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  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • J. K. Rowling

    Colleen Sexton

    Paperback (First Avenue Editions, Sept. 1, 2005)
    Explores the life and career of J.K. Rowling, author of the best-selling "Harry Potter" books, and discusses her struggles to become a successful writer.
    X

  • William Shakespeare

    Carol Dommermuth-Costa

    Library Binding (Lerner Pub Group, Oct. 1, 2001)
    Examines the life of William Shakespeare, focusing on the meaning behind some of his most famous works of literature.
    W

  • Saddam Hussein

    Dale Anderson

    Paperback (First Avenue Editions, Aug. 1, 2003)
    A biography of the powerful president of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, whose rule began in 1979 with a coup and the assassination of sixty-six men who were allegedly conspiring against him.
    X

  • The 14th Dalai Lama

    Whitney Stewart

    Paperback (Lerner Pub Group, Nov. 1, 2000)
    Offers the story of Lhamo Thondup, the fourteenth Dalai Lama, who was discovered when he was two years old and brought to the capital city of Lhasa to be trained as the religious and political leader of his country.
    Y

  • Women of the Wild West

    Katherine E. Krohn

    Paperback (Lerner Pub Group, Sept. 1, 2000)
    Presents an account of frontier life for women in the American West through brief biographies of six famous individuals, including Calamity Jane, Molly Brown, Belle Starr, Pearl Hart, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and Annie Oakley.
    X

  • Mark Twain

    Susan Bivin Aller

    Paperback (Lerner Pub Group, April 1, 2001)
    Traces the life of the American humorist and writer whose works reflected the events of his life, particulary his boyhood in Hannibal, Missouri.
    V

  • Arnold Schwarzenegger

    Colleen Sexton

    Paperback (First Avenue Editions, Oct. 1, 2004)
    A biography of the Austrian bodybuilder who became an international action film star, an American citizen, and the governor of California.
    V