Dennis Abrams

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1) What Happens After

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Collin and his best friend, Nate, are high school juniors living in a suburb of Houston, where the politically and culturally conservative attitude makes coming out beyond difficult. One night they decide it would be a bit of harmless fun to sneak into a gay club in the city-a chance to dance, check out guys, and meet others like themselves. They couldn't be more wrong. In minutes, everything Collin took for granted is destroyed when a shooter's...

2) I was Cleopatra

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"In Shakespeare{u2019}s time, women were not allowed to appear on stage, and so female parts were played by boy actors. In I Was Cleopatra, readers meet John Rice {u2015} perhaps the most beautiful and acclaimed boy actor of them all. It is believed by many that John Rice originated the roles of Lady Macbeth, Cleopatra and Cordelia, and this fictional memoir explores his life both on and off the stage. With graceful prose and an encyclopedic knowledge...

3) Sandra Day O'Connor: U.S. Supreme Court Justice

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Women of achievement

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Chelsea House

Pub. Date

c2009

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Biography of Sandra Day O'Connor, who challenged gender stereotypes by becoming the first female majority leader in the Arizona State Senate, and then the first female associate justice on the United States Supreme Court.

4) Rachael Ray: food entrepreneur

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Chelsea House Publishers

Pub. Date

c2009

5) Thabo Mbeki

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Modern world leaders

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Chelsea House

Pub. Date

2007

6) Ty Cobb

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Baseball superstars

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Chelsea House

Pub. Date

2007

7) Viktor Yushchenko

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Modern world leaders

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Chelsea House

Pub. Date

c2007

8) Albert Pujols

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Chelsea House

Pub. Date

c2008

9) The Treaty of Nanking

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Milestones in modern world history

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Chelsea House

Pub. Date

2011

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Explains the Treaty of Nanking, signed between Great Britain and China to end the First Opium War (1839-1842), to create a new framework for Chinese foreign relations and overseas trade that would last for nearly a century.

10) Xerxes

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Chelsea House Publishers

Pub. Date

c2008

11) Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler)

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Who wrote that?

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Chelsea House

Pub. Date

2010

12) Spike Lee: director

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Chelsea House

Pub. Date

c2008

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A biography of one of the United States' foremost filmmakers, whose provocative films explore many aspects of African American experience, and who, in his own words, "broke the color barrier" in Hollywood in the mid 1980s.

13) George Washington Carver: scientist and educator

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Chelsea House

Pub. Date

c2008

14) The invention of the moving assembly line: a revolution in manufacturing

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Milestones in American history

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Chelsea House

Pub. Date

2011

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"Though the automated assembly line seems the most logical and natural of ideas, its development took place over a long period of time. It would take Henry Ford and his dream of building an affordable Model T automobile to put all the pieces together. In doing so, Ford changed the world forever. The invention impacted prices, wages and demand; labor unions; and even popular culture. In The Invention of the Moving Assembly Line, learn how one simple...

15) H.G. Wells

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Who wrote that?

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Chelsea House

Pub. Date

2011

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Explores the personal life and literary career of the wide-ranging British author known for his science fiction, histories, and novels.

16) Nicolas Sarkozy

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Modern world leaders

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Chelsea House

Pub. Date

2009

17) Julia Child: chef

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Women of achievement

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Chelsea House

Pub. Date

c2011

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Traces the life, career, and influence of the beloved "French Chef," from her childhood in California and her clerical work in a World War II spy station to her marriage to Paul Child and her choice to work as a television cooking instructor.

18) Eminem

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Chelsea House

Pub. Date

c2007

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An introduction to the life and career of the rap artist Eminem.

19) Ehud Olmert

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Modern world leaders

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Chelsea House

Pub. Date

c2008

20) Jay-Z

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Chelsea House

Pub. Date

c2008

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An introduction to the life and career of the rap artist and actor Jay-Z.