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Let Freedom Reign - The Words Of Nelson Mandela - Hardcover - Item #: 9781566568005 Description: Binding Type: Hardcover144 Pages |
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Stones Into Schools - Promoting Peace Through Education In Afghanistan & Pakistan - Quality Trade Paperback - Item #: 9780143118237 Description: Binding Type: Quality448 Pages |
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100 Words - Two Hundred Visionaries Share Their Hope For The Future Item #: 9781573244732 Description: Binding Type: Quality416 Pages |
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Gandhi The Man - How One Man Changed Himself To Change The World Item #: 9781586380557 Description: Binding Type: Quality200 Pages |
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Great Soul - Mahatma Gandhi & His Struggle With India - Hardcover - Item #: 9780307269584 Description: Binding Type: Hardcover432 Pages |
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Strength In What Remains - Quality Trade Paperback - Item #: 9780812977615 Description: Binding Type: Quality304 Pages |
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Bringing Progress To Paradise - What I Got From Giving To A Mountain Village In Nepal Item #: 9781573244824 Description: Binding Type: Quality256 Pages |
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Power Of Angels - Reflections From A Ground Zero Chaplain - Oversized (large paperback) - Item #: 9780972432726 Description: Binding Type: Oversize171 Pages |
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Cesar Chavez: An Organizer's Tale--speeches Item #: 9780143105268 Description: |
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Commander Of The Faithful: The Life & Times Of Emir Abd El-kader (h) Item #: 9780979882838 Description: When Abd el-Kader died in 1883, the New York Times hailed him as "one of the few great men of the century." El-Kader won the hearts of his sworn enemies, the French, invaders of his Algerian homeland. His fame reached its summit after he saved the li... |
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On That Day, Everybody Ate: One Woman's Story Of Hope & Possibility In Haiti Item #: 9780977333899 Description: After her husband's untimely death, Trost visited Haiti to heal her broken heart through service. Struggling to make sense of the extreme poverty and touched by the warmth and resilience of those she met, she partnered with a local community to devel... |
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Spy Princess: The Life Of Noor Inayat Khan Item #: 9780939872787 Description: |
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Giordano Bruno: Philosopher/heretic (h) Item #: 9780809095247 Description: |
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Letters To A Young Activist (h) Item #: 9780465027385 Description: |
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April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Death & The Transformation Of America (h) Item #: 9780465002122 Description: |
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Armageddon In Retrospect (h) Item #: 9780399155086 Description: This collection of twelve new and unpublished writings on war and peace marks the first anniversary of Kurt Vonnegut's death in April 2007. Written with Vonnegut's trademark rueful humor, the pieces range from a visceral eyewitness account of the des... |
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Maya Angelou: A Glorious Celebration (h) Item #: 9780385511087 Description: Maya Angelou's memoirs, cookbooks, and essay and poetry collections have sold millions of copies. Created by her niece, Rosa Johnson Butler, and longtime friends Marcia Ann Gillespie and Richard Long, this moving biography offers an irresistible look... |
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How Can I Keep From Singing: The Ballad Of Pete Seeger Item #: 9780345506085 Description: |
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Instamatic Karma: Photographs Of John Lennon (h) Item #: 9780312377410 Description: |
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Notebooks Item #: 9780199299027 Description: |
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Mandela: A Critical Life Item #: 9780199219353 Description: |
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Mandela: A Very Short Introduction Item #: 9780192803016 Description: |
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Letter To My Daughter (h) Item #: 9781400066124 Description: Transcending genres and categories - guidebook, memoir, poetry, and pure delight - this volume reveals Maya Angelou's path to living well and meaningfully. Written in her inimitable style, it's dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees everywh... |
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Science Of Leonardo: Inside The Mind Of The Great Genius Of The Renaissance (q) Item #: 9781400078837 Description: Leonardo da Vinci's pioneering scientific work was virtually unknown during his lifetime. Examining over 6,000 pages of his surviving notebooks, the best-selling author of The Tao of Physics dubs him the unacknowledged "father of modern science." Thr... |
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Frontline Humanity (h) Item #: 9781416560968 Description: |
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Strength In What Remains: A Journey Of Remembrance & Forgetting (h) Item #: 9781400066216 Description: In this remarkable book, New York Times bestselling author Tracy Kidder once again delivers the masterful story of a hero for these modern times. "Deo grew up in the mountains of Burundi, and survived a civil war and genocide before seeking a ... |
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Speak Truth To Power: Human Rights Defenders Who Are Changing Our World (h) Item #: 9781884167522 Description: This book gathers Kennedy's interviews with fifty human rights advocates from over 36 countries and five continents, alongside portraits by Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Eddie Adams. These are people willing, in the face of imminent danger, to ... |
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Sophie Scholl And The White Rose Item #: 9781851685363 Description: |
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Act Of State: The Execution Of Martin Luther King Item #: 9781844672851 Description: |
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Freedom Underground: Protesting The Iraq War In America Item #: 9781596090309 Description: |
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Rediscover Your Heart: 12 Keys To Help You Survive The Modern World Item #: 9781844091225 Description: |
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Playing The Enemy: Nelson Mandela & The Game That Made A Nation (h) Item #: 9781594201745 Description: When Nelson Mandela became president of South Africa, he knew he had to achieve some form of national unity fast. He found his answer in the national rugby team, the Springboks. Long the embodiment of white supremacist rule, the Springboks' chances o... |
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She Would Not Be Moved: How We Tell The Story Of Rosa Parks & The Montgomery Bus Boycott (h) Item #: 9781595580207 Description: |
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Words Of Desmond Tutu (q) Item #: 9781557042828 Description: |
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Planetwalker: How One Man Changed The World One Step At A Time--a Memoir Of 22 Years Of Walking & 17 Years Of Silence (h) Item #: 9781426202759 Description: In 1971, after witnessing an oil spill, Francis gave up motorized transportation and started walking. He later took a vow of silence that lasted 17 years. In silence, he earned a college degree and a PhD and walked across the country. The U.N. named ... |
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Words Of Gandhi: Commemorative Edition (h) Item #: 9781557048073 Description: |
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House That Love Built: The Story Of Habitat For Humanity & The Fuller Center For Housing (h) Item #: 9781571745460 Description: Thirty years ago, successful entrepreneur Millard Fuller and his wife Linda left their materialistic lifestyle and crumbling marriage to start over as missionaries in Zaire. Returning to Georgia, they started building houses for the poverty-stricken ... |
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Creating A World Without Poverty: How Social Business Can Transform Our Lives (h) Item #: 9781586484934 Description: |
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Creating A World Without Poverty: Social Business & The Future Of Capitalism (q) Item #: 9781586486679 Description: Traditional capitalism cannot solve problems like inequality and poverty, because it is hampered by a narrow view of people as one-dimensional beings concerned only with profit. The winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize outlines his vision of a new bu... |
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From A Gnat To An Eagle: The Story Of Nathan Rutstein Item #: 9781931847469 Description: |
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Hero's Trail: A Hiking Guide For A Heroic Life (ages 8-12) (h) Item #: 9780399238604 Description: |
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Armageddon In Retrospect (q) Item #: 9780425226896 Description: This collection of twelve new and unpublished writings on war and peace marks the first anniversary of Kurt Vonnegut's death in April 2007. Written with Vonnegut's trademark rueful humor, the pieces range from a visceral eyewitness account of the des... |
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Stones Into Schools: Promoting Peace With Books, Not Bombs, In Afghanastan & Pakistan (h) Item #: 9780670021154 Description: In this dramatic first-person narrative, Greg Mortenson picks up where Three Cups of Tea left off in 2003, recounting his relentless, ongoing efforts to establish schools for girls in Afghanistan; his extensive work in Azad Kashmir and Pakistan after... |
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Heroes Of The Environment: True Stories Of People Who Are Helping To Protect The Planet (h) Item #: 9780811867795 Description: |
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Letter To My Daughter (q) Item #: 9780812980035 Description: |
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Teachers With The Courage To Give Item #: 9781573247580 Description: |
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Bob Marley And The Wailers: The Definitive Discography (o) Item #: 9781579401207 Description: |
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Voices Of Protest: Documents Of Courage & Dissent (h) Item #: 9781579125851 Description: |
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Brother Roger Of Taize: Essential Writings Item #: 9781570756399 Description: Brother Roger Schutz (1915-2005) was the founder of "Taize," an ecumenical monastic community in France dedicated to reconciliation among Christians and "others," which attracts pilgrims from around the world. This book presents the best of his "writ... |
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Peter Maurin: Apostle To The World Item #: 9781570755507 Description: |
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Testimony: The Word Made Flesh Item #: 9781570755453 Description: |
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Best Of Edward Abbey Item #: 9781578051212 Description: Two decades after the late great Ed Abbey compiled this reader, it remains the only major collection of his work chosen by Abbey himself, a rich introduction to the singular writer whom Larry McMurty called "the Thoreau of the American West." It incl... |
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Gospel Of Cesar Chavez: My Faith In Action Item #: 9781580512237 Description: Asked how he sustained himself over so many years of struggle, C'sar Chavez responded: "I don't think I could base my will to struggle on cold economics or some political doctrine. For me, the base must be faith."In evaluating Chavez, the first to su... |
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Fiet's Vase: And Other Stories Of Survival, Europe 1939-1945 Item #: 9781585423606 Description: |
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Tao Of Willie - A Guide To The Happiness In Your Heart Item #: 9781592402878 Description: National icon Willie Nelson has evolved over the years from country music outlaw swimming against a whiskey river to a Zen-like figure of wisdom and contentment.In this autobiographical collection of life advice, he reveals the spiritual and ... |
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Green Belt Movement - Sharing The Approach & The Experience (Revised) Item #: 9781590560402 Description: Binding Type: Quality |
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Visionaries: The 20th Century's Most Important Inspirational Leaders (o) Item #: 9781933392530 Description: Portraits of inspirational leaders in the 20th Century.The twentieth century was marked by wars, dictatorships, and environmental destruction, yet many individuals kept alive the hope of a sane and sustainable future through their example, id... |
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Critical Choices That Change Lives: How Heroes Turn Tragedy Into Triumph Item #: 9780974054315 Description: |
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Along Martin Luther King: A Passage To Black America (h) Item #: 9781400060801 Description: |
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Celebrations: Rituals Of Peace & Prayer (h) Item #: 9781400066100 Description: More than a writer, Maya Angelou has often served as our common voice. This collection brings together timely and timeless poems that are an integral part of the global fabric, including "On the Pulse of Morning," read at President Clinton's 1993 ina... |
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Words Of Desmond Tutu (h) Item #: 9781557047199 Description: |
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Say It Plain - Live Recordings Of The 20Th Century's Great African-American Speeches (H + 2CD) Item #: 9781565849242 Description: Binding Type: Hardcover |
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Voices Of Truth: Conversations With Scientists, Thinkers & Healers Item #: 9780914955825 Description: This collection of long, in-depth conversations with 14 scientists, thinkers and healers include talks with best-selling authors James Redfield, Deepak Chopra, Brian Weiss, Caroline Myss, and physicist Michio Kaku, as well as award-winning former CNN... |
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Gospel According To Rfk: Why It Matters Now (h) Item #: 9780813391571 Description: |
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Conspiracy Of Decency: The Rescue Of The Danish Jews During World War Ii Item #: 9780813342788 Description: |
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Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest Of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure The World Item #: 9780812973013 Description: At the center of Mountains Beyond Mountains stands Paul Farmer. Doctor, Harvard professor, renowned infectious-disease specialist, anthropologist, the recipient of a MacArthur "genius" grant. Farmer was brought up in a bus and on a boat and in medica... |
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John Muir: Magnificent Tramp (h) Item #: 9780765310712 Description: |
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Chief Joseph: Guardian Of The People (h) Item #: 9780765310637 Description: |
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Peace Pilgrim: Her Life And Her Work In Her Own Words Item #: 9780943734293 Description: From The Publisher... |
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Fearless Girls, Wise Women, And Beloved Sisters: Heroines In Folktales From Around The World Item #: 9780393320466 Description: This "jewel of an anthology" ("Booklist") features 100 great folktales and fairy tales from all over the world about strong, smart, brave heroines. "The result is a book of . . . shimmering, spine-tingling tales in which females of every shape, age,... |
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Alice Walker: A Life Item #: 9780393328264 Description: |
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Books That Changed The World: The Great Works That Revolutionized Our Ideas... Item #: 9780451529282 Description: |
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Autobiography Of Medgar Evers (h) Item #: 9780465021772 Description: |
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Extraordinary Circumstances: The Journey Of A Corporate Whistleblower (h) Item #: 9780470124291 Description: Former WorldCom employee Cynthia Cooper - named Time magazine's 2002 Person of the Year, along with two fellow whistleblowers, for exposing the largest corporate fraud in history - tells her compelling story. From her upbringing in Mississippi to her... |
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Here Comes The Sun: The Spiritual & Musical Journey Of George Harrison (q) Item #: 9780470127803 Description: Like his fellow Beatles, George Harrison escaped the streets of working-class Liverpool to become one of the most famous and successful musical artists in history. Soon, however, disillusioned with both the price and the rewards of celebrity, he bega... |
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Prisoner In The Garden: Opening The Nelson Mandela Archive (h) Item #: 9780670037537 Description: Made up of rare photographs, diaries, photographs and handwritten notes, A PRISONER IN THE GARDEN is the extraordinary record of the nearly two decades Nelson Mandela spent incarcerated in Robben Island Prison for his efforts to end apartheid. This n... |
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Rabble Rouser For Peace: The Authorized Biography Of Desmond Tutu (h) Item #: 9780743269377 Description: |
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Wisdom To Grow On: Incredible Letters & Inspiring Advice For Getting The Most Out Of Life (h) Item #: 9780732426164 Description: |
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Ramblin' Man: The Life & Times Of Woody Guthrie (with Foreword By Studs Terkel) (h) Item #: 9780393047592 Description: |
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Ring Out Freedom! The Voice Of Martin Luther King, Jr. &...making Of The Civil Rights Movement Item #: 9780253216595 Description: |
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Dream (the): Martin Luther King, Jr. & The Speech That Inspired A Nation (q) Item #: 9780060084776 Description: |
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To The Mountaintop: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Sacred Mission To Save America (h) Item #: 9780060542450 Description: |
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To The Mountaintop: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Sacred Mission To Save America (q) Item #: 9780060750541 Description: |
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Three Cups Of Tea: One Man's Mission To Fight Terrorism & Build Nations...one School At A Time Item #: 9780143038252 Description: In 1993, Mortenson was the exhausted survivor of a failed mountaineering expedition, wandering lost and emaciated through Pakistan's Karakoram Himalaya. Taken in and nursed back to health by the people of an impoverished Pakistani village, he promise... |
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Private Adam: Becoming A Hero In A Selfish Age Item #: 9780060988425 Description: |
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Legacy Of Luna: The Story Of A Tree, A Woman & The Struggle To Save The Redwoods Item #: 9780062516596 Description: On December 18, 1999, Julia Butterfly Hill's feet touched the ground for the first time in over two years, as she descended from "Luna," a thousandyear-old redwood in Humboldt County, California. Hill had climbed 180 feet up into the tree high on a m... |
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Rosa Parks: A Life Item #: 9780143036005 Description: |
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Martin Luther King, Jr: A Life Item #: 9780143036487 Description: As a young journalist in the South in the 1960s, Marshall Frady sat in crowded churches and courtrooms and interviewed civil rights leaders. Now the acclaimed biographer draws on 25 years of award-winning commentary on American race relations to prof... |
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Courage To Teach: Exploring The Inner Landscape Of A Teacher's Life (h) (10th Anniversary Edition) Item #: 9780787996864 Description: |
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Spiritual Leaders Who Changed The World: The Essential Handbook To The Past Century Of Religion Item #: 9781594732416 Description: |
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Dream (the): Martin Luther King, Jr. & The Speech That Inspired A Nation (h) Item #: 9780060084769 Description: |
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Amelia Earhart: The Sky's No Limit (h) Item #: 9780765310613 Description: |
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Disturbing The Peace: The Story Of Father Roy Bourgeois Item #: 9781570754340 Description: |
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Ken Sprague: People's Artist (o) Item #: 9781903458341 Description: |
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Standing Tall: Lessons In Turning Adversity Into Victory (h) Item #: 9780307406095 Description: |
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