Deborah Noyes
Author
Series
Softwire volume 2
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In long-ago China, as a young princess prepares to leave her parents' kingdom to travel to far-off Khotan where she is to marry the king, she decides to surreptitiously take with her a precious reminder of home.
2) Ten days a madwoman: the daring life and turbulent times of the original "girl" reporter, Nellie Bly
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"A biography of Nellie Bly, the pioneering journalist whose showy but substantive stunts skyrocketed her to fame"--
3) The magician and the spirits: Harry Houdini and the curious pastime of communicating with the dead
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Famed illusionist Harry Houdini embarks on a quest to investigate spiritual phenomena and the possibility of communication with those on the "other side.""--
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A riveting middle-grade biography about Sophie Blanchard, the first woman to work as a professional aeronaut in France in the late 1700s, set against the thrilling backdrop of early flight. Before Amelia Earhart, there was Sophie Blanchard, the first woman to earn her living in the air. While no one knows the fate of Earhart, a terrified crowd of thousands looked on as French aeronaut Sophie Blanchard met her end in a tragic blaze of glory over the...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Much has been written about P. T. Barnum -- legendary showman, entrepreneur, marketing genius, and one of the most famous nineteenth-century personalities. For those who lived in Barnum's shadow, however, life was complex. P. T. Barnum's two families -- his family at home, including his two wives and his daughters, and his family at work, including Little People, a giantess, an opera singer, and many sideshow entertainers -- suffered greatly from...
10) One kingdom: our lives with animals : the human-animal bond in myth, history, science, and story
Author
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
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