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Beatrice Gormley
Julius Caesar was born in Rome in the year 100 b.c. to a well-known family that supposedly traced its ancestry to the Greek goddess Venus. Although Caesar grew up to…
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Learn about the life of the 43rd President of the United States in this updated biography of George W. Bush, specially written for a younger audience. President George W. Bush…
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Marie Curie was a world-renowned scientist who made many important discoveries, as well as a great teacher and a mother, but her accomplishments didn’t come easily. Born Maria Sklodovska in…
With more than 50 photographs, this photo biography tells the story of C S Lewis’ life and work. It features his boyhood in Belfast, Ireland, where he and his brother…
In this volume of the Childhood of Famous Americans series, young readers can learn about the early influences that shaped Amelia Earhart’s extraordinary life and the remarkable woman she became.
A biography of Joe Biden, the 46th President of the United States.
A real-life story of Pope Francis, the ‘People’s Pope’ and 266th leader of the Roman Catholic Church.
As the first African-American editor of the Harvard Law Review, the first African-American presidential nominee of a major political party, and eventually the first African-American president of the United States…
From Nelson Mandela’s childhood to his monumental impact on race relations and nonviolent activism, this … biography shares the truth about the man behind the iconic smile: his struggles, his…
Diana, the beloved People’s Princess in England, is the subject of this biography that charts her extraordinary life, from her childhood and her fairy-tale wedding to Prince Charles to her…
With full coverage of the 2004 presidential election, this biography of President George W. Bush has been fully revised to include the events of September 11, 2001, the war against…
Learn all about the life of Senator John McCain in this enlightening biography specially written for a younger audience. Five-term Arizona senator John S. McCain’s indelible mark on America was…
In the mid-1800s, a turbulent time when women were often thought to be unworthy of higher education, Maria Mitchell rose above the prejudices of the day to become America’s first…
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Sally Gifford, a Patriot shoemaker’s daughter, tries to maintain her close friendship with Kitty Lawton, the daughter of a Loyalist official, as pre-Revolutionary War tensions in 1773 Boston increase and…
Read about Nelson Mandela’s inspiring life and struggle for justice.
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The author of the American classic Little Women is the subject of a new title in the beloved, ongoing series Childhood of Famous Americans. Illustrations.
A slave girl convinces her master, the mighty Syrian general, Naaman, to seek a cure from his leprosy from the prophet Elisha, in a novelization of the Old Testament story…
This biography of the author of the popular Little House books tells her family’s real life on the American frontier, and of the events that surpassed the drama of her…
Bouvier was born in 1929 to a wealthy but troubled family and led a privileged life. This is the story of how young Jackie Bouvier became Jackie Kennedy, a woman…
Nine-year-old Andrea orders wings through the mail with a guarantee to fly. Incredibly, they work, but there is a frightening side effect.
