Kathleen Krull
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
44 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
An illustrated collection of mini-biographies of such rock music legends as Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Bruce Springsteen, and Carlos Santana.
43) Frenemies in the family: famous brothers and sisters who butted heads and had each other's backs
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
229 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"One minute you can't live without them ... the next minute you don't want them breathing your air! Siblings everywhere will relate to this humorous look at famous brothers and sisters whose important bonds have shaped their accomplishments ... (mostly) for the better."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
36 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
A biography of the former first lady who has become a senator, Secretary of State, and a presidential candidate discusses her childhood dreams of flight, her career as a lawyer, and her determination to pursue her dreams.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the second female Supreme Court justice describes how she faced discrimination because of her gender throughout her education and working life, and how her fight for equality changed the way the law dealt with women's rights.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
54 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Looks into the 1947 crash in New Mexico of an object which many people believe was an alien spacecraft, providing reports of what people claim to have seen and the government cover-up that followed.
50) Sigmund Freud
Author
Series
Giants of science (Viking) volume 3
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
144 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Before Freud, nobody discussed "unconscious" motives, Oedipal complexes, the id and the ego, or Freudian slips. Freud was a complicated, often irascible man, who in 19th-century Vienna developed his still-controversial ideas and the new discipline of psychoanalysis.
51) Supermarket
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2001]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Explains modern supermarkets and how they work, discussing how they organize, display, and keep track of the items they sell.
Author
Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
Do you know the first woman to run for president? The first woman to have a seat on the Stock Exchange? The first woman to own a newspaper? To speak before Congress? They were all Victoria Woodhull; this is her story.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books For Young Readers
Pub. Date
1999.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
108 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Discusses the work and predictions of those who have speculated about or claimed to see the future, from the oracles of ancient Greece to such modern figures as Edgar Cayce and Jeane Dixon.
Author
Publisher
Avon Books
Pub. Date
1999.
Physical Desc
xi, 226 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Examines the ten amendments to the United States Constitution that make up the Bill of Rights, explaining what the amendments mean, how they have been applied, and the rights they guarantee.
Author
Language
English
Description
Young Neil deGrasse Tyson was starstruck when he first visited the sky theater at the Hayden Planetarium in New York City. He couldn't believe the crowded, glittering night sky at the planetarium was real-until a visit to the country years later revealed the impossible. That discovery was like rocket fuel for Neil's passion about space. His quest for knowledge took him from the roof of his apartment building to a science expedition in northwest Africa,...
Author
Language
English
Description
Young Neil deGrasse Tyson was starstruck when he first visited the sky theater at the Hayden Planetarium in New York City. He couldn't believe the crowded, glittering night sky at the planetarium was real-until a visit to the country years later revealed the impossible. That discovery was like rocket fuel for Neil's passion about space. His quest for knowledge took him from the roof of his apartment building to a science expedition in northwest Africa,...