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Mabel Bell

Alexander's silent partner
  • Toward, Lilias M
1996

Hard times

the lost diary of Mrs. Charles Dickens
  • Dickens, Catherine
2000

Up from slavery: an autobiography

edited, and with an afterword by Joan Dunayer
  • Washington, Booker T.
2004
Born into slavery, Booker T. Washington is freed when he is nine years old.

Glessner House

An American home and family
  • Goldenstern, Joyce
2002

All the Right Moves: The Najee McGreen Story

  • Berman, Ron
2006
Profiles the life and accomplishments of Brooklyn chess champion, Web designer, business owner, and premed student Najee McGreen.

Wilderness women

Canada's forgotten history
  • Johnston, Jean
1973

On The Rock

twenty-five years in Alcatraz : the prison story of Alvin Karpis
  • Karpis, Alvin, 1908-1979

Prisoner of the state

the secret journal of Zhao Ziyang
  • Zhao, Ziyang
2009
Gives readers a front row seat to the secret inner workings of China's government. It is the story of Premier Zhao Ziyang, who tried to stop the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989, and was dethroned for his efforts.

From behind the piano

the building of Judith Snow's unique circle of friends
  • Pearpoint, Jack
1991

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