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Author
Series
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"Alfred Nobel was the man who founded what became known as The Nobel Prizes. Nobel also invented dynamite, becoming very wealthy from his invention. Saddened by its use for harmful destruction, Nobel left his fortune to create yearly prizes for those who have rendered the greatest services to mankind"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The author presents her story and life philosophy, describing how she wished for a magic pencil that she would use to fix the world's problems, and how she realized that even if she never found the pencil, she could still have a positive impact.
Author
Series
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
A biography of the nun who founded the Missionary Sisters and Brothers of Charity and gained wide recognition for her work with the destitute and dying in Calcutta and other places. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"A biography of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai, a female scientist who made a stand in the face of opposition to women's rights and her own Greenbelt Movement, an effort to restore Kenya's ecosystem by planting millions of trees"--Provided by publisher.
10) Mother Teresa
Author
Publisher
Distributed by Rockbottom Books
Pub. Date
c1992
Language
English
Description
A brief biography of the nun who has heightened the consciousness of the world to helping the poor.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Presents the story of Wangari Maathai who left Kenya to go to college in America. When she returned home she was struck by how the clearing of land had harmed both the land and the people of Kenya. She started a movement to reforest the nation.
14) Luis W. Alvarez
Author
Publisher
Raintree Publishers
Pub. Date
c1990
Language
English
Description
This tells of the scientist who worked on the atomic bomb, developed a radar system, and won the 1968 Nobel Prize.
15) Jane Addams
Author
Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
[1988]
Language
English
Description
A biography of the pioneer social worker in Chicago who established Hull House.
16) Jane Addams
Author
Publisher
Rourke Pub
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
Español
Description
A biography of the woman who founded Hull-House, one of the first settlement houses in the United States, and who later became involved in the international peace movement.
Author
Publisher
Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In Marie Curie, learn how the Polish chemist and physicist chose to pursue a career in science and discovered radium, earning the Nobel Prize twice. Features include a timeline, a glossary, essential facts, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.--
19) Jimmy Carter
Author
Series
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
A biography of the thirty-ninth president, from his early childhood to his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.
20) Mother Teresa
Author
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
A biography of the nun who founded the order known as the Missionaries of Charity to work with the sick and destitute in Calcutta and other places and who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.
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