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Mountains beyond mountains

2003
Chronicles the life of Paul Farmer, focusing on his efforts to diagnose and cure infectious diseases and to bring modern medicine to the countries and people who need them most.

Cold zero

inside the FBI Hostage Rescue Team
2001
Offers a first-person account of life inside the FBI and its elite Hostage Rescue Team.

An American story

2000
African-American journalist Debra Dickerson discusses the changes she has undergone from her humble beginnings as a child of former sharecroppers through her stages as an Air Force intelligence officer and a Harvard-educated attorney, and finally as a writer concerned with social issues.

My life

1992
Autobiography of basketball player Earvin "Magic" Johnson offering insights into his career and fight against the virus that causes AIDS.

Take it to the hoop, Magic Johnson

2000
A poetic celebration of Magic Johnson and his quicksilver moments of triumph on the basketball court.

Sports great Magic Johnson

1992
A biography of the superstar basketball player, from his childhood through his career with the Los Angeles Lakers to his present HIV-positive status and campaign against AIDS.

Magic Johnson

basketball star & entrepreneur
2011
Chronicles the life of Magic Johnson, describing his accomplishments as a professional basketball player and as an entrepreneur, and discussing his influence on basketball and society.

My life as a 10-year-old boy

2000
Nancy Cartwright chronicles the experiences she has had while providing the voice of Bart Simpson for the cartoon "The Simpsons".

Pavement chalk artist

the three-dimensional drawings of Julian Beever
2012
A collection of photographs of the three-dimensional anamorphic drawings of Julian Beever, which are drawn in distortion on the pavement so that they appear realistic when viewed through a carefully positioned camera.

Why be happy when you could be normal?

2011
Memories of the author about her difficult childhood as the adopted daughter of an English mother with strong religious convictions, and her subsequent search for her biological mother.

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