Poitier, Sidney.

Summary: Sidney Poitier was the first black actor to win the Academy Award for best actor for his outstanding performance in Lilies on the Field in 1963. His landmark films include The Defiant Ones, A Patch of Blue, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, and To Sir, With Love. Among his many accolades, he recieved the Screen Actors Guild's highest honor, the Life Achievement Award for an outstanding career and...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Audio 2007

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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 POITIER, SIDNEY POI

Ambrose, Stephen E.

Summary: From their rigorous training in Georgia in 1942 to their disbanding in 1945, historian Steven Ambrose tells the story of E Company of the U.S. Army's 506th Regiment. As they advanced through Europe during World War II, the men of "Easy" Company kept getting the tough assignments, from parachuting into France early D-Day morning, to capturing Hitler's Bavarian outpost.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1998

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 940.5421 AMB

Matthews, Chris

Summary: Based on interviews with some of his closest associates, a portrait of the thirty-fifth president discusses his privileged childhood, military service, struggles with a life-threatening disease, and career in politics.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2011

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 KENNEDY, JOHN F. JR. MAT