Biography & Autobiography

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781493839315Author Dona Herweck RiceFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Teacher Created Materials, IncPublisher Teacher Created Materials, Inc

'A thought-provoking book, bringing readers outside their comfort zones. It challenges us to think beyond the typical macro and microeconomic ...' [Read Full Review]A TanFT readers' best 2021 summer booksThroughout the history of mankind, the rise of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062473011Author Lily CollinsFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollinsWeight(grams) 386g

Now adapted for young readers, Vice President Kamala Harris's empowering memoir about the values and inspirations that guided her life.With her election to the vice presidency, her election to the U.S. Senate, and her position as attorney general of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781851033102Author Yann WalckerPage Count 27Imprint Moonlight Publishing LtdPublisher Moonlight Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 223gDimensions(mm) 196mm * 196mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807003596Author Judith HeumannFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781534414433Author Chessy ProutFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Margaret K. McElderry BooksPublisher Margaret K. McElderry BooksWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781613747100Author Kerrie Logan HollihanFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Chicago Review PressPublisher Chicago Review PressWeight(grams) 421g

"Gaby Melian tells so many stories through her relationship with food-about love, about loss, about hard work, and about finding her passion. The pages are dripping with delicious smells and tastes, and will give you a new way to look at both cooking and...

An instant New York Times bestseller! "A perfect juxtaposition of ordinary and extraordinary, told with humor, compassion, and unshakeable hope." -Becky Albertalli, New York Times bestselling author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda The young adult...

In order for transparency measures to fight corruption, they must be paired with enforcement. Levels of corruption vary greatly around the world, with certain regions suffering from it more than others. Why is it pervasive in some countries, how does it...

Dramatically narrated case histories from Justice Ginsburg's stellar career are interwoven with an account of RBG's life - childhood, family, beliefs, education, marriage, legal and judicial career, children, and achievements - and her many faceted...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Yalsa Award for Excellence in Non-Fiction for Young Adults 2022.Book InformationISBN 9780593127193Author Amy Butler GreenfieldFormat HardbackPage Count...

Pocket Change Collective is a series of small books with big ideas from today's leading activists and artists. In this installment, Earth Guardians Youth Director and hip-hop artist Xiuhtezcatl Martinez shows us how his music feeds his environmental...

Dream big, follow your passion and never give up. Decorated US Olympian and accomplished hockey star Kendall Coyne shares the grit and determination it took to break down barriers and achieve her dreams against tremendous odds, encouraging you to follow...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593381670Author Alice WongFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

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 left unstudied. Recruited not only from labs and universities from across the...

Pirates are an enduring popular subject, depicted often in songs, stories, and Halloween costumes. Yet the truth about pirate women-who they were, why they went to sea, and what their lives were really like-is seldom a part of the conversation. In this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781851033928Author Daniel MoignotPage Count 24Imprint Moonlight Publishing LtdPublisher Moonlight Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 308gDimensions(mm) 185mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374416966Author Isaac Bashevis SingerFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncPublisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc

Keanu Reeves insists he's "just a normal guy" despite being one of the most recognisable (and most excellent) faces in Hollywood. Apparently, Keanu's humility knows no bounds - just like our love for him. After all, the Keanusance didn't just come out of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580895842Author Pamela S. TurnerFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.Publisher Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984893055Author Diana KappFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Random House USA Children's BooksPublisher Random House USA Inc

From personalities and entertainers Kian Lawley and Jc Caylen comes a completely wild and entirely true account of their rise to internet fame: Kian and Jc: Don't Try This at Home! More than 7 million YouTube subscribers, 5 million Twitter followers, and...

Sarah Bernhardt was a French stage actor who became a global superstar in the late nineteenth century-the Lady Gaga of her day-and is still considered to be one of the greatest performers of all time. This fast-paced account of her life, filled with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781481451079Author Alex MorganFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Simon & Schuster Books for Young ReadersPublisher Simon & Schuster Books for Young...

An NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People There was a full moon on the evening of September 22, 1943, when Pearl Witherington, age 29, parachuted into France to aid the French Resistance as a special agent for the British Special...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781644211366Author Devra LehmannFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781534431881Author Heather DemetriosFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Atheneum Books for Young ReadersPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Yalsa Award for Excellence in Non-Fiction for Young Adults 2018. Commended for Michael L. Printz Award (Children-Y/A Fiction) 2018.Book InformationISBN...

Though early laws prohibited women from becoming soldiers, many women still found ways to serve, even disguising themselves as men to participate in active battle. Margaret Cochran Corbin joined the continental Army cannon crew after her husband was...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Yalsa Award for Excellence in Non-Fiction for Young Adults 2024.Book InformationISBN 9781728464077Author Monica EdingerFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143453048Author Mamta Nainy Arthy Muthanna SinghFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Penguin Books India Pvt LtdPublisher Penguin Books India Pvt...

Elon Musk is the visionary behind SpaceX and CEO of the electric car company Tesla. He is working on unique and daring improvements to both public transit and solar energy. And then, there's his highly-publicized plans for colonizing Mars... But...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524713812Author Sarah MillerFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780395981399Author Polly Schoyer BrooksFormat PaperbackPage Count 183Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Trade)Publisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 249g

A handmade gospel hidden in a saint's coffin; a HUGE atlas that takes six people to lift it; a tiny prayer book carried by a queen to her execution; the original handwritten manuscript of Alice in Wonderland; books so rare and valuable they are kept in a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781851033232Author Oliver BeaumontPage Count 26Imprint Moonlight Publishing LtdPublisher Moonlight Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 229gDimensions(mm) 196mm *...