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1) Eleanor
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xx, 698 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of numbered plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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Prizewinning bestselling author David Michaelis presents a breakthrough portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt, America's longest-serving First Lady, an avatar of democracy whose ever-expanding agency as diplomat, activist, and humanitarian made her one of the world's most widely admired and influential women.
2) Eleanor
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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Presents the childhood of Eleanor Roosevelt, who married a president of the United States and became known as a great humanitarian.
3) Eleanor
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Que se cache-t-il dans la Grotte du Passage Perdu?
Les cousins Anna et Ben se retrouvent pour passer leurs vacances d'été ensemble. Rien ne semble annoncer un danger : le soleil brille, les oiseaux chantent...
Et pourtant! S'ils avaient su ce que les parois de la mystérieuse grotte cachaient, jamais Anna et Ben n'auraient faussé compagnie à leur étrange guide.
Leur palpitante aventure commence, à travers un monde peuplé de créatures. Et...
4) Eleanor
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The second book in the Thursday's Child Series - Eleanor: 1917 South Australia - The world is at war! A conflict that will sweep away the lingering ghost of a century just gone, to reshape the world into which she has been born. Growing up in the comforting security of a loving family...she will dabble in young romance, be betrayed by one man while pining for another twenty years her senior. And like many others, she will experience the hardship of...
6) Eleanor
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The North Atlantic, 14 April 1912. Amid the chaos of the sinking Titanic, a young Eleanor Annenberg meets the eyes of a stranger and is immediately captivated. As the ship buckles around them, she follows him down into the hold and finds him leaning over an open sarcophagus, surrounded by mutilated bodies. She catches but a glimpse of what lies within before she's sucked into a maelstrom of freezing brine and half-devoured corpses. Elle is pulled...
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"Meet Eleanor Oliphant: she struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she's thinking. That, combined with her unusual appearance (scarred cheek, tendency to wear the same clothes year in, year out), means that Eleanor has become a creature of habit (to say the least) and a bit of a loner. Nothing is missing in her carefully timetabled life of avoiding social interactions, where weekends are punctuated by frozen pizza,...
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1 videodisc (150 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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Drawing on interviews with her closest relatives, friends, and biographers, as well as rare home movie footage, the film reveals the hidden dimensions of one of the century's most influential women.
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It is the winter of 1154 and Eleanor, Queen of England, is biding her time. While her husband King Henry II battles for land across the channel, Eleanor fulfils her duty as acting ruler and bearer of royal children. But she wants to be more than this - if only Henry would let her. Instead, Henry belittles and excludes her, falling for a young mistress and leaving Eleanor sidelined and angry. Frustrated at Henry's hoarding of power, Eleanor is forced...
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Eleanor Roosevelt lived during an exciting time. This inspiring biography highlights Eleanor's incredible life as First Lady of the United States and how she worked to help give her husband, Franklin D. Roosevelt, advice during his presidency. The supportive text, intriguing facts, and touching photos show how she stood up for the weak and was an equal rights advocate. An accommodating glossary, table of contents, and index are provided to give readers...
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The stunning conclusion to the Eleanor of Aquitaine trilogy. Imprisoned by her husband. Separated from her children. If King Henry II thought these things would push his queen into submission, he was wrong. Eleanor of Aquitaine refused to give into his tyranny. Freed by his death, she became dowager Queen of England. But the competition for land and power that Henry bred among his sons had grown into a dangerous rivalry that Eleanor must skillfully...
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3 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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A study of the complex and political figure of Eleanor Roosevelt begins with her harrowing childhood, describes the difficulties of her marriage, and explains how she persuaded Franklin to make the reforms that would make him famous.
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Owen and Eleanor Move In is a story about what it means to have a home...and what it means to be a friend
When eight-year-old Eleanor moves into the bottom half of a duplex with her family, she is not happy. Her old home was way, better. In her old home, she even had her own bedroom. Not any more-now she has to share with her big sister. The situation needs to change, and she knows just how to fix it. When Owen, age seven, meets Eleanor, he's excited-finally,...
19) Loving Eleanor
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When AP political reporter Lorena Hickok-Hick-is assigned to cover Eleanor Roosevelt in the 1932 campaign, the two women become deeply involved. Their relationship begins with mutual romantic passion, matures through stormy periods of enforced separation and competing interests, and warms into an enduring, encompassing friendship documented by 3,300 letters.Set during the chaotic years of the Great Depression, the New Deal, and the Second World War,...
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