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Quick view Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen In 1967, after a session with a psychiatrist she'd never seen before, eighteen-year-old Susanna Kaysen was put in a taxi and sent to McLean Hospital. She spent most of the next two years on the ward for teenage girls in a psychiatric hospital as... View Details
Quick view Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama Obama, the son of a white American mother and a black African father, writes an elegant and compelling biography that powerfully articulates America's racial battleground and tells of his search for his place in black America. photos. High school &... View Details
Quick view Conquering Everest by Lewis Helfand Tenzing Norgay was the son of poor Tibetan immigrants living in Nepal. He longed to see the world but was told he could aspire to be little more than a servant. Edmund Hillary was a humble beekeeper from New Zealand, who spent his youth dreaming of... View Details
Quick view Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez by Richard Rodriguez Hunger of Memory is the story of Mexican-American Richard Rodriguez, who begins his schooling in Sacramento, California, knowing just 50 words of English, and concludes his university studies in the stately quiet of the reading room of the British... View Details
Quick view How Long Will They Mourn Me?: The Life and Magic of tupac Shakur by Candace Sandy A celebration of the life of Tupac Shakur--his rise to fame, his tumultuous dark side, and the indelible legacy he left behind. The spirit of this legendary artist is far from forgotten. Features 16 pages of color photographs. View Details
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Quick view Jackie Robinson: A Biography by Arnold Rampersad Arnold Rampersad's brilliant biography of "Jackie" Robinson offers an intimate look at one of the most well-known American figures. Drawing heavily on never-before-seen personal documents, Rampersad gives readers privileged glimpses of this complex man... View Details
Quick view Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer Now available in paperback comes the bestselling adventure book by Jon Krakauer, the acclaimed author of "Into the Wild". When disaster struck during his ascent of Mt. Everest, killing eight climbers, Krakauer survived by luck, skill, and discipline... View Details
