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  • Adam Sandler

    Dwayne Epstein

    Library Binding (Lucent, April 2, 2004)
    Describes the private life and professional career of actor-comedian Adam Sandler, who achieved popularity on the Saturday Night Live series.

  • Lenin

    Mona Hill

    Hardcover (Lucent, Sept. 12, 2003)
    Recounts the life of the revolutionary leader who took command in Russia after the overthrow of the tsar and established the Soviet Union and its Communist government that would last for more than seventy years.

  • Mummies, Myth, and Magic: Religion in Ancient Egypt

    Don Nardo

    Hardcover (Lucent, May 25, 2005)
    Next to the famous pyramids, Egypt is perhaps most famous for its rich and complex body of religious beliefs, customs and practices. In this volume an expert on the ancient world examines Egypt's gods, creation myths, beliefs about the afterlife, tombs (and efforts to thwart tomb robbers), embalming techniques, magic spells, amulets, hymns and prayers and much more.
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  • Italians

    Catherine M. Petrini

    Library Binding (Lucent, Jan. 6, 2003)
    Reviews the reasons why millions of Italians have immigrated to America, what their passage was like, the kind of jobs most found, communities they formed, and the prejudice they faced.
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  • The Korean War the Weapons of War

    Craig Blohm

    Hardcover (Lucent, July 28, 2003)
    The Korean War was basically fought with the same weapons used in World War II -- rifles, machine guns, hand grenades, tanks, mortars, and artillery pieces. However, this conflict also featured the first combat between jet airplanes. And one weapon the United States dared not use was the atomic bomb.

  • Korean War: Life as a POW

    John Wukovits

    Hardcover (Lucent, Oct. 24, 2003)
    Describes the harsh conditions endured by soldiers taken prisoner by North Korea, including physical brutality and extensive Communist indoctrination, and how they tried to maintain hope while waiting for the war to end.

  • The History of Classical Music

    Stuart Kallen

    Hardcover (Lucent, June 28, 2002)
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  • History of Jazz

    Stuart Kallen

    Hardcover (Lucent, Aug. 22, 2002)
    A history of jazz which discusses its roots, influences, and different types including swing, bebop and fusion.

  • PCP

    Hal Marcovitz

    Hardcover (Lucent, Sept. 9, 2005)
    Discusses the history behind the development of PCP and its growing use in America, its effect on society and the health of abusers, and the recovery programs available for them.
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  • Jonas Salk

    James E. Barter

    Hardcover (Lucent, May 9, 2002)
    Presents the life of the scientist and humanitarian who discovered the vaccine for polio, a disease which crippled many people in the early part of the twentieth century.

  • Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues

    John F Wukovits

    Hardcover (Lucent, Oct. 15, 2004)
    While Major League Baseball enjoyed a widespread following in the first half of the twentieth century, another brand of ball existed in the shadows. Forced by segregation to develop their own leagues, African American athletes played an equally exciting game. Life for these ball players could be arduous, yet they endured the hardships because of one thing -- a love for the sport.

  • Peoples and Empires of Ancient Mesopotamia

    Don Nardo

    Hardcover (Lucent, Sept. 5, 2008)
    Describes ancient Mesopotamian society and politics, discussing farm and urban life, early writing, and the successive Babylonian, Assyrian, and Persian empires of the region.