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The autobiography of LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka
By Amiri Baraka. 1984
The poet, novelist, story writer, playwright, and black activist chronicles the first forty years of his life, and how Jones…
became Baraka. Describes his middle-class roots in Newark and his struggles with the problems of Black Americans. Strong languageBronx primitive: portraits in a childhood
By Kate Simon. 1982
A widely known travel writer recalls the world of her immigrant-Jewish childhood and precocious adolescence. This unsentimental memoir portrays tales…
and practices from the Old Country, neighborhood bullies and street games, difficult parents, and dirty old men, and the many restrictions that bound the lives of the girls. Some strong language and some descriptions of sexStengel: his life and times
By Robert W. Creamer, Robert W Creamer. 1984
An inside view of the master of doubletalk, the manager who guided the New York Yankees to ten pennants in…
twelve years and transformed his comically inept New York Mets into national celebrities. Creamer, a 'Sports Illustrated' writer, presents numerous facets of the 'Ole Perfesser,' melding them into a picture of an unexpectedly complex and subtle human being. Some strong language. 1984Always the young strangers
By Carl Sandburg. 1983
Autobiography of the poet, born of Swedish parents in Galesburg, Illinois, 1878. Sandburg chronicles his boyhood with humor and wisdom…
and describes the ordinary, everyday life of a midwestern town with warmth, simplicity, and dignityMe, me, me, me, me: not a novel
By M. E Kerr. 1983
The author recounts escapades from her own teenage years and reveals how many of those real-life people and events served…
as springboards for the fictional characters and plots in her nine young adult novels. For junior and senior high and adult readersLa vida de Miguel Angel
By John Addington Symonds. 1969
Biography of the famous Florentine painter, sculptor, and architect. Describes not only his life and works, but also the relationship…
of his personality and genius to the brilliant culture and sinister politics of sixteenth-century Florence. Spanish languageTestigos de Franco: retablo íntimo de una dictadura
By María Mérida. 1977
Chavez: la interminable batalla por la dignidad
By Ronald B Taylor. 1979
Relates the plight of the farm workers in the United States, focusing upon the efforts of Cesar Chavez and his…
followers to organize the Union of Farm Workers of America against large agricultural estates. Spanish languageCuauhtemoc, ultimo emperador de Mexico
By Eduardo L Gallo. 1978
Mision ineludible
By Corrie Ten Boom. 1974
Story of a remarkable middle-aged Dutch woman who opened her home as a hiding place for persecuted Jews and was…
later interred in a Nazi concentration camp. This book relates her postwar life as an evangelist. Spanish languageAutobiografía de un esclavo (Punto omega ; 186)
By Juan Francisco Manzano. 1975
Ciento cincuenta] biografias de Mexicanos ilustres
By Heriberto García Rivas. 1974
Roosevelt, el leon y el zorro
By James MacGregor Burns. 1973
Biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, thirty-second President of the United States. Offers some insights into the personality of this enigmatic…
man and analyzes his successes and failures as president. Although an aristocrat, he became the idol of the poor and led the nation through the Great Depression and the Second World War. Spanish languageLuther, sein Leben und seine Zeit
By Richard Friedenthal. 1979
Solo: an American dreamer in Europe, 1933-34
By Wright Morris. 1983
In the late spring of 1933, in the heart of the Depression, the author, aspiring to become a writer, decides…
that a year in Europe is a necessary part of his preparation. This book tells a romantic tale of crossing the Atlantic by freighter and riding the rails throughout Europe and of being incarcerated in a fascist prison in ItalyGerry Spence: gunning for justice
By Gerry Spence. 1982
The flamboyant trial lawyer from Wyoming, who represents some of the forgotten people of America, recalls his more famous defense…
cases as well as the formative experiences of his life. Includes details of the Karen Silkwood plutonium contamination case and Sheriff Cantrell's trial for the murder of an undercover drug agent. Some strong languageThe Shawnee Prophet
By R. David Edmunds. 1983
A fresh interpretation of the Indian experience during the period 1775-1840 when Americans regarded Tenskwatawa, brother of Tecumseh, as a…
charlatan and suspected him of being a spy for the British. Edmunds' stories of the midwestern tribes and their response to white pressures and government policy foreshadows the ultimate struggle in the West, fifty years laterAnd God came in
By Lyle W Dorsett. 1983
Chronicles the spiritual odyssey of the brash, and difficult, American Jewish woman, Joy Davidman, who converted to Christianity and married…
English author, C. S. Lewis. Their union ended when she died of cancer three years laterAn engaging autobiography of the legendary guide and scout, first published in 1879. Cody relates his years in the Nebraska…
legislature, his skirmishes with Indians, his buffalo and deer hunts, and his experiences as an actor. Classics of the Old WestThe courting of Marcus Dupree
By Willie Morris. 1983
Documents the recruitment by college football coaches of Marcus Dupree, a talented young black athlete from Mississippi, who in 1981…
became the most-sought-after prospect of the season. In telling the young man's story from poverty to fame as a University of Oklahoma back, Morris discusses the newly integrated south and the U.S. commitment to sports. Some strong language