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2) Blackbeard
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
Introduces young readers to the life and accomplishments of the notorious and much-feared English pirate.
6) Joan of Arc
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
Learn how Roman Catholic saint Joan of Arc's courage led to her being forever memorialized as a great French heroine.
7) Marie Curie
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
Marie Curie, the first woman ever to win a Nobel Prize and only person to win it in two different scientific fields, was a physicist and chemist. As she conducted pioneering research, Marie Curie coined the term "radioactivity," developed some of the first techniques for isolating radioactive isotopes. She also discovered two elements: polonium and radium, and developed mobile X-ray units for use in field hospitals during World War I. In 1934, at...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
Charlie Chaplin, renowned comic silent film icon, enjoyed a successful seventy-five year career as an actor, filmmaker, and composer. Born into a life of poverty and hardship in London, he began working before he was nine years old and rose quickly to fame for his persona "the Tramp." One of the best known figures in the world during his heyday, Chaplin is still famous today for his myriad of iconic silent film roles.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
Neil Armstrong is an American astronaut most famous for being the first person to walk on the moon: "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Before enrolling in the NASA Astronaut Corps in 1962, Armstrong was an officer in the U.S. Navy and served in the Korean War. Follow this extraordinary man's life and accomplishments, from childhood to space and back again.
10) Princess Diana
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
Learn how British royal and activist Princess Diana became the "People's Princess," remaining forever memorialized in the hearts of people in England and around the world.
11) Gandhi
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
"Mahatma Gandhi was the celebrated leader of the Indian independence movement, and an inspiration for many similar movements around the world. Gandhi began his push for nonviolent civil disobedience as an expatriate lawyer in South Africa, eventually bringing the practice to India where he led the Indian National Congress. He is referred to as the Father of the Nation, and remains a symbol of freedom and nonviolence to this day"--Publisher's description....
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