Great lives

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Marie Curie

1987
Traces the life of the Polish-born scientist who discovered radium and became the only person to receive two Nobel Prizes.

Karl Marx

1987
A brief, illustrated, biography of the nineteenth-century German writer and philosopher whose doctrines of socialism and communism influenced workers and leaders throughout the world.

Joan of Arc

1988
A biography of the young French woman who, inspired by visions from God, led the French army against English invaders, was burned at the stake as a heretic, and eventually was declared a saint.

Napoleon

1987
Traces the life of the powerful French military and political leader, focusing on his triumphs and defeats in the Napoleonic Wars.

Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet innovator

1989
Chronicles the rise of the Soviet leader and his life and achievements.

Harriet Tubman

call to freedom
1989
A biography of the woman who, once a slave herself, came to be called Moses by the slaves she led to freedom out of the pre-Civil War South, and who is best known for her work with the underground railway.

Jesse Jackson

a voice for change
1989
Biography of Jesse Jackson, discussing his political leadership and civil rights work on behalf of African Americans.

Amelia Earhart

challenging the skies
1990
Traces the life of the pilot who became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean and mysteriously disappeared in 1937 while attempting to fly around the world.

Christopher Columbus

the intrepid mariner
1989
Describes the life and times of the great navigator who sailed West to discover a short route to Asia.

Nelson Mandela

hero for democracy/
1990
The story of the life and dreams of the black man who dedicated his life to fighting for racial equality in South Africa.

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