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Dirie, Waris.

Summary: Fashion model and UN ambassador Waris Dirie recounts her life, from her roots as a desert nomad in Somalia, her escape from an arranged marriage, her modeling career, and other related topics.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Virago 2005

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 659.152 DIRIE, WARIS DIR

Horie, Yoshitaka.

Contents: The toughest battle in world history -- Isolated island : where no planes or vessels could go -- Saipan was said to be impregnable -- Iwo Jima is next! -- Iwo Jima : an island of pineapples and jungle -- The Ogasawara Islands force and the U.S. Pacific fleet -- Let's sink Iwo Jima into the ocean -- Supply operations at night via Chichi Jima -- Defensive operations from the caves -- Send more...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Naval Institute Press 2011

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 HORIE, YOSHITAKA HOR

Marshall, Linda Elovitz

Summary: "The fascinating story of Marie Curie and her sister Bronia, two trailblazing women who worked together and made a legendary impact on chemistry and healthcare as we know it"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2023

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 MAR

Milani, Alice

Summary: "A graphic account of a pioneering scientist who conducted innovative research on radioactivity. Marie Curie (1867-1934) was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different sciences, and first woman to become a professor at the University of Paris."--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Universe 2019

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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 921 CUR

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