ilość książek w kategorii: 362
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Ben Franklin: Young Printer
ISBN: 9780020419204 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Using simple language that beginning readers can understand, this lively, inspiring, and believable biography looks at the childhood of Benjamin Franklin, as he embarked his adventures as a young printer.
Using simple language that beginning readers can understand, this lively, inspiring, and believable biography looks at the childhood of Benjamin Frank...
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Martin Luther King, Jr.: Young Man with a Dream
ISBN: 9780020420101 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Using simple language that beginning readers can understand, this lively, inspiring, and believable biography looks at the childhood of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Using simple language that beginning readers can understand, this lively, inspiring, and believable biography looks at the childhood of Martin Luther ...
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Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution
ISBN: 9780060275853 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Publishers Weekly Best Book * ALA Best Book for Young Adults * ALA Notable Children's Book * ALA Booklist Editors' Choice Moving, honest, and deeply personal, Red Scarf Girl is the incredible true story of one girl's courage and determination during one of the most terrifying eras of the twentieth century. It's 1966, and twelve-year-old Ji-li Jiang has everything a girl could want: brains, popularity, and a bright future in Communist China. But it's also the year that China's leader,... Publishers Weekly Best Book * ALA Best Book for Young Adults * ALA Notable Children's Book * ALA |
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Malcolm X: A Fire Burning Brightly
ISBN: 9780060562014 / Angielski / Miękka / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "I believe in recognizing every human being
as a human being, neither white, black, brown, nor red." This was just one of the messages that Malcolm X brought to people of color. He lived by the idea that black people should demand equality by taking their lives and futures into their own hands. With guidance from the religious leader Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm became one of the most powerful leaders of the civil rights movement during the 1950s and 1960s, and his beliefs live on today. Award-winning author Walter Dean Myers, together with illustrator Leonard Jenkins, delivers a... "I believe in recognizing every human being
as a human being, neither white, black, brown, nor red." This was just one of the messages that Ma... |
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Rosa Parks
ISBN: 9780064420259 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Moment of TruthWhen Rosa Parks was growing up in Montgomery, Alabama, she hated the unfair rules that black people had to live by -- like drinking out of special water fountains and riding in the back of the bus. Years later, Rosa Parks changed the lives of African American in Montgomery -- and all across America -- with one courageous act.
On a December evening in 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger. She was arrested and put in jail. But Rosa Parks fought back, along with many other African Americans. After a long struggle, their heroic efforts... Moment of TruthWhen Rosa Parks was growing up in Montgomery, Alabama, she hated the unfair rules that black people had to live by -- like drinking out...
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Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution
ISBN: 9780064462082 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Publishers Weekly Best Book * ALA Best Book for Young Adults * ALA Notable Children's Book * ALA Booklist Editors' Choice In the tradition of The Diary of Anne Frank and I Am Malala, this is the incredible true story of one girl's courage and determination during one of the most terrifying eras of the twentieth century. It's 1966, and twelve-year-old Ji-li Jiang has everything a girl could want: brains,... Publishers Weekly Best Book * ALA Best Book for Young Adults * ALA Notable Children's B... |
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43,04 |
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Rosa Parks: My Story
ISBN: 9780141301204 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rosa Parks is best known for the day she refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus, sparking the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott. Yet there is much more to her story than this one act of defiance. In this straightforward, compelling autobiography, Rosa Parks talks candidly about the civil rights movement and her active role in it. Her dedication is inspiring; her story is unforgettable. "The simplicity and candor of this courageous woman's voice makes these compelling events even more moving and dramatic."--Publishers Weekly, starred review
Rosa Parks is best known for the day she refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus, sparking the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott. Yet there is ...
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Dorothea Dix: Advocate for Mental Health Care
ISBN: 9780195129212 / Angielski / Twarda / 127 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. By exposing the sickening conditions people with mental illness endured in jails, almshouses, and basement cells, Dorothea Dix (1802-1887) single-handedly transformed the U.S. system of mental health care in the 19th century. Dix traveled from state to state, describing the hideous suffering people who were both poor and mentally ill endured at the hands of their captors. Her tireless research and personal lobbying of legislators led to construction of asylums for the mentally ill in state after state.
Oxford Portraits are informative and insightful biographies of people whose lives... By exposing the sickening conditions people with mental illness endured in jails, almshouses, and basement cells, Dorothea Dix (1802-1887) single-hand...
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Thomas Jefferson: The Revolution of Ideas
ISBN: 9780195143683 / Angielski / Twarda / 251 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this new concise biography Thomas Jefferson historian R.B. Bernstein finds the key to this enigmatic Founder not as a great political figure, but as leader of a "revolution of ideas that would make the world over again."
Bernstein examines Jefferson's strengths and weaknesses, his achievements and failures, his triumphs, contradictions, and failings. Thomas Jefferson details his luxurious (and debt-burdened) life as a Virginia gentleman to his passionate belief in democracy, from his tortured defense of slavery to his relationship with Sally Hemings. An architect, inventor, writer,... In this new concise biography Thomas Jefferson historian R.B. Bernstein finds the key to this enigmatic Founder not as a great political figure, but a...
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
ISBN: 9780395629789 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "The author of a splendid, Newbery Award-winning Lincoln (1987) uses a similar approach to another monumental figure. The result is a carefully researched biography, extended by a wealth of well-chosen b&w photos presented with clarity and precision . . . easily the best biography of its subject available at this level".--Kirkus Reviews, pointer review. 125 archival photos and prints. NCTE Orbis Pictus Award; ALA Notable Children's Book; YASD Best Book for Young Adults; Booklist Editors' Choice; Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies; IRA Teachers' Choice; School Library...
"The author of a splendid, Newbery Award-winning Lincoln (1987) uses a similar approach to another monumental figure. The result is a carefully resear...
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Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery
ISBN: 9780395845202 / Angielski / Miękka / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The intriguing story of Eleanor Roosevelt told by an award-winning author traces the life of the former first lady, from her early childhood through the tumultuous years in the White House to her active role in the founding of the United Nations after World War II. 140 photos.
The intriguing story of Eleanor Roosevelt told by an award-winning author traces the life of the former first lady, from her early childhood through t...
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The Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin
ISBN: 9780439810654 / Angielski / Miękka / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A biography of the 18th-century printer, inventor, and statesman who played an influential role in the early history of the United States. Full-color illustrations.
A biography of the 18th-century printer, inventor, and statesman who played an influential role in the early history of the United States. Full-color ...
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Who Was Ben Franklin?
ISBN: 9780448424958 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Full of the details kids want to know, the true story of Ben Franklin is by turns funny and sad, but always honest and inspiring. Illustrations.
Full of the details kids want to know, the true story of Ben Franklin is by turns funny and sad, but always honest and inspiring. Illustrations.
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Lech Walesa: The Road to Democracy
ISBN: 9780449906255 / Angielski / Miękka / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Witness history in the making as you turn the pages of time and discover the fascinating lives of famous explorers, leaders of twentieth-century politics and government, and great Americans.
One August day in 1980, Lech Walesa pushed his way past the Polish police, climbed over a twelve-foot wall, and jumped onto a bulldozer, calling to Polish shipyard workers to continue their strike for higher wages and other demands. Walesa s fiery speech inspired the workers and kept the strike alive. His call to action that day ultimately brought about important changes in Poland and... Witness history in the making as you turn the pages of time and discover the fascinating lives of famous explorers, leaders of twentieth-century po...
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Nelson Mandela: Voice of Freedom
ISBN: 9780595007332 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Colin Powell: A Man of Quality
ISBN: 9780595007349 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Aaron Burr
ISBN: 9780595196302 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Ronald Reagan: From Sports to Movies to Politics
ISBN: 9780595336586 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Two-year-old Neil Reagan stared at his new brother and squawked, "I wanted a sister, not a loud crying brother " Little did big brother Neil know that someday his baby brother would become the fortieth president of the United States."
In this colorful biography, Libby Hughes chronicles the life of Ronald Wilson Reagan, beginning in the small, remote town of Tampico, Illinois, and ending ninety-three years later at his home in Bel-Air, California. Reagan started his diverse career as an Iowa radio sportscaster and later acted in more than fifty movies. He served as president of the Screen... "Two-year-old Neil Reagan stared at his new brother and squawked, "I wanted a sister, not a loud crying brother " Little did big brother Neil know tha...
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Teddy Roosevelt: Young Rough Rider
ISBN: 9780689713491 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Using simple language that beginning readers can understand, this lively, inspiring, and believable biography looks at the childhood of Theodore Roosevelt.
Using simple language that beginning readers can understand, this lively, inspiring, and believable biography looks at the childhood of Theodore Roose...
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Ronald Reagan: Young Leader
ISBN: 9780689830068 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Childhood Of Famous Americans Series
One of the most popular series ever published for young Americans, these classics have been praised alike by parents, teachers, and librarians. With these lively, inspiring, fictionalized biographies -- easily read by children of eight and up -- today's youngster is swept right into history. The Childhood Of Famous Americans Series
One of the most popular series ever published for young Americans, these classics have been prais... |
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