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This book is a series of short stories about Michael E. Murray's life adventures in America and around the world, from childhood to his senior years. His tombstone will read, if you can dream it, you can do it!

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One of the best lock forwards in the history of English and Lions game, and a successful captain to boot. Bill Beaumonts popularity on the field and his appearances on A Question of Sport have made him a household name. This is the light-hearted and amusing life story of a larger-than-life character.

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The cofounder of Microsoft, Bill Gates helped transform society by ushering in the era of ubiquitous personal computing. This book examines the life and achievements of this standout American inventor and philanthropist.

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Written by Bill Hick's lifelong friend, producer, and co-creator, Kevin Booth offers the inside story into the man who was only along for the ride for a tragically short time, yet left an indelible mark on comedy enthusiasts and freethinkers everywhere.

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This book is a celebration of American values as shown by former Texas State Senator and politician Bill Ratliff, a leader in Texas politics who wrote school finance law, major Ethics reform law, and Texas tort reform law. This story will inspire students to service, politicians to greatness, and American citizens to rethink narrow partisanship.

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This book is a celebration of American values as shown by former Texas State Senator and politician Bill Ratliff, a leader in Texas politics who wrote school finance law, major Ethics reform law, and Texas tort reform law. This story will inspire students to service, politicians to greatness, and American citizens to rethink narrow partisanship.

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Billie Holiday (1915-1959), the legendary jazz singer whose vocal stylings were deeply affecting, continues to enthrall. The narrative further chronicles Holiday's relationships, descent into drug addiction, the subsequent diminishment of her talent, and tragic early death.

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A riveting and hugely entertaining memoir of post-war London told through the eyes of a hilariously opportunistic little boy.
'This warm and witty autobiography lovingly evokes the community spirit of a Britain emerging from war and will have you hankering after simpler times' CANDIS

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Through vivid anecdotes and fascinating details,Billy Graham: His Life and Influencetells the story of how a country boy from Charlotte with a heart for God grew up to help shape the world.

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Billy T James was a larger-than-life comedian who gave us some of our best belly laughs. Author Matt Elliott tells the story of the man behind the cheeky grin and the infectious laugh.

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Billy, Alfred, and General Motors is the tale not just of the two extraordinary men of its title but also of the formative decades of twentieth-century America, through two world wars and sea changes in business, industry, politics, and culture. The book includes vivid portraits of the legends of the golden age of the automobile.

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Finally, the editor has included an introductory essay wherein he highlights Marx's own contribution to the subsequent proliferation of Marxian theories, by emphasizing the potentially incompatible theoretical premises he embraced.

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"Scholarly and of broad general interest. Its balanced treatment provides the reader with concise yet accurate information, and its application of statistics to the study pf collective biography and political leadership will prove of interest to the student and scholar of the Civil War. . . . Recommended for public and academic libraries." Booklist

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Research from psychology and sociology has demonstrated that biography is assuming a powerful role in the sociological and psychological well being of youth.

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Mary had made her mark in fashionable Georgian society and this, over the next two momentous decades, was where she contrived to stay.

This vivid and accessible biography explores Georgian England during a period of extreme political, social and cultural upheaval through the life of this remarkable woman.

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Here is the intensely personal and often humorous autobiography of one of the most distinguished theoretical physicists of his generation, Sir Rudolf Peierls. Born in Germany in 1907, Peierls was indeed a bird of passage," whose career of fifty-five years took him to leading centers of physics--including Munich, Leipzig, Zurich, Copenhagen, Cambrid

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An unforgettably moving memoir about love and the unexpected gifts that loss and grief can bring.

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We live in a world that prizes the fast over the slow, the new over the familiar and work over rest. Birds Art Life Death is Kyo Maclears beautiful journey to stake out a sense of meaning amid the crushing rush.

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Along the way Alex would find out what makes his dad tick, pick up a bit of fatherly wisdom and perhaps even 'get into' birdwatching himself.

Join Alex as he journeys from Barnes to Bahrain in this charming tale of obsession, manliness, fathers and sons, and the highly amusing twists and turns of a year-long bird race.