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  • WHO WAS ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL? -5%
    WHO WAS ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL?
    BONNIE BADER / WHO HQ
    Did you know that Bell's amazing invention--the telephone--stemmed from his work on teaching the deaf? Both his mother and wife were deaf. Or, did you know that in later years he refused to have a telephone in his study? Bell's story will fascinate young readers interested in the early history of modern technology! ...
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  • WHO WAS CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS? -5%
    WHO WAS CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS?
    BONNIE BADER / WHO HQ
    This biography explores Christopher Columbus' early life at sea, which led him to seek fortune by sailing west in hopes of creating new trade routes with the Indies. Kids will read about why he called himself the "Great Admiral of the Seas" and learn of all his struggles to find financial support for his voyage. Illustrations. ...
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  • WHO WAS ROSA PARKS? -5%
    WHO WAS ROSA PARKS?
    YONA ZELDIS MCDONOUGH / WHO HQ
    In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. This seemingly small act triggered civil rights protests across America and earned Rosa Parks the title "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement." This biography has black-and-white illustrations throughout. ...
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  • WHO WAS MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.? -5%
    WHO WAS MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.?
    BONNIE BADER / WHO HQ
    u003cbu003eThe story of one of the most influential civil rights activist of our time. u003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eDr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was only 25 when he helped organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott and was soon organizing black people across the country in support of the right to vote, desegregation, and other basic civil rights. Maintaining nonviolent and peace...
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  • WHO WAS MARCO POLO? -5%
    WHO WAS MARCO POLO?
    JOAN HOLUB / WHO HQ
    Marco Polo was seventeen when he set out for China . . . and forty-one when he came back! More than seven hundred years ago, Marco Polo traveled from the medieval city of Venice to the fabled kingdom of the great Kublai Khan, seeing new sights and riches that no Westerner had ever before witnessed. But did Marco Polo experience the things he wrote about . . . or was it all made...
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  • WHO WAS STEPHEN HAWKING? -5%
    WHO WAS STEPHEN HAWKING?
    JIM GIGLIOTTI / WHO HQ
    u003cbu003eu003cbu003eLearn more about the renowned British scientist, professor, and author who spent his entire career trying to answer the question: "Where did the universe come from?"u003c/bu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eStephen Hawking was born exactly three hundred years after the death of the scientist Galileo, so maybe it was written in the stars that he would...
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  • WHO IS MICHAEL JORDAN? -5%
    WHO IS MICHAEL JORDAN?
    KIRSTEN ANDERSON / WHO HQ
    u003cbu003eu003cbu003eGrab your Js and hit the court with this Who Was? biography about NBA superstar Michael Jordan.u003c/bu003eu003c/bu003e u003cpu003eMeet the man who changed the game forever. Michael Jordan has always been competitive--even as a young boy, he fought for attention. His need to be the best made him a star player on his college basketball team and helped him b...
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  • WHO WAS NAPOLEON? -5%
    WHO WAS NAPOLEON?
    JIM GIGLIOTTI / WHO HQ
    Learn more about Napoleon Bonaparte, the decorated French military leader who conquered much of Europe in the early nineteenth century.Born in the Mediterranean island of Corsica, Napoleon Bonaparte felt like an outsider once his family moved to France. But he found his life's calling after graduating from military school. Napoleon went on to become a brilliant military strateg...
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  • WHO WAS ALEXANDER THE GREAT? -5%
    WHO WAS ALEXANDER THE GREAT?
    KATHRYN WATERFIELD / ROBIN WATERFIELD / WHO HQ
    When Alexander was a boy in ancient Macedon, he already had grand ambitions. He complained that his father, the great king of Macedon, wasn't leaving anything for him to conquer! This, of course, was not the case. King Alexander went on to control most of the known world of the time. His victories won him many supporters, but they also earned him enemies. This easy-to-read biog...
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  • WHO WAS BLACKBEARD? -5%
    WHO WAS BLACKBEARD?
    JAMES BUCKLEY, JR. / WHO HQ
    Though much of his early life remains a mystery, Blackbeard most likely began his life as Edward Teach in the sailing port of Bristol, England. He began his career as a hired British sailor during Queen Anne’s War. He eventually settled in the Bahamas under Captain Benjamin Hornigold who taught the young sailor to go "a-pirating." Soon enough, Blackbeard was commanding his own ...
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  • WHO WAS GENGHIS KHAN? -5%
    WHO WAS GENGHIS KHAN?
    NICO MEDINA / WHO HQ
    Named Temujin at birth by his nomadic family in early Mongolia, the great Genghis Khan used his skill and cunning to create the Mongol Empire and conquer almost the entire continent of Asia. As ruler of the largest empire in human history, he was as respected as he was feared. Learn more about the man and the legend in Who Was Genghis Khan? ...
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  • WHO WAS JULIUS CAESAR? -5%
    WHO WAS JULIUS CAESAR?
    NICO MEDINA / WHO HQ
    He came. He saw. He conquered. Julius Caesar was a force to be reckoned with as a savvy politician, an impressive orator, and a brave soldier. Born in Rome in 100 BC, he quickly climbed the ladder of Roman politics, making allies--and enemies--along the way. His victories in battle awarded him the support of the people, but flush from power, he named himself dictator for life. ...
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  • WHO WAS CHARLES DARWIN? -5%
    WHO WAS CHARLES DARWIN?
    DEBORAH HOPKINSON / WHO HQ
    As a young boy, Charles Darwin hated school and was often scolded forconducting “useless” experiments. Yet his passion for the natural world was so strong that he suffered through terrible seasickness during his five-year voyage aboard The Beagle. Darwin collected new creatures from the coasts of Africa, South America, and the Galapagos Islands, and expanded his groundbreaking ...
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