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"Find out about the life of Rosa Parks and how her actions in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955 helped end racial segregation in America"--Provided by publisher.

"This...dual biography brings to life a pioneering English feminist and the daughter she never knew.

"A biography of Nellie Bly, the pioneering journalist whose showy but substantive stunts skyrocketed her to fame"--Provided by publisher.

"A ... biography that places an obsessive, unrequited love at the heart of the writer's life story, transforming her from the tragic figure we have previously known into a smoldering Jane Eyre.

"A...first-hand account of the terror and torture inflicted by ISIS on young Iraqi Yazidi women, and an inspiring personal story of bravery and resilience in the face of unspeakable horrors.

Presents biographies of more than 150 notable people around the world in such fields as politics, sports, literature, science, and entertainment, who were living as of 2013, and includes photographs and further readings.

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Provides personal and professional data on famous individuals from such fields as sports, entertainment, literature, science, business, and politics.

An overview of terrorism including its origins and definitions, tactics and tools of terrorists, variou forms of terror, specific instances of terrorist actsand appendix of terrorist organizations.

Profiles the biography of: Osama bin Laden; Mary J. Blige; Billy Gilman; Leanne Nakamura; Condoleezza Rice; Marla Runyan; Mattie Stepanek; Elijah Wood.

Corey Pegues has lived on both sides of the law. At the height of the 1980s crack epidemic, he was a teenager hugging the street corner, selling dope for the notorious Supreme Team gang and watching drugs decimate his stable, working-class neighborhood almost overnight.

A biography of Churchill in honor of 50 years since his death, including previously unpublished photographs of artifacts in the Churchill Archive Centre; family pictures and private correspondence; telegrams, drafts of speeches, press cuttings and official papers; ephemera, like an early report card that describes him as "very bad--in constant trouble to everybody"; pictorial timelines; public correspondence and historical items given to him; and fascinating and exhaustingly researched captions and quotes.

The Irish-American story, with all its twists and triumphs, is told through the improbable life of one man.

On the surface, Arce's story reads like a how-to manual for achieving the American dream: growing up in an apartment on the outskirts of San Antonio, she worked tirelessly, achieved academic excellence, and landed a coveted job on Wall Street, complete with a six-figure salary.

A definitive portrait of the life and career of Kobe Bryant, MVP shooting guard and all-star basketball scorer for the Los Angeles Lakers.