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David Brower

friend of the earth
1993
A biography of the author and conservationist who has been a key figure in such groups as Sierra Club and Friends of the Earth.

The caddie who knew Ben Hogan

2006
Jack Handley returns to the exclusive Midwest course where he caddied as a young boy, where he shares his recollections about the historic summer of 1946, when he caddied for Ben Hogan during the PGA golf tournament.

The fundamentals of Hogan

2000
Uses newly rediscovered photographs from Ben Hogan's "Five Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf" as the basis for a series of lessons on swing concepts.

Outwitting the Gestapo

1993
Lucie Aubrac's account of her participation in the French Resistance during World War II.

Gordon Parks: Black photographer and film maker

1972
A brief biography of the man who overcame many obstacles to become a renowned photographer and film maker.

Such a peace

the roots and ashes of Yalta
1982

Patricia Ryan Nixon, 1912-1993

1998
A biography of an intensely private person remembered for many achievements as First Lady and admired for loyalty to her husband, the thirty-seventh president of the United States.

Willem Kolff and the invention of the dialysis machine

2003
A biography of the Dutch doctor who worked to perfect a means of treating kidney failure and later helped develop the first artificial heart.

Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il

2004
A biography of two Korean leaders, father and son, whose policies of self-reliance and self-defense are intended to lead to their primary goal--a united Korea.

Half past autumn

a retrospective
1997
An illustrated autobiography of photographer Gordon Parks, featuring three hundred photographs, including his work for "Vogue" and "Life" magazines; discussing his life; and providing essays and anecdotes about his images.

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