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1)	The Sweeping Wind De Kruif, Paul
	New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1962. Shelfworn, soiled, tape repair to price-clipped dust jacket. Interior clean and unmarked. Memoir of a writer whose work created an entirely new approach to popular science writing. Collaborated with Sinclair Lewis to write the novel Arrowsmith. The story of that colloaboration is told in full, for the first time, in this memoir. A tribute on the back of the jacket chracterizes de Kruif as a strange and rare genius.. Reprint. Good/Good. Memoir Science Writin... more information Offered by Whiting Books (Texas, United States) +/-	Price: $2.50

2)	Preposterous Papa Meyer, Lewis
	Tulsa, Oklahoma: Flagpole Press, 1959. Corner crease back cover, reading creases to spine. Clean copy. Signed by the author to "Ruby and Hank ___..." 214 pages.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. Max Meyer Oklahoma Biography. ... more information Offered by Whiting Books (Texas, United States) +/-	Price: $5.00

3)	Flying Millett, Kate
	New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. Bumping to spine neds and corners. Previous owner name in small script on front free endpaper. Jacket is edge-worn, rubbed, and scratched. Sticker residue to front panel.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+. ... more information Offered by Whiting Books (Texas, United States) +/-	Price: $5.00

4)	I'm No Hero Plumb, Charlie
	Mechanicsberg, Pennsylvania: Executive Books, 1991. Story of prisoner of war Charlie Plumb, who was shot down over North Vietnam during the Vietnam War and spent six years in captivity. Reprint of the 1973 original edition.. ISBN: 0937539384. Reprint. Soft Cover. Fine. NORTH VIETNAM PRISONER OF WAR BIOGRAPHY UNITED STATES HISTORY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. ... more information Offered by Whiting Books (Texas, United States) +/-	Price: $5.00

5)	Escape: A Book of Escapes of All Kinds Yeats-Brown, F
	New York: Macmillan, 1933. Assumed First Printing (no additional printings listed). Hard cover, no jacket; 912 pages. Poor condition. Cloth torn and peeling on spine. Front cover about detached, but barely hanging on. Same with first few pages. A reading copy only. And a very interesting reading copy, including the following sampling of chapters: Kavanagh's Escape from Lucknow; Louis Napoleon Walks Out of Prison; A Lady's Escape from Gwalior; Brave Grace Darling and the Strange Story of Volney Becker; Jack ... more information Offered by Whiting Books (Texas, United States) +/-	Price: $5.00

6)	Arctic Doctor Moody, Dr. Joseph P.; with W. De Groot Van Embden
	New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1955. Bumped corners and spine ends. Jacket chipped, missing a 3/4" piece at tail of spine. True account of a Canadian East Arctic doctor at Chesterfield Inlet. Icebound for seven months out of the year, he maintained 2,000 Eskimo patients, covering more than 600,000 square miles by aircraft, dog team, and canoe.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Book Club Edition. ARCTIC DOCTOR MEDICINE CANADA CHESTERFIELD INLET ESKIMOS. ... more information Offered by Whiting Books (Texas, United States) +/-	Price: $5.00

Karla Faye Tucker Set Free : Life and Faith on Death Row

Strom, Linda

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Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.: WaterBrook Press, 2000. Story of the first woman executed in Texas in more than 100 years. From the brutal murder she committed to her death row transformation and eventual execution, this story is Karla Faye Tucker's spiritual journey as told by her spritual advisor and close friend, Linda Strom.. ISBN: 0877887756. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. CHRISTIANITY RELIGION PRISON TEXAS EXECUTION LETHAL INJECTION CAPITAL PUNISHMENT KARLA FAYE TUCKER. ... more information

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8)	The Hell With Politics: The Life and Writings of Jane Wood Reno Reno, Jane Wood (Edited by George Hurchalla)
	Atlanta, Georgia: Peachtree Publishers, 1994. Small remainder dot top-edge, else fine.. ISBN: 1561450928. First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine+/Near Fine+. Jane Wood Reno Janet Writings Biography. ... more information Offered by Whiting Books (Texas, United States) +/-	Price: $6.30

9)	The Private Life of Mr. Pepys Wilson, John Harold
	New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1959. Light edge wear to book and jacket. Remants of a paper label near the bottom of the spine. Clean with no writing, marks or stains. Biography of the famous 17th century diarist. 249 pages, frontispiece portrait by John Hayles, 1666.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. SAMUEL PEPYS DIARY DIARIST BIOGRAPHY. ... more information Offered by Whiting Books (Texas, United States) +/-	Price: $7.00

10)	Red : A Biography of Red Smith Berkow, Ira
	New York: Times Books, 1986. Price-clipped jacket. The life and career of one of America's best sports journalists. 302 pages with index. Illustrated with black & wite photos.. ISBN: 0812912039. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. SPORTS JOURNALISM RECREATION GENERAL. ... more information Offered by Whiting Books (Texas, United States) +/-	Price: $7.00

11)	LBJ the Way He Was: A Personal Memoir of the Man and His Presidency Cormier, Frank
	New York: Doubleday, 1977. Remainder spray bottom edge. Jacket rubbed, very minor edge wear.276 pp., black & white photos.. ISBN: 0385048254. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. PRESIDENT LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON LBJ BIOGRAPHY MEMOIR PRESIDENCY. ... more information Offered by Whiting Books (Texas, United States) +/-	Price: $7.00

12)	Banners of Courage: The Lives of 14 Heroic Men and Women Elliot, Robert
	New York: Platt & Munk, 1972. Very light edge wear and a few light spots. Jacket is price-clipped with a few light spots and very light wear at the head of the spine and corners. Clean copy with no marks or tears. Biographical sketches for young readers. Fourteen men and women from a variety of backgrounds are included, such as Winston Churchill, Susan B. Anthony, Chief Joseph, Martin Luther King, Jr., Rachel Carson, Anne Frank, Amelia Earhart, Jacques Cousteau, and others.. First Edition. Hard Cover. V... more information Offered by Whiting Books (Texas, United States) +/-	Price: $7.00

13)	Unforgotten Years Smith, Logan Pearsall
	Boston: Little Brown & Company, 1939. Green cloth, 296 pp. Lightly bumped with a bit of shelf wear. Binding square and tight. No writing, marks or stains.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. ... more information Offered by Whiting Books (Texas, United States) +/-	Price: $7.00

14)	Blood Sport : The President and His Adversaries Stewart, James B
	This book is widely regarded as the most accurate and balanced report on the various scandals that plagued the Clinton Whiteh... read more New Brunswick, New Jersey: Simon & Schuster, 1996. Black and white photos; 479 pages.. ISBN: 0684802309. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. CLINTON BILL 1946 HILLARY RODHAM 1947 UNITED STATES POLITICS GOVERNMENT 1993 2001 WHITEWATER INQUIRY 2000 BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY POLITICAL PRESIDENTS HEADS STATE HISTORY 20TH CENTURY SCIENCE GENERAL. ... more information Offered by Whiting Books (Texas, United States) +/-	Price: $7.00

15)	Who Killed Joe McCarthy? Ewald, William B., Jr
	New York: Simon & Schuster, 1984. Remainder mark on bottom edge.. ISBN: 067144946x. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. MCCARTHY JOSEPH 1908 1957 BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY POLITICAL. ... more information Offered by Whiting Books (Texas, United States) +/-	Price: $7.00

16)	Taken on Trust Waite, Terry
	The story of Terry Waite, an Anglican churchman and hostage negotiator who was captured and held captive for 1,763 days in Be... read more New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1993. ISBN: 0151878498. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. CHURCH ENGLAND BIOGRAPHY EVANGELISTS HOSTAGES. ... more information Offered by Whiting Books (Texas, United States) +/-	Price: $7.50

17)	Princess of Monaco: The Story of Grace Kelly Gaither, Gant
	New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1957. Edge-worn and chipped jacket with paper loss/chips at spine ends. Tape-repaired tears in several places. Moderate shelf wear with small amounts of scuffing along the top-edge. Stated First Edition of this biography of Hollywood star turned Princess. 176 pages, illustrated with 48 pages of photographs.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. Biography Grace Kelly Hollywood Movie Star Actress Princess Monaco Prince Ranier. ... more information Offered by Whiting Books (Texas, United States) +/-	Price: $7.50

18)	And When Did You Last See Your Father? : A Son's Memoir of Love and Loss Morrison, Blake
	Blake Morrison writes a memoir of his father's illness--its effects on his father and the family--and death. New York: Picador, 1995. A few corners slightly bumped; rubbing to jacket.. ISBN: 0312130236. First U.S. Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. FATHERS SONS TERMINALLY ILL BIOGRAPHY AGING PARENTS FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS FATHERHOOD PARENT ADULT CHILD SOCIAL SCIENCE DEATH DYING. ... more information Offered by Whiting Books (Texas, United States) +/-	Price: $7.50

19)	A Matter of Passion: Letters of Bernard Berenson and Clotilde Marghieri Berenson, Bernard; Marghieri, Clotilde (Edited By Dario Biocca)
	Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 1989. 286 pages with Index.. ISBN: 0520065271. First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. ART HISTORIANS BIOGRAPHY BERNARD BERENSON CLOTILDE MARGHIERI LETTERS AUTOBIOGRAPHY ARTISTS. ... more information Offered by Whiting Books (Texas, United States) +/-	Price: $7.50

20)	Charles Williams, Poet of Theology Cavaliero, Glen
	Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans, 1983. Small area of paper loss from sticker removal on the front free endpaper.. ISBN: 0802835791. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. THEOLOGY RELIGION. ... more information Offered by Whiting Books (Texas, United States) +/-	Price: $7.50