Biographies
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By: London, Martha
Ariana Grande
$9.95PaperbackRead moreThis title introduces readers to the life and music of Ariana Grande. Colorful photos, fun facts, and a timeline of key dates in her life make this book an exciting read for young music lovers.
- Author: London, Martha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1644936437
- Language: English
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By: Books, Button
Great Lives in Graphics: Frida Kahlo
$14.99HardcoverRead moreGreat Lives in Graphics: Frida Kahlo is a graphic retelling of Frida’s story which gives children a colorful snapshot of her life and the world she grew up in, while educating them on everything from
- Series: Great Lives in Graphics
- Author: Books, Button
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1787081141
- Language: English
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By: Mari Schuh
What You Never Knew about Ariana Grande
$8.99PaperbackRead moreWhat are the names of Ariana Grande’s pets? Who was her first celebrity crush? Go behind the scenes to discover little-known facts about this superstar singer and actor. High-interest details and bold… [more below]
- Series: Behind the Scenes Biographies
- Author: Schuh, Mari
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1669040518
- Language: English
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Matron of Paris: The Story of Saint Genevieve
$19.95PaperbackRead morePhillip Campbell, author of the best-selling The Story of Civilization series from TAN Books, returns to offer young Catholics a dramatic historical account of the life of Saint Genevieve of Paris.
Ma… [more below]- Author: Campbell, Phillip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: December 13 2022
- ISBN10: 1505123224
- Language: English
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By: Isern, Susanna
Daniela Y Las Mujeres Pirata de la Historia
$19.99HardcoverAdd to cartExplore the history of real female pirates and learn about their lives on the high seas!
Conoce las vidas y aventuras de diez de las mujeres pirata más importantes de la historia.
Daniela discovers her… [more below]- Series: Egalitè
- Author: Isern, Susanna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 60
- Publish Date: June 13 2023
- ISBN10: 841925309X
- Language: Spanish
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Wat Kept Playing: The Inspiring Story of Wataru Misaka and His Rise to the NBA
$19.99HardcoverAdd to cartMeet Asian American basketball hero Wataru Misaka. His story will inspire young readers to challenge barriers, dream big, and keep playing.
As the child of Japanese immigrants, Wataru “Wat” Misaka of- Author: Huey, Emily Inouye
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1639932089
- Language: English
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By: Williams, J. T.
Bright Stars of Black British History
$19.95HardcoverAdd to cartCarefully researched and eloquently written by children’s author J.T. Williams, Bright Stars of Black British History brings to life historical figures from Tudor England to the present day. Written i… [more below]
- Author: Williams, J. T.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 13 2024
- ISBN10: 0500652929
- Language: English
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Making Space for Women: Stories from Trailblazing Women of Nasa’s Johnson Space Center
$30.00HardcoverAdd to cartFrom the creation of the Manned Spacecraft Center to the launching of the International Space Station and beyond, Making Space for Women explores how careers for women at Johnson Space Center have cha
- Series: Pioneering Women: Leaders and Trailblazers, Sponsored by the Jane Nelson Institute for Women’s Leade
- Author: Ross-Nazzal, Jennifer M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: January 17 2022
- ISBN10: 1623499933
- Language: English
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By: Hay, Daisy
Dinner with Joseph Johnson: Books and Friendship in a Revolutionary Age
$75.00HardcoverRead moreA fascinating portrait of a radical age through the writers associated with a London publisher and bookseller–from William Wordsworth and Mary Wollstonecraft to Benjamin Franklin
Once a week, in late- Author: Hay, Daisy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 536
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0691243964
- Language: English
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By: Dary Matera
Ed Kemper: Conversations with a Killer: The Shocking True Story of the Co-Ed Butcher Volume 6
$18.99PaperbackRead moreThe third title in our Conversations with a Killer series focuses on one of the most notorious serial killers of the 1970s, Ed Kemper, a key character in the hit Netflix series Mindhunter.
If there e- Series: Conversations with a Killer
- Author: Matera, Dary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 20 2021
- ISBN10: 1454943157
- Language: English
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Alpine Rising: Sherpas, Baltis, and the Triumph of Local Climbers in the Greater Ranges
$29.95HardcoverRead more“Alpine Rising is a fascinating history of the crucial and frequently tragic role of local Nepalis, Tibetans, and Pakistanis on mountaineering expeditions to the world’s highest peaks.”– Jon Krakauer… [more below]
- Author: McDonald, Bernadette
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 20 2024
- ISBN10: 1680515780
- Language: English
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By: Barnes, Julian
The Man in the Red Coat
$35.00HardcoverRead moreFrom the Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Sense of an Ending–a rich, witty, revelatory tour of Belle ?poque Paris, told through the remarkable life story of the pioneering surgeon, Samuel Pozzi… [more below]
- Author: Barnes, Julian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 18 2020
- ISBN10: 0525658777
- Language: English
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Indigenous Firsts: A History of Native American Achievements and Events
$84.95HardcoverAdd to cart- 2000 history-making achievements, ground-breaking successes, pioneering accomplishments, and historic firsts
- Thoroughly researched and documented history
- History made accessible with fascinating stories
- Series: Multicultural History & Heroes Collection
- Author: Dennis, Yvonne Wakim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1578598079
- Language: English
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Chop Fry Watch Learn: Fu Pei-Mei and the Making of Modern Chinese Food
$29.99HardcoverAdd to cartIn 1949, a young Chinese housewife arrived in Taiwan and transformed herself from a novice to a natural in the kitchen. She launched a career as a cookbook author and television cooking instructor tha
- Author: King, Michelle T.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 1324021284
- Language: English
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By: Crothers, Tim
The Queen of Katwe: One Girl’s Triumphant Path to Becoming a Chess Champion
$16.00PaperbackAdd to cartNow a major motion picture starring Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o and David Oyelowo, directed by Mira Nair. The “astonishing” (The New York Times Book Review) and “inspirational” (Shelf Awarenes… [more below]
- Author: Crothers, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 06 2016
- ISBN10: 1501127187
- Language: English
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Bravo of the Brazos: John Larn of Fort Griffin, Texas
$21.95PaperbackAdd to cartMore than a century after his death in 1878, the mere mention of John Larn’s name can trigger strong reactions along the Clear Fork of the Brazos River in northern Texas. In Bravo of the Brazos, Rober
- Author: Dearment, Robert K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 244
- Publish Date: February 26 2018
- ISBN10: 0806137142
- Language: English
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By: Davis, Linda H.
Charles Addams: A Cartoonist’s Life
$20.99PaperbackAdd to cartThe Addams Family is creepy and kooky, but wait till you see what their creator had in his apartment.
In Charles Addams: A Cartoonist’s Life, meet the legendary cartoonist behind the altogether ooky A
- Author: Davis, Linda H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 19 2021
- ISBN10: 1684426898
- Language: English
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By: Bianchi, Curt
Elegant People: A History of the Band Weather Report
$32.95HardcoverRead moreElegant People is the definitive history of Weather Report, the premier fusion band of the 1970s and beyond.
Founded in late 1970 by three stars of the jazz world–keyboardist Joe Zawinul, saxophonist
- Author: Bianchi, Curt
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 504
- Publish Date: June 15 2021
- ISBN10: 1493059998
- Language: English
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A Luthier’s Life: The Guitar Odyssey of Roger Fritz
$29.95PaperbackRead moreFrom the Alabama Gulf Coast to Nashville to the redwood forests of northern California, luthier Roger Fritz has spent almost an entire lifetime crafting innovative musical instruments for professional
- Author: Moseley, Willie G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: December 01, 2023
- ISBN10: 195602753X
- Language: English
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Liliana’s Invincible Summer: A Sister’s Search for Justice
$19.00PaperbackAdd to cartNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST – A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK – “A searing account of grief and the quest to bring her sister’s murderer to justice years after the fact” (The Boston Globe), from “one o… [more below]
- Author: Rivera Garza, Cristina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 12 2024
- ISBN10: 0593244117
- Language: English










