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Joseph Stalin and the Soviet Union

Kevin Cunningham

Examines Stalin's rise to power as a terrible and terrorizing figure.

Three Weeks with My Brother

Nicholas Sparks

We Are All the Same

James T. Wooten

Escape!

Sid Fleischman

A biography of the magician, ghost chaser, aviator, and king of escape artists whose amazing feats are remembered long after his death in 1926.

Henry Ford

Rafael Tilton

Discusses the early life of Henry Ford, including his moving to the big city and his success as an inventor, engineer, and pioneer of the automobile.

Frederick Douglass

Hillary Rodham Clinton

Jim Gullo

A biography of the New York senator and wife of the former forty-second president of the United States.

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Presents a photographic history of NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt, Sr. from his childhood and entrance into professional racing to his death in 2001 on the final lap of the Daytona 500.

The Teammates

David Halberstam

Provides insights into the personal lives of Boston Red Sox players Ted Williams, Bobby Doerr, Dom DiMaggio, and Johnny Pesky, all of whom played for the baseball team in the 1940s, and discusses the

King of the Mild Frontier

Chris Crutcher

Chris Crutcher, author of young adult novels such as "Ironman" and "Whale Talk," as well as short stories, tells of growing up in Cascade, Idaho, and becoming a writer.

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