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Helen Keller lived in darkness and silence, but she dazzled the world with her accomplishments. This biography presents her powerful story. It also tells about the illness that destroyed young Helen's sight and hearing, and her explosive first meeting with her teacher Annie Sulli ...
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Knowing the risks, but taking the chance anyway - that was the internal compass that guided Amelia Earhart. This biography captures: Amelia's impressive sense of daring, evident from a very young age; her eagerness to promote women's abilities and desire to contribute to the worl ...
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Presents Madame Curie's story. This title explores Marie's many firsts, including: becoming the first woman awarded a PhD in physics and the first woman to win a Nobel Prize; her amazing personal and professional relationship with husband Pierre Curie; and, the tragedies that aff ...
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Joan of Arc is hailed as the maiden prophesised to save France and her courage, dedication, eloquence and martyrdom make her an enduring inspiration.
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Helps children to find out about the Ptolemy Dynasty into which Cleopatra, one of history's fascinating figures, is born, its traditions and infighting; how she ascended to and maintained her place on, the throne; and, her relationships with Caesar and Mark Antony and the politic ...
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Thanks to his monumental accomplishments, Albert Einstein's name is synonymous with genius. Featuring child-friendly scientific explanations, this biography follows Albert Einstein from his childhood, through his experience of the Holocaust and his pacifism on to the theoretical ...
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Thomas Edison created the incandescent light bulb and illuminated the world with electricity. But that was just one of the many groundbreaking inventions Edison devised.
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Alexander Graham Bell spent the greater part of his life trying to improve the way people communicated with one another and it was this desire that led him to create his most famous invention, the telephone, which turned him into one of the most well-known names of all time.
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On the 17th of December 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright were the first men to fly. This biography shows how the two brothers solved the flying problem .
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Features images that include documentary photographs, artwork, maps and personal artefacts. Focusing on inventors and innovative thinkers who transformed the world, this book presents first-person accounts and events related.
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