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Rosa Parks's crucial decision proved more than one to remain seated. This book uses historical analysis and Parks's own words to paint a complete picture of her life as a courageous and defiant civil rights activist.

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Rose Summerfield: Australian Radical outlines the largely forgotten achievements of this seldom-studied labor union activist and socialist sympathetic to anarchist, feminist, and secularist ideas; a dynamic speaker, who eventually emigrated to Paraguay to live on a commune.

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Tent revivals, gypsy caravans, moonshiners, and snake handlers---all weave their way through Drema Hall Berkheimers spitfire of a memoir. Running On Red Dog Road tells the unforgettable story of life, faith, and coming of age in WWII-era Appalachia.

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This first full-length treatment of Russell Kirk's life and accomplishments blends new biographical insights and critical perspectives about the author of the ground-breakingThe Conservative Mind.

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This study provides a comprehensive biography of General Aleksei A. Brusilov, generally considered Russias greatest First World War General. It examines his military theory and tactics, political positions, and personal and family life.

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When Norway became a Nazi conquest in April 1940, Ruth's effort to join the rest of her family in Britain became ever more urgent.

Ruth Maier kept a diary from 1934 until she was deported to Auschwitz in 1942 at the age of twenty-two.

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Lively narrative chapters are supplemented with a timeline, photos, print and nonprint bibliography, and an index.

As the Lewis and Clark expedition is heavily represented in the U.S. history curriculum, this much-needed volume fills a gap on the reference shelves and supplements Native American studies curricula.

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The strange story of Joan of Arc, the obscure peasant girl who became the national saint of France, is retold in this celebrated, classic biography. Saint Joan lives for the reader on every page, as a shepherd girl in a remote part of fifteenth-century rural France, visited by visions of saints and angels;

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A fascinating account of the life of one of the century's great eccentrics - the brilliant Antoine de Saint-Exupery. He flew reconnaissance missions in the War and wrote some strange and wonderful books, including the classic children's story THE LITTLE PRINCE, between theatrically executed airplane crashed.

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A moving and personal account of a young womans experiences of the Second World War from the mother of Sir Tim Rice.

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Conroy and Walshe tell the remarkable behind-the-scenes story of Sarah Palin's 2008 vice-presidential campaign, which proved to be as dysfunctional as it was secretive. "Sarah from Alaska" offers a clear-eyed look at a pivotal campaign in a historic election.

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This objective, well-researched biography tells the story of the woman whose meteoric rise to the 2008 Republican vice presidential candidacy made history.

Sarah Palin: A Biography offers a candid yet unbiased look at the charismatic politician who became the first female nominee on a Republican national presidential ticket.

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English biographies edited and introduced by Richard Holmes.

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Provides a brief biographical sketch of the Roman consul and orator, and gathers his selected correspondence, in which he discusses social and political life in the Roman Empire.

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The incredible story of Fiona Patten, in her own inimitable words. Tireless fighter, courageous activist and effective politician who really is making a difference to her world.

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