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By Dorothy Allred Solomon. 1984
Autobiography of the twenty-eighth child of a charismatic father who followed the outlawed Mormon Principle of Plural Marriage with his…
seven wives and forty-eight children. Solomon portrays the emotional deprivation as well as the comforts of growing up in a polygamous familyBy Jack Clifford Smith. 1984
By Robin Bruce Lockhart. 1984
Story of the mist-shrouded life of Britain's first super spy, Sidney Reilly. Tells of his Russian past, his many wives…
and mistresses and his almost legendary exploits in espionage. Basis for the PBS "Mystery|" seriesBy Quang Nhuong Huynh. 1982
True stories about the author's boyhood in a hamlet on the central highlands of Vietnam. Though he lost his home…
land, he has kept the memories of his gentle pet water buffalo, dangerous crocodiles and horse snakes and his beautiful grandmother, who was a secret karate expert. For grades 5-8 and older readersBy Dag Hammarskjöld. 1964
Ignoring his political career in Sweden and the United Nations, Hammerskjold's journal reflects the private thoughts of a man attempting…
to face the world with warmth and integrity. 1964. Uniform title: Vägmärken.By Peter Ackroyd. 1984
By Michael Mott. 1984
A biography of one of the most widely known and controversial American Catholic figures of the twentieth century. Written with…
the full cooperation of the Merton Legacy Trust, this work tells the story of Merton's entire life--as a boy; as an author, activist, and reformer; and as a Trappist monk whose devotion did not prevent him from questioning many aspects of his faith. Bestseller 1984By Mason Turner. 1983
By John D Hillaby. 1984
An inveterate walker describes a journey through history and memory as he and his new wife accomplish a brisk walk…
from England's Lake Country to London. Along the way Hillaby shares memories of childhood, an early love, journalistic exploits, army life, and the joys of a second happy marriage. True to form, he also treats readers to descriptions of the rivers, crags, mists, and moors along his footpathsBy Eleanor Roosevelt, Joseph P Lash. 1984
By David Sinclair. 1984
The bold, often unscrupulous ventures of John Jacob Astor into fur trading and Manhattan real estate made him wealthy. The…
author critically follows the rise of the family's fortune and influence in the nineteenth century to the gradual decline of the Astors in the twentieth centuryBy Albert Haas. 1984
The author relates his harrowing experiences, 1939-1949, in the French underground and as a prisoner in such Nazi concentration camps…
as Dachau, Buna, and Flossenburg. A young Jewish French-Hungarian physician, Haas joined the resistance movement with his wife, Sonia. A testament of humanity and generosity of spirit. Some descriptions of sex. ViolenceBy Antony Bridge. 1984
Biography of the brilliant and beautiful actress and notorious courtesan, Theodora. She caught the eye of the future Emperor Justinian…
who ruled the Roman world from 527 to 565. Considered by many to be one of the most fascinating women in Western history, Bridge believes she held a central position in politics, was consulted on temporal and ecclesiastical affairs, and was in fact the power behind the throneBy Henry Adams, Ernest Samuels, Jayne N. Samuels. 1946
The 19th-century American historian wrote this partial autobiography in 1905. He described his early education as "18th-century" and found it…
inadequate preparation for dealing with the complex forces of modern lifeBy Richard Marius. 1984
By Joseph Nathan Kane. 1981
Statistics and other data concerning the American presidency and those who have held the office, from George Washington to Ronald…
Reagan. Detailed information about the presidents, their lives, their backgrounds, their families, their vice-presidents, and their tenures in officeBy Preston Bruce. 1984
A unique view of five American presidents and their families by a man who served as doorman in the White…
House with Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford. This firsthand account also includes close-ups of many other world figures, the self-contained world of the White House, and some of the most dramatic and important moments in recent history. For high school and adult readersBy Gale E Christianson. 1984
Thoughtful account of the life of the seventeenth-century genius whose basic discoveries--the three laws of motion, the existence of gravity,…
and the mathematics of calculus are the foundations of modern scienceBy Noel Gilroy Annan Annan. 1984
First published in 1951, this revised edition is a tribute to the clergyman turned agnostic. Stephen was also a gifted…
mathematician whose life work was in history, philosophy, and literary criticism. Better known as the father of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell, he helped shape the intellectual and cultural attitudes of Bloomsbury's leading figuresBy A. F. N Clarke. 1984
A British paratroop officer's inside view of the war in Northern Ireland--an ancient quarrel whose causes may be blindingly irrelevant,…
but whose consequences are deadly. Clarke depicts life during this civil war with chilling force, recalling the thoughts and feelings of one soldier during times of sheer boredom and during the course of incidents that made headlines. Strong language