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  • Wright Brothers

    Sarah Tieck

    Library Binding (Buddy Books, Sept. 1, 2006)
    Profiles the lives of Orville and Wilbur Wright, beginning with their childhoods in the Midwest.
    M

  • Pocahontas

    Jan Gleiter, Kathleen Thompson, Deborah Chabrian

    Paperback (Steck-Vaughn Company, July 1, 1995)
    A biography of the Powhatan Indian woman who befriended the English settlers at Jamestown, Virginia, and helped maintain peace between her tribe and the colonists.
    U

  • Yasser Arafat

    George Headlam

    Library Binding (Lerner Pub Group, Sept. 1, 2003)
    Chronicles the life and political career of Yasser Arafat, including his founding of the Palestinian National Liberation Movement and his time as leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
    X

  • Henry Ford

    Lola M. Schaefer

    Paperback (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 1999)
    A biography of Henry Ford, the man whose Model T automobile made the gasoline powered car affordable to Americans.
    L

  • Maya Angelou

    L. Patricia Kite

    Library Binding (Lerner Pub Group, Aug. 1, 1999)
    A biography of the multi-faceted African-American woman, Maya Angelou, tracing her life from her childhood in the segrated South to her prominence as a well-known writer
    X

  • Mao Zedong

    Whitney Stewart

    Library Binding (Twenty First Century Books, Dec. 15, 2005)
    "Mao Zedong was one of the most powerful people in the world during his lifetime. Yet when he was born, China was still ruled by the Qing dynasty. Many people longed for a new China, however, and Mao led the way. He controlled power in 1949, when China became a Communist nation. As China's ruler, Mao controlled all aspects of Chinese life. The Chinese people studied his writings, and pictures of Mao adorned buildings and walls throughout the country."--From source other than the Library of Congress

  • Theodore Roosevelt

    Judy Emerson

    Paperback (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 2004)
    Text and pictures introduce the biography of Theodore Roosevelt, discussing his personal life, education, and political career as the twenty-sixth president of the United States.
    N

  • Queen Cleopatra

    Thomas Streissguth

    Library Binding (Lerner Pub Group, Nov. 1, 1999)
    Presents the life of the Egyptian queen who lived from 69 B.C.E. to 30 B.C.E.
    V

  • Arnold Schwarzenegger

    Colleen Sexton

    Library Binding (Lerner Pub Group, Oct. 1, 2004)
    A biography of the Austrian bodybuilder who became an international action film star, an American citizen, and the governor of California.
    Y

  • Young Helen Keller: Woman of Courage

    Julie Durrell

    Hardcover (Troll Communications Llc, Sept. 1, 1991)
    A simple biography of the blind and deaf woman who spent her life writing and helping others with similar disabilities
    L

  • Stephen Hawking

    Stephanie Sammartino McPherson

    Library Binding (Twenty First Century Books, Sept. 6, 2006)
    Examines the life and work of the British physicist who overcame the challenges of ALS to become one of the foremost scientists of the twentieth century.

  • Bruce Lee: By Linda Tagliaferro

    Linda Tagliaferro

    Library Binding (Lerner Pub Group, Nov. 1, 1999)
    A biography of the well-known actor and martial arts master, Bruce Lee, from his childhood in Hong Kong to his untimely death at the age of thirty-two