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Who Is Rupaul? by Nico Medina; Who HQ; Andrew Thomson (Illustrator)
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Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Who Was? Ser.
Learn how this Emmy-winning host, producer, and television personality became the world's most famous drag queen. RuPaul Andre Charles always knew he was meant to be a performer. Even as a young child, he loved to dress up and imitate the glamorous women he saw on television. When he turned fifteen, he ...Show more
Who Is Taylor Swift? by Kirsten Anderson
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Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Who Was? Ser.
Learn how a young girl who lived on a Christmas tree farm grew up to become one of the most celebrated musical artists of the twenty-first century in this addition to the #1 New York Times bestselling series. Taylor Swift always knew she wanted to be a country music artist, so at age thirteen, she ...Show more
Who Is the Dalai Lama? by Dana Meachen Rau; Dede Putra (Illustrator); Who HQ
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Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Who Was? Ser.
Get to know the Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader and one of the most popular world leaders today who continues to spend his life working to benefit humanity and preserving Tibetan culture.
Who Was Alexander Hamilton? by Meg Belviso
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Readers will learn the story of the "ten-dollar Founding Father" who inspiredthe smash Broadway musical "Hamilton." Illustrations.
Who Was Alexander the Great? by Robin H. Waterfield; Kathryn Waterfield; Andrew Thomson (Illustrator); Who HQ
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Category: No Category | Series: Who Was? Ser.
Alexander the Great conquers the New York Timesbest-selling Who Was...? series!When Alexander was a boy in ancient Macedon, he already had grand ambitions. He complained that his father, the great king of Macedon, wasn't leaving anything for him to conquer! This, of course, was not the case. King Alexan ...Show more
Who Was Elvis Presley? by Geoff Edgers; John O'brien (Illustrator); Nancy Harrison (Illustrator); Who HQ
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Category: Childrens | Series: Who Was? Ser.
Put on your blue suede shoes and get ready for another addition to the Who Was...? series! The King could not have come from humbler origins: Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, during the Depression, he grew up with the blues music of the rural South, the gospel music of local churches, and the country-wester ...Show more
Who Was Galileo? by Patricia Brennan Demuth
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Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Who Was? Ser.
Like Michelangelo, Galileo is another Renaissance great known just by his first name--a name that is synonymous with scientific achievement. Born in Pisa, Italy, in the sixteenth century, Galileo contributed to the era's great rebirth of knowledge. He invented a telescope to observe the heavens. From th ...Show more
Who Was Henry VIII? by Ellen Labrecque; Jake Murray (Illustrator); Who HQ
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When 17-year-old Henry Tudor ascended to the English throne, his reign looked promising. But by the time of his death in 1547, King Henry VIII was characterized as an extremely harsh, insecure king. This biography takes readers into the life of a monarch mainly remembered for his six marriages and estab ...Show more
Who Was Isaac Newton? by Janet B. Pascal
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Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Who Was? Ser.
Isaac Newton was always a loner, preferring to spend his time contemplating the mysteries of the universe. When the plague broke out in London in 1665 he was forced to return home from college. It was during this period of so much death, that Newton gave life to some of the most important theories in mo ...Show more
Who Was J. R. R. Tolkien? by Pamela D. Pollack; Meg Belviso; Jonathan Moore (Illustrator); Nancy Harrison (Illustrator); Who HQ; Tomie dePaola
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Category: No Category | Series: Who Was? Ser.
Best known for his epicLord of the Ringstrilogy andThe Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien was born in British-occupied South Africa. His early life was full of action and adventure. Tolkien spent his childhood roaming the British countryside with his family and could read and write by age four. He was naturally gif ...Show more
Who Was Jane Austen? by Sarah Fabiny; Jerry Hoare (Illustrator); Who HQ
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Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Who Was? Ser.
Step into the world of Georgian England and learn more about the genteel life of the beloved author of such classics as Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, and Emma. Illustrations. 5 5/16 x 7 5/8.
Who Was Jesus? by Ellen Morgan; Who HQ; Stephen Marchesi (Illustrator)
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Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Who Was? Ser.
This fascinating addition to the best-selling Who Was...' series does not settle questions of theology. Instead, it presents young readers with a biography that covers what is known historically about Jesus and places in his life in the context of his world when Jerusalem was part of the Roman Empire. I ...Show more