Biography

The thrilling story of America's most celebrated flyer, Amelia Earhart. In alternating chapters, Fleming deftly moves readers back and forth between Amelia's life (from childhood up until her last flight) and the exhaustive search for her and her missing plane.
 * //Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart //**
 * by ** [|Candace Fleming]

by [|Walter Isaacson] Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years--as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues--Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing.
 * //Steve Jobs //**

by [|Steve Sheinkin] Most people know that Benedict Arnold was America’s first, most notorious traitor. Few know that he was also one of its greatest war heroes. This accessible biography introduces readers to the real Arnold: reckless, heroic, and driven. Packed with first-person accounts, astonishing battle scenes, and surprising twists, this is a gripping and true adventure tale.
 * //The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery //**

by [|Rebecca Skloot] Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine. Intimate in feeling, astonishing in scope, and impossible to put down, this book captures the beauty and drama of scientific discovery, as well as its human consequences.
 * //The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks //**