Up close (Viking)
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Robert F. Kennedy: a twentieth-century life
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4)
Bill Gates
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Author
Series
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
The name Ella Fitzgerald brings to mind a silky voice crooning jazz standards. This biography of the First Lady of Song delivers never-before-published details of this legendary yet intensely private singers life.
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Jane Goodall: a twentieth-century life
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Author
Series
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the life and career of the movie actor who left film for the political arena, being elected governor of the state of California in 1966 and 1970, and President of the United States in 1980.
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Thurgood Marshall: a twentieth-century life
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W.E.B. Du Bois: a twentieth-century life
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Author
Series
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Born into a poor family in Baltimore, George Herman Ruth Jr. was sent to a Catholic reform school at age seven, where he learned how to play baseball. Initially a talented southpaw, the Babe went on to shatter every home-run record on the books--when fewer games were played in a season and a heavier ball was used.
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Series
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
A biography of the president includes his interest in conservation, his presidency, his winning of the Nobel Prize, his career as a soldier and author and his role as a devoted family man.