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Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
ix, 332 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The authors describe their investigation into the death of King Tut, recounting how they drew on forensic clues, historical information, and the writings of Howard Carter to conclude that Tut did not die of natural causes.
3) Spare
Author
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother's coffin as the world watched in sorrow--and horror. As Diana, Princess of Wales, was laid to rest, billions wondered what the princes must be thinking and feeling--and how their lives would play out from that point on. For Harry, this is that story at last. With its raw, unflinching honesty, Spare is a landmark publication full...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Formats
Description
Recounts the final months of World War II in Europe and General George Patton's contributions to the Allied victory before his mysterious death in a car collision in December 1945, days before he was to return to the United States.
Author
Publisher
Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
239 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In this true crime memoir, the author presents a candid account of the life and death of her sister, revealing decades-old secrets and setting the record straight on one of Hollywood's most notorious celebrity deaths.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Language
English
Formats
Description
"John Lennon was one of the world's most influential people. Mark David Chapman was one of the most invisible. By the end of 1980, the Beatles had been broken up for a decade -- a decade John Lennon had spent in search of his true identity: singer, songwriter, activist, burn out. "It's the perfect time to be coming back," he declared. Except that Lennon was a marked man. As early as the Beatles' controversial 1966 American tour, the band had feared...
Author
Publisher
Celebra, published by the Penguin Group
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
viii, 262 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Describes the life and legacy of the major league pitcher who used his place in history and popularity to help others, which lead to his tragic death while en route to bring supplies to earthquake-stricken Nicaragua.
Author
Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Language
English
Description
The true story of Abraham Lincoln's last murder trial, a case in which he had a deep personal involvement--and which played out in the nation's newspapers as he began his presidential campaign At the end of the summer of 1859, twenty-two-year-old Peachy Quinn Harrison went on trial for murder in Springfield, Illinois. Abraham Lincoln, who had been involved in more than three thousand cases--including more than twenty-five murder trials--during his...