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|  | The Biographic Dictionary of Hispanic Americans by Nicholas E. Meyer
Description not available.Profiles over two hundred Hispanic Americans who have made major contributions to American culture, from the explorers of the fifteenth century to contemporary athletes, performers, and political leaders. AUTHOR: Nicholas E. Meyer
PUBLISHER: Facts on File Inc.
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Victoria by Deborah Jaffe
Description not available.In honor of the one hundredth anniversary of her death, a highly illustrated celebration of the life and reign of Queen Victoria is drawn directly from her own diaries and correspondence and describes the changes that rocked the world during her power, as well as fascinating facts about her personal life and monarchy. AUTHOR: Deborah Jaffe
PUBLISHER: Carlton Books, Limited
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | All for Love by Ved Mehta
Left blind from a near-death bout with childhood meningitis, Mehta emigrated at the age of 15, by himself, from India to the United States to attend a school for the blind in Arkansas. Triumphing, he eventually studied at Oxford and Harvard, and went on to became a celebrated journalist. Here he discusses his years in New York City in the 1960s, when he had a series of life-altering love affairs. He documents the psychoanalysis that helped him deal with each. AUTHOR: Ved Mehta
PUBLISHER: Avalon Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | How to Dance Forever by Daniel Nagrin, Jennifer Williams
Description not available.The author, a dancer and choreographer looks back on his career, and discusses the physical, emotional, and financial stresses dancers face AUTHOR: Daniel Nagrin, Jennifer Williams
PUBLISHER: HarperTrade
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Galileo Galilei by Michael White
Galileo's work ranged through mechanics and motion, to sound, speech and light, and the system of the universe. His discovery of the pendulum, and his development of the telescope, made him famous throughout Europe. This book tells the story of Galileo's fight for scientific proof instead of blind belief. His scientific methods ultimately swept the world. AUTHOR: Michael White
PUBLISHER: Gale Group
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | George Washington Carver by Sam Wellman
This is the biography of the great African American scientist George Washington Carver, born the son of slaves, who worked in his lab with God`s help to free the South from it`s post-Civil War poverty. AUTHOR: Sam Wellman
PUBLISHER: Barbour Publishing, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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