Class Picturesby Dawoud Bey Dawoud Bey is a photographer who specializes in portraits. Class Pictures contains photographs of high school students with short autobiographies each student wrote. [starratingmulti id=”1″] Where to Find It[librarylist] June 11th, 2009  Tags: portraits, real people, school |  Category: Art Book, Biography
|  Write a comment | They Never Gave Up: Adventures in Early Aviationby Michael Wilkey This book describes people’s attempts to fly, from ancient myths up to the early days of modern airplanes. [starratingmulti id=”1″] Where to Find It[librarylist] June 11th, 2009 Tags: airplanes, flying, history, Science, technology | Category: Biography, Nonfiction
| Write a comment | From Pieces to Weight: Once Upon a Time in Southside Queensby 50 Cent and Kris Ex This is one of 50 Cent’s autobiographies. He grew up in a rough part of Queens and started selling drugs before he was a teenager, but his life changed dramatically after he met Jam Master Jay. You can read some of it online at Google Books. [starratingmulti id=”1″] Where to Find It[librarylist] June 10th, 2009 Tags: african-american, celebrities, crime, drugs, music, real people | Category: Biography
| Write a comment | And Not Afraid to Dare: The Stories of Ten African-American Womenby Tonya Bolden As you might guess from the title, this book gives biographical sketches of ten African-American women, including Toni Morrison and Ida B. Wells. If you don’t like biographies, don’t worry. This reads more like a story. [starratingmulti id=”1″] Where to Find It[librarylist] June 9th, 2009 Tags: african-american, african-american women, real people | Category: Biography, Nonfiction
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