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A musical prodigy, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart began playing the piano and composing when he was just three years old. Able to play multiple instruments, among them the piano and violin, Mozart spent much of his youth touring European courts with his family. From the time he was three until his death just thirty-two years later, he produced a huge volume of musical works. Among them the famed operas The Magic Flute, The Marriage of Figaro, and Don Giovanni.

Learn all about the truly epic life of one of the most famous women rulers in history! Cleopatra's legacy as a trailblazing leader and political strategist dazzles in this addition to the #1 New York Times bestselling series.

Samuel Clemens grew up in a child's paradise--Hannibal, Missouri. There, mischief added humor to everyday events as Sam encountered the folks who would one day reappear as Huck Finn, Aunt Polly, and Becky Thatcher in his books, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. At eighteen, Sam left Hannibal to seek his fortune. He became a newspaperman and story writer.

When nine-year-old Booker T. Washington was finally freed from slavery, he soon discovered that freedom had a price, and that he had to work, and work hard, to make his way in the world. After years of study and struggle, Washington became a teacher at what would become the famed Tuskegee Institute. Built from the ground up by Washington, his students, and his staff, Tuskegee became one of the finest schools for black students in the nation. More than one hundred years later, it still is.

Fifty years after her refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus, Mrs. Rosa Parks is still one of the most important figures in the American civil rights movement. This tribute to Mrs. Parks is a celebration of her courageous action and the events that followed.

In 1791 plans for the new capital city, Washington, D.C., were in the works, but someone was needed to help with the surveying. Thomas Jefferson recommended Benjamin Banneker for the job. Banneker was a free black man who lived at a time when black Americans had few, if any, rights. Yet he was an accomplished farmer, mathematician, astronomer, and surveyor. What Are You Figuring Now? is the story of a man who was never afraid to try something new, no matter how difficult.

There wasn't anything that George Washington Carver couldn't grow. He took the common goober—today's peanut—and created hundreds of useful products from it, turning goobers into a very profitable staple for the South. At the same time, this very special man passed on to everyone who knew him the importance of following one's own dreams.

For the first twenty-eight years of her life. Harriet Tubman lived as a slave on a southern plantation. Finally, with the help of a Quaker woman, she was able to escape to Philadelphia by way of the Underground Railroad. After her escape, Harriet began her quest to help free other slaves. Over a ten-year period she led more than three hundred people through the Underground Railroad. In Go Free or Die, young listeners will learn about this courageous woman who refused to be a slave and who fought for freedom for everyone.

Sojourner Truth was born into slavery in New York in 1797 or 1798. She never knew for sure which year she was born or even whether it was summer or winter. By the time she was a young woman, Sojourner knew she could no longer live as a slave, and with the help of Quakers, she escaped to freedom. She then began her long struggle to reunite her family and to free other slaves.

This Little Golden Book about Harriet Tubman—a true hero who helped to free enslaved Black people as a conductor on the Underground Railroad—is an inspiring book for young children.

Throughout history, Black inventors have achieved some of the world's greatest advancements in science, technology, engineering, and math. This book highlights 15 men and women who made a big impact with their invention, from Marie Van Brittan Brown, who created the first home security system, to Mark Dean, who invented the personal computer. Learn all about each inventor's creative process, their invention, and the way it's benefited our world.

Amelia Earhart became the first woman pilot to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean in an airplane—and she broke many other flight records before her mysterious disappearance. Before she made history and changed the world for pilots everywhere, Amelia was an adventure-loving kid who wasn’t afraid to be different. She worked hard and learned how to fly airplanes at a time when many people didn’t think women should be pilots. Explore how Amelia Earhart went from being a young girl growing up in Kansas to an American hero and a celebrated pioneer of flight.

Did you know that the first published poet in America was a woman? As an American colonist, Anne Bradstreet’s poems give us a unique window into early colonial life. In this Christian Biography for Young Readers, Simonetta Carr shows us how Bradstreet overcame opposition from those who thought only men should write to produce beautiful poetry that encourages the church today.

• Um sábio professor que toda a semana doava sua camisa para algum necessitado;. • Um pregador de quem uma rainha tinha medo;. • Um jovem professor que deu sua vida para traduzir a Bíblia para a língua inglesa;. • Um monge que cantava de porta em porta para conseguir comida;. • Um jovem rapaz que foi feito padre aos 12 anos, mas que se tornou o grande reformador da igreja da França;. • Uma bela rainha que saía de seu palácio para cuidar e orar pelo doentes pobres em suas cabanas;. • Uma corajosa duquesa que enfrentou o rei para proteger e ajudar as pessoas necessitadas;.

Um sábio professor que toda a semana doava sua camisa para algum necessitado;. Um pregador de quem uma rainha tinha medo;. Um jovem professor que...

• Um sábio professor que toda a semana doava sua camisa para algum necessitado;. • Um pregador de quem uma rainha tinha medo;. • Um jovem professor que deu sua vida para traduzir a Bíblia para a língua inglesa;. • Um monge que cantava de porta em porta para conseguir comida;. • Um jovem rapaz que foi feito padre aos 12 anos, mas que se tornou o grande reformador da igreja da França;. • Uma bela rainha que saía de seu palácio para cuidar e orar pelo doentes pobres em suas cabanas;. • Uma corajosa duquesa que enfrentou o rei para proteger e ajudar as pessoas necessitadas;.

Um sábio professor que toda a semana doava sua camisa para algum necessitado;. Um pregador de quem uma rainha tinha medo;. Um jovem professor que...

• Um sábio professor que toda a semana doava sua camisa para algum necessitado; • Um pregador de quem uma rainha tinha medo; • Um jovem professor que deu sua vida para traduzir a Bíblia para a língua inglesa; • Um monge que cantava de porta em porta para conseguir comida; • Um jovem rapaz que foi feito padre aos 12 anos, mas que se tornou o grande reformador da igreja da França; • Uma bela rainha que saía de seu palácio para cuidar e orar pelo doentes pobres em suas cabanas; • Uma corajosa duquesa que enfrentou o rei para proteger e ajudar as pessoas necessitadas.

Meet unforgettable people and animals in the What a Character! Notable Lives from History series as you enjoy 10 real stories within each book!

Sir Isaac Newton changed the world with his many discoveries and inventions about mathematics, science, optics, and physics. Although he was brilliant, Newton felt no need to publish his ideas or to inform his fellow scientists of the amazing discoveries he made. Because of this, his discoveries were often disputed. Despite the controversy that often surrounded him, Newton made astounding advances in his efforts to understand how nature worked. His legacy lives on through inventions such as microscopes, eyeglasses, telescopes, and cameras.