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Readers seeking information about Elena Kagan-from her early life and her ascent to the Supreme Court to how she approaches questions of fairness, justice, equality, and civil rights-will find this biography engaging and invaluable.

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Edward Elgar was a man of many contradictions. He was born an outsider, into a family of lower-middle class, Catholic, origins. This title offers light on a range of aspects of Edward Elgar's life and work.

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This is the biography of NBA Hall of Fame player Elgin Baylor, an innovator in his sport, a civil rights trailblazer, and a superstar. It is the story of how a kid from the streets of segregated Washington, DC, who didnt attend college until he was over twenty, revolutionized basketball.

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Few relationships fire our imagination like that of Elizabeth I and her 'bonnie sweet Robin' - the Earl of Leicester, Robert Dudley.

Almost immediately after she became queen, Elizabeth's infatuation with the married Earl became the subject of letters from scandalized ambassadors.

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This biography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, written with reference to Browning correspondence only recently available, argues that the poet was a strong and determined woman largely responsible for her own incarceration in Wimpole Street.

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Marking the 400th anniversary of Elizabeth I's death in 1603, this biography looks in detail behind the public life at the private woman to bring out her remarkable talents and unique achievements.

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"Uses the English-born Hollywood star as a lens through which to examine the social changes that have yielded what we now call celebrity culture"--

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"Uses the English-born Hollywood star as a lens through which to examine the social changes that have yielded what we now call celebrity culture"--

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With her highly rated daily talk show, a lucrative ad campaign with American Express, and a successful turn as Oscar host to her credit, Ellen DeGeneres has become one of America's leading female comedians. This volume explores the many faces of the groundbreaking star.

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Using unexamined sources, including diaries and unpublished manuscripts, this biography traces the life and work of nurse, writer, and activist Ellen N. La Motte (1873-1961), examining how she developed as a professional in the early twentieth century. -- .

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The first biography of the musician Elliott Smith, whose heartbreaking songs were rendered all the more haunting by his tragic death

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Elsa Schiaparelli was an integral figure in the artistic movement of the times. Her collaborations with artists such as Man Ray, Salvador Dali, Jean Cocteau, and Alberto Giacometti elevated the field of women's clothing design into the realm of art. This book deals with her life and work.

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This fresh interpretation explains how an untutored musician changed music while at the same time playing an inadvertent role in the youth rebellion that has shaped the Baby Boomer generation into the 21st century.

Elvis Aaron Presley was born in a two-room house in Tupelo, MS, on January 8, 1935.

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This biography will offer a seldom seen glimpse into the life of Elvis, tracing his family life, musical career, films, and legacy. This biography offers a seldom seen glimpse into the life and career of Elvis, tracing his family life, musical career, films, and legacy.

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When George Klein was thirteen, he couldn't have known how important the new kid in class - the one with the guitar, the boy named Elvis - would become in his life. But from the first time GK (as he was nicknamed by Elvis) heard this kid sing, he knew that Elvis Presley was someone extraordinary.

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Embrace Grace is Dr. Arlene McCain's memoir of her life to date, including her formative education as a physician and spiritual development. Arlene describes her childhood and adolescence as an overachieving Filipino-Catholic girl with a deep spiritual life, leading into the challenges of higher education, culminating in her medical training and residency, while raising a young family.

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This thorough narrative examines Emiliano Zapata's life, his role in Mexico's revolutionary movement, and his true motivations and beliefs.

Emiliano Zapata is regarded as among the most important figures of the Mexican Revolution.

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In his account of four characters, each of whose importance was global, each of them, in their different ways, 'monsters', Piers Brendon writes wittily, sharply and succinctly - and brilliantly illuminates an age.

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Exposes the self-seeking ambitions of Cardinal Manning and the manipulative, neurotic Florence Nightingale.