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Extraordinary people : a semi-comprehensive guide to some of the world's most fascinating individuals
Title:
Extraordinary people : a semi-comprehensive guide to some of the world's most fascinating individuals
ISBN:
9781452127095
Physical Description:
110 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Contents:
Alicia Alonso -- P. T. Barnum -- Ibn Battuta -- Heraclio Bernal -- Manute Bol & Spud Webb -- Alexander Calder -- George Washington Carver -- Charlie Chaplin -- Julia Child -- Jeanne De Clisson -- Bessie Coleman -- Jacques Cousteau -- Marie Curie -- Wag Dodge -- Bobby Fischer -- Terry Fox -- Benjamin Franklin -- Buckminster Fuller -- Vincenzo Galilei -- Jane Goodall -- Temple Grandin -- Hetty Green -- Hildegard of Bingen -- Harry Houdini -- William Kamkwamba -- Helen Keller & Anne Sullivan -- Billie Jean King -- Evel Knievel -- Sergei Korolev -- Minakata Kumagusu -- Bruce Lee -- Edward Leedskalnin -- Stagecoach Mary -- Sir, Alfred Mehran -- Kevin Mitnick -- Rodney Mullen -- Otzi the Iceman -- Sam Patch -- George Plimpton -- Alain Robert -- Fred Rogers -- Deion Sanders -- Roy Sullivan -- Nikola Tesla -- Helen Thayer -- Leon Theremin -- Mark Twain -- Ruth Wakefield -- Larry Walters -- Malala Yousafzai.
Reading Level:
1130 L Lexile
Genre:
Summary:
"Brief and humorous biographies of fascinating people"--
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