Biography & Autobiography

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material...

Famous Female Authors Who Wrote Their Way Into History"An absolute 'must read' for anyone thinking that centuries of literature being almost exclusively dominated by men."-Library Bookwatch#1 Bestseller in SociologyFrom the first recorded writer to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374423568Author Michael CollinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncPublisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312661052Author Phillip HooseFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802855312Author Eva SchlossFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing CoWeight(grams)...

Discover 19 brilliant thinkers and their unique ideas that changed the world over 2,500 years! Aristotle's ideas shaped our understanding of the natural world for hundreds of years. Yacob's Hatata laid the grounds for equality long before our time...

Where is Pentecostal theology going in the 21st century? How does it address issues of spirituality, politics and justice? What does it have to offer the worldwide Church? These and other vital questions are explored here by leading Pentecostal...

'There is a war coming... A war that will last for a hundred years... I think it is already here. I think we've been fighting it a long time.' A young Jewish physicist and an activist poet meet at a party and fall in love. As society splinters around...

Chosen a Best Children's Book of the Year by the Bank Street Center!Voted a Best Book of the Year by School Library Journal and Kirkus Reviews!A biography for younger readers about one of the most influential activists of our time, who was an early...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399581106Author Kate SchatzFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Ten Speed Press

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-indent: 36.0px; font: 13.0px Times} The Atomic Women is a portrait of the World War II female scientists who worked in laboratories and secrets sites of the Manhattan Project, and whose contributions have been...

The powerful memoir of one of the co-founders of Black Lives Matter which explores how the movement was born, adapted for young adults and featuring brand new content including photos and journal entriesA movement that started with a hashtag -...

Packed with illustrations, this book looks at the ever popular subject of dinosaurs and highlights how these and other prehistorical creatures show the wonder of God's creation. From landborne to airborne to waterborne dinosaurs, learn facts about a wide...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807067574Author Jeanne TheoharisFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399580437Author Rachel IgnotofskyFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Ten Speed Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781728424170Author Adrian BesleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Zest Books (Tm)Publisher Zest Books (Tm)Weight(grams) 399gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 152mm...

Its purpose was to house thousands of Japanese Americans. Among them was the Wakatsuki family, who were ordered to leave their fishing business in Long Beach and take with them only the belongings they could carry. Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, who was seven...

In Courage to Soar, the official autobiography from four-time Olympic gold-winning and record-setting American gymnast Simone Biles, Simone shares how her faith, family, passion, and perseverance has made her one of the top athletes and gymnasts in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385739450Author Ned VizziniFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Delacorte Press Books for Young ReadersPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

It is 1992 and Bihac, Amra's hometown, is a multicultural city with Muslims, Croats, and Serbs. But when tensions escalate, the Serbs turn on their Bosnian neighbors. The Serbs control the army, and now they have peaceful Bihac surrounded. Soon Amra and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781942186342Author Erin MoultonFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Zest BooksPublisher Orange Avenue Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250211064Author Deborah HeiligmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Square FishPublisher Square FishWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 152mm *...

In Hollywood, women don't have to be in front of the camera to shine. Each of the 15 women profiled in Film Makers shares a common trait: she is, as Shonda Rhimes says, "First. Only. Different." These phenomenal women have redefined the film and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781644211908Author Dan WakefieldFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S.

Kira always feels gloomy when it rains. She can't read outside, can't play in the park, and has to wear all her thickest clothes. But one day her friends Ana and Ilo ask her to join them on an adventure outside during another downpour. Kira discovers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593126356Author Wade HudsonFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Crown Books for Young ReadersPublisher Random House USA Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction 2021. Nominated for Virginia Young Readers Program Award 2021.Book InformationISBN 9780525646549Author Candace...

In this ground-breaking memoir set in Ramallah during the aftermath of the 1967 Six-Day War, lbtisam Barakat captures what it is like to be a child whose world is shattered by war. With candour and courage, she stitches together memories of her...

Women Scientists and Entrepreneurs You Should Know "A book that is sure to inspire a new generation of girls in STEM. Educational and inspiring!" Felicia Day, New York Times bestseller, American actress, gamer, writer, web series creator, and queen of...

Youth Empowerment for Black Teen Girls from Famous Black Women"It's time for us Black girls and Black women to be empowered, and I'm glad we have Fievre to show us the way." Monique Jones, author of The Book of Awesome Black Americans#1 Best Seller in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781640308152Author Publications International LtdPage Count 192Imprint Publications International, Ltd.Publisher Publications International, Ltd...

Pocket Change Collective is a series of small books with big ideas from today's leading activists and artists. In this installment, The New Queer Conscience, Voices4 Founder and LGBTQIA activist Adam Eli offers a candid and compassionate introduction to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307982988Author Jessie HartlandFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint EmberPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 482gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 152mm *...

With acerbic wit and a hilarious voice, Shane Burcaw describes the challenges he faces as a twenty-one-year- old with spinal muscular atrophy. From awkward handshakes to having a girlfriend and everything in between, Shane handles his situation with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults 2020.Book InformationISBN 9781580898003Author Lynn CurleeFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Charlesbridge...

Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History#1 New Release in Historical Study EssaysA thrilling journey into the badass women whose non-conventional lives left their DNA on history. Discover words of wisdom from the women who found their voices, inspiring you...

Do you love your natural hair? Some of the world's most inspiring black women tell us about their attitudes to, and struggles with, their crowning glory. Kinky, wavy, straight or curly, this book will help you celebrate your natural beauty, however you...

Sixteenth century Italy produced a genius who marked the world with his studies and hypotheses about mathematical, physical and astronomical truths. His father, musician Vincenzio Galilei said, "Truth is not found behind a man's reputation. Truth...

2017 Best STEM Books ListWomen of Steel and Stone features 22 thoroughly researched and engaging profiles of architects, engineers, and landscape designers, describing these groundbreakers' strengths, interests, and challenges as they were growing up and...

The New York Times bestseller How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi is shaping the way a generation thinks about race and racism. How to be a (Young) Antiracist is a dynamic reframing of the concepts shared in the adult book, with young adulthood...