Books in People Who Made a Difference series

Follows the life, musical career, and charity work of the musician who organized the Live Aid project

Follows the life of the statesman who was a key figure in India's fight for independence from Great Britain

Discusses the life and accomplishments of the sixteenth president of the United States.

Follows the life of the former slave who gained renown as an abolitionist and advocate of women's rights.

Presents the life and career of the long-imprisoned leader of the African National Congress.

Offers a simple biography on the life of Abraham Lincoln.

Follows the life and career of the French scientist who proved the existence of germs and their connection with diseases.

Presents events in the life of the Polish union organizer who after years of non-violent fighting with the government became president of his country.

Presents a biography of the priest who gave his life to the care of lepers in a colony at Molokai, Hawaii.

The life of the nineteenth-century Frenchman, accidentally blinded as a child, who originated the raised dot system of reading and writing used by the blind throughout the world

Recounts the life story of the English girl who became a famous nurse

Examines the life of the South African bishop and civil rights worker who has worked extensively to improve conditions for his fellow citizens