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John F. Kennedy, Jr.
Elaine Landai
Library Binding (Millbrook Press, Oct. 1, 2000)From his toddler years in the White House to his later successes in the publishing industry, this illustrated biography provides an intimate look at the short-lived life of this famous American figure.
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Susan B. Anthony: Fighter for Freedom and Equalilty
Suzanne Buckingham Slade, Craig Orback
Library Binding (Picture Window Books, Jan. 1, 2007)When Susan B. Anthony was born, not all Americans had the same freedoms. Find out how she fought to win equal rights for all women and men.
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Marie Curie: Prize-Winning Scientist
Lori Mortensen, Susan Margaret Jaekel
Library Binding (Picture Window Books, Jan. 1, 2008)When most women were not even attending college, Marie Curie earned degrees in physics and mathematics. When she began studying rocks, she soon discovered elements that gave off an invisible energy called radioactivity. Because of her amazing discoveries, in 1903 Marie Curie became the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize for Physics. Today, she is remembered as one of the most important scientists of all time.
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Elvis Presley: The King of Rock `N' Roll
Robert Daily
Library Binding (Franklin Watts, Oct. 1, 1996)Examines the rock star's childhood, family life, musical career, films, and legacy.
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Ella Fitzgerald: Jazz Singer Supreme
Carolyn Wyman
Paperback (Franklin Watts, Sept. 16, 1998)Chronicles the personal life and singing career of the well-known jazz artist and discusses her impact on contemporary music.
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Marie Curie
Mollie Keller
Library Binding (Franklin Watts, Oct. 1, 1982)A biography of the Polish-born chemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1903 for the discovery of radium.
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Pocahontas: Peacemaker and Friend to the Colonists
Pamela Hill Nettleton, Jeffrey Joseph Yesh
Library Binding (Picture Window Books, Sept. 1, 2003)A brief biography that highlights some important events in the life of the woman who helped to bring about peace and friendship between English settlers in Virginia and the native Powhatan people.
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George Washington Carver: Teacher, Scientist, and Inventor
Lori Mortensen, Niamh O'Connor
Library Binding (Picture Window Books, Sept. 1, 2007)Born into slavery, George Washington Carver fought adversity to educate himself. Find out how this teacher not only improved the way people farmed, but introduced the world to more than 300 uses for the peanut.
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Joseph Stalin
Janet Caulkins
Library Binding (Franklin Watts, Sept. 1, 1990)A biography of the Soviet leader, focusing on his formative years in Soviet Georgia, his rise to the top of the Communist party, and his leadership during World War II.
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Albert Camus: The Thinker, the Artist, the Man
Stephen Eric Bronner
Library Binding (Franklin Watts, Oct. 1, 1996)A biography of the Algerian-born, French existential novelist, dramatist, and essayist
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Alan Turing: The Architect of the Computer Age
Ted Gottfried
Library Binding (Franklin Watts, Oct. 1, 1996)Describes the life and work of the founder of computer science
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Charlie Chaplin: The Beauty of Silence
Alan Schroeder
Library Binding (Franklin Watts, April 1, 1997)Traces Chaplin's career as a comedian, an actor, and a director, and discusses his stormy private life