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1) The Beatles
Author
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
The story of the highly celebrated and influential English rock group and their music.
4) Henry Ford
Author
Language
English
Description
A biography of the man responsible for mass producing the automobile in the early part of the twentieth century.
9) Walt Disney
Author
Pub. Date
2001.
Edition
U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the man who began his career as an animator and became the creator of Mickey Mouse and Disneyland, and the founder of Disney Studios.
11) Jonas Salk
Author
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the scientist and humanitarian who discovered the vaccine for polio, a disease which crippled many people in the early part of the twentieth century.
12) Marie Curie
Author
Pub. Date
2001.
Edition
U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
Presents the life and accomplishments of the Polish-born chemist, discussing her discovery of radium and the development of the use of X rays in medicine.
13) John F. Kennedy
Author
Pub. Date
2001.
Edition
North American edition.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the thirty-fifth president of the United States, who served from 1961 until his assasination in 1963.
15) Rosa Parks
Author
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the woman whose refusal to give up her seat on an Alabama bus helped galvanize the civil rights movement. Features quotations from Parks and others.
17) Jackie Robinson
Author
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
North American edition, U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
Presents the life and career of the baseball legend who became the first African American to play in the major leagues.
18) Gloria Steinem
Author
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the feminist writer and activist, founder of Ms. magazine and the Ms. Foundation, and her impact on the women's movement.
19) Pablo Picasso
Author
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Describes the life and career of Pablo Picasso, discussing his great impact on twentieth-century art.
20) Louis Armstrong
Author
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Explores the life and career of the renowned trumpeter and bandleader of the jazz era.
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