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September 2005 to March 2006
Biography, Collective Biography

92                   Biography                                                    
92  ABA Catch me if you can Abagnale, Frank Former con man Frank Abagnale, an authority on financial foul play, tells stories of the adventures he had while living the high life as a criminal.
 
92 AMB  Dr. Ambedkar and untouchability :  fighting the Indian caste system Johnson, David  and Poddar, Prem Cronicles the fights and successes of Dr. Ambedkar, an untouchable in the Indian caste system, to bring equality to the Dalit (untouchables).

 
92 COX Swimming to Antarctica: tales of a long-distance swimmer. Cox, Lynn. Distance swimmer Lynne Cox describes her emotional and spiritual need to swim and about the mythical act of swimming itself, and chronicles some of her more memorable swims. ALA Best Adult Books for Young People 2005   - Alex Awards
 
92 DID Year of magical thinking Didion, Joan The author recalls the weeks and months following the death of her husband of forty years and the severe illness of their only daughter, and discusses the changes that occurred in her life as a result. 
92 FUL Don't let's go the dogs tonight Fuller, Alexandra The author provides an account of her life in Africa and some of the extraordinary events that happened in her time there.
92 HAM Alexander Hamilton. Chernow, Ron.  Presents a biography of Alexander Hamilton, one of the most important figures in the history of American politics never elected to the presidency, discussing his childhood as an orphan in the Caribbean, his marriage and family, and his death in a duel, and examining his multifaceted role in the formation of U.S. government.
 
92 MCC Teacher man McCourt, Frank Celebrated American author Frank McCourt recounts his thirty-year teaching career, and describes some of his unconventional teaching methods that have left an impact of his students. 
92 NAF Reading Lolita in Tehran:  Nafisi,  Azar  The author presents a memoir of her life in post-revolutionary Iran, focusing on her organization of a group of young women in 1997 who met secretly once a week to read and discuss forbidden works of Western literature.
 
92 NIG Nightingales : The extraordinary upbringing and curious life of Miss Florence Nightingale Gill, Gillian The story of an amazing young woman who defied convention during the Victorian Era to go out, speak her mind, and attend to the wounded during the Crimean War.
 
92 SAT  Persepolis 2: the story of a return  Satrapi, Marjane.   Contains black-and-white comic strip images in which the author continues the story of her life, discussing her move from Iran to Vienna in 1984, her feelings of alienation in the foreign country, and her return home where she starts college, falls in love, and questions whether she can continue to live in the repressive society. 
92 SHA Will in the world Greenblatt, Stephen  Presents a biography of sixteenth-century British playwright and poet William Shakespeare and chronicles his many works of drama during the Elizabethan period. 
 
920                 Collective Biography  
920 CAM  American women inventors Camp, Carole Ann  Ten biographies of American women inventors, including Madam C.J. Walker, Lillian Gilbreth, Beulah Henry, Elizabeth Lee Hazen, Rachel Fuller Brown, Katherine Blodgett, Gertrude B. Elion, Stephanie Louise Kwolek, Edith Flanigen, and Ellen Ochoa.
 

 

       

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