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Biography of the black American singer and dancer who achieved fame in Paris in the 1920s and was awarded the French Legion of Honor for her work during World War II.

Paperback:

9780791011423 | Chelsea House Pub, December 1, 1995, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Biography of the Black American singer and dancer who achieved fame in Paris in the 1920s and was awarded the French Legion of Honor for her work during World War II

Library:

9780791011164 | Chelsea House Pub, May 1, 1991, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Biography of the Black American singer and dancer who achieved fame in Paris in the 1920s and was awarded the French Legion of Honor for her work during World War II

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Knowing the need for education among his people, Booker T. Washington, a former slave, dedicated himself to that cause

Paperback:

9780791002520 | Chelsea House Pub, January 1, 1992, cover price $6.65 | About this edition: Knowing the need for education among his people, Booker T.

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A biography of the renowned American author focusing on the many adventures of his short, turbulent life and their reflection in his novels and stories

Library:

9780791016237 | Chelsea House Pub, March 1, 1992, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: A biography of the renowned American author focusing on the many adventures of his short, turbulent life and their reflection in his novels and stories

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Knowing the need for education among his people, Booker T. Washington, a former slave, dedicated himself to that cause

Library:

9781555466169, titled "Booker T. Washington, Educator" | Chelsea House Pub, December 1, 1992, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Knowing the need for education among his people, Booker T.

Prebinding:

9780613012591 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $15.30 | About this edition: Knowing the need for education among his people, Booker T.

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Tumpie, a young black girl who will later become famous as the dancer Josephine Baker, longs to find the opportunity to dance amid the poverty and vivacious street life of St. Louis in the early 1900s.

Paperback:

9780316775045 | Reprint edition (Little Brown & Co, April 1, 1993), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: The exuberance of the ragtime music of turn-of-the-century St.

School and Library:

9780316774970 | Little Brown & Co, August 1, 1989, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: The exuberance of the ragtime music of turn-of-the-century St.

Reinforced:

9780606055611 | Demco Media, April 1, 1993, cover price $12.20 | About this edition: The exuberance of the ragtime music of turn-of-the-century St.

Prebinding:

9780785711506 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $18.45 | About this edition: The exuberance of the ragtime music of turn-of-the-century St.

A biography of the actor who died in a car accident at the age of twenty-four and is known for his roles in 'East of Eden' and 'Rebel without a Cause' (view table of contents)

Paperback:

9780791023518 | Chelsea House Pub, April 1, 1995, cover price $10.01 | About this edition: A biography of the actor who died in a car accident at the age of twenty-four and is known for his roles in 'East of Eden' and 'Rebel without a Cause'

Library:

9780791023266 | Chelsea House Pub, April 1, 1993, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A biography of the actor who died in a car accident at the age of twenty-four and is known for his roles in 'East of Eden' and 'Rebel without a Cause'

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Banished by his wicked and greedy brother, Drashi and his widowed mother seek shelter in a mountain hut, and because of his honesty and respect, Drashi is rewarded by the Guardian of the Mountain, in a Tibetan folktale.
By Todd Doney (illustrator) and Alan Schroeder

School and Library:

9780684195780 | Atheneum, March 1, 1994, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Banished by his wicked and greedy brother, Drashi and his widowed mother seek shelter in a mountain hut, and because of his honesty and respect, Drashi is rewarded by the Guardian of the Mountain in a Tibetan folktale

Wearing a bowl on her head to protect herself from those who would take advantage of her beauty, Lily, a Japanese maiden, is challenged to perform an impossible task after her employer's son falls in love with her

Hardcover:

9780385307925 | Doubleday, October 1, 1994, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A young girl who wears a wooden bowl over her face to hide her beauty overcomes a variety of trials and eventually finds love, riches, and happiness

Paperback:

9780440412946 | Reprint edition (Bantam Dell Pub Group, April 1, 1997), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: A young girl who wears a wooden bowl over her face to hide her beauty overcomes a variety of trials and eventually finds love, riches, and happiness.

Prebinding:

9780613020572 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $14.30 | About this edition: A young girl who wears a wooden bowl over her face to hide her beauty overcomes a variety of trials and eventually finds love, riches, and happiness.

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A young girl describes the music she hears in the cries of various vendors on the streets of Charleston, South Carolina
By Bernie Fuchs (illustrator) and Alan Schroeder

Hardcover:

9780803716766 | Dial Books for Young Readers, September 1, 1995, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: A young girl describes the music she hears in the cries of various vendors on the streets of Charleston, South Carolina

Library:

9780803716780 | Dial Books for Young Readers, September 1, 1995, cover price $14.89 | About this edition: A young girl describes the music she hears in the cries of various vendors on the streets of Charleston, South Carolina

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As a boy in New Orleans, Louis Armstrong saves his money to buy a used brass cornet so he can play jazz like his idol, Bunk Johnson

Hardcover:

9780385320467, titled "Satchmo's Blues" | Doubleday, October 1, 1996, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: A fictional recreation of the youth of trumpeter Louis Armstrong in New Orleans

Paperback:

9780440414728, titled "Satchmo's Blues" | Reprint edition (Dragonfly, February 1, 1999), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: A fictional recreation of the youth of trumpeter Louis Armstrong in New Orleans.

Prebinding:

9780613132015, titled "Satchmo's Blues" | Turtleback Books, February 1, 1999, cover price $17.20 | About this edition: A fictional recreation of the youth of trumpeter Louis Armstrong in New Orleans.

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Traces Chaplin's career as a comedian, an actor, and a director, and discusses his stormy private life

Paperback:

9780531158647 | Reprint edition (Franklin Watts, September 1, 1997), cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Traces Chaplin's career as a comedian, an actor, and a director, and discusses his stormy private life

Library:

9780531113172 | Franklin Watts, April 1, 1997, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: Traces Chaplin's career as a comedian, an actor, and a director, and discusses his stormy private life

Prebinding:

9780613133623 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $17.95

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An adaptation, set in the American South, of an old Japanese folktale tells the story of a powerful wrestler who hopes to win the Emperor's Wrestling Match and encounters three exceptionally strong women who train him for success.
By Andrew Glass (illustrator) and Alan Schroeder

School and Library:

9780395698525 | Clarion Books, March 22, 1999, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: An adaptation, set in the American South, of an old Japanese folktale in which a powerful wrestler who hopes to win the Emperor's Wrestling Match encounters three exceptionally strong women who train him for success

In this variation on the Cinderella story set in the Smoky Mountains, Rose loses her glass slipper at a party given by the rich feller on the other side of the creek.
By Brad Sneed (illustrator)

Reinforced:

9780606184519 | Demco Media, April 1, 2000, cover price $15.85 | also contains Smoky Mountain Rose: An Appalachian Cinderella | About this edition: In this variation on the Cinderella story set in the Smoky Mountains, Rose loses her glass slipper at a party given by the rich feller on the other side of the creek.

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The director of the School of Journalism at Northeastern University reveals how the two horizons of American celebrity--Washington and Hollywood--are fusing in the person and role of the president, thus joining politics and pop culture. 25,000 first printing.

Hardcover:

9780813341378 | Basic Books, February 4, 2004, cover price $26.00 | About this edition: The director of the School of Journalism at Northeastern University reveals how the two horizons of American celebrity--Washington and Hollywood--are fusing in the person and role of the president, thus joining politics and pop culture.

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A biography of the former slave, who became the leading African American educator of his time and the founder of Tuskegee University.

Paperback:

9780791083741 | Chelsea House Pub, January 1, 2005, cover price $13.25 | About this edition: A biography of the former slave, who became the leading African American educator of his time and the founder of Tuskegee University.

Library:

9780791082539 | Chelsea House Pub, December 1, 2004, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: A biography of the former slave, who became the leading African American educator of his time and the founder of Tuskegee University.

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A critically acclaimed biography series of history's most notable African Americans includes straightforward and objective writing combined with important memorabilia and photographs.

Library:

9780791092125 | Chelsea House Pub, September 1, 2006, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Examines the life and career of entertainer Josephine Baker, including her role in the first all-black Broadway musical in 1922 and participation in the United States civil rights movement.

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Hardcover:

9780231141048, titled "Presidential Debates: Fifty Years of High-Risk TV" | 2 edition (Columbia Univ Pr, July 15, 2008), cover price $90.00

Paperback:

9780231141055, titled "Presidential Debates: Fifty Years of High-Risk TV" | 2 edition (Columbia Univ Pr, July 15, 2008), cover price $29.00

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Young Harriet Tubman, whose childhood name was Minty, dreams of escaping slavery on the Brodas plantation in the late 1820s
By Jerry Pinkney (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780803718883 | Dial Books for Young Readers, May 1, 1996, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Young Harriet Tubman, whose childhood name was Minty, dreams of escaping slavery on the Brodas plantation in the late 1820s

Paperback:

9780140561968 | Reprint edition (Puffin, December 1, 2000), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Young Harriet Tubman, whose childhood name was Minty, dreams of escaping slavery on the Brodas plantation in the late 1820s.

Library:

9780803718890 | Dial Books for Young Readers, May 1, 1996, cover price $16.89 | About this edition: Young Harriet Tubman, whose childhood name was Minty, dreams of escaping slavery on the Brodas plantation in the late 1820s

Reinforced:

9780606203654 | Demco Media, February 1, 2002, cover price $15.85 | also contains Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman | About this edition: Young Harriet Tubman, whose childhood name was Minty, dreams of escaping slavery on the Brodas plantation in the late 1820s.

Prebinding:

9781439553985 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, April 9, 2009), cover price $15.99 | also contains Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman, Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman

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Paperback:

9780071626934 | 2 edition (McGraw-Hill, January 19, 2010), cover price $93.00 | also contains First Aid for the Pediatric Boards

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780140869002, titled "Much Ado About Nothing" | Penguin/Highbridge, October 1, 1999, cover price $17.95 | also contains First Aid for the Pediatric Boards, First Aid for the Pediatric Boards, Much Ado About Nothing

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Paperback:

9780071421676 | 1 edition (McGraw-Hill, June 23, 2006), cover price $83.95

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780140869002, titled "Much Ado About Nothing" | Penguin/Highbridge, October 1, 1999, cover price $17.95 | also contains First Aid for the Pediatric Boards, First Aid for the Pediatric Boards, Much Ado About Nothing

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Hardcover:

9780231170567 | 3 edition (Columbia Univ Pr, July 5, 2016), cover price $90.00

Paperback:

9780231170574 | 3 reprint edition (Columbia Univ Pr, July 5, 2016), cover price $30.00

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