Reference & Collections Books


Silent Alarm: On the Edge With a Deaf EMT Best Price: $24.95 I believe this book is a very inspiring book that tells you how one lives its life. It gives me...	The Puzzle People: Memoirs Of A Transplant Surgeon Best Price: $6.45 This book, by transplantation pioneer Dr. Thomas Starzl, is an easy read, a wonderfully...	The Men of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: A Biographical Roster of the Fifty-one Members and a Composite Diary of Their Activities from All Known Sources (Lewis & Clark Expedition) Best Price: $5.73 This book is basically in two parts: the first is a listing of all 51 men associated with the L...	My Sister Marilyn: A Memoir of Marilyn Monroe Best Price: $17.49 I am so pleased about my purchase. The service was excellent and the book was in excellent...	Olivier Best Price: $2.00 People were aghast that Olivier could leave Vivien Leigh, one of the world's most beautiful...



The Triumph of Liberty: A 2,000 Year History Told Through the Lives of Freedom's Greatest Champions Best Price: $1.95 This book is good for basic information, but the best thing, or things about it are the tidbits...	Great Souls: Six Who Changed the Century Best Price: $6.00 It was truly wonderful to read David's biographies of these great souls. There is quite a...	In the Black: A History of African Americans on Wall Street Best Price: $12.00 Great Book by an author who was born into the game and has the unique abilty to show blacks...	American Lives: An Anthology Of Autobiographical Writing (Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography) Best Price: $34.95 I haven't read the book. Just trying to find out what authors are included. I am a teacher...	Vixi: Memoirs of a Non-Belonger Best Price: $13.84 "On October 6, Hitler came to survey the conquered capital of Poland. I watched him from...



Lessons in Laughter Best Price: $19.99 A book that is difficult to put down. Follows the life of an amazing actor who just happens to...	Founding Fathers: Uncommon Heroes Best Price: $15.95 The book is wonderful but this particular printing was missing the epiloge. I wanted this...	Murder Two: The Second Casebook of Forensic Detection Best Price: $4.95 Encyclopedia of crime scene forensic fetes and forensic scientists. As the second in a series...	My Autobiography: With "The Political and Social Doctrine of Fascism" (Dover Books on History, Political and Social Science) Best Price: $7.60 This is the man who started all the fascism in Europe and around the world. Even Hitler was...	The Golden Milestone: The Italian Heritage of Innovation and Contribution to Civilization - 4th Edition Best Price: $18.95 Superbly researched, detailed, and precise. In 22 chapters the author proves his points. He...

Beyond the Border: The German-Jewish Legacy Abroad Best Price: $16.48 The modern German-Jewish experience through the rise of Nazism in 1933 was characterized by an...	The Inscrutable Mrs. Winchester and Her Mysterious Mansion Best Price: $15.53 I'm fascinated by Mrs. Winchester and her house, and this is one of the very few works available...	CHARACTER ABOVE ALL: Ten Presidents from FDR to George Bush Best Price: $8.94 As the title implies, this is a collection of biographcial essays on each of the 10 presidents...	How Grand a Flame: A Chronicle of a Plantation Family, 1813-1947 Best Price: $17.12 I picked this book up in Charleston about 10 years ago when I was visiting my sister . People...	Icons of Business [Two Volumes]: An Encyclopedia of Mavericks, Movers, and Shakers (Greenwood Icons) Best Price: $132.97 The huge popularity of The Apprentice reflects the degree to which business has emerged as a...

Gentleman Revolutionary: Gouverneur Morris, the Rake Who Wrote the Constitution Best Price: $10.50 I wasn't overly interested in reading about Mr. Morris until a used book store clerk recommended...	Hubener vs. Hitler: A Biography of Helmuth Hubener, Mormon Teenage Resistance Leader Best Price: $18.77 What a great book. I got it faster than I expected, and in the very best condition possible. ...	American Heroes (Magill's Choice) Best Price: $217.00	Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir, Revised and Expanded Edition Best Price: $5.28 As a personal and corporate biographer, I hear many different life stories and have learned that...	Profiles Best Price: $70.00 Just as James Agee (deceased) and Pauline Kael (alive, but retired) remain the best writers on...

Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Classical Musicians Best Price: $29.94 This is a good reference book, although it falls short of the intentions of its compilers....	Shapers of the Great Debate on Jacksonian Democracy: A Biographical Dictionary (Shapers of the Great American Debates) Best Price: $72.95 The successful conclusion of the War of 1812 ushered in a new age of American history: the...	Julia Kristeva Interviews Best Price: $7.19 A collection of 22 interviews and one personal essay, Julia Kristeva Interviews presents an...	William McKinley and His America Best Price: $42.48 In his "Preface to the Revised Edition," Professor Morgan asserts: "I should...	William McKinley and His America Best Price: $42.48 In his "Preface to the Revised Edition," Professor Morgan asserts: "I should...

Talking Animals and Others Best Price: $19.77	A Wanderer in the Perfect City: Selected Passion Pieces Best Price: $3.99 The one thing that strikes me most about Weschler's writing is that he allows his subjects to...	Roman People Best Price: $19.00 While Kebric's book is best read as a supplement, there is no doubt that this is one of the...	Topaz Moon: Chiura Obata's Art of the Internment Best Price: $13.15 "Topaz Moon" is a slim little book that is filled with a selection of the interment...	Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary, 5, Completing the Twentieth Century (Notable American Women) Best Price: $29.92 This project has been a long time in the making. Previous editions of the dictionary have kept...

Who's Who in Fashion Best Price: $32.00 This book is for my current designers class. It informs you about allot of mainstream designers,...	Profiles of Power and Success: Fourteen Geniuses Who Broke the Rules Best Price: $21.78 Author hand picked the profiles in order to validate his own feelings regarding what makes a...	Random House Dictionary of World Biography Best Price: $19.71 A “Who’s Who” of World History Whether you need to know the year...	Indian Creek Chronicles: A Winter in the Bitterroot Wilderness Best Price: $40.00 VERY ENTERTAING AND HOLDS YOUR INTEREST VERY WELL; PETE IS A REAL PERSON ON A REAL ADVENTURE.	Soft Weapons: Autobiography in Transit Best Price: $16.09 Azar Nafisi’s Reading Lolita in Tehran , Marjane Satrapi’s comics, and...

The Encyclopedia of Saints Best Price: $16.19 Having glanced through the book I became unsure of of the credentials of the persona within. ...	My American Journey Best Price: $8.36 Colin Powel is clearly a great American as exemplified among his many accomplishments and life...	Nigel Holmes On Information Design (Working Biographies) Best Price: $17.57 The book gives a good glimps of info design, good for those who are starting from zero and want...	LAND CIRCLE Best Price: $8.95 While not a new book, this one is worthy of the readers time. Hasselstrom is a poet, an essayist...	The Spencers of Amberson Ave: A Turn-of-the-Century Memoir Best Price: $8.99 This appealing memoir introduces the family of Charles Hart Spencer and his wife Mary Acheson:...

Plutarch Lives, II: Themistocles and Camillus. Aristides and Cato Major. Cimon and Lucullus (Loeb Classical Library?) Best Price: $23.94 Plutarch (Plutarchus), ca. 45-120 CE , was born at Chaeronea in Boeotia in central Greece,...	Ida Tarbell: Portrait of a Muckraker Best Price: $6.39 This biography is fairly academic; yet provides some excellent insights into a period of time...	Wedding Song: Memoirs of an Iranian Jewish Woman (Brandeis Series on Jewish Women) Best Price: $12.08 Farideh Goldin's book is a compelling memoir about growing up in a Jewish family in Iran prior...	Native Americans Today: Resources and Activities for Educators, Grades 4-8 Best Price: $24.95 As both an instructor of adult learners and one of the interviewees in the work (who faced many...	The Mirror Makes No Sense Best Price: $8.09 this was a good book. It took me two days to read it( i had a lot of homework so i couldn't read...

What Lincoln Believed: The Values and Convictions of America's Greatest President Best Price: $5.98 avoid this book. bad information. author writes the book to fit his opinion. facts are...	The Last Word the New York Times Book of Obituaries and Farewells: A Celebration of Unusual Lives Best Price: $64.50 You wouldn't think a book of obituaries would be entertaining, but it is when the obits are...	Nothing Whatever to Grumble At Best Price: $26.33 'Nothing Whatever To Grumble At'? . well, hardly ever! There are one or two grumbles in John's...	The End of Time Best Price: $4.41 `The End of Time' by David Horowitz I didn't think I could ever read anything more gripping...	First Person Past: American Autobiographies Since 1877 (First Person Past) Best Price: $6.00

It's Not My Fault: Tales of a Vermont Doctor Best Price: $19.95 A biting, witty, and satirical look at medicine in the U.S.	Ten Sisters : A True Story Best Price: $12.17 This is a fabulous book. I happened to see a documentary on PBS about this family. So after...	Latin American Heroes Best Price: $5.25 Hello! I work at a junior high school as an ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher. Since...	Time Is All We Have: Four Weeks at the Betty Ford Center Best Price: $22.50 This is one of my favorite books. Written like really good fiction, Mr. Conrad (a writer and...

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