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  • Arnold Schwarzenegger

    Jack North

    Hardcover (Dillon Pr, Jan. 1, 1995)
    Traces the life and career of the popular motion picture actor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and describes the reasons for his success
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  • Kristi Yamaguchi: Pure Gold

    Jeff Savage

    Paperback (Dillon Pr, March 1, 1996)
    A biography of the young Japanese American skater who won the gold medal in women's figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics
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  • Bill Clinton

    Victoria Sherrow

    Library Binding (Dillon Pr, Oct. 1, 1993)
    A biography of Bill Clinton, the forty-second president of the United States
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  • Martina Hingis

    Linda Shaughnessy

    Hardcover (Dillon Pr, Oct. 15, 2000)
    Examines the life and tennis career of the woman who won three of the four Grand Slam tournaments in 1997.

  • Christopher Reeve

    Libby Hughes

    Paperback (Dillon Pr, Sept. 1, 1997)
    A biography of the star of four "Superman" films, whose dramatic career was cut short by a fractured spinal cord when he fell off a horse in 1995
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  • Ray Kroc, Mayor of McDonaldland

    Paul Westman, Mary Molina

    Hardcover (Dillon Pr, March 1, 1980)
    Youngsters learn all about the hardworking man who created the phenomenally popular and lucrative McDonald's fast-food empire and changed the eating habits of Americans
    R

  • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Playscript Adaptation

    Ian Fleming, Sheila Lane, Marion Kemp

    Paperback (Ward Lock Educational Co Ltd, )
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  • Jesse Jackson: I Am Somebody

    Paul Westman, Judith Leo

    Hardcover (Dillon Pr, Jan. 1, 1981)
    Portrays Jackson's childhood, the events that involved him in the Civil Rights Movement, his work with Martin Luther King, and his current activities with PUSH, People United to Save Humanity
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  • Frank Borman: To the Moon and Back

    Paul Westman

    Hardcover (Dillon Pr, Dec. 1, 1981)
    A biography of the test pilot and astronaut who commanded the Apollo 8 mission in its orbit of the moon and later became president of Eastern Airlines.
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  • Whitney Houston

    Jeff Savage

    Library Binding (Silver Burdett Pr, Jan. 1, 1998)
    A biography of the popular singer who has recorded such hits as "The Greatest Love of All" and "I Will Always Love You" and starred in such movies as "The Bodyguard" and "Waiting to Exhale"

  • John Young: Space Shuttle Commander

    Paul Westman

    Hardcover (Dillon Pr, Dec. 1, 1981)
    A biography of the astronaut who made the fifth space flight of his twenty-year career as commander of the space shuttle Columbia.
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  • Sally Ride: America's First Woman in Space

    Carolyn Blacknall

    Library Binding (Dillon Pr, Dec. 1, 1984)
    A biography of Sally Ride, who in 1983 became the first American woman in space.
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