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Al Gore

2010
This book introduces Al Gore, revealing information about his early life, inspirations, and his political career.

The story of Bill Clinton and Al Gore, our nation's leaders

1993
Briefly describes the lives of President Bill Clinton and VicePresident Al Gore.

Baryshnikov

from Russia to the West
1981
Presents an analysis of the career of the Russian ballet dancer who defected to the West at age 26.

Al Gore

2011
This book describes the life and work of Al Gore, who has used advancing technology to educate the world about the dangers of global warming and who has won an Oscar for his work on the documentary "An Inconvenient Truth.".

Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court justice

1993
Describes the life of a justice of the Supreme Court from his childhood in Georgia, through the years he spent as chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), to the mid-1990s.

The End of the world as we know it

scenes from a life
2007
The author recalls his childhood growing up in a small southern college town in the 1950s, discussing how his parents' devotion to keeping up appearances and a strict rule against talking about the family outside the home hid secrets of alcoholism and abuse that eventually drove him to attempt suicide.

After Diana

William, Harry, Charles, and the Royal House of Windsor
2007
Presents a comprehensive analysis of the state of the British monarchy and the royal family in the years following the death of Diana, and reveals a number of revelations concerning her death.

Bobby Orr

fire on ice
1975
Traces the development of the Canadian superstar's professional career which began at age fourteen.

Prince Charles, England's future king

1982
A biography of the heir to the thousand-year-old British throne.

My grandfather's son

a memoir
2007
Clarence Thomas recalls his childhood, relationship with his parents and grandparents, education, and hardship that eventually led him to Yale Law School and to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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