Presents the life, military years, and political career of President Grant in graphic novel format.

In graphic novel format, describes the life and work of Sacagawea, the Shoshoni woman who acted as interpreter to the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

"Many people know that Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) was a Mexican artist who lived in the famous Blue House and whose work includes The Two Fridas. What, perhaps, they don't know is that 55 of her 143 artworks are self-portrait; that her painting Two Nudes in a Forest holds the record for a Latin American artwork, having sold for $8 million in 2016; that she married her husband twice; or that she arrived in an ambulance for her first solo exhibition in...

Many people know that William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was a playwright and poet, who wrote Hamlet and A Midsummer Night's Dream and is widely considered to be the greatest dramatist of all time. What, perhaps, they don't know is that he favoured stabbing as a method for killing off his characters; that he is credited with the invention of over 2,000 words and phrases; and that he owned five houses and a public house at the time of his death. Biographic:...

"A biography of Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to obtain an M.D. degree in the United States, with profiles of two prominent individuals, who are associated through the influences they had on one another, the successes they achieved, or the goals they worked toward. Includes recommended readings and web sites"--Provided by publisher.

"A biography of Albert Einstein, with profiles of two prominent individuals, who are associated through the influences they had on one another, the successes they achieved, or the goals they worked toward. Includes recommended readings and web sites"--Provided by publisher.

A biography of Louis Riel, a Métis leader who, in the 1800s, sought better treatment of his people by the Canadian establishment. Also profiled are Gabriel Dumont, a Métis who tried to obtain better governance and fairer treatment for the Métis people, and Poundmaker, a Cree Indian with Métis blood whose efforts were directed toward preparing his people for the changes he could foresee and forging political consciousness among all the tribes of...

A biography of Martin Luther King, Jr., African American civil rights activist, whose leadership during the 1950s and 1960s helped legally abolish long-standing racial segregation in the South. Also profiled are Mohandas K. Gandhi, whose method of nonviolent direct social action led to India's independence from Great Britain and served as a model for both Martin Luther King and South African leader Nelson Mandela, who struggled to end the white-minority...