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2) Frida Kahlo
Author
Series
Publisher
World Book, Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Discover how Mexican artist, Frida Kahlo, who was severely injured in a bus accident at age 18, taught herself to paint and became known for her striking self-portraits.
4) Nikola Tesla
Author
Series
Publisher
World Book, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A biography on the Serbian American inventor Nikola Tesla.
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
How do you pick car racing GOATs? Richard Petty and Jeff Gordon get a lot of attention. But what about NHRA champion Brittany Force? And what about the versatile driver A.J. Foyt? It comes down to stats, history, and hunches. Read more about some of the legends of car racing and see if you agree that they're the greatest of all time.
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Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the 1890s, times were tough, and opportunities for women were few and far between. When mother-of-three Annie Londonderry saw an ad promising $10,000 to a woman who could cycle around the world in a year, something no one thought possible, she decided it was time to learn to ride. She waved goodbye to her family in Boston and set off for Chicago. Annie was exhausted when she arrived fifty-nine days later--and she realized she'd never make it across...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
How to turn other's and your own doubt into rocket fuel to achieve your dreams, from entrepreneur, CEO, and healthcare investor Surbhi Sarna ... Using her own experience, she shows you how to face setbacks, not let impossible standards get in the way, lead empathetically, empower others to think differently, and how to convince the right people to help you accomplish your goals.
10) The new book of Christian martyrs: the heroes of our faith from the 1st century to the 21st century
Author
Publisher
Tyndale Momentum
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
An inspiring keepsake that honors the heroic sacrifice of today's martyrs for the Christian faith--and shows how their actions mirror the courage of a long line of brave Christians. In the twenty-first century, we are witnessing an escalation in Christian persecution like we have rarely seen since the first century. Many people don't realize that today thousands of Christians are dying cruel deaths throughout much of the world. There were, in fact,...
15) Sacajawea
Author
Series
Publisher
Sunbird Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Sacajawea was a brilliant, multilingual Shoshone girl who was torn from her home at a young age. In 1804, she set out with the Lewis and Clark Expedition, acting as an interpreter and guide across hundreds of miles of unmapped land to reach the Pacific Ocean. Almost 200 years later, she became the first Indigenous woman to appear on a US coin. This is her story.
16) Patrick Mahomes
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Pub. Co
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A brief look at the life and career of football player Patrick Mahomes
18) Serena Williams
Author
Series
Publisher
Black Rabbit Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Explores the tennis career of Serena Williams with stats, charts, infographics, timelines, and strongly controlled text.
19) Carli Lloyd
Author
Series
Publisher
Black Rabbit Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Explores the soccer career of Carli Lloyd with stats, charts, infographics, timelines, and strongly controlled text.
20) Tenzing Norgay
Author
Series
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Tenzing was young, he spent much of his childhood tending to the family's yaks and gazing up at the Himalaya mountains, dreaming of the day he would reach the top. Once he grew up, he joined many other Sherpas who were offering to take Europeans up the highest mountain of all--Chomolungma or Everest. It was the chance he needed to make his childhood dream a reality. He went on many expeditions, some more dangerous than others, but Tenzing never...
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