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"The bestselling authors of The First Conspiracy, which covers the secret plot against George Washington, now turn their attention to a little-known, but true story about a failed assassination attempt on President Lincoln Everyone knows the story of Abraham Lincoln's assassination in 1865, but few are aware of the original conspiracy to kill him four years earlier in 1861, literally on his way to Washington, D.C., for his first inauguration. The...
2) I am Gandhi
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Pub. Date
[2017]
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1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 20 cm.
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English
Description
This book tells the story of how Gandhi used the principles of nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience to fight discrimination against Indians in South Africa and to end British rule in India. Like the series biography of Martin Luther King, Jr., Gandhi's story focuses on his peaceful heroism in the struggle for civil rights and social change.
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English
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Presents an illustrated biography of the man who broke baseball's color barrier and changed the way Americans viewed equality in sports.
"Jackie Robinson always loved sports, especially baseball. He could run, leap, and throw better than any other kid around. But he lived at a time when the rules weren't fair to African Americans: Even though Jackie was a great athlete, he wasn't allowed on the best teams just because of the color of his skin. Jackie...
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Pub. Date
[2016]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
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English
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George Washington was one of the greatest leaders the world has ever known. He was never afraid to be the first to try something, from exploring the woods around his childhood home to founding a brand new nation, the United States of America.
14) I am I. M. Pei
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2021.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
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English
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"This picture book biography follows I. M. Pei's start as an architect and his lasting impact on buildings all around the world"--
17) I am Frida Kahlo
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Pub. Date
2021.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
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English
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"This picture book biography follows Frida Kahlo's start as an artist and how she integrated her unique way of looking at the world into her art"--
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2022.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
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English
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Profiles the legendary country music artist, reading advocate, and philanthropist who has sent over one hundred fifty million free books to children through her Imagination Library, and describes the hardships she overcame.
19) I am Marie Curie
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Pub. Date
[2019]
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40 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm.
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English
Description
"From a very young age, Marie Curie loved science and was determined to make an impact on the world. But when Marie was growing up in the late 1800s, girls weren't exprected to become scientists. Sometimes they weren't allowed to learn at all. Marie didn't let this stop her, though, and with the encouragement of her family, she kept studying and experimenting until she became a groundbreaking physicist and chemist. Marie's ideas and discoveries continue...
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