Tag search:biography

Who Was Thomas Alva Edison?

by Margaret Frith
Paperback, 2005
Tags
Biography, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2020-21, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, (900) GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY, (921) BIOGRAPHY, Electricity, History, Science, who was_series, *Shelved in Who is_Series, Thomas Edison — 2 more, Inventors, Scientists
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Who Was ...? (Who HQ) (21)
Barcode
6697
Status
Available

The Story of My Life

by Helen Keller
Paperback, 1990
Tags
Autobiography, Helen Keller, Deafness, Disability, Blindness, Blind_Deaf, Biography, 20th Century, Classics, visual disabilities, (900) GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY — 2 more, (921) BIOGRAPHY, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5752
Status
Available

The Story of My Life

by Helen Keller
Paperback, 1996
Tags
Disability, visual disabilities, (900) GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY, (921) BIOGRAPHY, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, Autobiography, Helen Keller, Deafness, Blindness, Blind_Deaf, Biography — 2 more, 20th Century, Classics
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5751
Status
Available

Johann Gutenberg (Giants of Science)

by Michael Pollard
Hardcover, 2001
Tags
Biography, (921) BIOGRAPHY, (900) GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, Press, Printing, Type, Inventors, Inventions
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5705
Status
Available

100 Women Who Shaped World History (100 Series)

by Gail Rolka
Paperback, 1994
Tags
Women, Women's History, (900) GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY, (920) BIOGRAPHY_GROUP, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, History, Biography, Martha_Graham, Margaret Mead, Jane Addams, Indira Gandhi — 10 more, Clara Barton (1821-1912), Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Elizabeth I, Golda Meir, POCAHONTAS D. 1617, Rosa Parks, Black History Month, Ada Lovelace, STOWE_HARRIET BEECHER (1811-1896), GOOD-KIND-STRONG PEOPLE
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5396
Status
Available

Amos Fortune, Free Man

by Elizabeth Yates
Hardcover, 1950
Tags
Slavery, AFRICAN AMERICAN_HISTORY, Newbery Medal, Biography
Collection
LS/FICTION [F]
Barcode
637
Status
Available

Thomas Jefferson: The Revolutionary Aristocrat (Milton Meltzer Biographies)

by Milton Meltzer
Hardcover, 1991
Tags
US Presidents, Biography
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5739
Status
Available

Thomas Jefferson: Architect of Democracy

by John B. Severance
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
US Presidents, Biography
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5740
Status
Available

Thomas Jefferson and the American Ideal (Profiles of Great Americans for Young People)

by Russell Shorto
Hardcover, 1988
Tags
US Presidents, Biography
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5741
Status
Available

The Tree Lady: The True Story of How One Tree-Loving Woman Changed a City Forever

by H. Joseph Hopkins
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
Sessions, Kate 1883-1940, Biography, Trees, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2018-19, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/EASY BOOKS [E]
Barcode
2233
Status
Available

The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science

by Joyce Sidman
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
BUTTERFLIES-MONARCH, SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATION, Insects, Entomology, Biography, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2018-19, Naturalists, 17th Century, Germany, *Germany, (500) PURE SCIENCE — 4 more, (595.7) INSECTS, (595.78) BUTTERFLIES_MOTHS, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, (590) ANIMALS_ZOOLOGY
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4401
Status
Available

No Truth Without Ruth: The Life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

by Kathleen Krull
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
Supreme Court, US Supreme Court Justice, Lawyers, Strong Women, Biography, Short Biography (Small Green Dot), PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2018-19
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5506
Status
Available

Death Be Not Proud: A Memoir

by John Gunther
Paperback, 1994
Tags
Biography, Death, Cancer, Memoir
Collection
LS/PAPERBACKS [PB]
Barcode
926
Status
Available

Imagine: The Spirit of 20th-Century American Heroes

by Gina Misiroglu Editor
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
American History, Photography, Heroes, Biography, Inspirational, (973) HISTORY_UNITED STATES
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
6119
Status
Available

Frank Lloyd Wright for Kids: His Life and Ideas, 21 Activites (For Kids series)

by Kathleen Thorne-Thomsen
Paperback, 1994
Tags
WRIGHT-FRANK LLOYD-1867-1959, Architects, ARTISTS, Architecture, Art, Art History, Building, Houses, Dwellings, Shelters, Modern Art — 9 more, Modernism, ARCHITECTURE-HISTORY, Biography, American Architecture, GRADE 3 Curriculum: SHELTERS, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, (720) ARCHITECTURE, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, GRADE 7 Curriculum: GEOMETRY_MEASUREMENT_PERSPECTIVE DRAWING
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
For Kids
Barcode
4774
Status
Available

Frank Lloyd Wright (Basic Architecture Series)

by Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
WRIGHT-FRANK LLOYD-1867-1959, Architects, ARTISTS, Architecture, Art, Art History, Building, Houses, Dwellings, Shelters, Modern Art — 9 more, Modernism, ARCHITECTURE-HISTORY, Biography, American Architecture, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2017-18, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, GRADE 7 Curriculum: GEOMETRY_MEASUREMENT_PERSPECTIVE DRAWING
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4996
Status
Available

August Macke (Basic Art Series 2.0)

by Taschen
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
MACKE-AUGUST 1887-1914, PAINTERS, ARTISTS, German Expressionism, BLUE RIDER, GERMANY-ARTISTS, GERMAN STUDIES, Art, Art History, *Germany, Biography — 5 more, Expressionism, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2017-18, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4967
Status
Available

Franz Marc (Basic Art Series 2.0)

by Susanna Partsch
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
MARC-FRANZ 1880-1916, PAINTERS, ARTISTS, German Expressionism, BLUE RIDER, GERMANY-ARTISTS, GERMAN STUDIES, Franz Marc, *Germany, Art, Art History — 7 more, Biography, Printing, Expressionism, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2017-18, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Taschen : Basic Art
Barcode
4970
Status
Available

Rodin (Basic Art Series 2.0)

by François Blanchetière
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
RODIN-AUGUSTE 1840-1917, Sculptors, ARTISTS, Sculpture, Art, Art History, *France, The Thinker, The Kiss, Balzac, Biography — 4 more, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2017-18, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4988
Status
Available

Velázquez (Basic Art Series 2.0)

by Norbert Wolf
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
VELAZQUEZ-DIEGO 1599-1660, ARTISTS, PAINTERS, SPAIN-ARTISTS, Spanish Studies, Art, Art History, Painting, *Spain, Biography, Baroque — 7 more, Spanish Painters, Velasquez, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2017-18, Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep_Oct), (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4995
Status
Available

Gaudí (Basic Art Series 2.0)

by Maria Antonietta Crippa
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
GAUDI-ANTONI 1852-1926, Architects, ART NOUVEAU, SPAIN-ARCHITECTS, Spanish Studies, ARTISTS, Art, Art History, Barcelona, *Spain, Architecture — 9 more, Sagrada Familia, CATHEDRALS, Churches, Biography, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2017-18, Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep_Oct), (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Taschen : Basic Architecture (1)
Barcode
4949
Status
Available

Behind Enemy Lines: A Young Pilot's Story (Sterling Point Books)

by H. R. DeMallie
Paperback, 2007
Tags
Holocaust Jewish 1939-1945, World War II, Pilots, Aviation, Germany, Memoir, Prisoners of War, AIRPLANES, Biography, American History, Historical Fiction
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5845
Status
Available

Rescue: The Story of How Gentiles Saved Jews in the Holocaust

by Milton Meltzer
Paperback, 1991
Tags
Holocaust Jewish 1939-1945, World War II, Jewish, Heroes, JUDAISM, Rescue, History, Resistance, Biography
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5828
Status
Available

The Endless Steppe

by Esther Hautzig
Paperback, 1987
Tags
Autobiography, Biography, Historical Fiction, History, Holocaust Jewish 1939-1945, Jewish, Memoir, *Poland, *Russia, *Siberia, World War II — 1 more, RED DOT
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5819
Status
Available

Hana's Suitcase: A True Story

by Karen Levine
Paperback, 2004
Tags
Holocaust Jewish 1939-1945, World War II, Biography, Auschwitz, History, *Japan, *Auschwitz, Jewish, Concentration Camps, historic story, GRADE 8 Passport to the World_JAPAN
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Holocaust Remembrance
Barcode
5831
Status
Available

Shadow Life: A Portrait of Anne Frank and Her Family

by Barry Denenberg
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
Holocaust Jewish 1939-1945, World War II, *Amsterdam, Anne Frank, Nazism, Diaries, Biography, History, *Poland, RED DOT, *Netherlands
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5833
Status
Available

A Bag of Marbles

by Joseph Joffo
Paperback, 2001
Tags
Holocaust Jewish 1939-1945, Autobiography, World War II, Historical Fiction, Biography, French Literature, *France, Jewish, Memoir
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Un sac de billes (2)
Barcode
5818
Status
Available

Holbein (Basic Art Series 2.0)

by Norbert Wolf
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
HOLBEIN-HANS 1497-1543, GERMANY-ARTISTS, ARTISTS, PAINTERS, GERMAN STUDIES, RENAISSANCE-ARTISTS, Renaissance, Hans Holbein the Younger, Art, Art History, Painting — 10 more, Biography, Northern Renaissance, *Germany, *England, Tudor, Henry VIII, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2017-18, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Taschen : Basic Art
Barcode
4955
Status
Available

Raphael (Basic Art Series 2.0)

by Christof Thoenes
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
RAPHAEL SANTI 1483-1520, RENAISSANCE-ARTISTS, PAINTERS, ARTISTS, Renaissance, *Italy, Art, Art History, Painting, Biography, Raphael — 5 more, School of Athens, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2017-18, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4982
Status
Available

Botticelli (Basic Art Series 2.0)

by Barbara Deimling
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
BOTTICELLI-SANDRO 1445-1510, RENAISSANCE-ARTISTS, PAINTERS, ARTISTS, Renaissance, *Italy, Florence, Art, Art History, Painting, Birth of Venus — 7 more, Primavera, Biography, Sandro Botticelli, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2017-18, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Taschen : Basic Art
Barcode
4936
Status
Available

Impressionism (Eyewitness Art)

by Jude Welton
Hardcover, 1993
Tags
Painters, Painting, *France, French Painters, Art History, Biography, Art, *Paris, Manet, Monet, Renoir — 10 more, Degas, Caillebotte, Pissarro, Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, Seurat, DK_Eyewitness Books, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Eyewitness Art, Eyewitness Books
Barcode
4932
Status
Available

The Impressionists (Art for Children)

by Yolande Blanquet
Hardcover, 1995
Tags
Painters, Painting, *France, French Painters, Art History, Biography, Art, *Paris, Pissarro, Manet, Degas — 8 more, Cezanne, Alfred Sisley, Monet, Berthe Morisot, Renoir, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4927
Status
Available

Children of Promise: African-American Literature and Art for Young People

by Charles Sullivan
Hardcover, 2001
Tags
AFRICAN AMERICAN_ART, ART-AFRICAN AMERICAN, AFRICAN AMERICAN_POETRY, POETRY-AFRICAN AMERICAN, PHOTOGRAPHY-AFRICAN AMERICAN, AFRICAN AMERICAN_PHOTOGRAPHY, Harlem Renaissance, Art, Art History, Poetry, Painting — 9 more, Photography, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Literature, Anthology, American History, Civil Rights, Black History Month, Black History, Biography
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5271
Status
Available

Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velasquez (Art for children)

by Ernest Lloyd Raboff
Hardcover, 1970
Tags
VELASQUEZ-DIEGO 1599-1660, Velasquez, PAINTERS, Spanish Studies, SPAIN-ARTISTS, Spanish Painters, Painting, Art, Art History, Juan de Pareja, Biography — 4 more, Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep_Oct), (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Art for Children
Barcode
4994
Status
Available

Seurat and La Grande Jatte

by Robert Burleigh
Hardcover, 2004
Tags
SEURAT-GEORGES 1859-1891, ARTISTS, PAINTERS, Post-Impressionism, *France, French Painters, Art, Art History, Painting, Pointillism, Biography — 3 more, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4991
Status
Available

Toulouse-Lautrec: The Moulin Rouge and the City of Light

by Robert Burleigh
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
TOULOUSE-LAUTREC-HENRI DE 1864-1901, ARTISTS, PAINTERS, Post-Impressionism, Printing, Posters, Art, Art History, Painting, *France, French Painters — 5 more, Graphic Design, Biography, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4992
Status
Available

John Singer Sargent

by Kate F. Jennings
Hardcover, 2004
Tags
SARGENT-JOHN SINGER 1856-1925, ARTISTS, PAINTERS, Art, Art History, Painting, American Painting, Portraits, Biography, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS — 1 more, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4989
Status
Available

Frederic Remington

by Sophia Craze
Hardcover, 2004
Tags
REMINGTON-FREDERIC 1861-1909, PAINTERS, ARTISTS, WESTWARD EXPANSION, FRONTIER AND PIONEER LIFE, WESTERN ART, West, Art, Art History, Frederick Remington, Painting — 6 more, American History, Western Painting, Biography, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4984
Status
Available

Rembrandt

by Jessica Hodge
Hardcover, 2004
Tags
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN 1606-1669, ARTISTS, PAINTERS, DUTCH PAINTING, NETHERLANDS-ARTISTS, Art, Art History, Painting, Holland, *Netherlands, Printing — 4 more, Biography, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4983
Status
Available

Monet (Famous Artists Series)

by Antony Mason
Paperback, 1995
Tags
MONET_CLAUDE 1840-1926, ARTISTS, PAINTERS, IMPRESSIONISM, *France, French Painters, Art, Art History, Painting, Giverny, Biography — 3 more, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Famous Artists
Barcode
4975
Status
Checked out
Due May 9, 2024

Monet (Eyewitness Art)

by Jude Welton
Hardcover, 1992
Tags
MONET_CLAUDE 1840-1926, ARTISTS, PAINTERS, IMPRESSIONISM, *France, French Painters, Art, Art History, Painting, Giverny, Biography — 4 more, DK_Eyewitness Books, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Eyewitness Art
Barcode
4976
Status
Checked out
Due May 9, 2024

Claude Monet (Art for Young People)

by Peter Harrison
Hardcover, 1996
Tags
MONET_CLAUDE 1840-1926, ARTISTS, PAINTERS, IMPRESSIONISM, *France, French Painters, Art, Art History, Painting, Giverny, Biography — 3 more, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4963
Status
Checked out
Due May 9, 2024

Miro (Famous Artists)

by Nicholas Ross
Paperback, 1995
Tags
MIRÓ-JOAN 1893-1983, ARTISTS, PAINTERS, Spanish Studies, ABSTRACT ART, *Spain, Art, Art History, Painting, Spanish Painters, Biography — 4 more, Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep_Oct), (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Famous Artists
Barcode
4974
Status
Available

Manet (Eyewitness)

by Patricia Wright
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
ARTISTS, MANET-EDOUARD 1832-1883, PAINTERS, IMPRESSIONISM, Art, Art History, *France, French Painters, Painting, Biography, DK_Eyewitness Books — 3 more, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Eyewitness Art, Eyewitness Books
Barcode
4969
Status
Available

The Genius of Leonardo

by Guido Visconti
Hardcover, 2000
Tags
LEONARDO DA VINCI 1452-1519, Renaissance, Art, Art History, Painting, Drawing, *Italy, ARTISTS, Inventors, Sculptors, Sculpture — 5 more, Picture Books, Painters, Scientists, Biography, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/EASY BOOKS [E]
Barcode
2349
Status
Available

El Greco of Toledo

by Greco
Paperback, 1982
Tags
GRECO-1541-1614-EXHIBITIONS, PAINTERS, ARTISTS, Spanish Studies, SPAIN-ARTISTS, MANNERISM, *Spain, Art, Art History, Painting, Biography — 4 more, Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep_Oct), (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4953
Status
Available

Gauguin (Eyewitness Art)

by Michael Howard
Hardcover, 1992
Tags
GAUGUIN-PAUL, ARTISTS, PAINTERS, Post-Impressionism, Art, Art History, Painting, *France, French Painters, *Tahiti, Biography — 4 more, DK_Eyewitness Books, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Eyewitness Art, Eyewitness Books
Barcode
4950
Status
Available

Paul Gauguin (Great Artists)

by Maria Siponta De Salvia
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
GAUGUIN-PAUL, ARTISTS, PAINTERS, Post-Impressionism, Art, Art History, Painting, *France, French Painters, *Tahiti, Biography — 3 more, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4951
Status
Available

Degas and the Dance: The Painter and the Petits Rats, Perfecting their Art

by Susan Goldman Rubin
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
DEGAS-EDGAR, ARTISTS, PAINTERS, Ballet, Dance, IMPRESSIONISM, Art, Art History, Painting, Dancers, Edgar Degas — 6 more, French Painters, *France, Biography, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4944
Status
Available

Chagall

by Shearer West
Hardcover, 2004
Tags
CHAGALL-MARC, ARTISTS, PAINTERS, Art, Art History, Painting, *Russia, Russian Painters, Jewish Art, Marc Chagall 1887-1985, Biography — 3 more, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, (750) PAINTING AND PAINTERS, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
4940
Status
Available
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