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A biography of Adolf Hitler from his solitary boyhood in Austria to his bizarre death in Berlin....
This critical edition of Thomas Hardy's widely taught 1891 British Victorian novel reprints the authoritative second impression of the 1920 Wessex edi...
A brief biography emphasizing her ascent to the top of the charts as a vocalist and her emergence as a Hollywood box-office sensation....
Includes a brief biography of the author, thematic and structural analysis of the work, critical views, and an index of themes and ideas....
Includes a brief biography of John Steinbeck, thematic and structural analysis of the work, critical views, and an index of themes and ideas....
A biography of the actress, talk show hostess, and philanthropist, discussing her childhood of poverty and neglect and her rise to the top of the ente...
A biography of the Seattle Mariner pitcher who won the Cy Young Award in 1995....
A biography of the man who since 1969 has been chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, a group working to establish an Arab state in what w...
The lives of Japanese Americans, from their beginning immigration in the 1960s to today....
Explorer
* Presents detailed accounts of the lives of notable men & women throughout history * Subjects include well-known figures who have rarely been profile...
Offers a brief profile of Mark Twain, and examines the plot, characters, and themes in "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"...
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Traces the life of the influential singer-songwriter, describes his impact on popular music, and discusses some of his most important songs....
Family Man
* Part of the acclaimed Junior World Biographies series designed especially for younger readers * Here are the life stories of notable African-America...
Examines twenty-five dangerous insects from around the world....
Traces the life of the American planter, soldier, and statesman, describes his role in the American revolution, and assesses his accomplishments as pr...
Founder of the Iroquois Confederacy
Examines the life and career of the fifteenth-century Iroquois Indian....
First published in 1939, "The Grapes of Wrath" is a landmark of American literature. This Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression chronicl...
Sac and Fox Athlete
A biography of the American Indian who won gold medals in the pentathlon and decathlon at the 1912 Olympics and played both professional baseball and ...
Discusses the effects of drug use on one individual teenage boy, from the start, through addiction, to the beginning of the road back to normal health...
A biography of the sixteenth President of the United States whose term of office was served during the Civil War....
A biography of the woman who became a staff photographer for Life magazine and served overseas as a correspondent during World War II and the Korean W...
The life of the woman who, although a slave, gained renown throughout the colonies as the first important black American poet....
Mississippi, Alabama, Florida
Discusses the geographical, historical, and cultural aspects of Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida, using maps, illustrated fact spreads, and other ill...
Born in 1807, Robert E. Lee, son of the revolutionary war hero General Henry 'Light-Horse Harry' Lee, spent his childhood in Alexandria, Virginia, ant...
Relates the life story of the commander general of the Allied forces in Europe in World War II, who became the thirty-fourth President of the United S...
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont
Discusses the geographical, historical, and cultural aspects of Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire, using maps, illustrated fact spreads, and other ill...
A biography of the former slave who became an outspoken antislavery and women's rights activist in the United States....
North Carolina, South Carolina
Discusses the geographical, historical, and cultural aspects of North Carolina and South Carolina....
Virginia, West Virginia, District of Columbia
Discusses the geographical, historical, and cultural aspects of Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C....
Mexican Boxing Champion
-- Focuses on the lives and accomplishments of prominent Hispanic men and women-- Underscores the important influence Hispanics have had on world cult...
California, Hawaii
People and places are included in this study of the West....
Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma
Discusses the geographical, historical, and cultural aspects of Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma, using maps, illustrated fact spre...
A biography of the rap artist and two-time Grammy Award winner Sean Puffy Combs, who has also worked as a producer with many other recording artists....
Astronaut
Looks at the accomplishments of Ronald McNair, America's second Black astronaut, whose life was tragically cut short by the Challenger disaster...
Woman Suffragist
A biography of the young French woman who, inspired by visions supposedly from God, led the French army against English invaders, was burned at the st...