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Sweet and LowRecounts the true story of Ben Eisenstadt, a short-order cook who, after returning from World War II, created the sugar packet and Sweet 'N Low and amassed a fortune that eventually destroyed his fami |
920 COH |
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Stepping UpChronicles the life of baseball player Curt Flood, focusing on his lawsuit against the Cardinals after he was transfered to Philadelphia, and discussing how his actions impacted the history of basebal |
B FLOOD |
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A Stillness at AppomattoxPresents Bruce Catton's chronicle of the last year of the Civil War, from the Battle of the Wilderness to the surrender at Appomattox, and contains ten related documents including book excerpts, Civil |
973.7 CAT |
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Lucky ManA memoir in which actor Michael J. |
B FOX |
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IwozSteve Wozniak, the engineer who developed the first true personal computer, and went on to co-found the Apple Computer company, shares the story of his life, discussing not only his accomplishments as |
B WOZNIAK |
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Inside Delta ForceEric Haney, one of the founding members of Delta Force, provides an inside look at the elite counterterrorist unit, explaining the process by which men are selected for the unit, and telling of his pe |
B HANEY |
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BrainiacKen Jennings chronicles his rise from anonymous computer programmer to record-winning "Jeopardy!" champion, describing how he learned the trivia needed to win the game and the impact his legendary run |
791.45 JEN |
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A Brief Chapter in My Impossible LifeSixteen-year-old atheist Simone Turner-Bloom's life changes in unexpected ways when her parents convince her to make contact with her biological mother, an agnostic from a Jewish family who is losing |
FIC REI |
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Apollo 13Recounts how after only fifty hours into its flight to the moon, the Apollo 13 space ship was rocked by an explosion, and tells how the ship was brought under control, and the crew safely returned to |
629.45 LOV |
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"surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"A collection of often humorous anecdotes about the 1965 Nobel Prize winner for physics. |
B FEYNMAN |
