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  Borrowed Names: Poems About Laura Ingalls Wilder, Madam C.J. Walker, Marie Curie, and Their Daughters

  by Jeannine Atkins

  As a child, Laura Ingalls Wilder traveled across the prairie in a covered wagon. Her daughter, Rose, thought those stories might make a good book, and the two created the beloved Little House series. Sara Breedlove, the daughter of former slaves, wanted everything to be different for her own daughter, A’Lelia. Together they built a million-dollar beauty empire for women of color. Marie Curie became the first... (more)
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  Radioactive

  Marie and Pierre Curie: Tale of Love and Fallout

  by Lauren Redniss

  Marie Curie's struggles as a wife, mother, foreigner and teacher.
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  The Death Instinct

  by Jed Rubenfeld

  A spellbinding literary thriller about terror, war, greed, and the darkest secrets of the human soul, by the author of the million-copy bestseller, The Interpretation of Murder. September 16, 1920.  Under a clear blue September sky, a quarter ton of explosives is detonated in a deadly attack on Wall Street. Fear comes to the streets of New York . Witnessing the blast are war veteran Stratham... (more)
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  Madame Curie: A Biography

  by Ève Curie

  The professional triumphs and personal struggles of a pioneering woman scientist. This account of the remarkable life and astonishing mind of one of the greatest scientists of the century, written by her daughter, it remains a landmark and an inspiration for students, scientists, and young women everywhere.
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  A Leader Becomes a Leader

  Inspirational Stories of Leadership for a New Generation

  by J. Kevin Sheehan

  A Leader Becomes a Leader opens with a window on history: Henry David Thoreau riding a borrowed horse and wagon into the woods around Concord, Massachusetts to Walden Pond in 1845. There, he writes a classic work that has a powerful effect on the lives and philosophies of seminal leaders in the next century as diverse as Mohandas Gandhi, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Nelson Mandela. Thoreau believed that a... (more)
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  Marie Curie

  by Kathleen Krull

  Talk about a "glowing reputation"! Marie Curie, the woman who coined the term radioactivity, won not just one Nobel prize but two—in physics and in chemistry, both supposedly girl-phobic sciences. As with her previous star-studded biographies of Leonardo da Vinci, Isaac Newton, and Sigmund Freud—all three chosen as ALA Notable Books—Kathleen Krull offers readers a fascinating portrait of this mythic "giant of... (more)
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  Obsessive Genius

  The Inner World of Marie Curie

  by Barbara Goldsmith

  Best-selling author Barbara Goldsmith on the myth and reality behind the extraordinary "Madame Curie." The myth of Marie Curie—the penniless Polish immigrant who, through genius and obsessive persistence, endured years of toil and deprivation to produce radium, a luminous panacea for all the world's ills including cancer—has obscured the remarkable truth behind her discoveries. Curie's shrewd though... (more)
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  Something Out of Nothing: Marie Curie and Radium

  by Carla Killough McClafferty

  Marie Curie’s story has fascinated and inspired young readers decades. The poor Polish girl who worked eight years to be able to afford to attend the Sorbonne in Paris became one of the most important scientists of her day, winning not one but two Nobel Prizes. Her life is a fascinating one, filled with hard work, humanitarianism, and tragedy. Her work with her husband, Pierre – the study of radioactivity and the... (more)
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  Marie Curie, Brave Scientist

  by Joanne Mattern

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  A Biography of Marie Curie

  by Akbar Mortezapour

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  100 People Who Made History

  Where would we be without inventors, philosophers, economists, politicians, explorers, and other "ideas" people? Some of our historical heroes were lone geniuses but many were influenced by other great thinkers and ideas. Full of true-life stories and famous celebrities, 100 People Who Made History contains all the people you'd expect to find, and plenty that you wouldn't! Inventors and explorers rub shoulders... (more)
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  Marie Curie and Her Daughters: The Private Lives of Science's First Family (Macsci)

  by Shelley Emling

  A new portrait of the two time Nobel winner—drawing on family letters newly released by Marie Curie’s granddaughter   Marie Curie discovered the mysterious element radium, became the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize, and remains the only person to have won two Nobel Prizes in different science fields. Born in Poland, she prevailed despite scandals and a xenophobic establishment that looked down on... (more)
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  Basic Guitar Lessons: Play Guitar With Happy Traum Omnibus Edition (Guitar Books)

  by Happy Traum

  Books 1, 2, 3, and 4 all brought together in one complete volume.
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  Radcliffe Biography

  Marie Curie

  A Life

  by Susan Quinn

  A brilliant, often surprising portrait--based on new information--that is sure to be the definitive work on one of history's greatest women. Quinn shows in this richly textured work, a well-rounded, in-depth view of Curie as a scientist, a woman, a wife and a lover. 16 pages of photos; notes; index.
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  Marie Curie (History Maker Bios)

  by Laura Hamilton Waxman

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  The Book About Blanche and Marie

  by Per Olov Enquist

  Hailed internationally for his unique ability to shape historical facts into tales of extraordinary depth and probing insight, Per Olov Enquist has long been regarded as one of the world's foremost authors of literary fiction. In The Book about Blanche and Marie, Enquist has once again found inspiration from the historical record, this time exploring the fascinatingly complex relationship between two of... (more)
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  Giants of Science/Gigantes de Ciencia - Bilingual - Marie Curie (Giants of Science/Gigantes de Ciencia - Bilingual)

  by Beverley Birch

  From her earliest days, scientist Marie Curie fought to gain acceptance as a woman in a man's world. She excelled in all academic areas, and earned a degree in physics as well as two degrees in mathematics. Curie is best known for her groundbreaking work in the field of radioactivity and X-ray technology.
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  The Curies: A Biography of the Most Controversial Family in Science

  by Denis Brian

  Focusing on the lives and relationships behind their magnificent careers, The Curies is the first biography to trace the entire Curie dynasty, from Pierre and Marie’s fruitful union and achievements to the lives and accomplishments of their two daughters, Irène and Eve, and son-in-law Frederic Joliot-Curie. Biographer Denis Brian digs deep beneath the headlines and legends to reveal the Curies’ multigenerational... (more)
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  Scientists and Their Discoveries (Documenting History)

  by Christine Hatt

  Looks at history by using documents as the starting point for studying major events or periods in the past. This work features the lives and achievements of many of the scientists who have transformed the world with discoveries ranging from tiny subatomic particles to the massive and powerful mechanisms that drive the Earth and the stars.