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Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451

the authorized adaptation
2009
A graphic novel adaptation of Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451" about Guy Montag, a career fireman, who realizes the evils of government-controlled thoughts and sets about to change society.

Sam Walton

the inside story of America's richest man
1990
The from rags to riches life of the founder of Wal-Mart.

They'll have to catch me first

an artist's coming of age in the Third Reich
2004
Jewish artist Irene Awret chronicles her life, describing her German childhood and attempts to avoid capture by the Nazis, and detailing how a single sketch seen by an S.S. captain spared her from her predetermined fate to die in Auschwitz.

The World War II soldier at Monte Cassino

1991
Recreates the experiences of one soldier in World War II as he fights in the battle of Monte Cassino.

Stan Musial

an American life
2011
An exploration of the life and career of professional baseball player Stan Musial, discussing his childhood, achievements, friendships, association with Pope John Paul II, and other related topics.

Sea of sharks

a sailor's World War II survival story
2004
Elmer Renner recounts how he and eight other shipmates from a U.S. Navy minesweeper off the coast of Okinawa managed to survive a deadly typhoon after their ship sank on September 16, 1945.

Musial

from Stash to Stan the Man
2001
Examines the life and career of baseball legend Stan "The Man" Musial, a star player for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1941 to 1963, looking at how he was influenced by the times in which he lived, and discussing the changes that occurred in the sport over the course of his playing years.

Pope John Paul II

an authorized biography
1982

The hours after

letters of love and longing in war's aftermath
2000
Presents the correspondence of Holocaust survivor Gerda Weissmann and her rescuer and later husband, American soldier Kurt Klein, sent between May 16, 1945 and May 27, 1946, in which they shared stories of their childhoods, their families, their wartime experiences and emotions, and their growing love for each other.

Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451

2003
Presents critical essays on Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451" and includes a chronology, a bibliography, and an introduction by critic Harold Bloom.

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