Casting into the light : tales of a fishing life / by Messineo, Janet

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A river in darkness : one man's escape from North Korea by Ishikawa, Masaji

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Marie Antoinette's head : the royal hairdresser, the queen, and the revolution by Bashor, Will

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The bully pulpit : Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of journalism by Goodwin, Doris Kearns

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Nelson Mandela by Nagadya Isdahl, Nansubuga

Table of Contents: “…Nelson is named -- Nelson gets some boots -- Nelson heads for the city -- Nelson joins the fight -- Nelson stirs things up -- Nelson undercover -- Nelson makes his plea -- Nelson casts his first vote.…”


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Every day is a gift : a memoir by Duckworth, Tammy, 1968-

Table of Contents: “…Half child -- Country woods -- Cast away -- Booze cruises and buckets of roses -- Surviving -- "The females at Advanced Camp are all fucked up" -- Rotorhead -- Iraq -- Wall of pain -- Owning the suck -- Soldier's creed -- Pandora's box -- Gift from the heavens -- A score to settle.…”


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Grappling glory : celebrating a century of Minnesota wrestling & rassling by Bernstein, Ross

Table of Contents: “…Foreword / Ventura, Jesse -- The Minnesota State High School Wrestling Tournament -- Golden Gopher wrestling history -- Division II, III & junior college history -- Olympic & international freestlye & Greco Roman wrestling -- Women's wrestling -- The history of professional wrestling in Minnesota -- Our cast of characters ... -- The Indies -- Afterword by Verne Gagne -- Afterword by J. …”


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My life on the street : memoirs of a faceless man by Homeless, Joe

Table of Contents: “…. -- Squatter's rights -- Water, water everywhere -- Faith, love, and charity -- A welfare case -- City Hospital's cast of characters -- Discharged, with no place to go -- Back on the street -- Riding the trains to nowhere -- S.R.O. -- Landlord and tenant court -- Becoming a celebrity.…”


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Scribbles, sorrows, and russet leather boots : the life of Louisa May Alcott by Rosenberg, Liz

Table of Contents: “…Duty's child arrives -- The cast of characters -- The Temple School -- Concord and Dove Cottage, the peaceful days -- Bronson across the sea and back -- Wild oats -- Hillside and a room of her own -- Heaven's so far away -- The door is opened -- Well at last -- Turned nurse -- Union Hotel Hospital -- Tribulation periwinkle -- A little romance -- Said I'd try -- Hard times over forever -- Traveling about, doing just as they like -- Marmee -- Illness and charity -- The coming of Lulu -- Glimpse of Heaven.…”


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Compassionate soldier : remarkable true stories of mercy, heroism, and honor from the battlefield. by Borrowman, Jerry

Table of Contents: “…Captain Ferguson and General Washington : the law of arms -- Richard Kirkland : an angel at the battle of Fredericksburg -- Oswald Boelcke : German ace in World War I -- Edith Wharton : a season of mercy -- Edith Cavell : the ultimate sacrifice -- Rosenau and Lurye : cast your bread upon the waters -- The Kaiser and Robert Campbell : the honor of an officer -- Rudolf Wobbe : saved by a Nazi prison guard -- Dietrich von Choltitz : nineteen days in Paris -- Robert Sheeks : saving enemy civilians and soldiers in the Pacific war -- Bernie Fisher : valor in Vietnam -- Kim Phuc : fire is falling from heaven -- Hunter Scott : justice for the USS Indianapolis -- Shawn Mckinnon : humanized in Iraq -- Charles and Donna Cooley : the happy factory.…”


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A dangerous woman : American beauty, noted philanthropist, Nazi collaborator : the life of Florence Gould by Ronald, Susan

Table of Contents: “…Heynemann -- Home again, war and folies -- The man they call "Franck" -- Taming all those monsters -- Leaving the perfumed air of Bohemia -- Careless people -- An amusing intermezzo for millionaires -- Taking stock -- The Monegasque feud fit for a prince -- Hollywood calling -- The phoenix rises -- Scandal, America, and separate lives -- Dark horizons -- Fifth columns & fellow travelers -- Fall of France -- Ludwig -- The anything goes occupation -- In the garden of earthly delights -- The occupation 1942-1943 -- Florence the banker -- Liberation and treason -- No safehavens -- Paperclips and friends cast long shadows -- A fortune to give away -- Queen of the Riviera.…”


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The resurrection of the Romanovs : Anastasia, Anna Anderson, and the world's greatest royal mystery by King, Greg, 1964-

Table of Contents: “…Cast of principal characters -- pt. 1. Anastasia -- "My God, what a disappointment!" …”


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The education of Brett Kavanaugh : an investigation by Pogrebin, Robin, Kelly, Kate, 1975-

Table of Contents: “…Dramatis personae -- Prologue: nostos: homecoming -- Alea iacta est: the die has been cast -- Hoya saxa: what rocks -- Inveniam viam aut faciam: I will find a way or make one -- Lux et veritas: light and truth -- Onus probandi: the burden of proof -- Ambitio: ambition, or courting the vote -- Vides stygiam paludem: you are gazing at the stygian swamp -- Iudicans iudicem: judging the judge -- Innocens: the innocent -- Lege dura vivunt mulieres: women live under a harsh law -- Inde ira et lacrimae: then anger and tears -- Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus?…”


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The fight of his life : inside Joe Biden's White House by Whipple, Chris

Table of Contents: “…Cast of characters -- Introduction -- What will you do if he loses? …”


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Buster Keaton : a filmmaker's life by Curtis, James, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…The smallest comedian ; Keep your eye on the kid ; Big frog in a little puddle ; Not like the old man anymore ; I cast my lot with the pictures ; Getting restless ; Jasper, Alberta --That wonderful spirit of youth. …”


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Sisters of Mokama : the pioneering women who brought hope and healing to India by Thottam, Jyoti

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Incarnations : a history of India in fifty lives by Khilnani, Sunil, 1960-

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My Southern journey : true stories from the heart of the South by Bragg, Rick

Table of Contents: “…Down here ; For the love of the game ; All Saint's Day ; When fireworks go South ; O Christmas Tree ; Wheels of time ; The gift of loafering ; Holiday lies ; O Christmas Sock ; Cowboys are her weakness ; A cast of characters ; Nick of time ; 109 yards returned, two points denied, and one twist left in the road ; Long time coming ; Born too late.…”


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Lincoln's lieutenants : the high command of the Army of the Potomac by Sears, Stephen W.

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Force of nature : three women tackle the John Muir Trail by Griffin, Joan M.

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