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007381
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2005
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USA, Dk Publishing Inc, 2004.
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128pLight Brown Spine
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DK Biography
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A biographical representation of Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth president of the United States, who led the nation through its darkest hour - the Civil War.
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A Nation's Fascination
A Complex Boy
Ordinary and Extraordinary
Birth of a Politician
Meeting Mary
Family and Politics
Between Right and Wrong
Preparing for Washington
Begins with a Bang!
Emancipation
Lincoln's War
No Turning Back
The End of Slavery
With Malice Toward None
Beginning of the End
A Giant Falls
Timeline
Bibliography
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0756608341 Pb.
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| 007789 | 921/LIN | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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007383
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USA, Dk Publishing Inc, 2005.
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128pWhite Spine
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DK Biography
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A biographical representation of Albert Einstein, whose imagination and natural gift for physics helped him develop ideas that shake the world - and made him one of the famous thinkers of our time.
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More than a clerk
When Albert was a boy
School
In trouble
The Polytechnic
Looking for work
A new start
A miraculous year
Albert's happiest thought
New opportunities, new dilemmas
Fame
Einstein fever
Nobel prize
Nazi party
The march to war
War and the Bomb
Last years
Still the most famous scientists in the world
Timeline
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0756612470 Pb.
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| 007787 | 921/EIN | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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022761
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New York, Dk Publishing Inc, 2008.
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128pWhite spine
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DK Biography
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A juvenile biography of Benjamin Franklin, scientist, inventor, printer, writer, statesman, and Founding Father.
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9780756635282 Pb.
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 021044 | 921/FRA | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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007384
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New York, Dk Publishing Inc, 2007.
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128pWhite and Grey spine
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DK Biography
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A biographical representation of Charles Darwin, the passionate amateur who became a full-fledged scientist, and over the next 20 years gathered evidence for a theory of evolution that would change the world forever.
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A most unusual voyage
"A very ordinary boy"
The search for direction
Signing on
The voyages of the Beagle begins
The Beagles in the Galapagos
Home and a new life
The countryman's doubt
Health matters
"Gleams of light"
Delay...and completion
Going public
The great man of science
The widening influence
Darwin's legacy today
Timeline
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9780756625542 Pb.
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| 007785 | 921/DAR | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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006180
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Great Britain, Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2006.
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128pBrown Spine
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DK Biography
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Mohandas Gandhi was born at a time when his home country was choked under the oppression of British rule. Gandhi successfully used his teachings of nonviolence and civil disobedience to win his country's freedom - and create a philosophy of peace and equality that endures to this day.
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Gandhi's India
Growing up in Gujrat
An Indian abroad
Finding a voice
Satyagraha in South Africa
The Mahatma returns
Resistance and Reform
Salt and Sweat
Independence for India
Division and Death
Gandhi's truth
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1405314133 Pb.
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| 006651 | 921/GAN | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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007382
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USA, Dk Publishing Inc, 2004.
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127pBlack Spine
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DK Biography
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A biographical representation of John F. Kennedy, who became thirty-fifth president of the United States and changed the world's idea of what a young nation and a young president could accomplish
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November 22, 1963
You don't know Jack
Jack the Elf
Jack at School
War breaks out
A Political career begins
Making history in the Senate
Kennedy v. Nixon
Earlydays in the White House
J.F.K. and the World
"The President has been shot!"
The Kennedy Legacy
Selected Words
Timeline
Bibliography
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0756603404 Pb.
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| 007788 | 921/KEN | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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007387
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USA, Dk Publishing Inc, 2008.
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126pWhite Spine
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DK Biography
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A biographical representation of Marie Curie, one of history's greatest scientists, who discovered the incredible secrets of radioactivity.
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The joy of discovery
A child of Poland
Dedicated students
Paris, at last
Science at the end of the 19th century
Pierre
The search for a search
Nature doesn't lie
Rewards and outcomes
Devastation
Life goes on
War and the Little Curies
A trip to America
Marie Curie's legacy
Timeline
Bibliography
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9780756638313 Pb.
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| 007784 | 921/CUR | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
007380
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USA, Dk Publishing Inc, 2004.
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126pBlue and Black Spine
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DK Biography
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A biographical representation of Martin Luther King, Jr, who grew up in the South at a time when black people did not have the same legal
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Being Black in Dixie
Finding Faith
Mobilizing Montgomery
Following in Gandhi's Footsteps
Fighting Back
Battling in Birmingham
Daring to Dream
Marching in Selma
Expanding the Crusade
Striking in Memphis
Mourning a Leader
Honoring the Man, Not the Myth
Timeline
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0756603420 Pb.
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| 007790 | 921/KIN | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
007385
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USA, Dk Publishing Inc, 2006.
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128pBlack and White Spine
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DK Biography
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A biographical representation of Nelson Mandela, who served as South Africa's first black president, and became one of the world's most inspirational champions of human rights.
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A troublemaker is born
Growing up
Joining the fight
Working for unity
Acts of defiance
The revolutionary and the lawyer
Treason?
The Black Pimpernel
Life on the island
The University
Free Mandela!
Retreat through a Silver Bridge
Free at last
President Mandela
Epilogue
Timeline
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0756621097 Pb.
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| 007786 | 921/MAN | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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004912
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Great Britain, Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2006.
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128pBlack Spine
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DK Biography
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Nelson Mandela was the first black President of South Africa, and spent 27 years in prison in his fight against apartheid. His life is a shocking, stunning and heroic story of the struggle for freedom in a divided society, and an inspiring example of an individual's power to bring peace to a nation.
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A troublemaker is born
Growing up
Joining the fight
Working for unity
Acts of defiance
The revolutionary and the lawyer
Treason?
The black pimpernel
Life on the island
The university
Free Mandela!
Retreat through a Silver Bridge
Free at last
President Mandela
Epilogue
Timeline
Bibliography
Index
About the authors
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10405314141 Pb.
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| 004692 | 921/MAN | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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