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Books in People in Focus Series series

  • Leonardo da Vinci

    Ibi Lepscky, Paolo Cardoni

    Paperback (B.E.S. Publishing, Sept. 23, 1992)
    Five cleverly illustrated books for boys and girls tell true stories about five very unusual children, later recognized by the world as men and women of genius. But before everything else, they were children. And like every child, they loved to play, and to use their imaginations. Today's children will delight in these stories, while they are also introduced to children who grew up and changed our world. Leonardo's father wondered what would become of this little boy, who was interested in so many things. Maybe, in to many things! Sometimes he drew pictures, sometimes he studied insects and animals, sometimes he even studied the way that the wind blew. "Won't he ever settle down to one interest?" Leonardo's father wondered. But Leonardo never changed. He grew up to be an artist... a scientist... an inventor... In other words, a genius!
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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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  • 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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  • Everyone Wears His Name: A Biography of Levi Strauss

    Sondra Henry, Emily Taitz

    Library Binding (Dillon Pr, May 1, 1990)
    Offering a look at life during the California Gold Rush, this biography tells the story of Levi Strauss, the German immigrant who created the world's largest clothing manufacturer
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  • Vaclav Havel and the Velvet Revolution

    Jeffrey B. Symynkywicz

    Paperback (Dillon Pr, April 1, 1995)
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  • Madam Prime Minister: A Biography of Margaret Thatcher

    Libby Hughes

    Paperback (iUniverse, Nov. 2, 2000)
    Margaret Thatcher was a strong-willed child and an iron-willed leader. Whatever she achieved was through hard work. This biography takes the reader through her youthful years into politics, marriage, law, children, and eventually to eleven years as Britain's prime minister.
  • Atomic Dawn: A Biography of Robert Oppenheimer

    John E. Driemen

    Library Binding (Dillon Pr, April 1, 1989)
    A biographical study of the "father of the atomic bomb" traces the life and career of physicist Robert Oppenheimer and discusses his role in the Manhattan Project and his political problems during the 1950s
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  • Martha Graham

    Kathilyn Solomon Probosz

    Paperback (Dillon Pr, )
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  • Elizabeth Van Lew: Southern Belle, Union Spy

    Karen Zeinert

    Hardcover (Dillon Pr, March 1, 1995)
    Traces the life of a Southern woman who remained in Richmond as a Union supporter, where she provided help to Union prisoners and organized a spy ring that sent information to Union intelligence
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  • Senor Alcalde: A Biography of Henry Cisneros

    John Gillies

    Hardcover (Dillon Pr, March 1, 1988)
    A biography of the Mexican-American mayor of San Antonio, Texas, including a chapter in which the mayor offers advice to young people who want to make the most of their education and future careers.
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  • Colin Powell: A Man of Quality

    Libby Hughes

    Hardcover (Dillon Pr, April 1, 1996)
    From his South Bronx childhood to his rising military career to his role as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a biography of Colin Powell discusses his personal beliefs and future
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  • Boris Yeltsin: Man of the People

    Eleanor H. Ayer

    Hardcover (Dillon Pr, Nov. 1, 1992)
    Traces the life of the Russian leader from his childhood on a collective farm through his education as a civil engineer to his election as the first President of the Russian republic in 1991
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