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Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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"An instant American icon--the first Hispanic on the U.S. Supreme Court--tells the story of her life before becoming a judge in an inspiring, surprisingly personal memoir. With startling candor and intimacy, Sonia Sotomayor recounts her life from a Bronx housing project to the federal bench, a progress that is testament to her extraordinary determination and the power of believing in oneself. She writes of her precarious childhood and the refuge she...
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
Español
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Description
La primera latina y tan sólo la tercera mujer designada a la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos, Sonia Sotomayor se ha convertido en un icono americano contemporáneo. Ahora, con un candor e intimidad nunca antes asumidos por un juez en activo, Sonia nos narra el viaje de su vida -- esde los proyectos del Bronx hasta la corte federal -- en una inspiradora celebración de su extraordinaria determinación y del poder de creer en uno mismo.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Based on exclusive interviews and access to the Supreme Court archives, this is the intimate, inspiring, and authoritative biography of America's first female Justice, Sandra Day O'Connor--by New York Times bestselling author Evan Thomas. She was born in 1930 in El Paso and grew up on a cattle ranch in Arizona. At a time when women were expected to be homemakers, she set her sights on Stanford University. When she graduated near the top of her class...
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Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the best-selling author of My Weird School: a new entry in the cheerful and engaging biography series centered on high-interest historic figures. Did you know that Ruth Bader Ginsburg failed her driving test five times? Or that her real name was Joan? Bet you didn't know that she liked paddle boarding, white water rafting, and riding elephants! She even had a praying mantis named after her. Siblings Paige and Turner have collected some of the...
5) Marshall
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (1 hr., 59 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
About a young Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career defining cases.
6) Marshall
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
1 DVD (1 hr., 59 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of Thurgood Marshall, a lawyer who became the first African American to be Solicitor General and a Supreme Court justice.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
1070L
Physical Desc
343 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"An adaptation for middle graders based on the bestselling adult memoir, My Beloved World, in which the Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor's details her achievements, which serve as a true testament to the fact that no matter the obstacles, dreams can come true. Includes an 8-page photo insert"--
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español, una división de Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
390 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
Español
Description
The Supreme Court judge details her achievements in her career and life, describing her childhood in the Bronx, dealing with juvenile diabetes, and her appointment to the highest court in the United States.
11) Sonia Sotomayor
Author
Series
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Primera edición.
Physical Desc
69 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
Español
Description
"A chapter book biography of Justice Sonia Sotomayor, part of the She Persisted series"--
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
630L
Physical Desc
40 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This friendly, fun biography series focuses on the traits that made our heroes great--the traits that kids can aspire to in order to live heroically themselves. Each book tells the story of one of America's icons in a lively, conversational way that works well for the youngest nonfiction readers and that always includes the hero's childhood influences. At the back are an excellent timeline and photos. This volume features Sonia Sotomayor, the first...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
A portrait of Clarence Thomas traces the odyssey of the African-American Supreme Court justice from his rural Georgia upbringing to the pinnacle of judicial power, capturing an isolated and conflicted man forced to straddle two different worlds.
Author
Series
Publisher
ABC-CLIO, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xxxii, 227 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This book immerses readers in the public and private life of groundbreaking Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, detailing the historical events surrounding her rise to a coveted position on the nation's highest court"--
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xviii, 723 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The first full life--private; public; legal; philosophical--of the 107th Supreme Court Justice, one of the most profound and profoundly transformative legal minds of our time; a book fifteen years in work, written with the cooperation of Ruth Bader Ginsburg herself and based on many interviews with the Justice, her husband, her children, her friends, and associates. In this large, comprehensive, revelatory biography, Jane De Hart explores the central...
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 1000L
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor tells her own story for young readers for the very first time! As the first Latina Supreme Court Justice, Sonia Sotomayor has inspired young people around the world to reach for their dreams. But what inspired her? For young Sonia, the answer was books! They were her mirrors, her maps, her friends, and her teachers. They helped her to connect with her family in New York and in Puerto Rico, to deal with her diabetes...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
ix, 421 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"An incisive biography of the Supreme Court's enigmatic Chief Justice, taking us inside the momentous legal decisions of his tenure so far. John Roberts was named to the Supreme Court in 2005 claiming he would act as a neutral umpire in deciding cases. His critics argue he has been anything but, pointing to his conservative victories on voting rights and campaign finance. Yet he broke from orthodoxy in his decision to preserve Obamacare. How are we...
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