Raise the Roof. New York : Broadway, 1998.
The inspiring inside story of the Tennessee Lady Vols' undefeated 1997-1998 season.
796.332 BIS
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Bissinger, H. G. Friday night lights : a town, a team, and a dream. 10th anniversary ed. [Cambridge, Mass.] : Da Capo Press, 2000.
Follows the 1988 season of the Permian Panthers, a high school football team in Odessa, Texas, exploring the lives of the players and the impact of the championship team on the small town.
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796.332 BIS
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Bissinger, H. G. Friday night lights : a town, a team, and a dream. Da Capo Press movie tie-in ed. Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2004.
Follows the 1988 season of the Permian Panthers, a high school football team in Odessa, Texas, exploring the lives of the players and the impact of the championship team on the small town.
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796.357 LEW
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Lewis, Michael (Michael M.). Moneyball : the art of winning an unfair game. 1st ed. New York : W. W. Norton, c2003.
Examines the mathematical strategies by which manager Billy Beane handled the financially strapped Oakland Athletics' 2002 draft and led the baseball team to success despite its lack of high profile players.
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796.522 KRA
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Krakauer, Jon. Into thin air : a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster. New York : Villard, 1997.
This is an account of the deadliest season in the history of Mount Everest. During the spring of 1996, five people died. Krakauer examines what it is about Everest that has compelled so many people to throw caution to the wind, ignore the concerns of loved ones, and willingly subject themselves to such risk, hardship, and expense.
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796.815 WER
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Wertheim, L. Jon. Blood in the cage : mixed martial arts, Pat Miletich, and the furious rise of the UFC. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Examines the history of mixed marital arts that focuses on the life and career of Pat Miletich, who runs a renown training school in Mississippi, as well as the Ultimate Fighting Championship and other rival organizations.
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799.522 BOU
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Boukreev, Anatoli:. The Climb : tragic ambitions on Everest. New York : St. Martins, 1997.
On May 10, 1996, two commercial expeditions headed by expert leaders attempted to scale the world's largest peak. But things went terribly wrong. Crowded conditions, bad judgement, and a bitter storm stopped many climbers in their tracks. Others were left for dead, or stranded on the frigid mountain. Anatoli Boukreev, head climbing guide for the Mountain Madness expedition, stepped into the heart of the storm and brought all six of his clients down alive. Here is his amazing story.
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813 SPA
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Sparks, Nicholas. Three weeks with my brother. 1st trade ed. New York : Warner Books, 2006, c2004.
Novelist Nicholas Sparks provides an account of his adventures traveling around the world with his brother Micah on the trip of a lifetime, and shares the personal story of their childhood and the family tragedies they have endured, and how those experiences have made them closer.
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910 CAL
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Callahan, Steven. Adrift : seventy-six days lost at sea. 1st Mariner Books ed. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2002.
Steven Callahan tells the story of his experiences after his small sloop capsized in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and he was forced to survive in an inflatable raft for seventy-six days.
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920 DAV
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Davis, Sampson. The pact : three young men make a promise and fulfill a dream. 1st Riverhead trade pbk. ed. New York : Riverhead Books, 2003, c2002.
Presents the true story of three African-American kids from the inner city of Newark, New Jersey, who made a pact to support each other as they rose from an environment of poverty, crime, and drugs, and went on to become successful doctors.
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920 FLO
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Floyd, E. Randall. The good, the bad, and the mad : Some weird people in American history. New York : Barnes & Noble Books, c1999.
Booklist review - March 15, 1999: "The sketches on each subject are brief yet a little redundant, but as light, episodic historical amusement, perfect for dormitories and shared restrooms, this is an enjoyable, intermittently wickedly informative confection.".
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920 MAS
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Masters, Anthony, 1940-. True survival stories. New York : Sterling Pub., 1997.
Presents true stories of survival, including those of Anne Frank, Nelson Mandela, and the people involved in the Iranian embassy siege.
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920.72 WEL
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Welden, Amelie, 1975-. Girls who rocked the world : heroines from Sacajawea to Sheryl Swoopes. Hillsboro, Or. : Beyond Words Pub. ;, c1998.
Tells the stories of thirty-five girls who were younger than twenty years of age when they changed the history of the world through amazing accomplishments.
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921 APPLEMAN -JURMAN APP
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Appleman-Jurman, Alicia. Alicia : my story. New York : Bantam Books, 1990, c1988.
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921 BARRON BAR
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Barron, Judy. There's a boy in here. New York : Simon & Schuster, c1992.
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921 BRA
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Bragg, Rick. All over but the shoutin'. 1st Vintage ed. New York : Vintage Books, 1998, c1997.
The author recalls his poverty-stricken youth in Alabama in the 1960s and 70s, focusing on the extraordinary efforts of his mother to protect her sons from the violence of their father, a man scarred by war, and telling of the sacrifices she made so her children could have a better life.
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921 BRE
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Breslin, Rosemary. Not exactly what I had in mind : an incurable love story. 1st ed. New York : Villard Books, c1997.
Autobiography of Rosemary Breslin discussing her ongoing battles with a life-threatening disease and how she found romance when she least expected it.
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921 BRY
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Bryson, Bill. The life and times of the thunderbolt kid : a memoir. 1st ed. New York : Broadway Books, c2006.
The author describes his childhood growing up in Iowa during the 1950s, recalling country fairs, playing hockey, paper routes, church suppers, and other nostalgic memories.
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921 BUN
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Haskins, James. Ralph Bunche; a most reluctant hero. New York, : Hawthorn Books, [1974].
A biography of the first black American to receive a Ph. D. in political science, the first to hold a high position in the State Department, and the first to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
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921 BUN
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Rule, Ann. The stranger beside me. Updated 20th anniversary ed. New York : Norton, c2000.
Chronicles the story of convicted killer Ted Bundy by a woman who had worked with him at a Seattle crisis clinic and analyzes the double personality of Bundy, who admitted to killing nearly forty women.
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921 BUN
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Wallace, Irving and Amy. The Two : the story of the original Siamese twins. New York : Simon and schuster, 1978.
The story of the original Siamese twins, Chang and Eng.
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921 BUS
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Busby, Cylin. The year we disappeared : a father-daughter memoir. 1st U.S. ed. New York, N.Y. : Bloomsbury, 2008.
Cylin and John Busby share the challenges they faced after their family was forced into hiding to protect themselves from a killer who had already shot John, a police officer, and was determined to finish the job.
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921 BYRD BYR
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Byrd, Dennis. Rise and walk : the trial and triumph of Dennis Byrd. 1st ed. New York, NY : HarperCollins :, c1993.
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921 CHA
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Chambers, Veronica. Mama's girl. New York : Riverhead Books, 1996.
Memoir of the author's life growing up as an overachiever in an underprivileged family, chronicling the blessed relationship she forged with her mother after her father deserted the family.
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921 CHU
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Church, Charlotte, 1986-. Voice of an angel : my life (so far). New York, NY : Warner Books, c2001.
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921 CLE
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Cleaver, Eldridge. Soul on ice. [1st ed.]. New York, : McGraw-Hill, [1967, c1968].
A ghetto-born Negro, whose crimes of violence put him in California's Folsom prison for nine years, analyzes in a series of essays the forces which have shaped his life and are currently affecting America as well.
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921 CLI
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Clinton, Bill, 1946-. My life. New York : Knopf :, 2004.
Bill Clinton describes his life, from his childhood in Arkansas, to governor of that state, to his presidency of the United States from 1992 to 2000.
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921 CUR
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Curry, Bill, 1942-. Ten men you meet in the huddle : lessons from a football life. 1st ed. New York : ESPN Books, c2008.
Bill Curry explores the link between football and leadership, sharing the lessons he learned about strong leadership from football greats such as Vince Lombardi, Don Shula, and Bubba Smith.
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921 DEE
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Deen, Paula H., 1947-. Paula Deen : it ain't all about the cookin'. New York : Simon & Schuster, c2007.
A memoir in which Food Network star Paula Deen recalls her life, discussing her parents and extended family, her first marriage and two sons, her struggles with agoraphobia, her cooking career, and her second marriage to Michael Groover. Includes recipes.
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921 DIC
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Dickinson, Matt. The other side of Everest : climbing the north face through the killer storm. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Times Books, 1999.
Matt Dickinson discusses the experiences he had as he climbed Mount Everest and survived one of the worst storms to ever hit the mountain.
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921 DUG
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Dugard, Jaycee Lee, 1980-. A stolen life : a memoir. 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2011.
Jaycee Dugard chronicles the eighteen years she spent in captivity, describing what happened after she was kidnapped at age eleven in 1991, the abuse she endured, the birth of her two daughters, the events leading up to her release, and her struggle to adjust to life once she was reunited with her family.
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921 DUN
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Dungy, Tony. Quiet strength : a memoir. Carol Stream, Ill. : Tyndale House Publishers, c2007.
NFL football coach Tony Dungy reflects on his personal and professional life; discussing his childhood, family, religious beliefs, coaching practices, Super Bowl victory, and more. Includes photographs.
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921 FIL
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Filipovi c, Zlata. Zlata's diary : a child's life in Sarajevo. 1st American ed. New York : Viking, 1994.
The diary of a thirteen-year-old girl living in Sarajevo, begun just before her eleventh birthday when there was still peace in her homeland.
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921 GAL
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Galli, Richard. Rescuing Jeffrey. 1st ed. Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2000.
The author shares his feelings upon learning that a diving accident had left his teenage son Jeffrey paralyzed from the neck down, and discusses his resolve over the ten days following the diagnosis to "save" Jeffrey by removing his life support.
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921 GOD
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Dewey, Anne Perkins. Robert Goddard : space pioneer. Boston : Little, Brown, 1962.
This is the biography of the man who almost forty years ago built and fired the first liquid-fuel rocket...It was in 1914 that Rovert Goddard obtained a patent for a multi-stage rocket, based on hte same principles that have propelled the flights of Atlas, Thor and Jupiter. Ironically, the deadly German V-2 missile of World War II was almost identical with the Goddard rocket described in papers published in 1919.
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921 GOODALL GOO
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Goodall, Jane. Through a window : my thirty years with the chimpanzees of Gombe. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1990.
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921 GRA
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Freedman, Russell. Martha Graham, a dancer's life. New York : Clarion Books, c1998.
A photo-biography of the American dancer, teacher, and choreographer who was born in Pittsburgh in 1895 and who became a leading figure in the world of modern dance.
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921 GRE
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Greitens, Eric, 1974-. The warrior's heart : becoming a man of compassion and courage. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2012.
Eric Greitens shares his life journey from being an average kid to working to make a difference in the world's trouble spots and joining the Navy SEALS to protect the weak, and encourages readers to reflect on the power of choice and acts of courage.
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921 GRE
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Spielman, Ed. The Mighty Atom : the life and times of Joseph L. Greenstein. New York : Viking Press, 1979.
Presents an account of the life and feats of a vaudeville strongman, who bit through iron bars and crushed steel spikes with his hands during his performances.
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921 HAL
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Halilbegović, Nadja, 1979-. My childhood under fire : a Sarajevo diary. Toronto ; : Kids Can Press, 2006.
Nadja Halilbegovich could be any twelve-year-old: she enjoys school, singing, and being with friends in Sarajevo. One spring morning in 1992 school is cancelled; the next day sniper fire and explosions drive Nadja, her family and neighbors to the basement. The siege of Sarajevo has begun.
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921 HIC
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Hickam, Homer H., 1943-. Rocket boys : a memoir. New York : Delta Trade Paperbacks, [2000], 1998.
Homer Hickam, a NASA engineer, recounts his childhood in Coalwood, a West Virginia mining town, and discusses his dreams of launching rockets into outer space, and how he made those dreams come true.
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921 HOR
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Hornbacher, Marya, 1974-. Wasted : a memoir of anorexia and bulimia. 1st ed. New York : HarperFlamingo, c1998.
The author reflects on her fourteen-year battle with bulimia and anorexia, discussing how the eating disorders have affected her life from childhood through the present day.
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921 JAC
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Sullivan, Randall. Untouchable : the strange life and tragic death of Michael Jackson. 1st ed. New York : Grove Press, c2012.
Looks at the life and career of Michael Jackson.
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921 JOB
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Elliot, Jay. The Steve Jobs way : iLeadership for a new generation. New York : Vanguard Press, c2011.
Jay Elliot, a former senior vice president of Apple Computer, shares insight into business leadership in the twenty-first century, describes accomplishments and opportunities throughout his professional career, discusses key management principles, and includes interviews with figures from throughout Apple Computer's history.
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921 JOB
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Imbimbo, Anthony. Steve Jobs : the brilliant mind behind Apple. Pleasantville, NY : Gareth Stevens Pub., 2009.
This book describes the early life, rise to prominence, struggles and accomplishments, and lasting influence of Steve Jobs, who became famous for revolutionizing the computer industry.
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921 JOH
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Johnson, Earvin, 1959-. My life. 1st Ballantine Bks. ed. New York : Fawcett Crest, 1993.
An autobiography of basketball player Earvin "Magic" Johnson offering insights into his career and fight against the HIV virus.
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921 JOR
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Halberstam, David. Playing for keeps : Michael Jordan and the world he made. 1st Broadway Books trade pbk. ed. New York : Broadway Books, 2000.
Examines the epic career of basketball superstar Michael Jordan, discussing the forces in his life that have led him to pursue excellence in all his endeavors, whether on the court or off.
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921 JOR
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Jordan, Michael, 1963-. Michael Jordan speaks : lessons from the world's greatest champion. New York : J. Wiley & Sons, c1999.
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921 KAR
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Karr, Mary. The liars' club : a memoir. New York : Penguin Books, c1995.
Mary Karr describes her East Texas childhood in the bosom of a crazy family tormented by unspoken sorrows.
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921 KIN
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King, Larry, 1933-. My remarkable journey. 1st ed. New York : Weinstein Books, c2009.
American television and radio host Larry King reflects on his life, discussing his childhood in Brooklyn, influences, family, marriages, challenges, staying power, and more.
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921 LAN
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Partridge, Elizabeth. Restless spirit : the life and work of Dorothea Lange. New York : Viking, 1998.
A biography of Dorothea Lange, whose photographs of migrant workers, Japanese American internees, and rural poverty helped bring about important social reforms.
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921 LEW
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Jacobs, Alan, 1958-. The Narnian : the life and imagination of C.S. Lewis. 1st ed. [San Francisco] : HarperSanFrancisco, c2005.
Presents a biography of writer and religious philosopher C. S. Lewis, providing information on his childhood in Ireland, his literary influences, and his achievements in philosophy, theology, and fiction.
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921 LOB
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Lobel, Anita. No pretty pictures : a child of war. 1st ed. New York : Greenwillow Books, c1998.
The author, known as an illustrator of children's books, describes her experiences as a Polish Jew during World War II and for years in Sweden afterwards.
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921 MAN
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Vacchiano, Ralph. Eli Manning : the making of a quarterback. New York : Skyhorse Pub., c2008.
Traces the career of NFL quarterback Eli Manning, discussing how the league helped make Manning one of the sport's greatest quarterbacks, highlighting his career highs and lows, and chronicling the events that made his 2007 Super Bowl win one of the greatest upsets in football history.
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921 MCC
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McCall, Nathan. Makes me wanna holler : a young Black man in America. 1st Vintage Books ed. New York : Vintage Books, 1995, c1994.
Washington Post reporter Nathan McCall recounts the story of his journey from troubled youth to professional journalist, providing insight into what it's like to be a young African-American male in this country.
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921 MCC
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McCourt, Frank. Teacher man : a memoir. New York : Scribner, c2005.
Celebrated American author Frank McCourt recounts his thirty-year teaching career, and describes some of his unconventional teaching methods that have left an impact on his students.
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921 MCC
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McCourt, Frank. 'Tis : a memoir. New York : Scribner, c1999.
Frank McCourt, author of the childhood memoir "Angela's Ashes," shares the story of his life as an American immigrant, discussing his experiences from the age of nineteen when he landed in New York, to his eventual success as a teacher and writer.
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921 MER
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Howell, Michael. The true history of the Elephant Man. London : Allison and Busby ;.
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921 MOL
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Molnar, Haya Leah. Under a red sky : memoirs of a childhood in Communist Romania. 1st ed. New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2010.
In this funny, touching memoir, Haya Leah Molnar, née Eva Zimmermann, recalls growing up in Bucharest, Romania, during the 1950s. Though she heard Yiddish and kept Kosher at home, Eva remained unaware of her Jewish heritage. This ignorance protected Eva at her Communist-run school, where religion was strictly forbidden, but it only served to confuse her when her grandfather decided she needed Hebrew lessons and her family applied to emigrate to Israel.
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921 OBA
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Bodden, Valerie. Michelle Obama : first lady & role model. Edina, Minn. : Abdo Pub. Co., c2010.
This book tells the life story of Michelle Obama, who left a career in corporate law to enter public service and became First Lady of the United States in 2009.
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921 ONE
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Nelson, Murry R. Shaquille O'Neal : a biography. Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 2007.
Profiles the life of NBA basketball player Shaquille O'Neal, and chronicles his childhood and family, education, and basketball career.
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921 ONE
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Smith, Pohla. Shaquille O'Neal : superhero at center. 1st ed. New York : Rosen, 2003.
Examines the life and career of basketball star Shaquille O'Neal, tracing his progress from high school to the major leagues, and discussing his success as a center for the Los Angeles Lakers. Includes photographs and statistics.
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