Search Results: Returned 9 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 9
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-- Scientist theory of relativityc2003., Juvenile, Mason Crest Publishers Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Series Title: Great namesSummary Note: Looks at the life and career of twentieth-century scientist Albert Einstein, discussing his quiet childhood, his quest to understand the universe, his theory of relativity, and his efforts to bring about world peace.
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-- Great chiefc2003., Juvenile, Mason Crest Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Series Title: Great namesSummary Note: Looks at the life of Chief Seattle, leader of the Duwamish and Suquamish tribes in the early nineteenth century, discussing his efforts to live peacefully with the white man, and his concern for the environment.
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-- Great chiefc2003., Juvenile, Mason Crest Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Great namesSummary Note: Looks at the life of Chief Seattle, leader of the Duwamish and Suquamish tribes in the early nineteenth century, discussing his efforts to live peacefully with the white man, and his concern for the environment.
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-- Renaissance painterc2003., Juvenile, Mason Crest Publishers Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Series Title: Great namesSummary Note: An illustrated biography of Leonardo da Vinci, discussing his early life, his training as an artist, his many unfinished projects, and his advanced thinking on a variety of topics including flight and weaponry.
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-- Spiritual leaderc2003., Juvenile, Mason Crest Publishers Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Series Title: Great namesSummary Note: An illustrated biography of the Dalai Lama, explaining how he was discovered as a child, his training in Buddhism, the Tibetan language, astronomy, and other topics, his flight from Chinese invaders, and his government-in-exile in India.
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-- American dancerc2003., Juvenile, Mason Crest Publishers Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Series Title: Great namesSummary Note: Rich illustrations fill this biography of early-twentieth-century American dancer Isadora Duncan, which describes her humble childhood, her innovations in dance, and her tragic death.
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-- Religious leaderc2003., Juvenile, Mason Crest Publishers Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Series Title: Great namesSummary Note: A richly illustrated biography of Jesus, which relates the facts of his life and the miraculous stories about him that appear in the Bible.
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[2017]., Grey House Publishing Grey House Publishing Call No: Ref 306.76 LGB Edition: [New edition]. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Series Title: Great events from history. Volume: vol. 1 & 2Summary Note: This GLBT series chronicles important historical events that have identified, defined, and legally established the rights of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender communities. This new edition in the Great Events series chronicles important historical events that have identified, defined, and legally established the rights of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender communities. In the last ten years alone, the world has witnessed significant events that have broken down barriers, both socially and legally, making enormous strides to end discrimination against the LGBTQ community. Just some of these events include: 2011 - "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" is repealed; 2012 - Barack Obama becomes the first sitting US president to publicly support the freedom for LGBT couples to marry; 2013 - The US Supreme Court rules that legally married same-sex couples are entitled to federal benefits; 2015 - The Supreme Court rules that states cannot ban same-sex marriage; 2016 - Pentagon lifts the ban on transgender people serving openly in the US military. In-depth, yet accessible essays provide a summary of the event and discuss the event's significance and historical impact. Entries are supplemented with sources for further reading, cross-references to other material in the series, maps, quotations from primary source documents, timelines, and hundreds of photographs and illustrations. - Publisher.
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-- Modern artistc2003., Juvenile, Mason Crest Publishers Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Series Title: Great namesSummary Note: Looks at the life and career of nineteenth-century Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, discussing his early work as a teacher, his battles with depression, and his struggles to be accepted as an artist.