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481) Sidney Crosby
Author
Series
Publisher
World Book, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
World Book edition.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"It takes truly special athletes to be superstars, whether they're catching touchdowns, scoring goals, or slamming home acrobatic dunks. The Sport Superstars series takes a look at some of these legendary athletes, their origin stories, and how they have influenced their sport."- cover page 4.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
49 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
On November 7, 2020, Kamala Harris, a senator from California, became the first woman and the first African-American and South Asian-American person to be elected to the vice presidency. While her nomination for this position was not unexpected, her rise to national prominence was one filled with unexpected turns and obstacles. After failing her first bar exam to become a lawyer, she tried again and passed. From there, she quickly rose through the...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
vii, 280 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
This book offers a gripping and shocking insight into the lives of Russia's most famous oligarchs from New York Times bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires and Bringing Down the House. 'Once upon a time in Russia' is the story of modern day Russia through the eyes of some of the most powerful and wealthy people in the world: the oligarchs. The story starts in the early 1990s with the formation of the huge oil company Sibneft owned by Roman...
484) Katherine Johnson
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Simon Spotlight edition.
Physical Desc
47 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Meet Katherine Johnson, a brilliant mathematician who worked at NASA in the early 1950s until retiring in 1986. Katherines unparalleled calculations (done by hand) helped plan the trajectories for NASAs Mercury and Apollo missions (including the Apollo 11 moon landing). She is said to be one of the greatest American minds of all time. A section at the back of the book includes extras on subjects like history and math, plus c areers for math lovers"--Amazon.com....
Author
Publisher
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
"Pursues a rich understanding of this good, kind, sometimes strange, deeply influential, holy man: the neighborhood he came from, the neighborhood he built, and the kind of neighbor he, by his example, calls all of us to be even now, in our own troubled time"--
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 353 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Sisters separated by war forge new identities as they are forced to choose between family, nation, and their own independence. Scions of a once-great southern Chinese family that produced the tutor of the last emperor, Jun and Hong were each other's best friends until, in their twenties, they were separated by chance at the end of the Chinese Civil War. For the next thirty years, while one became a model Communist, the other a model capitalist, they...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Since the birth of Soviet Russia, Vladimir Lenin has been viewed as a controversial figure, revered and reviled for his rigid political ideals. He continues to fascinate as a man who made history, and created the first Communist state, a model that would later be imitated by nearly half the countries in the world. Drawing on new research, including the diaries, memoirs, and personal letters of both Lenin and his friends, Victor Sebestyen's biography--the...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
400 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A riveting history of the momentous Friendship 7 space flight that put America back into the space race. If the United States couldn't catch up to the Soviets in space, how could it compete with them on Earth? That was the question facing John F. Kennedyat the height of the Cold War-a moment when the Soviet Union built the wall in Berlin, tested nuclear bombs more destructive than any in history, and beat the US to every major milestone in space....
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 588 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the acclaimed author of Gettysburg: The Last Invasion--a sweeping, singularly immediate, and intimate biography of the Confederate general and his fateful decision to betray his nation in order to defend his home state and uphold the slave system he claimed to oppose"--
491) Megan Rapinoe
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Childrens Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discover the life of Megan Rapinoe, the world record-breaking footballer and activist. Chasing a ball in the school playground, Megan discovered her calling at a young age. Even if she didn't always fit in at school, she was a star on the field- and her teammates thought so too. Her passion, skill and leadership took Team USA to Olympic Gold and a World Cup victory, while she continues to champion women's and LGBTQ+ rights and representation in sport....
492) Aretha Franklin
Author
Series
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
In this book from the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Aretha Franklin, The Queen of Soul. The fourth of five children, Aretha was born in Tennessee and took the stage at an early age in her father's church choir. She went on to become the bestselling rhythm and blues singer of all time, and the first woman to be installed in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This moving book features stylish and quirky illustrations...
493) Who was H.J. Heinz?
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
107 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When eleven-year-old Cornelius Vanderbilt began to work on his father’s small boat ferrying supplies in New York Harbor at the beginning of the nineteenth century, no one could have imagined that one day he would, through ruthlessness, cunning, and a pathological desire for money, build two empires—one in shipping and another in railroads—that would make him the richest man in America. His staggering fortune was fought over by his heirs after...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Physical Desc
xxiii, 360 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Margaret Cavendish, then Lucas, was born in 1623 to an aristocratic family. In 1644, as England descended into civil war, she joined the court of the formidable Queen Henrietta Maria at Oxford. With the rest of the court she went into self-imposed exile in France. Her family's wealth and lands were forfeited by Parliament. It was in France that she met her partner, William Cavendish, Marquess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, a marriage that made her the Duchess...
Author
Publisher
Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
viii, 312 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A sordid tale of bigamy, bribery, sex, and violence, set in the Gilded Age, explores the ill-fated saga of Ray, an Alexander Hamilton heir, and his wife, a con artist who tricked him into marriage using an abandoned infant, and who went to prison for stabbing their baby's nurse.
497) Princess Diana
Author
Series
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The life of Princess Diana, the world's most loved princess"--Provided by publisher.
498) Ada Lovelace
Author
Publisher
Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents information about Ada Lovelace, from her childhood in England and her studies in mathematics to her development of the first computer programming language.
499) The Queen: her life
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 427 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Painfully shy, Elizabeth Windsor's personality was well suited to her youthful ambition of living quietly in the country, raising a family, and caring for her dogs and horses. But when her uncle, King Edward VIII, abdicated, she became heir to the throne--embarking on a journey that would test her as a woman and queen. Ascending to the throne at only 25, this self-effacing monarch navigated endless setbacks, family conflict, and occasional triumphs...
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Recounts the accomplishments of President Obama during his eight years in office, considering his major successes and how he was able to govern while facing both racial hostility and unrealistic expectations.
"Barack Obama was once an unlikely candidate, but his successful campaign for the White House made him a worldwide sensation and a transformative figure even before he was inaugurated. Elected as the Iraq War and the Great Recession had discouraged...
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