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In this biography, Self tells how he achieved his dream of not only becoming a head coach, but also how he reached the pinnacle-- leading the Jayhawks to a national title.

He was a publisher, printer, scientist and inventor, but Ben Franklin's greatest success lay in his work as a diplomat.

Livy chronicles the events of the Second Punic War between Rome and Carthage, until the Battle of Zama in 202 BC.

When a mulatto slave woman switches her own infant with the look-alike son of a wealthy merchant, it takes Pudd'nhead Wilson, the town eccentric, to put things right again.

Born in the 1150s, Villehardouin, the son of a nobleman, plays a leading role in the Fourth Crusade, and provides a first-hand account of this campaign.

Anonymous Venetian in Italian

The most beautiful and sought-after courtesan in all of Paris, Marguerite Guatier's life is filled with expensive parties and rich, powerful men.

Twelve-year-old Katy always planned to do a great many wonderful things but in the end did something she never planned at all.

In 1773, a 63 year old literary giant and a 32 year old Scottish lawyer set out on horseback to travel the roads of Scotland.

Not a storybook or a paraphrased Bible, this is the first translation of the Holy Scriptures prepared specifically for children.

When their father's business fails, the six Bastable children decide to restore the family fortune.

"Behold! Human beings living in an underground den.

Traces the author's experiences as a young bullied Jewish-Russian immigrant in Queens, his haphazard college pursuits, and his initial forays into a literary career.

This title includes seven novellas of the American Deep South set in fictional Ford County, Mississippi, the location for John's seminal first novel "A Time to Kill", his later bests

When Verity Newton comes to New York City to serve as young governess to one of the leading magical families, she accidentally befriends several rebel mechanics.