Biography (A & E)

Author

Streissguth, Thomas Cunningham, Chet Benson, Michael DuTemple, Lesley A Markel, Rita J Roberts, Jeremy Sharp, Anne Havelin, Kate Woolf, Alex Anderson, Dale Headlam, George Butts, Ellen Collins, Thomas M Hamilton, Janice Goldstein, Margaret J Krohn, Katherine E

1) John Glenn

Author

Streissguth, Thomas

2) Legends of Dracula

Author

Streissguth, Thomas

3) Chief Crazy Horse

Author

Cunningham, Chet

4) Gloria Estefan

Author

Benson, Michael

5) Jacques Cousteau

Author

DuTemple, Lesley A

Series

Biography (A & E)

Pub. Date

c2000

Description

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Examines the life and accomplishments of the oceanographer Jacques Cousteau, describing his work studying and filming the undersea world.

6) Queen Cleopatra

Author

Streissguth, Thomas

Series

Biography (A & E)

Pub. Date

[2000]

Description

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Presents the life of the Egyptian queen who lived from 69 B.C.E. to 30 B.C.E.

7) Jimi Hendrix

Author

Markel, Rita J

Series

Biography (A & E)

Pub. Date

2001

Description

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Descusses the childhood, young adulthood, musical career, and death of Jimi Hendrix, considered by many to be the world's greatest rock-and-roll guitarist.

8) Jimi Hendrix

Author

Markel, Rita J.

9) The Beatles

Author

Roberts, Jeremy

Series

Biography (A & E)
Lifeline biographies

Pub. Date

c2002

Description

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Tells the story of the Beatles, describing how the group began, their phenomenal success and influence, the breakup of the group, and their separate musical careers

10) Daring pirate women

Author

Sharp, Anne

11) Queen Elizabeth I

Author

Havelin, Kate

12) Osama bin Laden

Author

Woolf, Alex

13) Saddam Hussein

Author

Anderson, Dale

Series

Biography (A & E)

Pub. Date

[2004]

Description

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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.

14) Yasser Arafat

Author

Headlam, George

Series

Biography (A & E)

Pub. Date

c2004

15) Fidel Castro

Author

Butts, Ellen

Series

Biography (A & E)

Pub. Date

[2005]

Description

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A biography of Fidel Castro, the famous Cuban revolutionary and dictator who has ruled Cuba for over four decades.

16) Tony Blair

Author

Collins, Thomas M.

17) Vladimir Putin

Author

Streissguth, Thomas

18) Benito Mussolini

Author

Roberts, Jeremy

Series

Biography (A & E)

Pub. Date

c2006

Description

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Tells the life story of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, describing his childhood in northern Italy, early exposure to politics, creation of the Fascist Party and rise to power in the 1920s, repressive regime, relationship with Adolf Hitler, and actions during World War II.