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  • Journey's End: Death and Mourning

    Anita Ganeri

    Hardcover (Peter Bedrick Books, Oct. 1, 1998)
    Introduces the rites and rituals surrounding death in the six major world religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
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  • Nebuchadnezzar and the Babylonians

    Theodore Rowland-Entwistle, Gerald Wood

    Hardcover (Main Line Book Co, )
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  • Growing Up

    Anita Ganeri, Jackie Morris

    Hardcover (Evans Brothers Ltd, Sept. 10, 1998)
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  • The Life and Times of George Washington and the American Revolution

    Marissa Kirkman

    Paperback (Capstone Press, Aug. 1, 2016)
    You may know of George Washington, but there is more to his story. Learn about life in the time that Washington lived, and how he impacted the American Revolution.
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  • The Life and Times of Al Capone

    Tom Stockdale

    Hardcover (Chelsea House Pub, Nov. 1, 1997)
    A biography of the notorious Chicago gangster who ruled bootlegging, prostitution, and gambling industries in the 1920s
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  • Growing Up : From child to adult

    Anita Ganeri, Neil Sayer

    Hardcover (Peter Bedrick, Feb. 9, 2001)
    This book looks at how people from the Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, Jewish, Christian and Muslim faiths celebrate the passage from child to adult, including initiation and ordination ceremonies, and the ways in which children learn more about their faith. You can find out about the childhood of some famous figures; the Hindu sacred thread ceremony; why Buddhist boys spend time in a monastery; how Sikh boys learn to tie a turban, and much more.

  • PROKOFIEV

    Shipperges

    Hardcover (Haus Publishers Ltd., May 1, 2005)
    Sergey Prokofiev lived a life caught between East and West, old and new. Best known for his opera The Love for Three Oranges, the ballet Romeo and Juliet and the musical fairy tale Peter and the Wolf.

  • The Life and Times of Frank Sinatra

    Esme Hawes

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Feb. 1, 1998)
    Surveys the career, hit records, films, and personal life of the popular singer and actor
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  • The Life and Times of Abraham Lincoln and the U.S. Civil War

    Marissa Kirkman

    Paperback (Capstone Press, Aug. 1, 2016)
    You may know of Abraham Lincoln, but there is more to his story. Learn about life in the time that Lincoln lived, and how he impacted the U.S. Civil War.
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  • Sitting Bull and the Plains Indians

    Jason Hook, Richard Hook

    Hardcover (Hodder Wayland, June 30, 1986)
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  • Canute and the Vikings

    Robin May, Gerald Wood

    Hardcover (Hodder Wayland, Oct. 1, 1984)
    A brief biography of the eleventh-century Danish warrior who was the first Norse ruler to be accepted as a civilized Christian king. Also discusses the history of the Vikings, their conquests, their discoveries, their culture, and their day-to-day lives.

  • Prokofiev

    Thomas Schipperges

    Paperback (Haus Publishing, May 1, 2005)
    Accessible and affordable biography, illustrated throughout in color