History makers
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Fighters against American slavery
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America's founders
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Gangsters
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Great composers
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Gunfighters of the American West
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Presidential assassins
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10) Astronauts
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[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.4 - AR Pts: 5
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Presents a brief history of space travel and illustrated biographical profiles of six astronauts: Yuri Gagarin, John Glenn, Neil Armstrong, Sally Ride, Christa McAuliffe, and Mae Jemison.
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Disease detectives
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Presidents and scandals
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Women inventors
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Heroes of the Holocaust
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16) Sitting Bull
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[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
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This book introduces the life of Lakota Sioux warrior and holy man Sitting Bull, who led his people to victory at Little Bighorn and brought them to safety in Canada before surrendering so that they would not starve.
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Winston Churchill-- and World War II
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20) Abraham Lincoln
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The President who 'freed' the slaves and held the Union together in the face of the slaveholding South's bid to create a separate Confederacy. The teller of ribald stories, and the author of the most sublime speeches in the English language. A clever, complex, secretive man who rose from frontier obscurity to become the central figure at the moment when the United States of America came close to disintegration.
Was Lincoln the 'Great Emancipator',...
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Albert Einstein has been an influential figure in the development of modern physics since his paper on the theory relativity was published in Annalen der Physik in 1905. This book explores Einstein's younger years, his struggle to get published, his tumultuous marriages and relationships, as well as his pacifist attitudes in years characterized by war. Einstein continues to be idolized by people around the world for his contributions to the advancement...
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Known for his invaluable contribution to our understanding of life and evolution, Charles Darwin was a scientist who has become legend. His History Makers biography presents primary sources and historical context on his life and legacy. In this title, chapters scrutinize this man as a teacher, traveler, scientist, husband, and author-revealing the personal evolution of an enduring figure.
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As one of few composers to be considered a giant in the realm of universally accepted operatic works as well as a source of national Italian identity, Giuseppe Verdi's repertoire is one of the most widely performed in history. Although much of Verdi's life remains a mystery, the composer's insistence on his peasant upbringing was somewhat untruthful; he grew up comfortably-a learned man. Detailing Verdi's confused past, this book aims to confirm the...
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The History Makers biography of Isaac Newton narrates events from this mathematician's personal life while providing key details about the scientists and theories he studied and the trials of his world. Analysis of his personal and intellectual journey is evidenced by Newton's own words and the words of his contemporaries and predecessors. By pairing the story of his life to explanations of mathematical and scientific theory, readers make connections...
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Queen Elizabeth II's life has been scrutinized since her uncle Edward VIII renounced the throne and her father was crowned King George VI in 1937. As the first monarch to allow television crews into the royal home, the only head of state remaining to have served in uniform during the Second World War, and the longest serving monarch in British history, the queen is beloved throughout the world. Queen Elizabeth II has become an unlikely source of feminist...
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