biography

Sketches the life of the inventor and businessman who with hard work and an innovative mind changed the car industry in ways that will never be duplicated.

Biography of Benjamin Franklin focusing on his experiments and inventions involving electricity, and examining his improvements to the everyday objects of his time.

Examines the life of the president who helped postpone the Civil War with the Compromise of 1850 and who was considered to have destroyed his political career in order to preserve the Union.

A biography of the chemist who, in recognition of her important discoveries and inventions, was the first woman inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1991.

A biography of the courageous aviatrix who became the first woman to cross the Atlantic by air.

Follows the life and career of the man who revolutionized photography by developing a camera simple enough for anyone to use.

An introduction to the genius with a curious mind who loved to experiment and who invented the phonograph, light bulb, movie camera, and numerous other items.

Presents humorous anecdotes from the author's childhood which includes summer vacations in Norway and an English boarding school.

Christopher Columbus overcomes a number of obstacles to fulfill his dream of sailing west to find a new route to the Orient.

A brief biography of the popular author, focusing on how she became a writer. Incudes information on setting goals.