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Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Contains brief profiles of the lives and deeds of World War II leaders and generals, including Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Emperor Hirohito, Omar Bradley, Erwin Rommel, and others.
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
"Best-selling author Winston Groom tells the complex story of how Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin--the three iconic and vastly different Allied leaders--aligned to win World War II and created a new world order. By the end of World War II, 59 nations were arrayed against the axis powers, but three great Allied leaders--Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin--had emerged to control the war in Europe and the...
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Pub. Date
2018.
Description
In 2016, Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi became the state counselor of Myanmar. She wasn't always given a say in her country's political affairs. She spent more than fifteen years under house arrest as punishment for speaking out against human rights abuses and promoting democracy. She then became an international symbol of peaceful resistance to oppression. Readers will learn about Suu Kyi's extraordinary struggles and accomplishments....
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Series
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Profiles the careers of seven women elected to head their respective countries, including Golda Meir, Indira Gandhi, Margaret Thatcher, Corazón Aquino, Benazir Bhutto, Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, and Gro Harlem Brundtland.
16) The book of queens: legendary leaders, fierce females, and more wonder women who ruled the world
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Pub. Date
2019.
Description
They're queens wielding scepters and sitting on thrones, they're revolutionaries on the front lines of change, they're presidents and prime ministers leading their nation, or they're CEOs, scientists, sports legends, and artists who are have risen to the top of their fields. Welcome to The Book of Queens, where being a mighty monarch doesn't just mean wearing a crown. Leaders like these come from all over the globe and have different talents. But...
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Pub. Date
2017.
Description
If you thought that it was a man's world, think again! 100 Women Who Made History is the exciting story of the women who changed the world, from Anne Frank to J.K. Rowling. Meet the most talented and famous women in history, from politics, science, business, and the arts, from exciting entrepreneurs to clever creative. Discover landmark moments in the lives of amazing historical women from Joan of Arc to Marie Curie, up to and including modern game-changers...
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Pub. Date
2005
Description
"Visions of Victory explores the views of eight leaders of the major belligerents in World War II - Hitler, Mussolini, Tojo, Chiang Kai-shek, Stalin, Churchill, de Gaulle, and Roosevelt - and compares their visions of the future assuming their side emerged victorious. While the leaders primarily focused their attention on strategies for fighting and wining the war, these strategies were often shaped by their aspirations and hopes for the future. Weinberg...
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Pub. Date
[1999]
Description
"Here is a royal entourage of queens, empresses, prime ministers, presidents, regents, constitutional monarchs, and other women rulers of the world's empires, nations, and tribes. Their readable biographies cover each ruler's victories and defeats, foibles and triumphs, life and times."--BOOK JACKET. "Women Rulers throughout the Ages: An Illustrated Guide is based on the author's Women Who Ruled. Many entries have been substantially revised, expanded,...