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2) Gandhi
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Examines the life of Mohandas Gandhi, who used his teachings of non-violence and civil disobedience to win his country's freedom and to promote his philosophy of peace and equality.
Series
Publisher
Liberty Street, an imprint of Time Inc. Books, a division of Meredith Corporation
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
144 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents the life and accomplishments of Alexander Hamilton, from his poor childhood in the West Indies and his military career in the Continental Army to his role in forming the United States's system of government.
Author
Language
English
Description
This award-winning biography delves beyond the myths about Ancient Rome’s most famous assassin: “A beautifully written and thought-provoking book” (Christopher Pelling, author of Plutarch and History).
Conspirator and assassin, philosopher and statesman, promoter of peace and commander in war, Marcus Brutus was a controversial and enigmatic man even to those who knew him. His leading role in the murder of...
Conspirator and assassin, philosopher and statesman, promoter of peace and commander in war, Marcus Brutus was a controversial and enigmatic man even to those who knew him. His leading role in the murder of...
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
128 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents the life and accomplishments of Alexander Hamilton, from his poor childhood in the West Indies and his military career in the Continental Army to his role in forming the United States's system of government.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 80 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Featuring previously unseen footage, de-classified documents, and revealing interviews with Kissinger supporters (Alexander Haig, Brent Scowcroft, and William Safire) as well as his detractors (Seymour Hersh, William Shawcross, and Christopher Hitchens), The trials of Henry Kissinger explores how a young boy who fled Nazi Germany grew up to become one of the most powerful and controversial figures in U.S. History.
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
96 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this light, whimsical narrative, young readers learn how Franklin came to be a rebel, beginning with his childhood lesson in street smarts when he buys a whistle at an inflated price. Franklin is a defiant boy who runs away from his apprenticeship, and while he becomes a deep thinker, a brilliant scientist, and a persuasive writer when he grows up, he never loses that spark. As a community leader who tries his best to promote peace and unity both...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Describes Alexander Hamilton's life and his contributions to the country, from his early life in the West Indies and his tenure as a soldier in the Revolutionary War to his integral role in developing the U.S. Constitution.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Describes the life and accomplishments of the founding father, from his childhood in the West Indies and his military career to his role in developing the United States Constitution and the national bank.
Author
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
2011, c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : chiefly ill., map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Through his quietly powerful leadership and influential use of nonviolent resistance in India's struggle against the British Raj, Mahatma Gandhi became one of the most revered figures of the modern era. While history has recorded Gandhi's words and deeds, the man himself has been eclipsed by maxims of virtuosity that seem to have little resonance in our everyday lives. - cover
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Profiles the life and work of a founding father, from his rivalry with Thomas Jefferson to his portrayal on Broadway.
Author
Language
English
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Description
Renowned as a printer, scientist, and diplomat, Benjamin Franklin also published more works on religious topics than any other eighteenth-century American layperson. Born to Boston Puritans, by his teenage years Franklin had abandoned the exclusive Christian faith of his family and embraced deism. But Franklin, as a man of faith, was far more complex than the "thorough deist" who emerges in his autobiography. As Thomas Kidd reveals, deist writers...
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Language
English
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Description
From the national bestselling author of Red Azalea: “Extraordinary . . . Min lets [Madame Mao] be seen as never before. Bottom line: riveting” (People).
In a sweeping, erotically charged story, Anchee Min creates a finely nuanced portrait of one of the most fascinating, and vilified, women of the twentieth century.
Madame Mao is almost universally known as the “white-boned...
In a sweeping, erotically charged story, Anchee Min creates a finely nuanced portrait of one of the most fascinating, and vilified, women of the twentieth century.
Madame Mao is almost universally known as the “white-boned...
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