Biography
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Quien Fue Nelson Mandela?
$12.95 Add to cartAs a child he dreamt of changing South Africa; as a man he changed the world. Nelson Mandela spent his life battling apartheid and championing a peaceful revolution. He spent twenty-seven years in pri… [more below]
- Series: Quien Fue? / Who Was?
- Author: Pollack, Pam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: January 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1631134264
- Language: Spanish
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Quien Es Malala Yousafzai?
$12.95 Add to cartMalala Yousafzai was a girl who loved to learn but was told that girls would no longer be allowed to go to school. She wrote a blog that called attention to what was happening in her beautiful corner … [more below]
- Series: Quien Fue? / Who Was?
- Author: Brown, Dinah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: January 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1631134183
- Language: Spanish
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Kidstory: 50 Children and Young People Who Shook Up the World
$21.99 Add to cartLearn about fifty amazing kids who changed the world in this beautifully illustrated collection of inspiring short biographies sure to empower and motivate in equal measure.
You don’t have to be an ad- Series: Stories That Shook Up the World
- Author: Adams, Tom
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: March 09 2021
- ISBN10: 1534485155
- Language: English
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Mother Teresa: The Smile of Calcutta
$14.99 Add to cartThe great saints devoted their lives to the love of God and of others. Their fascinating life stories will help children discover the great adventure of holiness. This beautifully illustrated book tel
- Series: Life of a Saint
- Author: Grossetête, Charlotte
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: August 11 2016
- ISBN10: 162164135X
- Language: English
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Real Kids, Real Stories, Real Change: Courageous Actions Around the World
$16.99 Read moreEleven-year-old Tilly saved lives in Thailand by warning people that a tsunami was coming. Fifteen-year-old Malika fought against segregation in her Alabama town. Ten-year-old Jean-Dominic won a battl
- Series: Real Kids, Real Stories
- Author: Sundem, Garth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: February 01 2010
- ISBN10: 1575423502
- Language: English
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Mister Rogers: A Biography of the Wonderful Life of Fred Rogers
$9.99 Add to cartAt it’s peak, over 8% of every household in America was tuned into “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.” Mister Rogers wholesome message inspired millions of kids to do better.
Millions knew the TV personal
- Author: Warner, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 88
- Publish Date: April 09 2016
- ISBN10: 1629170461
- Language: English
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Wild Women of Maryland: Grit & Gumption in the Free State
$23.99 Add to cartDiscover Maryland’s legacy of daring women who made their mark on history as spies, would-be queens and fiery suffragettes.
Maryland’s history is punctuated by women who refused to be forgotten. Sarah
- Author: Silberman, Lauren R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 21 2015
- ISBN10: 162619811X
- Language: English
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Women Discoverers: Top Women in Science
$19.99 Read moreFrom Ada Lovelace (computing) to Marie Curie (Physics and Chemistry), these exceptional women enabled the world to advance in all fields of science including space exploration (Mae Jemison), telecommu… [more below]
- Series: Nbm Comics Biographies
- Author: Pecout, Christelle
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: March 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1681122707
- Language: English
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Hannibal
$19.99 Add to cartHannibal is “an exciting biography of one of history’s greatest commanders…a thrilling page-turner” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) about the brilliant general who successfully crossed the Alps wit… [more below]
- Author: Hunt, Patrick N.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: July 03 2018
- ISBN10: 143910218X
- Language: English
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Places of Mind: A Life of Edward Said
$32.99 Add to cartA New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice
Both controversi
The first comprehensive biography of the most influential, controversial, and celebrated Palestinian intellectual of the twentieth century.- Author: Brennan, Timothy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: March 22 2022
- ISBN10: 1250829682
- Language: English
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Life Itself
$24.99 Add to cartNamed one of the 100 greatest film books of all time by The Hollywood Reporter, this singular, warm-hearted, inspiring look at life itself is “the best thing Mr. Ebert has ever written” (Janet Maslin,… [more below]
- Author: Ebert, Roger
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: September 04 2012
- ISBN10: 0446584967
- Language: English
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Hunt for Justice: The True Story Of An Undercover Wildlife Agent
$16.95 Add to cartFor thirty years, Lucinda Delaney Schroeder held an unusual government position: she was one of the handful of women special agents with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. In August 1992, she accepte… [more below]
- Author: Schroeder, Lucinda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 01 2010
- ISBN10: 1599218941
- Language: English
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The Age of Bowie
$18.00 Add to cartAuthor and industry insider Paul Morley explores the musical and cultural legacies left behind by “The Man Who Fell to Earth.”Respected arts commentator and author Paul Morley, an artistic advisor to … [more below]
- Author: Morley, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 504
- Publish Date: January 03 2017
- ISBN10: 1501151177
- Language: English
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The Girl in the Green Sweater: A Life in Holocaust’s Shadow
$19.00 Add to cartTrue story from the major motion picture “In Darkness,” official 2012 Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Language Film.
In 1943, with Lvov’s 150,000 Jews having been exiled, killed, or forced into- Author: Chiger, Krystyna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 28 2012
- ISBN10: 1250018986
- Language: English
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The Tinker’s Progress: The Life and Times of John Bunyan
$22.99 Read moreKnown primarily for his allegorical work, The Pilgrim’s Progress, John Bunyan was also a preacher, a gifted theologian and interpreter of Scripture. Academically, he was not a learned man, but when it
- Series: Biography
- Author: Tanner, Jacob
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: January 17, 2024
- ISBN10: 1527110060
- Language: English
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Homebody
$18.99 Add to cartIn their comics debut, Theo Parish masterfully weaves an intimate and defiantly hopeful memoir about the journey one nonbinary person takes to find a home within themself. Combining traditional comics
- Author: Parish, Theo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 0063319586
- Language: English
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Such Good Girls: The Journey of the Holocaust’s Hidden Child Survivors
$18.99 Add to cartEdgar Award-winning mystery novelist R. D. Rosen tells the story of the hidden children who survived the Holocaust through the lives of three girls hidden in three different countries—among the less
- Author: Rosen, R. D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 04 2015
- ISBN10: 0062297112
- Language: English
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The Mind and the Moon: My Brother’s Story, the Science of Our Brains, and the Search for Our Psyches
$19.99 Add to cart“A profound and powerful work of essential reporting.” —The New York Times Book Review
An important–and intimate–interrogation of how we treat mental illness and how we understand ourselves
In the ea
- Author: Bergner, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 0063004909
- Language: English
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Memories of Muhammad: Why the Prophet Matters
$17.99 Add to cartWho was Muhammad? What do we know historically, and does that differ from how he is seen by his followers and venerated today? Memories of Muhammad presents Muhammad as a lens through which to view bo
- Author: Safi, Omid
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 02 2010
- ISBN10: 0061231355
- Language: English
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Save Yourself
$17.99 Add to cartThis “hilarious and honest” bestselling memoir from a rising comedy star tackles issues of gender, sexuality, feminism, and the Catholic childhood that prepared her for a career as an outspoken lesbia… [more below]
- Author: Esposito, Cameron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 22 2022
- ISBN10: 1538701367
- Language: English
