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"In her intensely researched, inventively drawn exploration of Marie Curie's life, artist Alice Milani follows the celebrated Polish scientist from Curie's time as a struggling governess to her years in France making breakthrough discoveries. Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different sciences. With skill and care, Milani traces Curie's flight from Russia-controlled Poland, her romance...
7) Fearless heart: an illustrated biography of Surya Bonaly : the legacy of an Olympic figure skater
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32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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A biography covering Surya Bonaly's rise from a young French girl in love with ice skating to her triumphant backflip landing at the 1998 Olympics. Surya's fearless heart propelled her to always stay true to herself while pursuing her boldest dreams.
12) Joan of Arc
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color map ; 27 cm
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English
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A biography of Joan of Arc.
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A portrait of the passionate performer and civil rights advocate Josephine Baker, the woman who worked her way from the slums of St. Louis to the grandest stages in the world. Meticulously researched by both author and artist, Josephine's powerful story of struggle and triumph is an inspiration and a spectacle, just like the legend herself.
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x, 288 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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In a deeply researched and engagingly written narrative of science, adventure, love, and an unprecedented voyage of discovery, Ridley reveals the true story of Jeanne Baret, the first woman to circumnavigate the globe.
16) Gauguin
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112 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 37 cm
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English
17) Pablo Picasso
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48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm.
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Español
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Tells the story of Pablo Picasso as he grows through his early days as an artist, his discovery of cubism, and his later years of sculpture and painting to become a famous artist.
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viii, 470 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
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A richly told biography of Suzanne Valadon, the illegitimate daughter of a provincial linen maid who became famous as a model for the Impressionists and later as a painter in her own right. Catherine Hewitt tells the remarkable tale of an ambitious, headstrong woman fighting to find a professional voice in a male-dominated world.
19) Marie Curie
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English
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Mainly the story of Marie Curie, also about Pierre Curie, and the discovery of radium.
20) Monet
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112 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 37 cm
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English
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