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Zero Makes Me Hungry

Edward Lueders

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Your Eyes in Stars

M. E. Kerr

In their small New York town, two teenaged girls become friends while helping each other make sense of their families, neighbors, and selves as they approach adulthood in the years preceding World War

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The World of Matisse, 1869-1954

John Russell

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World Leaders of the Twentieth Century

COVERS 20TH CENTURY WORLD LEADERS: VOLUME 1 KONRAD ADENAUER THROUGH NIKITA KHRUSCHEV, VOLUME 2 WILLIAM LYON MACKENZIE KING THROUGH BORIS YELTSIN.

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Working for Equality

Fiona Macdonald

A history of three women and their struggles for social justice--Millicent Garrett Fawcett in England, Rosa Parks in the United States, and Winnie Mandela in South Africa.

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Women Champions of Human Rights

Moira Davison Reynolds

Relates the contributions of eleven women who were leaders in social reform, including Jane Addams, Margaret Sanger, Rachel Carson, and Betty Friedan.

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Winston Churchill and the Story of Two World Wars

Olivia E. Coolidge

Stating in her preface that the life of Churchill is the history of the first half of the twentieth century, the author views the great British statesman in relation to his times.

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Winston Churchill

Mollie Keller

A biography of an outstanding English leader from his childhood through his years as a statesman and prime minister.

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CHURCHILL

William Faulkner, the Man and the Artist

Stephen B. Oates

A biography of the American novelist and short story writer.

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Willa, the Life of Willa Cather

Phyllis C. Robinson

Presents the life of novelist Willa Cather from birth in Virgina and childhood in Red Cloud, Nebraska, through her early career as a drama critic and her editor's career in Pittsburgh and New York.

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