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Mother Teresa
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A biography of Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, known as Mother Teresa, who spent most of her life serving "the poorest of the poor" in Calcutta, India. |
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The Nobel Peace Prize and Dalai Lama
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His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso the XIV Dalai Lama |
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Ralph J. Bunche
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Patricia McKissack |
Biography of the African-American statesman and diplomat who was one of the founders of the United Nations and who received the Nobel Prize for his peacemaking efforts. |
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Jane Addams
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Lucia Raatma |
A biography of Jane Addams, who established Hull-House in Chicago in 1889 to provide medical and legal services, educational opportunities, and social interactions to immigrants and other victims of … |
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Mother Teresa
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Elaine Murray Stone |
Describes the life of the nun who founded the Missionaries of Charity, gained wide recognition for her humaniitarian efforts in Calcutta and elsewhere, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. |
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Henry Kissinger
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Fred L. Israel |
A biography of the German immigrant whose family came to the United States to escape Nazi persecution of Jews and who served this country as secretary of state under two Presidents. |
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Jimmy Carter
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Louise Chipley Slavicek |
A biography of the thirty-ninth president, from his early childhood to his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. |
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Jane Addams
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Gail Faithfull Keller |
An easy-to-read biography of the woman who founded Hull House, one of the first social settlement houses in the United States. |
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