Amy Ruth Ruth

Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings (Harvard paperbacks)

The story of that amazingly influential and still somewhat mysterious woman, Eleanor of Aquitaine, has the dramatic interest of a novel. She was at the very center of the rich culture and clashing politics of the twelfth century. Richest marriage prize of the Middle Ages, she was Queen of France as ...

Wilma Rudolph (Biography (Lerner Hardcover))

Queen Latifah: From Jersey Girl to Superstar (USA Today Lifeline Biographies)

People who knew Queen Latifah as a kid in Newark, New Jersey, would never have guessed at the fame in her future. But Latifah always dreamed big. Her dreams--and hard work--paid off. While still a teenager, Latifah became the first female solo rapper to sign with a major label and earn widespread po...

Mother Teresa (Biography (Lerner Hardcover))

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.

Growing Up in the Great Depression, 1929 to 1941 (Our America)

Describes what life was like for young people and their families during the harsh times of the Depression, from 1929 to the beginning of World War II.

Louisa May Alcott (Biography (Lerner Hardcover))

Discusses the life of the popular nineteenth-century author of "Little Women."

Louisa May Alcott

Growing Up in the Great Depression 1929 to 1941

Mother Teresa

Queen Latifah

Jane Austen

American Revolutionaries and Founders of the Nation