Nontraditional, controversial, rebellious, and politically volatile, the Mexican artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera are remembered for their provocative paintings as well as for their deep love for each other. Their marriage was one of the most tumultuous and infamous in history-filled with passion, pain, betrayal, revolution, and, above all, art that helped define the twentieth century. Catherine Reef's inspiring and insightful dual biography features numerous archival photos and full-colour...
Penguin Readers Level 2: The Extraordinary Life of Nelson Mandela (ELT Graded Re ader)
by E. L. Norry
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Fr...
The Three Marjories (Pineapple Press Young Reader Biographies)
by Sandra Wallus Sammons
Julian Assange (Hero or Villain? Claims and Counterclaims)
by Kristin Thiel
*Updated and Expanded* The star-reviewed LGBTQ+ history book for young adults—now updated and expanded with 3 new profiles and a new foreword! Perfect for fans of fun, empowering pop-culture books like Rad American Women A-Z and Notorious RBG. World history has been made by countless lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer individuals—and you’ve likely never heard of many of them. Queer author and activist Sarah Prager delves deep into the lives of 27 people who fought, created, and l...
Anubhav Aur Anubhootiyan (अनुभव और अनुभूतियां)
by Pushpita Prof Awasthi
The Stonewall Riots: The Fight for Lgbt Rights (Hidden Heroes)
by Tristan Poehlmann
Christine Caine offers life-transforming insights about how not only to overcome the challenges, wrong turns, and often painful circumstances we all experience, but also to actually grow from those experiences and be equipped and empowered to help others. Using her own dramatic life story, Caine shows how God rescued her from a life where she was unnamed, unwanted, and unqualified. She tells how she overcame abuse, abandonment, fears, and other challenges to go on a mission of adventure, fueled...
In her coming-of-age memoir, refugee advocate Luma Mufleh writes of her tumultuous journey to reconcile her identity as a gay Muslim woman and a proud Arab-turned-American refugee. With no word for “gay” in Arabic, Luma may not have known what to call the feelings she had growing up in Jordan during the 1980s, but she knew well enough to keep them secret. It was clear that not only would her family have trouble accepting her, but trapped in a conservative religious society, she could’ve also be...
Teen Trailblazers: 30 Daring Boys Whose Dreams Changed the World
by Jennifer Calvert
Teen boys need role models and encouragement more than ever, and Teen Trailblazers: Boys Who Dared highlights 30 young men who acted with kindness, strength, and courage on their paths to greatness. From Louis Braille, who invented the Braille System of reading when he was 15, to Suhas Gopinath, who became the world’s youngest global company CEO at 17, the boys profiled in this book are racially and socioeconomically diverse, from around the world, throughout history, and across dozens of discip...
This comprehensive biography explores the tumultuous and passionate life of activist, singer, and actor Paul Robeson. When faced with the decision to remain silent or be ostracized, Paul Robeson chose to sing, shout, and speak out. Sing and Shout: The Mighty Voice of Paul Robeson explores how Robeson's love of African American spirituals and deep empathy towards the suffering of others drove his long, fervent mission as a civil rights activist and his career as an artist. Although he was also a...
The Story of Mahatama Gandhi's Assassination 70 Years Later
by Jessica Gray