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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
112 Mercer street	Burton Feldman,Burton Feldman	The story of quantum physics in the 20th century, with some outlooks onto mathematics.	OL12251391W
Journey of a thousand miles	Lang Lang,Lang Lang,David Ritz	"Number One" was a phrase my father--and, for that matter, my mother--repeated time and time again. It was a phrase spoken by my parents' friends and by their friends' children. Whenever adults discu…	OL12305745W
LOSS OF THE WAGER: THE NARRATIVES OF JOHN BULKELEY AND THE HON. JOHN BRYON	John Byron,Bulkeley, John.,JOHN BULKELEY	xxvi, 240 p. ; 22 cm	OL13633342W
The heart of a soldier	Kate Blaise,Dana White	Mike and Kate Blaise fell in love during high school in small-town Missouri. Sharing a deep sense of patriotism, they both entered the U.S. Army--she as a commissioned officer and he as an enlisted i…	OL15826559W
Che	Alberto Korda,Perfil	123 p. : 28 cm	OL1649240W
The Center Cannot Hold	Elyn R. Saks	Elyn R. Saks is an esteemed professor, lawyer, and psychiatrist and is the Orrin B. Evans Professor of Law, Psychology, Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at the University of Southern California…	OL1943090W
GIMP	Mark Zupan,Tim Swanson,Mark Zupan	Mark Zupan was a college soccer star, out drinking one night with friends. Tired from the game and from a few too many beers, he decided to take a nap in the back of his best friend's pickup truck. S…	OL277995W
Purgation and purgatory	Serge Hughes,Catherine de Hueck Doherty,Benedict J. Groeschel,Catherine of Genoa, Saint	"Saint Catherine of Genoa ...is an Italian Roman Catholic saint and mystic, admired for her work among the sick and the poor and remembered because of various writings describing both these actions a…	OL3258819W
Javier Barros Sierra, 1968	Sonia Henriquez Urea de Hlito,Javier Barros Sierra	"Seventh edition of a work containing interviews of Javier Barros Sierra, a distinguished public servant and rector of the Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México, conducted by Gaston García Cantú, a l…	OL3674245W
The Halo of the Jungle	Gert Aron,Werner D. Aron	Story of immigrant family fleeing Hitler and starting a farm in Ecuador.	OL37250407W
Mr. China's son	He Liyi,Claire Anne Chik,He, Liyi	"At the time of He Liyi's graduation, English was being vilified as the language of the imperialists, so the job he was assigned had nothing to do with his education. In 1958, he was labeled a righti…	OL3927767W
César Vallejo	Stephen M. Hart,Jorge Cornejo Polar (collaboration)	184 p. ; 24 cm	OL488051W
Manson in his own words	Charles Manson,Nuel Emmons	"The myth of Charles Manson is not likely to survive the impact of his own words,” Nuel Emmons writes in the introduction to Manson In His Own Words, the shocking true confessions that lay bare the…	OL5279907W
Lady sings the blues	Billie Holiday,William Dufty	In a memoir that is as poignant, lyrical, and dramatic as her legendary performances, Billie Holiday tells her own story. She recalls a turbulent adolescence in Harlem during the 1920s, the excitemen…	OL5603902W
The bond	George Jenkins,Sampson Davis,Rameck Hunt	The Three Doctors-Drs. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt-discovered early in their friendship that they shared one disturbing trait: As children, they had to navigate life in inner-city …	OL5718820W
The life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African	Robert J. Allison,Olaudah Equiano,Rebecka Rutledge Fisher	The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, written in 1789, details its writer's life in slavery, his time spent serving on galleys, the eventual attainment of his own freedom and late…	OL743333W
Gonzo	Jann Wenner,Corey Seymour	Few American lives are stranger, more action-packed, or wilder than that of Hunter S. Thompson. Born a rebel in Louisville , Kentucky , Thompson spent a lifetime channeling his energy and insight in…	OL8301903W
The Heavenly Man	Paul Hattaway,Brother Yun	Brother Yun is a entrepeneur leader in the underground Christian church of China. He lives now in Germany and this book is a biography of his life and inspiring walk with Jesus.	OL8555887W
God grew tired of us	Michael Sweeney,John Bul Dau	"Lost Boy" John Bul Dau's harrowing experience surviving the brutal horrors of Sudanese civil war and his adjustment to life in modern America is chronicled in this inspiring memoir and featured in a…	OL8808581W
Sex, love, and fashion	Wendy Holden,Bruce Hulse	You may think you've heard everything about the modeling industry from Tyra Banks, but Sex, Love, and Fashion is the real behind-the-scenes scoop, from a true insider who is considered one of the top…	OL9389880W