Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?browse=true&Ne=6662&N=4+4294341680+7267 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1645072 Follow Obama from his early childhood in Hawaii and Indonesia, through his teenage struggles for self-identity, his student days at Columbia University and Harvard Law School, and his political career in Chicago. Go behind the scenes of Obamas extraordinarily successful presidential campaign and his journey to the 2008 Democratic Convention, and finally his election as president. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=773185 From his middle-class Philadelphia upbringing to Men in Black, Hitch, and beyond, Academy Award-nominated actor Will Smith is one of the few celebrities who have found success in all three areas of entertainment: music, television, and film.--Container. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=773216 Cleopatra Thea Philopator was a woman no man could resist: strong, beautiful, and intelligent, she knew how to manipulate the patriarchal political system of Ancient Egypt to work in her favor. In many ways she seemed to have it all, so what could have driven her to take her own life at such a young age? From her noble birth to her famous liaisons with Julius Caesar and Marc Antony to her legendary suicide by poisonous snake. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=775309 Recounts the story of David, the shepherd boy who slew the Philistine giant Goliath to become the hero of his people. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=608296 He earned his nickname for bravery at Bull Run and led some of the most stunning campaigns of the Civil War. An outstanding leader and brilliant tactician, Stonewall Jackson is widely regarded as one of the greatest Confederate commanders. Visits some of the bloodiest battlegrounds in America for a riveting portrait of the commander who held his ground like a stone wall. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=657860 For nearly 75 years the Clown Princes of Basketball have brought laughs and ball-handling wizardry to fans all over the globe. Follow the team from their Chicago beginnings to their present-day success. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=665241 Eva Duarte de Peron, or Evita as she is also called, is one of the most controversial figures in history. A minor actress when she married Argentine president-to-be Juan Peron, her political power and prestige eventually equaled, and perhaps eclipsed, his. Was she the power-hungry Marie Antoinette figure her detractors claim? Or was she really the savior of the working poor? Rare photographs and films tell Evitas real story, from her humble birth to her tragic death of cancer at 33. Close aids and bitter enemies offer their accounts, and consider why she continues to fascinate us today. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=775306 By the age of 23, he had laid the foundations for calculus, the laws of gravity, motion and inertia, and begun experiments on light. His major work is called The Principia. Isaac Newton has been called the Father of Modern Science. His incredible body of work represents arguably the greatest contribution to science ever made by an individual. But despite living at the vibrant center of an inspired social scene, his personal life was marked by loneliness. Examine the many discoveries and private fears of this remarkable man. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=775320 He was vulgar, extravagant and bawdy. But inside this childish man lived historys greatest musical genius. As a toddler, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts musical gifts made him the darling of Europes highest courts. But as a man, his rebellion against a domineering father led him to a life of gambling, debt and excess. A master whose work would revolutionize nearly every area of music. Mozarts sudden death at age 35 is considered by many to be the greatest tragedy in the history of music. Why was a composer of such unremitting genius left to die in poverty? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=776549