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Cesar Chavez

Presents a short biography of Cesar Chavez, the founder of the United Farm Workers of America, and describes how he fought to establish better working conditions and wages for migrant workers in California.
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Althea Gibson

Follows the life of the first black woman to win the tennis competition at Wimbledon.
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In the castle of my skin

Recreates the author's childhood and adolescence in Barbados to the eve of his departure to Trinidad at seventeen.

C?esar

s?i, se puede! = Yes, we can!
2004
Tells the life story of C?esar Ch?avez, whose efforts as a labor leader in the mid-twentieth century brought better working conditions to migrant farmworkers in the U.S.

They led the way

2006
Presents a collection of brief biographical sketches of individuals that were leaders, including Elizabeth Blackwell, Cesar Chavez, Helen Keller, and Jackie Robinson, describing their accomplishments.

C?sar Ch?vez

2007
Tells the life story of American farm worker and labor leader C?sar Ch?vez in graphic novel format.

In the vineyard of the Lord

the life, faith, and teachings of Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI
2005
Examines the life, faith, and teachings of Joseph Ratzinger who succeeded Pope John Paul II as the two hundredth sixty-fifth pope on April 19, 2005 and became Pope Benedict XVI.

The rise of Benedict XVI

the inside story of how the Pope was elected and where he will take the Catholic Church
2005
The author presents a comprehensive analysis of the election of Pope Benedict XVI, and describes the direction he will take the Catholic Church and the impact he will have around the world.

Crist?bal Balenciaga, Philippe Venet, Hubert de Givenchy

grand traditions of French culture
2010
Contains color photographs from an exhibition of gowns created by designers Cristobal Balenciaga, Philippe Venet, and Hubert de Givenchy, hosted by Minnie, Princess of Beauvau Craon at the chateau of Harou?, and includes a selection of archival photographs of the designers' work.

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