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"A powerful memoir by Nury Turkel lays bare China's repression of the Uyghur people.

"The biography of Robert Smalls, a slave steamboat wheelman who navigated past Confederate forts in South Carolina and became one of the Civil War's greatest heroes.

"Malala Yousafzai became a brave activist while she was still a young girl.

Highlights the contributions in various fields of endeavor of famous men and women from around the world, including Marie Curie, Abraham Lincoln, Rachel Carson, Katsushika Hokusai, Maria Tallchief, and Martin Luther King.

Traces the life of the young Jewish girl whose diary chronicles the years she and her family hid from the Nazis in an Amsterdam attic.

John Hancock had everything a man could want. He lived in a beautiful house, wore fancy clothes and ate the most delicious food.

A biography of the Washington lawyer and amateur verse writer who composed the words of "The Star-Spangled Banner" during the War of 1812.

A simple biography of the noted African-American track star who competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

A brief biography of Rosa Parks, the Alabama black woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus helped establish the Civil Rights Movement.

A biography of the great Boston silversmith and patriot of the American Revolution, who helped his country win independence.

A brief account of the life and accomplishments of Eleanor Roosevelt.

All he wanted was to be a hero. And to have the best money and the best clothes.

A brief biography of the author of the Little House books which were based on her own experiences living with her family on the frontier in the late 19th century.

A biography of the man whose curiosity and perseverance led to various inventions, particularly the telephone, for which he is best known.

A biography of a strong and determined woman who successfully worked for the recognition of women in the field of medicine in both the U.