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NRMS Library Books, eBooks, and Specific Encyclopedias:
Alexander the Great: Who's Who in the Greek World REF 920.03 H337
Who Was Alexander the Great? 938 ALE
The Ancient World: Extraordinary People in Extraordinary Societies REF 930.03 ANC
Aristotle: Aristotle: the father of logic 921 ARI
Aristotle: philosopher and scientist 185 AND
Science in Ancient Greece 509.38 GAY
The Ancient World: Extraordinary People in Extraordinary Societies REF 930.03 ANC
Johann Sebastian Bach: The 100 Most Influential Musicians of All Time 920 100
Great Composers 780.922 K125
Ludwig van Beethoven: The 100 Most Influential Musicians of All Time 920 100
Great Composers 780.922 K125
Benazir Bhutto: Benazir Bhutto 954.9105 BHU
A To Z of Women in World History 920.72 K955
Women Rulers Throughout the Ages 920.72 J134w
Women Who Ruled 920.72 JAC
Elizabeth Blackwell: Elizabeth Blackwell 921 BLA
Herstory: women who changed the world 920 H4395
A To Z of Women in World History 920.72 K955
Simon Bolivar: Venezuela 987 CRO
Winston Churchill: Biographical Encyclopedia of 20th Century World Leaders REF 920 B52
Cleopatra: Cleopatra by Don Nardo 921 CLE
Cleopatra by Rose Blue 921 CLE
Discovering Ancient Egypt 932.01 STA
Herstory: women who changed the world 920 H4395
Women Rulers Throughout the Ages 920.72 J134w
Women Who Ruled 920.72 JAC
A To Z of Women in World History 920.72 K955
The Ancient World: Extraordinary People in Extraordinary Societies REF 930.03 ANC
Marie Curie: Marie Curie: physics and chemistry pioneer 921 CUR
A to Z of Physicists 530.0922 L536
Herstory: women who changed the world 920 H4395
A To Z of Women in World History 920.72 K955
Charles Darwin: Charles Darwin: groundbreaking naturalist and evolutionary theorist 921 DAR
Charles Darwin 576.8 SPR
Charles Darwin and the Evolution Revolution 921 D259s
Charles and Emma: the Darwins' leap of faith 576.8 HEI
On the Origin of Species 576.8 DAR
Albert Einstein: Albert Einstein 921 EI68
Albert Einstein: revolutionary physicist 921 EIN
A to Z of Physicists 530.0922 L536
Portraits of Jewish-American Heroes 973 DRU
The Basics of Matter 530 CLA
George Eliot: A To Z of Women in World History 920.72 K955
Queen Elizabeth I: Herstory: women who changed the world 920 H4395
A To Z of Women in World History 920.72 K955
Women Rulers Throughout the Ages 920.72 J134w
Women Who Ruled 920.72 JAC
-Alexander Fleming: Alexander Fleming 921 FLE
World Book's Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists, Volume 3 REF 509.22 WOR
Galileo Galilei: Galileo: astronomer and physicist 520.92 HIG
Galileo Galilei 921 GAL
Galileo 921 G133r
Renaissance and Reformation Biographies, Volume 1 REF 940.2 SAA
A To Z of Scientists in Space and Astronomy 520.922 T566
Mahatma Gandhi: Mahatma Gandhi 921 GAN
Mohandas K. Gandhi 921 GAN
Mahatma Gandhi and India's Independence 921 GAN
Martin Luther King, Jr. with profiles of Mohandas K. Gandhi and Nelson Mandela 323.092 SCH
Jane Goodall: Jane Goodall: revolutionary primatologist and anthropologist 921 GOO
The Great Apes: between two worlds 599.88 NIC
World Book's Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists, Volume 4 REF 509.22 WOR
A To Z of Women in World History 920.72 K955
Mikhail Gorbachev: Lend Me Your Ears: Great Speeches in History REF 808.85 L546
Stephen Hawking: Stephen Hawking: a revolutionary physicist 921 HAW
A Brief History of Time 523.1 HAW
World Book's Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists, Volume 4 REF 509.22 WOR
-Adolf Hitler: Evil Masters: the frightening world of tyrants 321.9 LIT
Queen Isabella I: Herstory: women who changed the world 920 H4395
A To Z of Women in World History 920.72 K955
Women Rulers Throughout the Ages 920.72 J134w
Women Who Ruled 920.72 JAC
Edward Jenner: World Book's Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists, Volume 4 REF 509.22 WOR
Johannes Kepler: Johannes Kepler: discovering the laws of planetary motion 520.92 GOW
A To Z of Scientists in Space and Astronomy 520.922 T566
On the Shoulders of Giants 520 ON
Tycho Brahe: astronomer 520.92 GOW
Genghis Khan: Genghis Khan 921 KHA
Genghis Khan's Mongol Empire 950.2 STR
Joseph Lister: World Book's Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists, Volume 5 REF 509.22 WOR
Nelson Mandela: Nelson Mandela: "no easy walk to freedom": a biography 968 MAN
Nelson Mandela and the End of Apartheid 921 MAN
Nelson Mandela: the authorized comic book GN 968.065092 MAN
Martin Luther King, Jr. with profiles of Mohandas K. Gandhi and Nelson Mandela 323.092 SCH
Karl Marx: Karl Marx: philosopher and revolutionary BIO MAR
Karl Marx: profiles in economics BIO MAR
Socialism: a primary source analysis 335 JAR
Golda Meir: Golda Meir 921 M478
Herstory: women who changed the world 920 H4395
Portraits of Jewish-American Heroes 973 DRU
A To Z of Women in World History 920.72 K955
Wolfgang Mozart: Great Composers 780.922 K125
The 100 Most Influential Musicians of All Time 920 100
Isaac Newton: Isaac Newton: genius mathematician and physicist 921 NEW
Isaac Newton: the greatest scientist of all time 530.92 AND
World Book's Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists, Volume 6 REF 509.22 WOR
Florence Nightingale: Herstory: women who changed the world 920 H4395
A To Z of Women in World History 920.72 K955
Louis Pasteur: Louis Pasteur 921 PAS
Louis Pasteur Advances Microbiology 579 HUS
World Book's Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists, Volume 6 REF 509.22 WOR
Eva Peron: Eva Peron 982.06 FAV
Herstory: women who changed the world 920 H4395
A To Z of Women in World History 920.72 K955
Plato: Plato: the father of western philosophy 921 PLA
Ancient Philosophers 180 NAR
The 100 Most Influential Philosophers of All Time 920 100
Masterpieces of Philosophical Literature 809 COO
The Ancient World: Extraordinary People in Extraordinary Societies REF 930.03 ANC
Marco Polo: Marco Polo: Marco Polo and the silk road to China 921 POL
The Great Empire of China and Marco Polo 915.04 WOR
Michelangelo: Michelangelo 709.2 D547
Michelangelo and His Times 709 MIL
Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists Volume 3 709.22 B52
Encyclopedia of Artists REF 709.22 EN19
Renaissance and Reformation Biographies, Volume 2 REF 940.2 SAA
The 100 Most Influential Painters and Sculptors of the Renaissance 920 100
Ernest Rutherford: World Book's Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists, Volume 7 REF 509.22 WOR
-Ernest Shackleton: Ice Story: Shackleton's Lost Expedition 910 KIM
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: the extraordinary true story of Shackleton and the Endurance 919.8 ARM
Joseph Stalin: Evil Masters: the frightening world of tyrants 321.9 SCA
Joseph Stalin: dictator of the Soviet Union 947.084 HAU
Stalin 947.084 MCC
Mother Teresa: Mother Teresa: humanitarian & advocate for the poor 271.97 TER
Mother Teresa 271.97 TER
Who Was Mother Teresa? 271.97 TER
Herstory: women who changed the world 920 H4395
A To Z of Women in World History 920.72 K955
James Watt: The Basics of Heat 536 CLA
William Butler Yeats: Poets: American and British, Volume 3 REF 821.009 P752
Malala Yousafzai: Malala Yousafzai: teenage education activist who defied the Taliban 371.8 YOU
I am Malala 371.8 YOU
Mao Zedong: Mao Zedong and the Chinese Revolution 921 ZED
Mao Zedong: founder of the People's Republic of China 921 M32
NRMS Library Encyclopedias:
UXL Encyclopedia of World Biography, 10 volumes REF 920.02 TYL
Dictionary of World Biographies, 10 volumes REF 920 D561
The Grolier Library of International Biographies, 10 volumes REF 920 G894
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