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Wargin, Kathy-jo.

Summary: "Alfred Nobel was the man who founded what became known as The Nobel Prizes. Nobel also invented dynamite, becoming very wealthy from his invention. Saddened by its use for harmful destruction, Nobel left his fortune to create yearly prizes for those who have rendered the greatest services to mankind"--Provided by publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2009

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB Nobel WAR

Lundestad, Geir

Summary: The World's Most Prestigious Prize: The Inside Story of the Nobel Peace Prize is a fascinating, insider account of the Nobel peace prize. Drawing on unprecedented access to the Norwegian Nobel Institute's vast archive, it offers a gripping account of the founding of the prize, as well as its highs and lows, triumphs and disasters, over the last one-hundred-and-twenty years. But more than that,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 001.4 LUN

Demi.

Summary: A biography of Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, known as Mother Teresa, who spent most of her life serving "the poorest of the poor" in Calcutta, India.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2005

Copies Available at Woodmere