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Condi

the Condoleezza Rice story
2002
A biography of Condoleezza Rice, national security advisor to President George W. Bush, discussing her childhood in Birmingham, Alabama, her education, her interest in Soviet studies, and the career that led her to the White House.

Sonia Sotomayor

a judge grows in the Bronx = la juez que creci? en el Bronx
2009
An illustrated introduction to the life of Sonia Sotomayor, who grew up in poverty in the Bronx and became the first Latino Supreme Court justice. Written in both English and Spanish.

Travels with Tarra

2002
The author tells the story of the baby elephant she raised, adopted, toured with in zoos and circuses, and for which she eventually created a sanctuary.

Condoleezza Rice

2006
Chronicles the life of Condoleezza Rice, covering her childhood in Birmingham, Alabama, her accomplishments in music, her first studies in foreign affairs, her years as a professor and provost, and her work as National Security Advisor and Secretary of State.

Condoleezza Rice

being the best
2003
Presents a brief biography of National Security Advisor, Condoleezza Rice, from her childhood in Birmingham, Alabama, to her amazing scholarly and musical accomplishments, her involvement in foreign affairs, and her political career.

Condoleezza Rice

2004
A biography of the professor, author, and businesswoman who became National Security Advisor to President George W. Bush.

Denzel Washington

2000
A biography of the African-American actor who rose to the top of his profession, won an Academy Award, and was named one of the most popular movie stars in 1998.

Sonia Sotomayor

Supreme Court justice
2011
Chronicles the life and accomplishments of Sonia Sotomayor, first Latina and third woman ever appointed to the Supreme Court, describing Sotomayor's childhood and many accomplishments.

Snow falling in spring

coming of age in China during the cultural revolution
2008
The author reveals the events of her life from age twelve to adulthood when the cultural revolution of Mao Zedong destroyed family customs and life as they knew it.

Parallel play

growing up with undiagnosed Asperger's
2009
The author, an American music critic who spent his life unaware that he had Asperger's syndrome until he was forty-five-years-old, describes his childhood and the false medical treatments he endured.

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