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A Student's Guide to Ernest Hemingway

Timothy J. Pingelton

Describes the life of author Ernest Hemingway and discusses such works as "A Farewell to Arms," "The Sun Also Rises," and "The Old Man and the Sea," placing each in its historical and biographical con

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The Cat Who Went Up the Creek

Lilian Jackson Braun

James Qwilleran is enjoying a vacation at the Nutcracker Inn, but the tranquillity is soon interrupted when one of the other guests is found dead, and feline detectives Koko and Yum Yum do their best

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Scavenger Hunt

Robert Ferrigno

Jimmy Gage, a reporter fo Slap magazine, chooses to hunt for clues to a murder set-up through reactions to his newest column "The Most Dangerous Screenplay in Hollywood".

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Joseph Pulitzer and the New York World

Nancy Whitelaw

A biography of the newspaper editor who crusaded against corruption, established the Pulitzer Prize, and founded the Columbia School of Journalism.

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Ida Tarbell

Barbara A. Somervill

Follows the life of Ida Tarbell, from her childhood among the oil fields of western Pennsylvania through her career as a biographer and investigative journalist.

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American Chica

Maria Arana

The author discusses her childhood as the daughter of a Peruvian father and American mother, and recalls the challenges she faced trying to reconcile her two cultures after moving to the United States

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