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Who Was Eleanor Roosevelt?
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Who Was Louis Braille?
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Who Was Charlie Chaplin?
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Who Was Celia Cruz?
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Knock! Knock! Who Was There?
Over 300 side-splitting jokes based on the New York Times best-selling series. If you want to know exactly why Milton Hershey's wife married him, look no further. (Because she wanted lots of Hershey's Kisses ) This hilarious and original collection of jokes featuring all...- $6.99
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Who Was Lucille Ball?
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Who Was Julia Child?
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Who Is Judy Blume?
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Who Are the Rolling Stones?
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Who Is Gloria Steinem?
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Who Was Fidel Castro?
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Who Was Jules Verne?
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Who Was H. J. Heinz?
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Who Is Bruce Springsteen?
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Who Was Harriet Beecher Stowe?
Born in Connecticut in 1811, Harriet Beecher Stowe was an abolitionist, author, and playwright. Slavery was a major industry in the American South, and Stowe worked with the Underground Railroad to help escaped slaves head north towards freedom. The publication of her book, Uncle...- $6.99
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Who Was Norman Rockwell?
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Who Was Abigail Adams?
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Who Was Chuck Jones?
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Who Was Robert Ripley?
Enter a world of shrunken heads, mystic holy men, shriveled aliens, and bizarre relics in the delightfully odd tale of Robert Ripley. Born in California, Ripley began his career as a sports cartoonist. He went on to chronicle global records and oddities in his...- $6.99
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Who Was Selena?
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The Rock Box!: A Who HQ Collection: A Who HQ Collection of the Most Influential Figures in Rock Music
A ten-book box set dedicated to some of the most famous rock-and-roll artists of all time, from the creators of the #1 New York Times Best-Selling Who Was? series. Learn about the early lives and exciting careers of the Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Elvis...- $59.90
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Who Was Alfred Hitchcock?
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Who Was Walt Whitman?
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Who Was? Mad Libs: World's Greatest Word Game
Get to know your favorite historical figures in a brand-new way with Mad Libs Our Mad Libs is the perfect interactive book for fans of the Who Was? series. It features 21 original stories about some of the most popular subjects in the series,...- $5.99
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Who Was Lewis Carroll?
Meet the man who created Alice, the Mad Hatter, and Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum! Lewis Carroll is the pen name of Charles L. Dodgson, a mathematician and church deacon, who taught at Oxford University. He was inspired to write his best known works,...- $6.99
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Who Was Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
You've probably seen her on T-shirts, mugs, and even tattoos. Now that famous face graces the cover of this Who Was? book. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was famous for her stylish collars (called jabots) and her commanding dissents. This opera-loving New Yorker always spoke...- $15.99
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Who Is Richard Branson?
What would you do with a billion dollars? This question gets a definitive answer from billionaire Richard Branson: do everything Born into a wealthy family in London, Branson suffered from dyslexia and was a poor student. Still, his knack for business started early with...- $6.99
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Who Is Rupaul?
Learn how this Emmy-winning host, producer, and television personality became the world's most famous drag queen. RuPaul Andre Charles always knew he was meant to be a performer. Even as a young child, he loved to dress up and imitate the glamorous women he...- $15.99
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Who Is Bono?
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Who Was Duke Ellington?
How did a working-class young man from Washington, DC, turn the music world on its head and become the "Master Of Jazz"? Find out in this addition to the Who HQ library! A pivotal fixture of the Harlem Renaissance, Duke Ellington was the bandleader...- $15.99
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Who Were the Brothers Grimm?
Known as the keepers of modern-day fairy tales, The Brothers Grimm are as legendary as their stories. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm were born in 1780s Germany and were inseparable throughout their childhood. While pursuing their law degrees, the two became fascinated with folktales and...- $5.99
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Who Is Hillary Clinton?
Who Is Hillary Clinton? Readers of our New York Times best-selling series can find out now At age fourteen, Hillary Clinton thought it would be thrilling to become an astronaut, so she sent an application to NASA. The reply was a flat out rejection:...- $5.99
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Who Was Ida B. Wells?
The story of how a girl born into slavery became an early leader in the civil rights movement and the most famous Black female journalist in nineteenth-century America. Born into slavery in 1862, Ida Bell Wells was freed as a result of the Emancipation...- $15.99
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The Who Was? History of the World
Based on The New York Times Best-Selling series, this timeline of world history gives a fresh take on global events, from King Tut to Malala Yousafzai. For the first time ever, the Who Was? subjects are gathered into a single title The Who Was?...- $18.99
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Who Is Ralph Lauren?
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Who Was Pete Seeger?
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Who Is David Beckham?
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Who Is Elton John?
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Who Was Maurice Sendak?
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Who Was Sam Walton?
The story of a department-store trainee who became the richest man in America and owner of the biggest retail store in the world: Walmart. Sam Walton used the money he earned in the army, along with some financial help from his family, to open...- $15.99
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Who Was Che Guevara?
Viva la revoluci! Find out how Che Guevara--a doctor turned communist leader and much more than a face on a T-shirt--ended up paying the ultimate price for his cause. His very image has become associated with a spirit of rebellion, but Ernesto Guevara--known around...- $15.99
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Who Was Harvey Milk?
Learn about one of the most influential leaders in the fight for gay rights. Although he started out as a teacher without aspirations to be an activist or politician, Harvey Milk found himself captivated by the history-making movements of the 1960s. He would eventually...- $15.99
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Who HQ 3-Book Collection: Inventors
Now available from the creators of the New York Times Best-Selling Who Was? series: a box set that celebrates the achievements of three of the brightest minds in history. Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, and Benjamin Franklin expanded our thinking, lit up our world, and...- $17.97
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Who HQ 3-Book Collection: Presidents
Now available from the creators of the New York Times Best-Selling Who Was? series: a box set that celebrates the achievements of three of our nation's most beloved presidents. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln were powerful men who all faced difficult circumstances...- $17.97
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Who Was Queen Elizabeth II?
How did a little girl who loved horses become the longest reigning monarch in England? Find out in this addition to the #1 New York Times best-selling Who Was? series! In 1936, the life of ten-year-old Princess Elizabeth of York changed forever. Although she...- $6.99
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Who Was Rosa Parks?
In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. This seemingly small act triggered civil rights protests across America and earned Rosa Parks the title "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement." This biography has black-and-white illustrations...- $5.99
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