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Author: Don Mitchell
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 68
ISBN-13: 1426301553
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A biography of Henry Ford, the industrial visionary who changed the automobile from rich man's toy into affordable necessity.
Author: Tam O'Shaughnessy
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Published: 2015-10-06
Total Pages: 351
ISBN-13: 1626725918
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Years before millions of Americans tuned in to watch her historic space flight aboard the Challenger in 1983, Sally Ride stayed up late to watch Neil Armstrong become the first person to walk on the moon. The next morning, she woke up to win her first round singles match at a national junior tennis tournament. Sally Ride: A Photobiography of America's Pioneering Woman Astronaut, is an intimate journey from her formative years to her final moments. Before she was an astronaut, Sally was a competitive tennis player who excelled at the game to such an extent that Billie Jean King told her she could play on the pro circuit. Before she earned a Ph.D. in physics, she was called an underachiever by her high school classmates. After her first historic space flight-she took a second in 1984-Sally continued to break ground as an inspirational advocate for space exploration, public policy, and science education, who fought gender stereotypes and opened doors for girls and women in all fields during the second half of the twentieth century. This vivid photobiography, written by Sally's life, writing, and business partner, Tam O'Shaughnessy, offers an intimate and revealing glimpse into the life and mind of the famously private, book-loving, tennis-playing physicist who made history.
Author: Marfe Delano
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2015-03-10
Total Pages: 68
ISBN-13: 1426322194
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Provides a look at the life of Albert Einstein, supplemented by photographs from throughout his life.
Author: Marfe Ferguson Delano
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2015-03-10
Total Pages: 68
ISBN-13: 1426322208
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Presents a biography of Thomas Edison, illustrated with photos of his life and inventions.
Author: Russell Freedman
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 1989-09-25
Total Pages: 165
ISBN-13: 0547532202
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Newbery Medal–winning book for young readers presents “a human portrait of a politician honorably confronting the most vexing issues of his era” (The New York Times Book Review). Abraham Lincoln stood out in a crowd as much for his wit and rollicking humor as for his height. This Newbery Medal-winning biography of our Civil War president is warm, appealing, and illustrated with dozens of carefully chosen photographs and prints. Russell Freedman begins with a lively account of Abraham Lincoln's boyhood, his career as a country lawyer, and his courtship and marriage to Mary Todd. Then the author focuses on Lincoln’s presidency, skillfully explaining the many complex issues he grappled with as he led a deeply divided nation through the Civil War. The book's final chapter is a moving account of his tragic death at Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865. The volume concludes with a sampling of Lincoln writings and a detailed list of Lincoln historical sites. "Few, if any, of the many books written for children about Lincoln can compare with Freedman's contribution…This is an outstanding example of what (juvenile) biography can be. Like Lincoln himself, it stands head and shoulders above its competition." —School Library Journal
Author: Akane Kawakami
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-12-02
Total Pages: 349
ISBN-13: 1351191578
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Why do photographs interest writers, especially autobiographical writers? Ever since their invention, photographs have featured - as metaphors, as absent inspirations, and latterly as actual objects - in written texts. In autobiographical texts, their presence has raised particularly acute questions about the rivalry between these two media, their relationship to the 'real', and the nature of the constructed self. In this timely study, based on the most recent developments in the fields of photography theory, self-writing and photo-biography, Akane Kawakami offers an intriguing narrative which runs from texts containing metaphorical photographs through ekphrastic works to phototexts. Her choice of Marcel Proust, Herve Guibert, Annie Ernaux and Gerard Mace provides unusual readings of works seldom considered in this context, and teases out surprising similarities between unexpected conjunctions. Akane Kawakami is a Senior Lecturer in French and francophone literature at Birkbeck University of London."
Author: Corinne Szabo
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2007-01-09
Total Pages: 68
ISBN-13: 9781426300448
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →At an early age, Amelia Earhart showed herself to be adventurous and daring, but her interest in flying did not develop until she worked as a nurse in Toronto. She had a number of firsts, including being the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.
Author: Marfe Ferguson Delano
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 72
ISBN-13: 9781426302091
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A photobiography of Annie Sullivan, a woman who overcame her own disabilities to become an educational pioneer and life-long teacher to Helen Keller.
Author: Charles Johnson
Publisher: Viking Adult
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 294
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →King is the first true photobiography of a hero's journey. Never before has his life been so richly chronicled from so many different points of view. A powerful collection of photographic images combined with text by National Book Awardwinning writer Charles Johnson detail the pivotal events of King's public life--as well as his family life--in a rich & stirring format. In this book, we see Martin Luther King, Jr., in all his aspects: as son & student, husband & father, powerful preacher & courageous leader of the civil rights movement, martyr for the cause of racial justice, & finally American icon. Photographer Bob Adelman & photo editor Robert Phelan have compiled an impressive & comprehensive array of images depicting this great man's life & times. We see King standing before a packed congregation at the Dexter Baptist Church during the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, or in his own backyard playing with his children. In one moment we observe King peering calmly through the bars of the Birmingham jail after one of his arrests; the next, strapping sandals on the feet of his young daughter. There is the tragic scene in Memphis seconds after his assassination, with anguished witnesses pointing in the direction of the gunshots, & the aftermath in Atlanta, a crush of mourners following his horse-drawn casket through the streets. And of course, the indelible image of King speaking the immortal words "I have a dream..." on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Through hundreds of photographs, we see a country being changed, an era & legacy being formed, but above all, we are given a privileged look at the man himself--at his most human & humanitarian.
Author: Tam O'Shaughnessy
Publisher:
Published: 2017-10-17
Total Pages: 164
ISBN-13: 1250129613
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"A biography of the famous astronaut drawing on personal and family photographs from her childhood, school days, college, life in the astronaut corps, and afterward."--Provided by publisher.
