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Dare to dream: life as one direction / One Direction 2011  Book
One Direction Book
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Publication London, HarperCollins Publishers, 2011.
Description 287pRed spine
Summary/Abstract Following their huge success on The X Factor, and the hysteria they caused wherever they went on The X Factor tour, One Direction are quickly becoming the UK?s biggest boyband, and the pop act that everyone wants to meet. And this is just the beginning? After storming the UK charts in 2011, 2012 looks set to be the year One Direction go global! Here, in their own official book, Harry, Niall, Zayn, Liam and Louis each tell the story of their amazing journeys in full - from teen hopefuls auditioning for The X Factor to pop superstars in the making, and now to living their dreams out. And the boys are so grateful to their fans for getting them there, they want to give you all an exclusive peek inside their world? Stunningly designed and jam packed full of exclusive unseen photos of the band on and off stage, plus private captured moments, the incredible story of One Direction?s rise to fame is a must-have for any true fan.
Standard Number 9780007488698 Pb.
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Dot that went for a walk... / Rao, Shruti (ed.) 2019  Book
Rao, Shruti (ed.) Book
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Publication Hyderabad, Caterpillar Wings LLP, 2019.
Description 157pRed Spine
Summary/Abstract A collection of 51 real stories, written by 51 pioneering woman with 51 unique artworks.
Contents Rani Laxmi Bai - Queen, Warrior Savitribai Phule - Educationist Cornelia Sorabji - Lawyer Sarojini Naidu - Poet, Freedom fighter Janaki Ammal - Botanist Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay - Pioneer of Art & Craft Rukmini Devi Arundale - Bharatanatyam Dancer Mother Teresa - Social worker Amrita Sher Gil - Artist Homai Vyarawalla - Photojournalist Ismat Chughtai - Writer M.S. Subbulakshmi - Carnatic singer Indira Gandhi - Prime Minister Amrita Pritam - Writer Nanammal - Yoga Granny Dr V Shanta - Doctor Lata Mangeshkar - Singer Devaki Jain - Economist Ela Bhatt - Lawyer, Activist Tarla Dalal - Chef Meenakshi Gurukkal - Kalaripayattu teacher Lakshmikutty Amma - Herbal healer Ritu Kumar - Fashion Designer Aruna Roy - IAS Officer Usha Uthup - Singer Kiran Bedi - IPS Officer Brinda Somaya - Architect Kiran Mazumdar Shaw - Entrepreneur Indra Nooyi - Business leader Naina Lal Kidwai - Investment banker Mira Nair - Filmmaker Mira Kulkarni - Ayurveda Aficionado Chitra Subramaniam - Journalist Arundhati Roy - Writer Kalpana Chawla - Astronaut Tessy Thomas - Scientist P.T.Usha - Athlete Vani Kola - Venture Capitalist Seema Rao - Commando trainer Radhika Menon - Merchant Navy Captain Deepa Malik - Paralympic athlete Irom Chanu Sharmila - Activist Chhavi Rajawat - Sarpanch Mithali Raj - Cricketer Anuradha Pal - Tabla player Chungneijang Mary Kom Hmangte - Boxer Deepika Padukone - Actor Aditi Mittal - Stand-up comedian Joyita Mondal - Judge Avani Chaturvedi - Fighter pilot ISRO Scientists - Rocket women of India
Standard Number 9788193926000 Hb.
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Goodnight stories for rebel girls 2 / Favilli, Elena; Cavallo, Francesca 2017  Book
Favilli, Elena Book
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Publication New York, Timbuktu Labs, 2017.
Description 212pGreen Spine
Summary/Abstract A sequel to Goodnight stories for rebel girls with entirely new collection of one hundred bedtime stories that celebrate extraordinary women across the globe.
Contents Agatha Christie - Writer Aisholpan Nurgaiv - Eagle huntress Alice Ball - Chemist Andrée Peel - French Resistance fighter Angela Merke - Chancellor Anita Garibaldi - Revolutionary Anne Bonny - Pirate Audrey Hepburn - Actress Beatrice Vio - Fencer Beatrix Potter - Writer and illustrator Beyoncé - Singer, songwriter, and businesswoman Billie Jean King - Tennis player The Black Mambas - Rangers Boudicca - Queen Brenda Milner - Neuropsychologist Buffalo Calf Road Woman - Warrior Madam C. J. Walker - Businesswoman Carmen Amaya - Dancer Celia Cruz - Singer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Writer Christina of Sweden - Queen Clara Rockmore - Musician Clara Schumann - Pianist and composer Clemantine Wamariya - Storyteller and activist Corrie Ten Boom - Watchmaker Eleanor Roosevelt - Politician Ellen Degeneres - Comedian and TV host Florence Chadwick - Swimmer Gae Aulenti - Architect and designer Georgia O'Keeffe - Painter Gerty Cori - Biochemist Giusi Nicolini - Mayor Gloria Steinem - Activist Hedy Lamarr - Actress and inventor Hortensia - Orator Isadora Duncan - Dancer J.K. Rowling - Writer Jeanne Baret - Housekeeper and explorer Joan Beauchamp Procter - Zoologist Johanna Nordblad - Ice diver Katherine Johnson, Doroty Vaughan, and Mary Jackson - Computer scientists Katia Krafft - Volcanologist Khoudia Diop - Model Lauren Potter - Actress Leymah Gbowee - Peace activist Lilian Bland - Aviator Lorena Ochoa - Golfer Lowri Morgan - Ultramarathon runner Luo Dengping - Extreme rock climber Madam Saqui - Acrobat Madonna - Singer, songwriter, and businesswoman Marie Tharp - Geologist Marina Abramović - Performance artist Marta Vieira da Silva - Soccer player Mary Fields - Mail carrier Mary Kingsley - Explorer Mary Seacole - Nurse Mary Shelley - Writer Maryam Mirzakhani - Mathematician Mata Hari - Spy Matilda of Canossa - Feudal ruler Merrritt Moore - Quantum physicist and ballerina Molly Kelly, Daisy Kadibill, and Gracie Fields - Freedom Fighters Nadia Comaneci - Gymnast Nadia Murad - Human rights activist Madine Gordimer - Writer and activist Nefertiti - Queen Oprah Winfrey - TV host, actress, and businesswoman Pauline Léon - Revolutionary Peggy Guggenheim - Art collector Poorna Malavath - Mountaineer Qui Jin - Revolutionary Rachel Carson - Eenvironmentalist Rigoberta Menchú Tum - Political activist Rosalind Franklin - Chemist and x-ray crystallographer Ruby Nell Bridges - Activist Samantha Cristoforetti - Astronaut Sappho - Poet Sara Seager - Astrophysicist Sarinya Srisakul - Firefighter Selda Bağcan - Singer and songwriter Serafina Battaglia - Anti-mafia witness Shamsia Hassani - Graffiti artist Simone Veil - Politician Sky Brown - Skateboarder Sofia Ionescu - Neurosurgeon Sojourner Truth - Activist Sonia Sotomayor - Justice of the Supreme Court Sophia Loren - Actress Sophie Scholl - Activist Steffi Graf - Tennis player Temple Grandin - Professor of animal sciences Troop 6000 - Girl Scouts Valentina Tereshkova - Cosmonaut Valerie Thomas - Astronomer Violeta Parra - Composer and musician Virginia Hall - Spy Vivian Maier - Photographer Wisława Szymborska - Poet Yeonmi Park - Activist Write your own story Draw your portrait Rebels' Hall of Fame Illustrators
Standard Number 9780997895827 Hb.
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Gwen Stefani / Raum, Elizabeth 2010  Book
Raum, Elizabeth Book
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Publication London, Raintree Publishers, 2010.
Description 32pCream spine
Series Culture in action - Music
Summary/Abstract Whose musical careers have inspired Gwen Stefani? How many awards has Gwen Stefani won? Which song was the first in the world to sell more than one million digital downloads? The book contains activities with easy-to-follow instructions, designed to reinforce literacy skills and arts knowledge. The book is packed with high-interest facts, imaginative activities, and fascinating photographs.
Standard Number 9781406211993 Hb.
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India through people: 25 game changers / Cariapa, Devika 2019  Book
Cariapa, Devika Book
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Publication Chennai, Tulika Publishers, 2019.
Description 160pWhie spine
Summary/Abstract The radical churn in society and politics, art and Culture, Science and Technology, which makes up the recent history of modern India, was propelled by individuals – women and men who had the vision, courage and determination to leave behind a footprint of change. This book spotlights 25 such game Changers. It looks at the times in which they lived, the challenges they dealt with, and the paths they forged. What emerges is the powerful journey of a country at the threshold of change, committed to charting its own course, helmed by its richest resource – its people.
Contents Rabindranath Tagore - He walked alone Rakhmabai - Not without consent Mahatma Gandhi - Bapu of the nation Periyar E. V. Ramasamy - Crusader against caste Begum Rokeya - She dared to dream Subramania Bharati - Songs of freedom C.V. Raman - The Raman effect Jawaharlal Nehru - Building India Babasaheb Ambedkar - Educate, agitate, organise P.C. Mahalanobis - The face of figures Satyendra Nath Bose - The man who counted photons C.K. Nayudu - Cricket's first colossus Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay - Crafting India Rukmini Devi Arundale - A vision of dance Dhyan Chand - Lightning stick D.D. Kosambi - Rewriting history Homi J. Bhabha - Atomic man Dakshayani Velayudhan - First among equals M.F. Husain - Barefoot and free Begum Akhtar - Ghazal queen M.S. Subbulakshmi - The MS Mystique Satyajit Ray - Cinema's master Mahasweta Devi - Write to fight Sunderlal Bahuguna - Earth warrior Aruna Roy - The right to demand
Standard Number 9789389203172 Hb.
Key Words Physicists - Biography  Scientists - Biography  Artists - Biography  Authors - Biography  Chipko movement - India - Uttaranchal - History  Chipko movement - History 
Freedom fighters - India  Tagore, Rabindranath, 1861-1941  Ray, Satyajit, 1921-1992  Ambedkar, B. R. (Bhimrao Ramji), 1891-1956  UOI - Deforestation  UOI - Art 
UOI - Rights and responsibilities  UOI - National Pride  Cricket players - India - Biography  UOI - Education  Raman, C. V. Sir, (Chandrasekhara Venkata) 1888-1970  Physicists - India - Biography 
UOI - Leaders  Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948  Cricket captains - India - Biography  Mathematicians - Biography  Husain, M.F., 1915 - 2011  Mathematicians - India - Biography 
Cricket players - Biography  Singers - Biography  Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964  Roy, Aruna, 1946 -  Bahuguna, Sunderlal, 1927 -  Devi, Mahasweta, 1926 - 2016 
Faizabadi, Akhtari Bai, 1914 - 1974  Velayudhan, Dakshayani, 1912 - 1978  Bhabha, Homi J. (Jehangir), 1909 - 1966  Kosambi, D.D. (Damodar Dharmananda), 1907 - 1966  Chand, Dhyan, 1905 - 1979  Arundale, Rukmini Devi, 1904 - 1986 
Chattopadhyay, Kamaladevi, 1903 - 1988  Nayudu, C.K. (Cottari Kanakaiya), 1895 - 1967  Bose, Satyendra Nath, 1894 - 1974  Mahalanobis, P.C. (Prasanta Chandra), 1893 - 1972  Bharati, Subramania, 1882 - 1921  Hossain, Rokeya Sakhawat, 1880 - 1932 
Ramasamy, Periyar E.V. (Erode Venkatappa), 1879 - 1973  Rakhmabai, 1864 - 1955  Subbulakshmi, M.S. (Madurai Shanmukhavadivu), 1916 - 2004 
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Listen: how Pete Seeger got America singing / Schubert, Leda; Colon, Raul (ill.) 2017  Book
Colon, Raul (ill.) Book
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Publication New York, Roaring Brook Press, 2017.
Description 34pOrange Spine
Summary/Abstract A celebration of the life of a legendary musician and activist Pete Seeger.
Standard Number 9781626722507 hb.
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Skit-scat raggedy cat: Ella Fitzgerald / Orgill, Roxanne; Qualls, Sean (ill.) 2010  Book
Qualls, Sean (ill.) Book
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Publication Somerville, Candlewick Press, 2010.
Description 41pGrey Spine
Summary/Abstract A biography of jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald.
Standard Number 9780763664589 Pb.
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That big-voiced girl: how Usha Uthup rocked her unusual voice / Nainy, Mamta; Noor, Asuma (ill.) 2022  Book
Nainy, Mamta Book
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Publication Gurugram, Puffin Books, 2022.
Description 36pPink spine
Series Magic makers
Summary/Abstract A unique biography that explores and celebrates the life of a popstar as a feisty little girl Right from her childhood, Usha Uthup knew that music was her true calling. She picked up songs from the radio and sang with her big, booming voice. But when rejected during the audition for her school choir, Usha wondered if her big voice was any good. All she wanted was to sing. Does she find a way?
Standard Number 9780143451617 Pb.
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When Marian sang: The true recital of Marian Anderson the voice of a century / Ryan, Pam Munoz; Selznick, Brian   Book
Ryan, Pam Munoz Book
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Summary/Abstract An introduction to the life of Marian Anderson, extraordinary singer and civil rights activist, who was the first African American to perform at the Metropolitan Opera, whose life and career encouraged social change.
Standard Number 0439269679
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