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"Life of Mozart" by Ludwig Nohl gives a unique perspective on the life and career of one of the world's most famous composers. Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition resulted in more than 800 works. He is celebrated in this book not just for his work, but also for his life.
2) Helen Keller
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A biography stressing the childhood of the woman who overcame the handicaps of being blind and deaf.
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"An eye-opening memoir of working-class poverty in the American Midwest. During Sarah Smarsh's turbulent childhood in Kansas in the 1980s and 1990s, the forces of cyclical poverty and the country's changing economic policies solidified her family's place among the working poor. By telling the story of her life and the lives of the people she loves, Smarsh challenges us to look more closely at the class divide in our country and examine the myths about...