search for books and compare prices
nobel prizes biography matches 37 work(s)
at beginning | displaying 1 to 25 | next 12 >
Jump to start at |
show results in order: alphabetically | oldest to newest | newest to oldest
Cover for 9780262023085 Cover for 9781584799917 Cover for 9781575054414 Cover for 9780689864070 Cover for 9780791071861 Cover for 9780791069417 Cover for 9780252032257 Cover for 9781843766001 Cover for 9781847200921 Cover for 9781403988157 Cover for 9780230551923 Cover for 9780230552296 Cover for 9780231138963 Cover for 9780262025621 Cover for 9780262524506 Cover for 9781583413302 Cover for 9781584152712 Cover for 9780395712788 Cover for 9780618432448 Cover for 9780606303385 Cover for 9780516279220 Cover for 9780516258812 Cover for 9780739866481 Cover for 9780791077900 Cover for 9780791076460 Cover for 9780823944644 Cover for 9780823944699 Cover for 9780736816465 Cover for 9781882528400 Cover for 9780766019973 Cover for 9780761821014 Cover for 9780836850697 Cover for 9781584151111
cover image for 9781584799917
Product Description: Gretchen "Gertie" Hirsch is a passionate home seamstress, an in demand sewing teacher and creator/writer of one of the web's most popular sewing blogs: Gertie's New Blog for Better Sewing. The blog began as a way for readers to follow Gretchen's progress as she made her way through all fourteen fashions from her favourite 1950s sewing book, Vogue's New Book for Better Sewing (a "Julie and Julia esque" experiment for the modern seamstress)...read more
By Sun Young Park (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9781584799917 | Spiral-bound edition (Stewart Tabori & Chang, September 1, 2012), cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Gretchen "Gertie" Hirsch is a passionate home seamstress, an in demand sewing teacher and creator/writer of one of the web's most popular sewing blogs: Gertie's New Blog for Better Sewing.
9780262023085, titled "Lives of the Laureates: Ten Nobel Economists" | 2nd edition (Mit Pr, August 1, 1990), cover price $22.50 | also contains Lives of the Laureates: Ten Nobel Economists

Describes the early life of Mother Teresa, and how what she learned about helping others led her to become a nun, to found the Missionaries of Charity, and to become famous for her work.
By Elaine Verstraete (illustrator)

Miscellaneous:

9780822589266 | Millbrook Pr, August 1, 2011, cover price $18.95

Library:

9781575054414 | Carolrhoda Books, January 1, 2001, cover price $25.26 | About this edition: Describes the early life of Mother Teresa, and how what she learned about helping others led her to become a nun, to found the Missionaries of Charity, and to become famous for her work.

cover image for 9780689864070
Her childhood years, her religious education, her special callings, and her great humanitarian deeds are presented in an informative biography about Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, an incredible woman who devoted her life to helping the poorest people around the world by founding the Missionaries of Charity.
By Demi

School and Library:

9780689864070 | Margaret K McElderry, January 25, 2005, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: A biography of Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, known as Mother Teresa, who spent most of her life serving 'the poorest of the poor' in Calcutta, India.

Product Description: A biography of the president of the Palestinian National Authority and winner of the Nobel Prize.

Paperback:

9780791071861 | Chelsea House Pub, August 1, 2002, cover price $13.25 | About this edition: A biography of the president of the Palestinian National Authority and winner of the Nobel Prize.

Library:

9780791069417 | Chelsea House Pub, August 1, 2002, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: A biography of the president of the Palestinian National Authority and winner of the Nobel Prize.

Prebinding:

9781439532577 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, August 11, 2008), cover price $22.25 | About this edition: A biography of the president of the Palestinian National Authority and winner of the Nobel Prize.
9780613856317 | Turtleback Books, September 1, 2002, cover price $22.05 | About this edition: A biography of the president of the Palestinian National Authority and winner of the Nobel Prize.

cover image for 9780252032257
Product Description: Nobel Peace Prize winner Ralph Johnson Bunche (1904-71) was one of the twentieth century’s foremost diplomats and intellectuals. In the wake of centennial celebrations of his birth, leading scholars and diplomats assess Bunche’s historical importance and enduring impact on higher education, public policy, and international politics...read more

Hardcover:

9780252032257 | Univ of Illinois Pr, June 30, 2008, cover price $37.00 | About this edition: Nobel Peace Prize winner Ralph Johnson Bunche (1904-71) was one of the twentieth century’s foremost diplomats and intellectuals.

cover image for 9781847200921
Product Description: Erudite, accessible and lucidly written, this book provides a stimulating introduction to the careers and main published works of the Nobel Memorial Laureates in Economics. It will prove to be an invaluable reference book on key figures in economics and their path-breaking insights...read more

Hardcover:

9781843766001 | Edward Elgar Pub, October 5, 2005, cover price $175.00 | About this edition: Erudite, accessible and lucidly written, this book provides a stimulating introduction to the careers and main published works of the Nobel Memorial Laureates in Economics.

Paperback:

9781847200921 | Edward Elgar Pub, January 7, 2007, cover price $64.00 | About this edition: Erudite, accessible and lucidly written, this book provides a stimulating introduction to the careers and main published works of the Nobel Memorial Laureates in Economics.

cover image for 9780230551923
A portrait of the controversial Nobel Prize-winning scientist documents his invention of the transistor and role in the founding of Silicon Valley before his beliefs about remedial education, race, and the sterilization of low-intelligence individuals destroyed his reputation. Reprint.

Hardcover:

9781403988157 | Palgrave Macmillan, June 13, 2006, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Documents William Shockley's invention of the transistor and role in the founding of Silicon Valley before his beliefs about remedial education, race, and the sterilization of low-intelligence individuals destroyed his reputation.

Paperback:

9780230551923 | Reprint edition (Palgrave Macmillan, January 8, 2008), cover price $19.00 | About this edition: A portrait of the controversial Nobel Prize-winning scientist documents his invention of the transistor and role in the founding of Silicon Valley before his beliefs about remedial education, race, and the sterilization of low-intelligence individuals destroyed his reputation.

Miscellaneous:

9780230552296 | Palgrave Macmillan, June 13, 2006, cover price $9.99

cover image for 9780231138963
Product Description: In The Beginner's Guide to Winning the Nobel Prize, Doherty recounts his unlikely path to becoming a Nobel Laureate. Beginning with his humble origins in Australia, he tells how he developed an interest in immunology and describes his award-winning, influential work with Rolf Zinkernagel on T-cells and the nature of immune defense...read more

Hardcover:

9780231138963 | Columbia Univ Pr, May 1, 2006, cover price $75.00 | About this edition: In The Beginner's Guide to Winning the Nobel Prize, Doherty recounts his unlikely path to becoming a Nobel Laureate.

cover image for 9780262524506
Offers autobiographical essays by eighteen winners of the Nobel Prize in Economics.
By William Breit (editor) and Barry T. Hirsch (editor)

Hardcover:

9780262025621 | 4th edition (Mit Pr, June 1, 2004), cover price $7.75 | About this edition: Lives of the Laureates offers readers an informal history of modern economic thought as told through autobiographical essays by eighteen winners of the Nobel Prize in Economics.

Paperback:

9780262524506 | 4th edition (Mit Pr, October 1, 2005), cover price $4.75 | About this edition: Offers autobiographical essays by eighteen winners of the Nobel Prize in Economics.

cover image for 9781583413302
An account of the life of Mother Teresa, the Serbian nun who founded a religious order, the Sisters of Charity, to serve the sick and needy of Calcutta, India, and of the work that earned her a Nobel Peace Prize.

Library:

9781583413302 | Creative Co, July 30, 2005, cover price $32.80 | About this edition: An account of the life of Mother Teresa, the Serbian nun who founded a religious order, the Sisters of Charity, to serve the sick and needy of Calcutta, India, and of the work that earned her a Nobel Peace Prize.

cover image for 9781584152712
Tells about the life of the author who wrote 'The Grapes of Wrath' and 'Of Mice and Men,' and includes comments about the influences on his writings, background information on other people and the times, and a time line.

Library:

9781584152712 | Mitchell Lane Pub Inc, September 30, 2004, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Tells about the life of the author who wrote 'The Grapes of Wrath' and 'Of Mice and Men,' and includes comments about the influences on his writings, background information on other people and the times, and a time line.

cover image for 9780618432448
Explores John Steinbeck's inspirations for his award-winning novels--The Grapes of Wrath, Tortilla Flat, Cannery Row--in addition to his appreciation for the common worker, and discusses the political and social changes that occurred during his lifetime. An ALA Notable Children's Book. Reprint.

Hardcover:

9780395712788 | Clarion Books, March 31, 1996, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: An introduction to the life and most significant works of American author John Steinbeck

Paperback:

9780618432448 | Reprint edition (Houghton Mifflin, May 24, 2004), cover price $11.95 | About this edition: An introduction to the life and most significant works of American author John Steinbeck

Reinforced:

9780606303385 | Demco Media, April 30, 2004, cover price $17.85 | About this edition: An introduction to the life and most significant works of American author John Steinbeck

A brief overview of the life of Mother Teresa who dedicated her life to helping the poor in India and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her work.

Paperback:

9780516279220 | Childrens Pr, March 1, 2004, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: A brief overview of the life of Mother Teresa who dedicated her life to helping the poor in India and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her work.

Library:

9780516258812 | Childrens Pr, September 1, 2003, cover price $20.50 | About this edition: A brief overview of the life of Mother Teresa who dedicated her life to helping the poor in India and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her work.

Prebinding:

9781417631520 | Turtleback Books, March 1, 2004, cover price $14.70 | About this edition: A brief overview of the life of Mother Teresa who dedicated her life to helping the poor in India and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her work.

cover image for 9780739866481
A biography of former South African president, Nelson Mandela, emphasizing his accomplishments following his nearly thirty year imprisonment.

Library:

9780739866481 | Heinemann/Raintree, January 1, 2004, cover price $31.43 | About this edition: A biography of former South African president, Nelson Mandela, emphasizing his accomplishments following his nearly thirty year imprisonment.

A biography of the thirty-ninth president, from his early childhood to his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.

Paperback:

9780791077900 | Chelsea House Pub, July 1, 2003, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: A biography of the thirty-ninth president, from his early childhood to his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.

Library:

9780791076460 | Chelsea House Pub, October 1, 2003, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: A biography of the thirty-ninth president, from his early childhood to his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.

Prebinding:

9780613996808 | Turtleback Books, January 1, 2004, cover price $19.60 | About this edition: A biography of the thirty-ninth president, from his early childhood to his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.

cover image for 9780823944644
Examines the life and leadership skills of Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, who won a Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the peace process after the 1973 war with Israel.

Library:

9780823944644 | 1 edition (Rosen Pub Group, October 1, 2003), cover price $33.25 | About this edition: Examines the life and leadership skills of Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, who won a Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the peace process after the 1973 war with Israel.

cover image for 9780823944699
Examines the life and leadership skills of Palestinian National Authority president Yasser Arafat, who won a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to establish peace in the Middle East.

Library:

9780823944699 | Rosen Pub Group, September 1, 2003, cover price $35.60 | About this edition: Examines the life and leadership skills of Palestinian National Authority president Yasser Arafat, who won a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to establish peace in the Middle East.

Simple text and photographs introduce the life of Mother Teresa, who founded an order of nuns called the Missionaries of Charity to take care of the poor in India.

Paperback:

9780736833813 | Pebble Books, August 1, 2003, cover price $6.29

Library:

9780736816465 | Pebble Books, January 1, 2003, cover price $21.32 | About this edition: Simple text and photographs introduce the life of Mother Teresa, who founded an order of nuns called the Missionaries of Charity to take care of the poor in India.

cover image for 9781882528400
Product Description: The present volume introduces the reader to a wide range of information about the men and women who won Nobel Prizes. Excerpts from their life histories, from their achievements in the sciences and arts, are interspersed with an array of anecdotes and chance occurrences which make for highly entertaining reading...read more

Hardcover:

9781882528400 | Scripta Humanistica, March 1, 2003, cover price $89.50 | About this edition: The present volume introduces the reader to a wide range of information about the men and women who won Nobel Prizes.

cover image for 9780766019973
A biography of the Danish physicist who won a Nobel Prize for his discoveries about the nature of the atom, saved thousands of Jews from the Nazis, and, after helping to develop the atomic bomb, campaigned for peaceful uses of atomic energy.

Library:

9780766019973 | Enslow Pub Inc, February 1, 2003, cover price $27.94 | About this edition: A biography of the Danish physicist who won a Nobel Prize for his discoveries about the nature of the atom, saved thousands of Jews from the Nazis, and, after helping to develop the atomic bomb, campaigned for peaceful uses of atomic energy.

Chronicles the life of the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader and discusses the orgins of his position and how he was chosen as the new Dalai Lama while he was still a boy.

Library:

9781590841518 | Mason Crest, February 1, 2003, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: A biography of Tenzin Gyatso, the spiritual and political leader of Tibet, who has lived in exile in India since 1959, when communist China took over his nation.

cover image for 9780761821014
Product Description: In African and Africa-Related Nobel Prize Winners, Uju Nkwocha Afulezi and Ugochukwu Uju Afulezi present the first assembled information on African and Africa-related Nobel Prize winners. The information presented reveals what made these individuals special and worthy of the prize...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Hardcover:

9780761821014 | Univ Pr of Amer, June 1, 2002, cover price $95.50 | About this edition: In African and Africa-Related Nobel Prize Winners, Uju Nkwocha Afulezi and Ugochukwu Uju Afulezi present the first assembled information on African and Africa-related Nobel Prize winners.

Paperback:

9780761821021 | Reprint edition (Univ Pr of Amer, April 1, 2002), cover price $70.99

A biography of the Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist who depicted life in California's Salinas Valley. Includes brief selections from 'The Red Pony,' 'Tortilla Flat,' 'The Grapes of Wrath,' and other works.

Library:

9780886825119 | Creative Co, January 1, 2002, cover price $15.01 | About this edition: A biography of the Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist who depicted life in California's Salinas Valley.

cover image for 9780836850697
Describes the life and work of the twentieth-century physicist whose theory of relativity revolutionized scientific thinking. (view table of contents)

Library:

9780836850697 | World Almanac Education, December 1, 2001, cover price $30.60 | About this edition: Describes the life and work of the twentieth-century physicist whose theory of relativity revolutionized scientific thinking.

cover image for 9781584151111
Presents the life and career of the geneticist who in 1983 was awarded the Nobel Prize for her study of maize cells. (view table of contents)

Library:

9781584151111 | Mitchell Lane Pub Inc, November 1, 2001, cover price $25.70 | About this edition: Presents the life and career of the geneticist who in 1983 was awarded the Nobel Prize for her study of maize cells.

at beginning | displaying 1 to 25 | next 12 >