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Bully Able Leader

the story of a fighter-bomber pilot in the Korean War
2011

With the Old Breed

at Peleliu and Okinawa
1996
Eugene Sledge chronicles the experiences he had while fighting in the battles of Peleliu and Okinawa.

Echoes from the Holocaust

a memoir
1997
Personal account of the Holocaust by a woman who managed to survive at both Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen, relating the horror of the camps at the hands of the Nazis and discusses her liberation, eventual immigration to America, and ability to find peace and happiness.

The royal house of Monaco

dynasty of glamour, tragedy, and scandal
1998
Draws from interviews with members of the Grimaldi family, friends, and citizens to explore what has happened in Monaco in the sixteen years since the death of Princess Grace, and to speculate on what the future may bring to the tiny principality as it nears the seven hundredth anniversary of the Grimaldis' rule.

Down a sunny dirt road

an autobiography
2002
In alternating chapters Stan and Jan Berenstain, creators of the Berenstain Bears, tell their own stories from early childhood until their marriage, then continue the tale together to the present day.

Breaking the sound barrier

the story of Chuck Yeager
2005
Provides a biography of pilot Chuck Yeager and chronicles his efforts to be the first to break the sound barrier.

Alan Shepard, the first American in space

1979
Traces the life of the first American in space from his New England boyhood to his walk on the moon.

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