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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
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"Marie Curie was the first person to be honored by two Nobel Prizes and she pioneered the use of radiation therapy for cancer patients. But she was also a mother, widowed young, who raised two extraordinary daughters alone: Irene, a Nobel Prize winning chemist in her own right, who played an important role in the development of the atomic bomb, and Eve, a highly regarded humanitarian and journalist, who fought alongside the French Resistance during...
Author
Publisher
Greystone Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Buffy Sainte-Marie is an icon and inspiration. This book is necessaryan authorized insight into the making of a legend." Terese Marie Mailhot, author of Heart Berries. A powerful, intimate look at the life of a beloved folk icon and activist. Folk hero. Songwriter icon. Living legend. Buffy Sainte-Marie is all of these things and more. In this, Sainte-Maries first and only authorized biography, music critic Andrea Warner draws from more than sixty...
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
A former personal assistant to John F. Kennedy, Jr. shares the story of their professional relationship and close friendship, describing how she landed her job under less-than-ideal circumstances, Kennedy's political beliefs, and his untimely death.
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek
Pub. Date
[2013]
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IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An account of the friendship between the first American president when he was an officer in the Continental Army and the young Marquis de Lafayette describes how the latter came to America to offer his services before earning a military position and Washington's admiration
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Seeking consolation [after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster of 2011], Mockett is guided by a colorful cast of Zen priests and ordinary Japanese who perform rituals that disturb, haunt, and finally uplift her. Her journey leads her into the radiation zone in an intricate white hazmat suit; to Eiheiji, a school for Zen Buddhist monks; on a visit to a Crab Lady and Fuzzy-Headed Priests temple on Mount Doom; and into the 'thick dark'...
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