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Chelsea House Publishers, a division of Main Line Book Co. BOOK: Corners, Spine Bumped. DUST JACKET: None, As Issued. EDITORIAL CONSULTANT: Ronald Takaki, Professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. ON THE COVER: Kristi Yamaguchi, Zubin Mehta, and Maya Lin. EDITORIAL ASSISTANT: Scott D. Briggs. PICTURE RESEARCHER: Pat Burns. CONTENTS: Michael Chang; Sammy Lee; Zubin Mehta; Wayne Wang; Kristi Yamaguchi; May Lin; Isamu Noguchi; Anne May Wong; Yo-Yo Ma; Margaret Cho; Further Reading; Index. PUBLISHER: Chelsea House Publishers, a division of Main Line Book Co. EDITORIAL DIRECTOR: Richard Rennert. EXECUTIVE MANAGING EDITOR: Karyn Gullen Browne. COPY CHIEF: Robin James. PICTURE EDITOR: Adrian G. Allen. ART DIRECTOR: Robert Mitchell. MANUFACTURING DIRECTOR: Gerald Levine. ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR: Joan Ferrigno. SERIES: 13th in series. SENIOR EDITOR: Jake Goldberg. SERIES DESIGN: Marjorie Zaum. SYNOPSIS: The Asian Americans profiled in this volume… Read More

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Repaired; Previous Owner Markings (School Stamp Faintly Visible on Front Cover); Lightly Scuffed on Front, Rear Covers; Light Creasing on Front Cover; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Front Cover Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. BOOK NUMBER: (b) 524 L.W. (2-70). ALSO KNOWN AS: This story of the life of Marie Curie is an adaptation by Grace T. Hallock from the book Madame Curie, written by her daughter, Eve Curie, translated by Vincent Sheean, and copyright 1937 by Doubleday & Company, Inc., New York. CONTENTS: Marie Curie 1867-1934; Little Manya; Dark Years; School Days in Poland; One Carefree Year; The Sisters; The Governess; Off to Paris; The University; A Spartan Existence; Pierre Curie; The Young Couple; Becquerel's Rays; Radioactivity; A New Element; The Discovery of Radium; A Hard Life; An Important Decision; Fame; Alone; The War; America; The End of the Journey; The Sequel: A New Science; Suggested Reading. COPYRIGHT:… Read More

New York: Learning Trends, a division of Globe Book Company, Inc. Previous Owner Markings/Ex-Library; 1st Page of Front Matter Missing; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Pulled From Removal of Stickers; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. READING CONSULTANT: M. Jerry Weiss. CONSULTING EDITOR: Mindy Rosenthal. CARTOONS ON PAGES 199-230: Kevin Callahan. CONTENTS: To the Student; Story 1 Senor Tennis - Richard "Pancho" Gonzalez; Story 2 No Laughing Matter - Garrett A. Morgan; Story 3 Medicine Man - Dr. Carlos Montezuma; Story 4 Sugar Daddy - Norbert Rillieux; Story 5 That Lady from Rio - Carmen Miranda; Vocabulary Review, Stories 1-5; Story 6 Hideyo Noguchi, M.D.; Story 7 "Good-for-Nothing" Medal Willer - Ludwig Bemelmans; Story 8 Gentle-Hearted Monster - Boris Karloff; Story 9 A Gift of Gold - Robert Goulet; Story 10 Dr. Mays: Slave's Son; Vocabulary Review, Stories 6-10; Story 11… Read More

New York: Globe Book Company, Inc. Previous Owner Markings/Ex-Library; 1st Page of Front Matter Missing; Light Creasing on Front Cover, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. EDITOR: Tom Maksym. PHOTO EDITOR: Adelaide Garvin Ungerland, assisted by Suzanne Volkman. CONTENTS: About This Book; UNIT 1: Meeting the Challenge; Bobby Fischer: World Chess Champion; Roberto Clemente: Baseball Star from Puerto Rico; Peggy Fleming: American Figure Skater; Evonne Goolagong: Australian Tennis Star; Tenzing Norgay: Conqueror of Mount Everest; Another Look; Careers Ahead; UNIT 2: A Time for Greatness; Winston Churchill: English Statesman; Charles de Gaulle: French President; Pope John XXIII: Religious Leader; Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Tse-tung: Rival Leaders; Eleanor Roosevelt: American First Lady; Another Look; Careers Ahead; UNIT 3: The Stage and the Screen; Akira Kurosawa: Japanese Film Director; Alfred Hitchcock: English Film… Read More

New York: Learning Trends, a Division of Globe Book Company, Inc. Previous Owner Markings/Ex-Library; 1st Page of Front Matter Missing; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Pulled and with Sticker Remnants Attached Due to Sticker Removal; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. STAFF EDITOR: Nancy Cali. DESIGNER: William Frost. CONTENTS: Gunther Gebel-Williams the world's greatest act; Buffy Sainte-Marie take it or leave it; Babe Didrikson Zaharias the long road back; Edmund Muskie a time to make a stand; Mario Andretti a race to death; Marisol Malaret the prize money; Bob Cousy the new game; Jim Ryun the weakling; Joe Namath like him or hate him; Thomas Hoving a second home; Spyros Skouras the empty seats; Patsy T. Mink two girls from maui; Golda Meir never again; Svetlana Alliluyeva in the dark; Lauren Bacall the big decision; Helen Delich Bentley woman in a man's world; Andy Bathgate a boy remembers; Andy… Read More