<![CDATA[The Book Company: New Products - Biography & Autobiography]]> https://www.thebookco.com Fri, 11 Sep 2026 10:35:01 +0000 <![CDATA[Jessie De La Cruz (A Profile of a United Farm Worker)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/jessie-de-la-cruz-a-profile-of-a-united-farm-worker/ Sat, 30 Jul 2016 19:04:10 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/jessie-de-la-cruz-a-profile-of-a-united-farm-worker/ Jessie De La Cruz (A Profile of a United Farm Worker) by Gary Soto, 9780892552856This inspiring story of Jessie De La Cruz, the United Farmer Workers, and la Causa is told as only Gary Soto—novelist, essayist, poet, and himself a field laborer during his teens—can tell it, with respect, empathy, and deep compassion for the working poor. A field worker from the age of five, Je..

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]]> Jessie De La Cruz (A Profile of a United Farm Worker) by Gary Soto, 9780892552856This inspiring story of Jessie De La Cruz, the United Farmer Workers, and la Causa is told as only Gary Soto—novelist, essayist, poet, and himself a field laborer during his teens—can tell it, with respect, empathy, and deep compassion for the working poor. A field worker from the age of five, Je..

Price: $11.95

]]> <![CDATA[Starting With "I" (Personal Essays by Teenagers)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/starting-with-i-personal-essays-by-teenagers/ Sat, 30 Jul 2016 19:03:01 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/starting-with-i-personal-essays-by-teenagers/ Starting With "I" (Personal Essays by Teenagers) by Youth Communication, Andrea Estepa, Philip Kay, Edwidge Danticat, 978089255228335 essays written by teenagers, plus writing and revision techniques.

Price: $15.95

]]> Starting With "I" (Personal Essays by Teenagers) by Youth Communication, Andrea Estepa, Philip Kay, Edwidge Danticat, 978089255228335 essays written by teenagers, plus writing and revision techniques.

Price: $15.95

]]> <![CDATA[Going Where I'm Coming From (Memoirs of American Youth)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/going-where-im-coming-from-memoirs-of-american-youth/ Sat, 30 Jul 2016 19:02:52 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/going-where-im-coming-from-memoirs-of-american-youth/ Going Where I'm Coming From (Memoirs of American Youth) by Anne Mazer, 978089255206114 short memoirs about growing up in America's diverse society by Susan Power, Luis Rodriguez, Willie Ruff, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Ved Mehta, Gary Soto, Naomi Shabib Nye, Lee Daniels, Graham Salisbury, Lensey Namioka, Helen Epstein, and more.

Price: $10.95

]]> Going Where I'm Coming From (Memoirs of American Youth) by Anne Mazer, 978089255206114 short memoirs about growing up in America's diverse society by Susan Power, Luis Rodriguez, Willie Ruff, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Ved Mehta, Gary Soto, Naomi Shabib Nye, Lee Daniels, Graham Salisbury, Lensey Namioka, Helen Epstein, and more.

Price: $10.95

]]> <![CDATA[Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare]]> https://www.thebookco.com/bard-of-avon-the-story-of-william-shakespeare/ Mon, 25 Jul 2016 17:36:05 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/bard-of-avon-the-story-of-william-shakespeare/ Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare by Diane Stanley, Diane Stanley, Peter Vennema, 9780688162948

William Shakespeare was the son of a glovemaker, a small-town boy with a grammar school education. Yet he grew up to become the greatest English-speaking playwright in the world. Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare is both his story and that of a great art rediscovered in th..

Price: $7.99

]]> Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare by Diane Stanley, Diane Stanley, Peter Vennema, 9780688162948

William Shakespeare was the son of a glovemaker, a small-town boy with a grammar school education. Yet he grew up to become the greatest English-speaking playwright in the world. Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare is both his story and that of a great art rediscovered in th..

Price: $7.99

]]> William Shakespeare was the son of a glovemaker, a small-town boy with a grammar school education. Yet he grew up to become the greatest English-speaking playwright in the world. Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare is both his story and that of a great art rediscovered in th..]]> <![CDATA[Mack Made Movies]]> https://www.thebookco.com/mack-made-movies/ Mon, 25 Jul 2016 17:20:10 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/mack-made-movies/ Mack Made Movies by Don Brown, 9781596430914
Mack Sennett invented the Keystone Kops, filmed the first pie-in-the-face skit, and introduced Charlie Chaplin to the movies. Here Don Brown tells the story of this American movie genius, from his beginnings as a Vaudeville actor to his triumph as the "King of Comedy"

Price: $7.99

]]> Mack Made Movies by Don Brown, 9781596430914
Mack Sennett invented the Keystone Kops, filmed the first pie-in-the-face skit, and introduced Charlie Chaplin to the movies. Here Don Brown tells the story of this American movie genius, from his beginnings as a Vaudeville actor to his triumph as the "King of Comedy"

Price: $7.99

]]> Mack Sennett invented the Keystone Kops, filmed the first pie-in-the-face skit, and introduced Charlie Chaplin to the movies. Here Don Brown tells the story of this American movie genius, from his beginnings as a Vaudeville actor to his triumph as the "King of Comedy"
]]> <![CDATA[Dreamer from the Village (The Story of Marc Chagall)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/dreamer-from-the-village-the-story-of-marc-chagall/ Mon, 25 Jul 2016 17:17:25 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/dreamer-from-the-village-the-story-of-marc-chagall/ Dreamer from the Village (The Story of Marc Chagall) by Michelle Markel, Emily Lisker, 9780805063738
Marc knew he was different from other boys. He saw things they didn't see.

A beautiful introduction to the life and work of Marc Chagall

In the imagination of Marc Chagall, all of life was an inspiration for the beautiful and strange pictures he created. He painted..

Price: $17.95

]]> Dreamer from the Village (The Story of Marc Chagall) by Michelle Markel, Emily Lisker, 9780805063738
Marc knew he was different from other boys. He saw things they didn't see.

A beautiful introduction to the life and work of Marc Chagall

In the imagination of Marc Chagall, all of life was an inspiration for the beautiful and strange pictures he created. He painted..

Price: $17.95

]]> Marc knew he was different from other boys. He saw things they didn't see.

A beautiful introduction to the life and work of Marc Chagall

In the imagination of Marc Chagall, all of life was an inspiration for the beautiful and strange pictures he created. He painted..]]> <![CDATA[A Dangerous Engine (Benjamin Franklin, from Scientist to Diplomat)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/a-dangerous-engine-benjamin-franklin-from-scientist-to-diplomat/ Mon, 25 Jul 2016 17:14:13 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/a-dangerous-engine-benjamin-franklin-from-scientist-to-diplomat/ A Dangerous Engine (Benjamin Franklin, from Scientist to Diplomat) by Joan Dash, Dusan Petricic, 9780374306694
At the time of his famous kite experiment, Benjamin Franklin was unaware that his theories about electricity had already made him a celebrity all over Europe, especially in France, where fashionable circles loved to discuss scientific discovery. Admired by the French court and beloved by..

Price: $17.00

]]> A Dangerous Engine (Benjamin Franklin, from Scientist to Diplomat) by Joan Dash, Dusan Petricic, 9780374306694
At the time of his famous kite experiment, Benjamin Franklin was unaware that his theories about electricity had already made him a celebrity all over Europe, especially in France, where fashionable circles loved to discuss scientific discovery. Admired by the French court and beloved by..

Price: $17.00

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At the time of his famous kite experiment, Benjamin Franklin was unaware that his theories about electricity had already made him a celebrity all over Europe, especially in France, where fashionable circles loved to discuss scientific discovery. Admired by the French court and beloved by..]]> <![CDATA[Presidents FYI]]> https://www.thebookco.com/presidents-fyi/ Sat, 16 Jul 2016 05:22:27 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/presidents-fyi/ Presidents FYI by Gary Drevitch, 9780060899912

George Washington never lived in the White House. Thomas Jefferson played the violin and spoke six languages. Andrew Jackson hosted a party on his first day as president that got so rowdy, he had to escape through a window.

Learn about these presidents and many more in a book full of fact..

Price: $7.99

]]> Presidents FYI by Gary Drevitch, 9780060899912

George Washington never lived in the White House. Thomas Jefferson played the violin and spoke six languages. Andrew Jackson hosted a party on his first day as president that got so rowdy, he had to escape through a window.

Learn about these presidents and many more in a book full of fact..

Price: $7.99

]]> George Washington never lived in the White House. Thomas Jefferson played the violin and spoke six languages. Andrew Jackson hosted a party on his first day as president that got so rowdy, he had to escape through a window.

Learn about these presidents and many more in a book full of fact..]]>