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  Swimming to Antarctica

  Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer

  by Lynne Cox

  Now in paperback, with photos and maps added especially for this new edition, here is the acclaimed life story of a woman whose drive and determination inspire everyone she touches. Lynne Cox started swimming almost as soon as she could walk. By age sixteen, she had broken all records for swimming the English Channel. Her daring eventually led her to the Bering Strait, where she swam five miles in... (more)
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  The Moon and Sixpence

  by W. Somerset Maugham

  Unlike his other contemporaries Gauguin was not young when he took to painting but middle aged, with a family that he abandoned for the purpose of being free to paint. From there to his life in South Pacific islands where he spent his last years and did some of his most astounding paintings, his life story is the base of this book. On a trip to research French artist Paul Gauguin, Maugham sailed into... (more)
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  The New Biographical Dictionary of Film

  by David Thomson

  For 25 years, David Thomson’s Biographical Dictionary of Film has been not merely “the finest reference book ever written about movies” Graham Fuller, Interview), not merely the “desert island book” of art critic David Sylvester, not merely “a great, crazy masterpiece” (Geoff Dyer, The Guardian), but also “fiendishly seductive” (Greil Marcus, Rolling Stone). Now it returns, with its old entries updated and 300 new... (more)
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  The Life of Barnum

  by P. T. Barnum

  This is the story of P.T. Barnum, the world-renowned showman, written by the man himself. It tells of "his early life and struggles; bold ventures and brilliant successes; wonderful career in which he made and lost fortunes, captivated kings, queens, nobility, and millions of people; his genius, wit, eloquence, public benefactor, <and> life as a citizen." It is "a remarkable story, abounding in fascinating... (more)
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  Cleopatra: Queen, Lover, Legend

  by Lucy Hughes-Hallett

  A fascinating account of the ways in which different generations have seen Cleopatra. In her own lifetime and in the 2,000 years since her death, the image of Cleopatra has been repeatedly reinvented, each time in a form that fits the prejudices and fantasies of the age that produced it.
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  What a Wonderful World: The Magic of Louis Armstrong's Later Years

  by Ricky Riccardi

  Prodigiously researched and richly detailed, this is a comprehensive account of the remarkable final twenty-five years of the life and art of one of America’s greatest and most beloved musical icons.   Much has been written about Louis Armstrong, but the majority of it focuses on the early and middle stages of his long career. Now, Ricky Riccardi—jazz scholar and musician—takes an in-depth look at the years in... (more)
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  All Bible Study Series

  All the Apostles of the Bible: Studies in the Characters of the Apostles, the Men Jesus Chose, and the Message They Proclaimed (All the Apostles of the Bible)

  by Herbert Lockyer

  These studies on the character of the Apostles form a complete series on the lives, times, and ministries of those men chosen by God to declare his message to the world.