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  • Amy Tan

    Charles J. Shields

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Dec. 1, 2001)
    Explores the life and career of Amy Tan, from her childhood in California, through her struggle to accept her Chinese heritage, to her career as a writer.
    Q

  • Cleopatra

    Rose Blue, Corinne J. Naden

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Nov. 1, 2001)
    Offers an account of the life of Cleopatra, details her power struggle to ascend to the throne of Egypt, and discusses her battle to prevent Egypt from falling into the hands of Roman Emperor Augustus Caesar.

  • Rosie O'Donnell

    Fran Donato, Therese DeAngelis

    Paperback (Chelsea House Pub, Oct. 1, 1998)
    Presents the life and career of comic, actress, and talk show host Rosie O'Donnell

  • Jodie Foster

    Therese De Angelis

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, June 16, 2000)
    Discusses the personal life and professional career of the actress, producer and director who has won an Academy Award for her roles in "Accused" and "The Silence of the Lambs."

  • Mary Baker Eddy: Founder Christian Science

    Louise A. Smith

    Hardcover (Chelsea House Pub, April 1, 1991)
    Follows the life of the woman who founded Christian Science

  • Margaret Mead: Anthropologist

    Edra Ziesk

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, March 1, 1990)
    A biography of the now legendary anthropologist famous for her studies of primitive cultures
    T

  • Barbara Walters

    Henna Remstein, Matina S. Horner

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, June 1, 1998)
    A biography of the television journalist whose interviewing skills have won her seven Emmy Awards in her thirty-year career
    Q

  • Isadora Duncan

    Ruth Kozodoy, Robert Twombly

    Hardcover (Chelsea House Pub, Feb. 1, 1988)
    Traces the life of the famous American dancer, discusses her influence on modern dance, and describes the background of her times
    Z+

  • Gloria Estefan

    Jane Phillips

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, June 1, 2001)
    Presents a biography of the Cuban-born singer and entertainer, who has been called "the queen of Latin pop."
    V

  • Hillary Rodham Clinton

    Matina S. Horner, Richard Kozar

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, April 1, 1998)
    Examines the childhood, family life, and social and political activities of this powerful and important First Lady
    U

  • Katie Couric

    Sherry Beck Paprocki

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, June 1, 2001)
    A biography of the successful anchorwoman covers her childhood, personal life, and rise to national prominence in the news business.

  • Toni Morrison

    Jean F. Blashfield

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, June 1, 2001)
    Examines the life and work of the successful novelist, who became the first African American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993.
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