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  • Ralph David Abernathy

    Catherine M. Reef

    Library Binding (Dillon Pr, April 1, 1995)
    Recounts the life of the Baptist minister and civil rights leader who helped organize the Montgomery bus boycott and found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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  • Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Fire and Steel on the Supreme Court

    Eleanor H. Ayer

    Paperback (Dillon Pr, Jan. 1, 1995)
    A biography of the second woman to sit on the United States Supreme Court discusses the beginnings of her legal career in the 1950s and 1960s and the development of her views on equal treatment and other issues
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  • Ada Byron Lovelace: The Lady & the Computer

    Mary Dodson Wade

    Paperback (Silver Burdett Pr, Sept. 1, 1994)
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  • In Focus: Galapagos Islands

    Clive Gifford

    Paperback (Kingfisher, June 19, 2018)
    Where would you find the largest tortoise in the world? What is a blue-footed booby? Are volcanic islands safe to live on? In Focus: Galapagos Islands has the answers!In Focus is a cool, new information series that's perfect for curious kids. These fun books feature modern, magazine-style pages, including top 10 lists, fast facts, quickfire quizzes, and more! With pages packed with vivid photography and punchy text, kids will have fun learning about the world around them!Each In Focus book features a contents page, glossary, and index, plus front and end gatefold flaps on the cover.
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  • Dr. Samuel A. Mudd and the Lincoln Assassination

    Jr. McHale, John E.

    Hardcover (Dillon Pr, March 1, 1995)
    Traces the life of Dr. Mudd, a physician who unknowingly treated the fugitive assassin John Wilkes Booth, and was later wrongly convicted of being a conspirator
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  • In Focus: Intelligent Animals

    Camilla de la Bedoyere

    Hardcover (Kingfisher, June 19, 2018)
    Which intelligent animals can use tools? Can animals learn a language? Which animal is the cleverest of all? In Focus: Intelligent Animals has the answers! In Focus is a cool, new information series that's perfect for curious kids. These fun books feature modern, magazine-style pages, including top 10 lists, fast facts, quickfire quizzes, and more! With pages packed with vivid photography and fun facts, kids will have fun learning about the world around them!Each In Focus book features a contents page, glossary, and index.
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  • In Focus: Oceans and Seas

    Editors of Kingfisher, Steve Parker

    Paperback (Kingfisher, July 18, 2017)
    What ocean animal dances every morning? Who plays with their food? Where can you find fish that light up? In Focus: Oceans and Seas has the answers!In Focus is a cool, new information series that's perfect for curious kids. These fun books feature modern, magazine-style pages, including top 10 lists, fast facts, quickfire quizzes, and more! With pages packed with vivid photography and fun facts, kids will have fun learning about the world around them!Each In Focus book features a contents page, glossary, and index, plus front and end flaps on the cover.
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  • Stephen Hawking: Unlocking the Universe

    Sheridan Simon

    Library Binding (Dillon Pr, Jan. 1, 1991)
    Examines the education, research, and personal life of the renowned British theoretical physicist who has taken the study of cosmology farther than most in his field, despite his need for wheelchair and computer in order to travel and communicate.
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  • Vaclav Havel and the Velvet Revolution

    Jeffrey B. Symynkywicz

    Paperback (Dillon Pr, April 1, 1995)
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  • In Focus: Oceans and Seas

    Editors of Kingfisher, Steve Parker

    Hardcover (Kingfisher, July 18, 2017)
    What ocean animal dances every morning? Who plays with their food? Where can you find fish that light up? In Focus: Oceans and Seas has the answers! In Focus is a cool, new information series that's perfect for curious kids. These fun books feature modern, magazine-style pages, including top 10 lists, fast facts, quickfire quizzes, and more! With pages packed with vivid photography and fun facts, kids will have fun learning about the world around them!Each In Focus book features a contents page, glossary, and index.
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  • Martha Graham

    Kathilyn Solomon Probosz

    Paperback (Dillon Pr, )
    None
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  • In Focus: Polar Lands

    Clive Gifford

    Hardcover (Kingfisher, July 18, 2017)
    What is a glacier calf? Why don’t polar bears hunt penguins? Which animals turn white in winter? In Focus: Polar Lands has the answers! In Focus is a cool, new information series that's perfect for curious kids. These fun books feature modern, magazine-style pages, including top 10 lists, fast facts, quickfire quizzes, and more! With pages packed with vivid photography and fun facts, kids will have fun learning about the world around them!Each In Focus book features a contents page, glossary, and index.
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