great britain

"In this book discover the life of Alan Turing, the genius code cracker and father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence. Alan grew up in England, where his best friends were numbers and a little boy called Christopher. When his young friend died, Alan retreated to the world of numbers and codes, where he discovered how to crack the code of the Nazi Enigma machine"--OCLC.

"Discover the life of Charles Darwin, the scientist who changed the way people see the world. Although he didn't do very well at school, Charles Darwin was passionately curious about wildlife, humans and plants. After a journey to South America, he developed his landmark theory: that all living things are related"--OCLC.

"[Text and illustrations] introduces Captain Tom, the veteran who raised over thirty million for the United Kingdom's National Health Service during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic"--OCLC.

An illustrated look at the life of Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton.

Describes the life and career of Rosalind Franklin, a British molecular biologist who played a vital role in the discovery of the structure of DNA.

"[The author's] . . . memoir encapsulates her distinguished life and career on the front lines of the hunt for our human origins, a quest made all the more notable by her stature as a woman in a highly competitive, male-dominated field"--Provided by publisher.

Examines how international pirate, John Avery, sparked multinational capitalism in the seventeenth century.

A young disabled girl and her brother are evacuated from London to the English countryside during World War II, where they find life to be much sweeter away from their abusive mother.

Looks at the life of Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England from 1509 through 1533.

"In 1942, the Allies were losing, Germany seemed unstoppable, and every able man in England was fighting. Believing that Britain was locked in an existential battle, Winston Churchill had already created a secret agency, the Special Operations Executive (SOE), whose spies were trained in everything from demolition to sharpshooting. Their job, he declared, was to 'set Europe ablaze.' But with most men on the front lines, the SOE was forced to do something unprecedented: recruit women"--Provided by publisher.