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From award-winning author Tonya Bolden comes a biography of the first Black woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and the first Black woman to run for president with a major political party: Shirley Chisholm.

More than a century after Louisa May Alcott wrote them, classics such as Little Women, Little Men, and Jo’s Boys continue to be read and treasured by readers around the world. Alcott began writing as a young girl and dreamed of becoming a rich and famous author. Despite supporting her entire family with the proceeds from her writings, she was able to achieve her dreams and became one of the best-known and admired writers of her time.

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As a youth, Malcolm endured violence, loss, hunger, foster care, racism, and being incarcerated. He emerged from it all to make a lasting global impact. As a Muslim. As a family man. As a revolutionary. Malcolm’s life story shows the promise of every human being. Of you! To trace Malcolm’s childhood and adult years, Kendi draws on Malcolm’s stirring oratory style, using repetition and rhetoric. Short, swift chapters echo Malcolm’s trademark fast walk.

J. Robert Oppenheimer was a brilliant physicist who led the American effort to build the atomic bomb during World War II, and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of the revolutionary weapon he helped create.

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From the time she was a very young girl, Rachel Carson felt a bond with nature. Growing up in Pennsylvania, she spent hours exploring meadows and woods, dreaming of seeing the ocean. As Rachel grew older, she combined her gift for writing with her love of nature, producing award-winning books about the sea. But her best-known achievement was the publication of Silent Spring, an account of the dangerous effects of pesticides on plants and animals.

Lydia Maria Child grew up in the 1800s reading countless books. She defied the idea that girls weren't supposed to fill their minds with ideas and stories. They weren't supposed to write their own books, either, but that is exactly what Lydia Maria did. Although she gained remarkable success as a writer for children and adults, she sacrificed everything when she took up her pen against slavery. Lydia Maria believed that slavery was wrong—and she wasn't afraid to say so. As a result, her courageous words changed her life and helped change the course of American history.

Daughters of Discovery The Untold Story of 8 Women Who Revolutionized Science, Math, and Medicine They changed science. They changed history. And the world forgot their names—until now. In Unsung Genius, discover the gripping, true stories of eight extraordinary women whose groundbreaking contributions in science, mathematics, and medicine reshaped the world—often in the face of fierce resistance, gender discrimination, and historical erasure. From Emmy Noether’s theoretical brilliance that underpins modern physics, to Mary Anning’s fossil discoveries that challenged biblical ...

KENNEDY COLLINS’ living retelling of the account of Desmond Doss’s heroism on the Maeda Escarpment is sure to leave every reader, young and old, emotionally stirred and eager to rise up in the name of selfless service and sacrifice.

Born a Quaker, Susan B. Anthony grew up being taught that women were equal to men. During her lifetime, she was a teacher, a newspaperwoman, and an activist. She worked to further many causes such as the temperance, the abolitionist, and women's rights movements. Although she didn't live to see her dreams of women's suffrage come true, her tireless dedication to the cause was crucial to its success.

After years of flying B-52 bombers in the United States Air Force, David Harris applied to be a pilot for commercial airliners, an opportunity no other African American before him—not even the famed Tuskegee Airmen—had ever been afforded. After receiving rejection after rejection, he finally signed on with American Airlines in 1964. But this success was just the beginning of another uphill battle for equal treatment.

Cuando las personas escuchan por primera vez que Alan tiene síndrome de Down, a veces no están seguras de qué esperar. ¡Este libro es para esas personas y hoy vas a CONOCER A ALAN! ¡Pronto verás que, en muchos sentidos, Alan es como tú! Alan tiene una serie de libros de actividades para ayudarte a aprender. ¡Este libro es el primer libro de cuentos de Alan!

Dans cette BD audio, une lecture chorale musiquée et bruitée, les philosophes ont encore beaucoup à apprendre aux petits... comme aux grands ! Une plongée vivante et pleine d'humour dans la vie quotidienne des grands philosophes pour comprendre leur vie, leurs questions, leurs réponses et comprendre comment ils peuvent encore nous parler aujourd'hui. Un livre audio pour découvrir en quoi la philosophie peut nous éclairer sur la façon de conduire notre vie, nous permettre d'acquérir un esprit critique et de fournir des outils pour se construire une sagesse personnelle !