8 Mighty Queens in History | Biography

Best Biographies Of Historical Figures on March 2024 Shopping Deals at Bestonio.com

  • Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee

    • ASIN: 1101947861
    • ISBN: 1101947861
    • Manufacturer: Knopf

  • Leadership: In Turbulent Times

    • ASIN: 1476795924
    • ISBN: 1476795924
    • Brand: Simon & Schuster
    • Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

  • Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

    • ASIN: 0062363603
    • ISBN: 0062363603
    • Manufacturer: William Morrow Paperbacks

    The #1 New York Times bestsellerThe phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America’s greatest achievements in space. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kirsten Dunst, and Kevin Costner. Before John Glenn orbited the earth, or... [Read More]

  • The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

    • UPC: 884534461151
    • ASIN: 1591846358
    • ISBN: 1591846358
    • Brand: Portfolio Hardcover
    • Manufacturer: Portfolio

    #1 Wall Street Journal BestsellerThe Obstacle is the Way has become a cult classic, beloved by men and women around the world who apply its wisdom to become more successful at whatever they do. Its many fans include a former governor and movie star (Arnold Schwarzenegger), a hip hop icon (LL Cool J), an Irish tennis pro (James McGee), an NBC sport... [Read More]

  • Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition

    • ASIN: 0062662376
    • ISBN: 9780062662378
    • Brand: HarperCollins
    • Manufacturer: HarperCollins

    The uplifting, amazing true story—a New York Times bestsellerThis edition of Margot Lee Shetterly’s acclaimed book is perfect for young readers. It is the powerful story of four African-American female mathematicians at NASA who helped achieve some of the greatest moments in our space program. Now a major motion picture starring Taraji P. Henso... [Read More]

  • America's First Daughter: A Novel

    • ASIN: 0062347268
    • ISBN: 0062347268
    • Brand: William Morrow Co
    • Manufacturer: William Morrow Paperbacks

    THE NEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY BESTSELLERIn a compelling, richly researched novel that draws from thousands of letters and original sources, bestselling authors Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie tell the fascinating, untold story of Thomas Jefferson's eldest daughter, Martha "Patsy" Jefferson Randolph--a woman who kept the secrets of our most enigm... [Read More]

  • Churchill: Walking with Destiny

    • ASIN: B07K4DL8QP
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Audio

    New York Times best seller One of The Wall Street Journal's 10 best books of 2018 One of The Economist's best books of 2018 One of The New York Times' notable books of 2018  "Unarguably the best single-volume biography of Churchill... A brilliant feat of storytelling, monumental in scope, yet put together with tenderness for a man who had always b... [Read More]

  • 1776

    • ASIN: B000FCK5YE
    • Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

  • Alexander Hamilton

    • ASIN: B0007OB58A
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Audio

    The inspiration for the hit Broadway musical Hamilton! In the first full-length biography of Alexander Hamilton in decades, National Book Award winner Ron Chernow tells the riveting story of a man who overcame all odds to shape, inspire, and scandalize the newborn America. According to historian Joseph Ellis, Alexander Hamilton is "a robust full-le... [Read More]

  • Leonardo da Vinci

    • ASIN: B071S8BNDP
    • Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Audio

    The author of the acclaimed best sellers Benjamin Franklin, Einstein, and Steve Jobs delivers an engrossing biography of Leonardo da Vinci, the world's most creative genius. Leonardo da Vinci created the two most famous paintings in history, The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. But in his own mind, he was just as much a man of science and engineeri... [Read More]

  • My Dear Hamilton: A Novel of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton

    • ASIN: 006246616X
    • ISBN: 006246616X
    • Manufacturer: William Morrow Paperbacks

    "Not since I read Erik Larson's Dead Wake have I had such an edge-of-my-seat immersion into historical events. [...] No study of Alexander Hamilton would be complete without reading this book."-Karen White, New York Times bestselling authorFrom the New York Times bestselling authors of America's First Daughter comes the epic story of Eliza Schuyle... [Read More]

  • Ninth Street Women: Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler: Five Painters and the Movement That Changed Modern Art

    • ASIN: 0316226181
    • ISBN: 9780316226189
    • Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company

    Five women revolutionize the modern art world in postwar America in this "gratifying, generous, and lush" true story from a National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize finalist (Jennifer Szalai, New York Times).Set amid the most turbulent social and political period of modern times, Ninth Street Women is the impassioned, wild, sometimes tragic, always e... [Read More]

  • Maus : A Survivor's Tale. I. My Father Bleeds History. II. And Here My Troubles Began

    • UPC: 884609854253
    • ASIN: 0679748407
    • ISBN: 9780679748403
    • Brand: Pantheon Books 1992
    • Manufacturer: Pantheon

    Now in a paperback boxed set, the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel acclaimed as “the most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust” (Wall Street Journal) and “the first masterpiece in comic book history” (The New Yorker).A brutally moving work of art—widely hailed as the greatest graphic novel ever written—Ma... [Read More]

  • Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

    • ASIN: 0062742469
    • ISBN: 0062742469
    • Manufacturer: HarperCollins

    Based on the New York Times bestselling book and the Academy Award–nominated movie, author Margot Lee Shetterly and Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award winner Laura Freeman bring the incredibly inspiring true story of four black women who helped NASA launch men into space to picture book readers!Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Joh... [Read More]

  • In the Time of the Butterflies

    • ASIN: 1565129768
    • ISBN: 1565129768
    • Brand: Algonquin Books
    • Manufacturer: Algonquin Books

    25th Anniversary Edition "A magnificent treasure for all cultures and all time.” --St. Petersburg Times It is November 25, 1960, and three beautiful sisters have been found near their wrecked Jeep at the bottom of a 150-foot cliff on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. The official state newspaper reports their deaths as accidental.... [Read More]

  • Paul: A Biography

    • ASIN: B078XMLH2X
    • Manufacturer: HarperAudio

    In this definitive biography, renowned Bible scholar, Anglican bishop, and best-selling author N. T. Wright offers a radical look at the apostle Paul, illuminating the humanity and remarkable achievements of this intellectual who invented Christian theology - transforming a faith and changing the world.  For centuries, Paul, the apostle who "saw ... [Read More]

  • Columbine

    • ASIN: 0446546925
    • ISBN: 0446546925
    • Brand: Twelve
    • Manufacturer: Twelve

    A masterpiece of reportage, this is the definitive account of the Columbine massacre, its aftermath, and its significance, from the acclaimed journalist who followed the story from the outset."The tragedies keep coming. As we reel from the latest horror . . ."So begins a new epilogue, illustrating how Columbine became the template for nearly two de... [Read More]

  • Grant

    • ASIN: 159420487X
    • ISBN: 9781594204876
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Press

    The #1 New York Times bestseller.New York Times Book Review 10 Best Books of 2017Pulitzer Prize winner Ron Chernow returns with a sweeping and dramatic portrait of one of our most compelling generals and presidents, Ulysses S. Grant.   Ulysses S. Grant's life has typically been misunderstood. All too often he is caricatured as a chronic loser and... [Read More]

  • Washington: A Life

    • UPC: 000143119966
    • ASIN: 0143119966
    • ISBN: 0143119966
    • Brand: Penguin Books
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Books

    A gripping portrait of the first president of the United States from the author of Alexander Hamilton, the New York Times bestselling biography that inspired the musical.Celebrated biographer Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of our nation and the first president of the United States. With a breadth and depth matched by ... [Read More]

  • Mae Among the Stars

    • ASIN: 0062651730
    • ISBN: 0062651730
    • Manufacturer: HarperCollins

    An Amazon Best Book of the MonthA beautiful picture book for sharing, inspired by the life of the first African American woman to travel in space, Mae Jemison.A great classroom and bedtime read-aloud, Mae Among the Stars is the perfect book for young readers who have big dreams and even bigger hearts!When Little Mae was a child, she dreamed of danc... [Read More]

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