Curriculum Strand/Biographies
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
$9.99 Add to cartONE OF TIME‘S TEN MOST IMPORTANT NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
In the searing pages of this classic autobiography, originally published in 1964, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, an- Author: X, Malcolm
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: October 12 1987
- ISBN10: 0345350685
- Language: English
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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
$16.00 Add to cartIn the #1 New York Times bestseller, A Long Way Gone, Ishmael Beah tells a riveting story: how at the age of twelve, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence.
- Author: Beah, Ishmael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 05, 2008
- ISBN10: 0374531269
- Language: English
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
$19.00 Add to cartMaya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Her life story is told in the documentary film And Still I Rise, as seen on PBS’s American Masters.
Here is a book as joyous- Author: Angelou, Maya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 21 2009
- ISBN10: 0812980026
- Language: English
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We Are Witnesses: Five Diaries of Teenagers Who Died in the Holocaust
$11.99 Read moreThe five diarists in this book did not survive the war. But their words did. Each diary reveals one voice, one teenager coping with the impossible. We see David Rubinowicz struggling against fear and
- Author: Boas, Jacob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: March 17 2009
- ISBN10: 0312535678
- Language: English
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You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?!
$8.99 Read moreIn this striking picture book biography, an old-timer tells us what made Sandy Koufax such an amazing baseball player. We learn that the beginning of his career with the Brooklyn Dodgers was rocky, th… [more below]
- Author: Winter, Jonah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: March 08 2016
- ISBN10: 0553498428
- Language: English
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Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope
$9.99 Read moreThe #1 New York Times bestselling picture-book biography of President Barack Obama.
Ever since Barack Obama was young, Hope has lived inside him. From the beaches of Hawaii to the streets of Chicago,- Author: Grimes, Nikki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: January 24 2012
- ISBN10: 1442440929
- Language: English
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Listen to the Wind: A Village in Pakistan Builds a School
$18.99 Read moreGreg Mortenson stumbled, lost and delirious, into a remote Himalayan village after a failed climb up K2. The villagers saved his life, and he vowed to return and build them a school. The remarkable st… [more below]
- Series: Rise and Shine
- Author: Mortenson, Greg
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 22 2009
- ISBN10: 0803730586
- Language: English
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All for a Few Perfect Waves: The Audacious Life and Legend of Rebel Surfer Miki Dora
$19.99 Add to cartFor twenty years, Miki “Da Cat” Dora was the king of Malibu surfers–a dashing, enigmatic rebel who dominated the waves, ruled his peers’ imaginations, and who still inspires the fantasies of wannabes
- Author: Rensin, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: March 24 2009
- ISBN10: 0060773332
- Language: English
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Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon–And the Journey of a Generation
$22.00 Add to cartA groundbreaking and irresistible biography of three of America’s most important musical artists–Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon–charts their lives as women at a magical moment in time. … [more below]
- Author: Weller, Sheila
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: April 14 2009
- ISBN10: 0743491483
- Language: English
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The Middle Place
$21.99 Add to cart“The Middle Place is about calling home. Instinctively. Even when all the paperwork — a marriage license, a notarized deed, two birth certificates, and seven years of tax returns — clearly indicates… [more below]
- Author: Corrigan, Kelly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1401340938
- Language: English
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The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau
$8.99 Add to cartJacques Cousteau was the world’s ambassador of the oceans. His popular TV series brought whales, otters, and dolphins right into people’s living rooms. Now, in this exciting picturebook biography, Dan… [more below]
- Author: Yaccarino, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: May 08 2012
- ISBN10: 0375844708
- Language: English
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The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream
$18.00 Read moreA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A remarkable story about the power of friendship. Chosen by Essence to be among the forty most influential African Americans, the three doctors grew up in the streets of Ne- Author: Davis, Sampson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 06 2003
- ISBN10: 157322989X
- Language: English
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Heroes of the Environment: True Stories of People Who Help Protect Our Planet
$18.99 Read moreThis inspiring book presents the true stories of 12 people from across North America who have done great things for the environment. Heroes include a teenage girl who figured out how to remove an indu… [more below]
- Series: Nrdc
- Author: Rohmer, Harriet
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 110
- Publish Date: August 01 2009
- ISBN10: 081186779X
- Language: English
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Going Solo
$8.99 Add to cartFrom the bestselling author Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG comes an autobiographical account of his exploits as a World War II pilot
Superb stories, daring deeds, fantastic adventures- Author: Dahl, Roald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 01 2009
- ISBN10: 142413836
- Language: English
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Who Was George Washington?
$6.99 Add to cartIn 1789, George Washington became the first president of the United States. He has been called the father of our country for leading America through its early years. Washington also served in two majo
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Edwards, Roberta
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 08, 2009
- ISBN10: 0448448920
- Language: English
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Boy: Tales of Childhood
$8.99 Add to cartFind out where the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG got all his wonderful story ideas in this autobiographical account of his childhood
From his own life, of cours- Author: Dahl, Roald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: February 01, 2009
- ISBN10: 014241381X
- Language: English
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Chasing Lincoln’s Killer: The Search for John Wilkes Booth
$18.99 Add to cartNew York Times bestselling author James Swanson delivers a riveting account of the chase for Abraham Lincoln’s assassin.
Based on rare archival material, obscure trial manuscripts, and interviews with … [more below]
- Author: Swanson, James L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: February 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0439903548
- Language: English
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Who Was Walt Disney?
$6.99 Add to cartWalt Disney always loved to entertain people. Often it got him into trouble. Once he painted pictures with tar on the side of his family’s white house. His family was poor, and the happiest time of hi… [more below]
- Series: Who Was…?
- Author: Stewart, Whitney
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: May 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0448450526
- Language: English
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Soccer: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House Merlin Mission #24: Soccer on Sunday
$7.99 Read moreThe #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system Getting the facts behind the fiction has never looked better.
Track the- Series: Magic Tree House Fact Tracker #29
- Author: Osborne, Mary Pope
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: May 27 2014
- ISBN10: 038538629X
- Language: English
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Three Cups of Tea: Young Readers Edition: One Man’s Journey to Change the World… One Child at a Time
$9.99 Read moreThis young readers edition of the worldwide bestseller Three Cups of Tea has been specially adapted for younger readers and updated by Greg Mortenson to bring his remarkable story of humanitarianism u
- Author: Mortenson, Greg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 01, 2009
- ISBN10: 0142414123
- Language: English
