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Untangling the Internet to Find a Job CBB-1385<br />

This basic introduction covers search engines, posting a resume on the<br />

web, and internet job resources (including job listing sites). 1997.<br />

Unwritten History: Life Among the Modocs CBB-0409<br />

by Joaquin Miller<br />

The author describes his life among the Indians in the Mount Shasta<br />

area between 1856 and 1960, in a shocking account <strong>of</strong> how he<br />

attempted to unify the tribes into a confederation and led them in<br />

attacks on the whites. 1972.<br />

Upon this Rock: A Novel <strong>of</strong> Simon Peter, Prince <strong>of</strong> the Apostles<br />

BRB-10551<br />

by Frank Gill Slaughter<br />

Based on the life <strong>of</strong> St. Peter, the author uses scriptural, historical, and<br />

archeological background sources. He has divided the story into parts<br />

according to the people who most affected the Apostle's life. 1963.<br />

The Valley <strong>of</strong> Decision BRB-11053<br />

by Marcia Davenport<br />

The life story <strong>of</strong> a 15-year-old Irish girl who started as a housemaid in<br />

the home <strong>of</strong> a Pittsburgh steel family in the late 1870's and stayed on to<br />

become its ruling spirit. 1942.<br />

Valley <strong>of</strong> the Kings: A Novel <strong>of</strong> Tutankhamun CBB-0521<br />

by Elizabeth Eliot Carter<br />

This historical novel ranges back and forth between two eras in Egypt<br />

thousands <strong>of</strong> years apart, as a young archaeologist pits his intelligence<br />

against the regal cunning <strong>of</strong> Egypt's Eighteenth Dynasty with the prize<br />

the hidden tomb <strong>of</strong> Tutankhamun. 1977.<br />

A Valuable Property: The Life Story <strong>of</strong> Michael Todd CBB-0577<br />

by Michael Todd, Jr.<br />

An affectionate yet candid biography <strong>of</strong> Hollywood producer Michael<br />

Todd, from his first business coup in Minneapolis, to his popular<br />

Broadway musicals and masterminding Around the World in 80 Days,<br />

to his marriage to Elizabeth Taylor. 1983.<br />

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