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ID:
001143
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Great Britain, Hodder Wayland, 2001.
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48pWhite Spine
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Famous Lives
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Describes the story of a computer-mad teenager who'd work through the night on a diet of pizza and coke to develop the multi-million dollar company, Microsoft and take on and defeat the established IBM. Also describes the establishment of Gates' own charity which is set to become the biggest benefactor in history.
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Launchpad
Early life
School
Computers before Gates
The Lakeside programmers
Harvard
The revolution begins
Blazing a trail
Micro-soft
Fighting spirit
The big break
The appliance of science
Computer wars
Windows
Marriage to Melinda
The world's richest man
The Lakeside home
Getting a life
Getting it wrong
Distributing the fortune
The shape of things to come
Glossary
Date chart
Furthur information
Index
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750238836 Pb.
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 000196 | 921/GAT | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
001149
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London, Hodder Wayland, 2001.
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48pOrange Spine
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Famous Lives
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A biography of the current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, discussing the spiritual and political life of this Buddhist leader.
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Lhasa erupts
Tibet and Buddhism
Early life
The search for the new Dalai Lama
A lonely childhood
Growing up
Tibet and China
Invasion
Changes in Tibet
Tragedy unfolding
Uprising and exile
Escape to India
Reign of terror
The cultural revolution
Hope fades
In exile
Long years in India
A universal appeal
World peace
The Karmapa Lama
The laughing Buddha
Glossary
Furthur information
Date chart
Index
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0750240156 Hb.
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 000191 | 921/DAL | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
001144
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India, Hodder Wayland, 2002.
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48pRed Spine
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Famous Lives
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A biography of the king of rock and roll, Elvis Presley had a tough childhood. However his brilliant musical talent was discovered and he never looked back.
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The King of Rock 'n' Roll
Growing up in Mississippi
First guitar
The shy boy
The lights of Main Street
The big break
Overnight sensation
Storming up the charts
More smash hits
Lights, camera, action!
The big time
Saving goodbyes
A GI in Germany
The king is back!
A life like the movies
A new era
Behind the dazzling smile
Las Vegas Elvis
Backstage drama
A fading star
'Elvis has left the building'
Glossary
Furthur information
Date chart
Index
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750243228 Hb.
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 000190 | 921/PRE | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
001146
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Great Britain, Hodder Wayland, 2001.
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48pPurple Spine
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Famous Lives
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As an international rock star, John Lennon's unconventional lifestyle and protests for peace astounded the world. John Lennon found fame as the lead singer of the most popular band in history, the Beatles. This book documents the life story of this iconic musician and person.
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'Imagine'
Growing up in Liverpool
The young rebel
Rock 'n' Roll
Meeting Paul McCartney
The Beatles are born
The cavern
1962 : the year it all happened
Beatlemania
The outspoken Beatle
'Bigger than Jesus'
'All you need is love'
The beginning of the end
'Give peace a chance'
The dream is over
Plastic Ono band
New York and Los Angeles
'Beautiful boy'
'Starting over'
Shot five times
The message lives on
Glossary
Furthur information
Date chart
Index
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750239484 Pb.
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 000189 | 921/LEN | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
001211
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Great Britain, Hodder Wayland, 2002.
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48pPink Spine
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Famous Lives
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Tells the story of a wealthy young woman of Victorian England whose intelligence, determination and bravery made hospitals cleaner and safer, and who saved countless lives as a result of her work.
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The lady of the lamp
Little rich girl
A call from God
Women in Victorian England
Kaiserwerth Hospital School
Working in Harley Street
The Crimean war
Arrival in Scutari
Florence and the doctors
The long winter
Mary Seacole
The end of the war
Florence and Queen Victoria
The royal commission
Notes on nursing
st. Thomas' Hospital
Florence's health
Hard times
A legend dies
Florence Nightingale's legacy
Glossary
Furthur information
Date chart
Index
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750240180 Pb.
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 003307 | 921/NIG | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
001145
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Great Britain, Hodder Wayland, 2001.
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48pGreen spine
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Famous Lives
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This book tells the story of the man who led his country to freedom and who taught the world that peaceful protest can achieve great change.
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A handful of salt
Born in the British Empire
An early marriage
An English education
An African adventure
Campaigning for Indians
The simple life
Back to India
The great soul
The cloth campaign
India unites
The salt struggle
Gandhi in Britain
The untouchables
A break from politics
'Quit India'!
Independence at last
Partition
A violent death
Farewell to 'Bapu'
Gandhi's legacy
Glossary
Furthur information
Date chart
Index
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0750240040 Pb.
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 000194 | 921/GAN | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
001147
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Great Britain, Hodder Wayland, 2001.
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48pWhite Spine
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Famous Lives
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Martin Luther King Jr. was instrumental in the introduction of the Civil Rights Act in 1964. His life as a preacher and a ceaseless activist for blacks and second class citizens has made the world a richer place.
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The man with a dream
'As good as anyone'
Unfair treatment
College and Coretta
A minister in Montgomery
The Montgomery bas boycott
The backlash begins
Victory!
Travels abroad
A brush with death
The movement grows
Birmingham : the big one
March on Washington
Violence erupts
The civil rights act
The fight goes on
The Nobel Prize
The last years
Death at the motel Lorraine
Who did it?
The legacy
Glossary
Furthur information
Date chart
Index
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750238844 Pb.
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 000193 | 921/KIN | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
001148
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Great Britain, Hodder Wayland, 2001.
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48pYellow Spine
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Famous Lives
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This book tells the story of an extraordinary man who has struggled for race equality all his life and won. It tells of a man who became the president of the people he helped to free, and in so doing, earned the love of people all around the world.
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'That long raod to freedom...'
Mandela's birth
Early life
Escape to Johannesburg
Fighting for justice
Life under apartheid
Campaiging for change
Independence
The freedom charter
High treason
Sharpeville
'The black pimpernel'
Travel abroad
The Rivonia trial
Robben Island
The world's most famous prisoner
The struggle continues
'Free Mandela!'
President Mandela
South Africa's ambassador
Retirement
Glossar
Furthur information
Date Chart
Index
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750233206 Pb.
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| 000202 | 921/MAN | Main | On Shelf | General | |
| 000203 | 921/MAN | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
002402
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Great Britain, Hodder Wayland, 2005.
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48pWhite Spine
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Famous Lives
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Describes the life and work of Pablo Picasso, which heralded the modern art movement. His collaboration with Georges Braque created Cubism, just as his tremendous passion for his art extended the boundaries of the subject.
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A spanish childhood
Black-eyed boy
Taste of freedom
The magic of Paris
Bohemian nights
Feeling blue
Struggling to survive
The rose period
Golden days
Shock of the new
Invention of Cubism
The end of an era
A family man
Surrealism by the sea
Picasso's women
An ugly war
New loves
Eye of a genius
The great master
Picasso's legacy
Glossary
Furthur information
Date chart
Index
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750244720 Pb.
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| 003304 | 921/PIC | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
002560
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Great Britain, Hodder Wayland, 2002.
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48pWhite Spine
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Famous Lives
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Describes the life of Queen Elizabeth II, the present monarch of Great Britain. Though her life in the public eye has not been easy, she has remained beloved and respected by people everywhere.
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The making of a queen
Birth and early life
'Us four'
All change at Buckingham Palace
War years
My husband and I
Into mourning
Coronation
Down to business
On tour
At home
With the family
Going public
Wit and wisdom
Silver jubilee
All the queen's horses
And all the queen's men
'Annus horribilis'
Death of a princess
Keeping up with the times
Life sentence
Glossary
Furthur information
Date chart
Index
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750238860 Pb.
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| 003306 | 921/ELI | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
004639
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Great Britain, Hodder Wayland,
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48pBlue Spine
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Famous Lives
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Describes the exciting and glamorous life of Queen Elizabeth who is also know affectionately as the Queen Mum.
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Queen of the 20th century
Family values
Growing up
Nursing the wounded
London society
Royal wedding
A sense of duty
Family crisis
The coronation and after
War work
Gaiety and gloom
A wedding and a funeral
Queen Mother
Meeting the people
Colonel-in-chief
At home
Elzxabeth and Diana - the generation gap
A favourite grandson
Hats and clothes
Horses
Queen of the new century
Glossary
Date chart
Index
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750232471 Pb.
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| 000169 | 921/ELI | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
003896
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Great Britain, Hodder Wayland, 2005.
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48pWhite Spine
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Famous Lives
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Details the life of Vincent Van Gogh, the artist who lived in poverty for almost all of his life, painted some of the world's masterpieces of art, and who commited suicide at the age of 37.
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Sale of the century
A country childhood
A future artist
Leaving home
Love in London
Trouble at work
Searching for a role
Vincent the preacher
An artist is born
Vincent and Theo
The student artist
Unlucky in love
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9780750244718 Pb.
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 003305 | 759.9492/VAN | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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