhood
1990
Foreman's account of his wartime childhood in the 1940s in the village of Pakefield, England.

Oscar Robertson

2002
A biography of the professional basketball player, nicknamed the "Big O," who overcame poverty and racism to become what some consider the best all-around player of all time.

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