Inspiring athletes treasury

Discover the lives of outstanding people, from musicians and activists, to inventors and sports stars. All of them achieved incredible things, yet each began life as a child with a dream

Biographic Picasso

Edition

Ed. 1

ISBN/ISSN

9781781453377

Collation

95 p. ; ill. ; 22 cm

Series Title

-

Call Number

709 PRI b

Timelines of everyone

Timelines of Everyone reveals not just the incredible achievements, contributions, and adventures of historical figures, but the lesser-known events that shaped them too, from childhood into old age. Did you know that West African ruler Mansa Musa was the richest person ever to have lived? Or that Hollywood screen legend Hedy Lamarr invented the technology that would one day develop into WiFi? …

The Most Influential People of Our Time

These 56 people indelibly changed our world—for better and for worse. From architect Le Corbusier, astronaut Neil Armstrong, and the Beatles to the designer Coco Chanel, civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr., and Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg, this illustrated volume presents the most influential figures of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The varied list includes musician…

A most clever girl

Witty and mischievous Jane Austen grew up in a house overflowing with words. As a young girl, she delighted in making her family laugh with tales that poked fun at the popular novels of her time, stories that featured fragile ladies and ridiculous plots. Before long, Jane was writing her own stories-uproariously funny ones, using all the details of her life in a country village as inspiration. …

100 People Who Made History : Meet The People Who Shaped The Modern World

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

9781405391450

Collation

128p; ill; col; hc

Series Title

-

Call Number

920 SIC O

Born a crime

Born a Crime is the story of a mischievous young boy who grows into a restless young man as he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist. It is also the story of that young man’s relationship with his fearless, rebellious, and fervently religious mother—his teammate, a woman determined to save her son from the cycle of poverty, violence, and abuse that would …

Alexander Hamilton

Edition

Ed. 1

ISBN/ISSN

9785001016441

Collation

128 p. ; ill. ; 19 cm

Series Title

-

Call Number

923 BUC a

Katherine Johnson

Edition

Ed. 1

ISBN/ISSN

9785001016427

Collation

128 p. ; ill. ; 19,5 cm

Series Title

-

Call Number

925 WIL k

Genius: a photo biography of Albert Einstein

On the 100th anniversary of the publishing of the special theory of relativity, this National Geographic photobiography chronicles the life of one of the most brilliant scientists who ever lived. Through compelling text and stirring archival photographs, the author recounts Einstein’s life from his privileged childhood in Austria through the crucial years during World War II, and his death 50…