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Alexander Graham Bell by Emma Fischel
Category: Fiction | Series: Famous People, Famous Lives S.
Alexander Graham Bell was born in Scotland, but moved first for health reasons to Canada, and then to the United States to continue his work as a professor of vocal physiology - how people talk. He put this interest and a fascination for electricity together and began to experiment with transmitting voi ...Show more
Famous Lives: John Lennon by Liz Gogerly
Category: Fiction | Series: Famous Lives S.
From his childhood in Liverpool's Penny Lane and his school days at Dovedale Primary, this book describes the love of music and the success of the Beatles that catapulted John Lennon into superstardom. It charts John's life, his beliefs and struggles for peace and love. It also contains quotation panels ...Show more
Gandhi: The Peaceful Revolutionary by Anna Claybourne
Category: Fiction | Series: Famous Lives S.
Born to a Hindu family in India in 1869, Mahatma Gandhi devoted his life to politics and non-violent protest. This work charts the life of Mahatma Gandhi, president of the Indian National Congress and peaceloving protestor for independence. It explains how the creation of Pakistan for Muslims, led to Mu ...Show more
George Stephenson by Emma Fischel
Category: Fiction | Series: Famous People, Famous Lives S.
Each title in this series tells the story of a man or woman whose dedication to their chosen cause led to changes that affect all our lives today. Each includes a vivid description of the world in which the famous person lived. This title explores the life of locomotive pioneer George Stephenson.
James Watt by Nicola Baxter
Category: Fiction | Series: Famous People, Famous Lives S.
Each title in this series tells the story of a man or woman whose dedication to their chosen cause led to changes that affect all our lives today. Each includes a vivid description of the world in which the famous person lived. In this book, the reader learns that James Watt was a scientific instrument ...Show more
John Logie Baird by Nicola Baxter
Category: Fiction | Series: Famous People, Famous Lives S.
Each title in this series tells the story of a man or woman whose dedication to their chosen cause led to changes that affect all our lives today. Each includes a vivid description of the world in which the famous person lived. This book tells how the television, now a feature of almost every household ...Show more
Louis Pasteur by Karen Wallace
Category: Fiction | Series: Famous People, Famous Lives S.
The book describes how Louis Pasteur was born into a Europe still plagued by horrendous diseases, such as cholera and typhoid, and how he discovered that it was germs living in the air and in food that caused illnesses. The reader learns that his pioneering of a method of heating food just enough to kil ...Show more
Thomas Edison by Karen Wallace
Category: Fiction | Series: Famous People, Famous Lives S.
At school, Thomas Edison's teachers think he is stupid. How wrong they are! Instead he becomes one of the greatest inventors of his day, creating the electric light bulb and an early record player, to name but two. Ages 5+.
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