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  • Extraordinary Women in Politics

    Charles Gulotta

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, June 1, 1998)
    Presents biographical sketches of women who have been influential in the world's political arenas throughout history
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  • 16 Extraordinary Americans with Disabilities

    Nancy Lobb

    Paperback (J Weston Walch, Jan. 1, 2008)
    16 fascinating profiles of Americans who have changed and influenced history.

  • Suzanne Collins

    Nick Hunter

    Library Binding (Raintree, Jan. 1, 2014)
    What makes Suzanne Collins extraordinary? Read this book to find out. This title explores her childhood in Europe and the USA, including her father’s strong influence on her writing. We look at her road to professional accomplishments, including her time as a writer for television and her success with The Hunger Games trilogy. Read about others’ perspectives on her life, how her life has been different to women writers of the past, and how she has broken boundaries.
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  • Extraordinary Jobs in Entertainment

    Alecia T Devantier, Carol A Turkington

    Hardcover (Ferguson Publishing Company, July 1, 2006)
    Ever wonder who wrangles the animals during a movie shoot? What it takes to be a brewmaster? How that play-by-play announcer got his job? What it is like to be a secret shopper? The new

  • Lewis and Clark Map the American West

    Nel Yomtov

    Library Binding (Bellwether Media, Aug. 1, 2014)
    This dynamic duo traveled farther than 8,000 miles for more than two years to map the American West. Lewis and Clark faced harsh conditions, unknown people, and untouched land, making them two of the worlds greatest explorers. Grab your map and enjoy the trek though this high-interest title.
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  • 16 Extraordinary American Women

    Emma Hahn

    Paperback (J Weston Walch, Jan. 1, 2008)
    Highlight the achievements of people who have changed American life and history! Eleanor Roosevelt Georgia O'Keeffe Bonnie Blair Rachel Carson Dorothea Lange Ella Fitzgerald Rosalyn Sussman Yalow Ruth Bader Ginsberg Ka'iulani of Hawaii Donna Karan Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman (Nellie Bly) Nikki Giovanni Eileen Collins Mary Jane Colter Susan Butcher Nancy Pelosi
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  • Extraordinary Jobs in the Food Industry

    Alecia T Devantier, Carol A Turkington

    (Ferguson Publishing, July 1, 2006)
    Ever wonder who wrangles the animals during a movie shoot? What it takes to be a brewmaster? How that play-by-play announcer got his job? What it is like to be a secret shopper? The new

  • Scientific Explorers: Travels in Search of Knowledge

    Rebecca Stefoff

    Hardcover (Oxford University Press, Feb. 18, 1993)
    Scientific Explorers looks at scientific explorations on land, at sea, and in space--Captain James Cook's astronomical observations, the Great U.S. Exploring Expedition of the 1830s, the mapping expeditions and geological surveys of the American West by Fremont and others, and many more exciting and dramatic discoveries--by James Cook, Lewis and Clark, Charles Darwin, Alvin, Jacques Cousteau, and others--that have changed the way we view the world.
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  • 16 Extraordinary African Americans

    Nancy Lobb

    Paperback (J Weston Walch, Jan. 1, 2007)
    16 fascinating profiles of African Americans who have changed and influenced history.Through brief, captivating biographies with low-level readability, students are inspired by examples of challenges overcome. Each biography includes a photograph, extension activities, background notes, a vocabulary list, and references.

  • Extraordinary Women Athletes

    Judy L. Hasday

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, March 1, 2000)
    Presents brief biographies of nearly fifty women athletes from the twentieth century, including Ora Washington, Althea Gibson, Tenley Albright, Wilma Rudolph, Chris Evert, Nancy Lopez Knight, Jackie Joiner-Kersee, and Janet Evans.
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  • Extraordinary Women of Medicine

    Darlene R. Stille

    Paperback (Childrens Pr, Oct. 1, 1997)
    Presents biographical sketches highlighting the contributions of women, mostly American, to the field of medicine in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
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  • Extraordinary Canadians Nellie McClung

    Charlotte Gray

    Hardcover (Penguin Group Canada, March 18, 2008)
    Feminist, politician, and social activist, Nellie McClung altered Canada's political landscape, leaving a legacy that has long survived her. She had a wicked wit, and her convictions and campaigns helped shape the Canada we live in today. Acclaimed writer Charlotte Gray, who has forged a distinguished career exploring the lives of such notable women as Susanna Moodie and Pauline Johnson, is the perfect writer to reinterpret McClung.