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Robert A. Heinlein

America as science fiction

King of infinite space

Donald Coxeter, the man who saved geometry
2006
Profiles the life and work of mathematician Donald Coxeter, discussing his efforts to prove geometry is an ever-evolving endeavor that forms the building blocks for creation.

My China years

a memoir
1984
Helen Foster Snow tells of her marriage to brilliant American correspondent Edgar Snow, their home in Peking, and her life in China at a time of civil dissension as the Communists rose to power.

Finding home

1981
Continues the biography of Veron Dumehjian who comes to America as a mail-order bride and adapts to life in a new country.

Six days in Havana

1989
Text and photos record James Michener's and John King's impressions of Havana thirty years after the Revolution.

The road from home

the story of an Armenian girl
1988
A biography of the author's mother, concentrating on her childhood in Turkey before the Turkish govennment deported its Armenian population.

The thread that runs so true

1958
Describes Stuart's experiences as a school teacher for twenty years, until he became a sheep farmer.

The road from home

the story of an Armenian girl
1979
A biography of the author's mother concentrating on her childhood in Turkey before the Turkish government deported its Armenian population.

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