biography

Recalls the turbulent years of the second administration of Richard Nixon.

Presents African-American historian and sociologist W. E. B. DuBois's autobiography, which he wrote at the age of ninety in 1958-59.

A collection of one man's photographs of Imperial Russia taken prior to World War I.

A biography of the high school teacher, wife, and mother who was selected by NASA to be the first teacher in space aboard the space shuttle, Challenger.

A biography of the Black American jazz musician and singer, describing his private and public lives.

Interweaves the lives of these two historical figures in their early years before the Civil War, in their roles as determined adversaries, and in their later lives when they continued to be involved in their nation's fate.

Presents biographies of nine women active between 1880 and 1930 who made outstanding contributions in the fields of medicine, religion, politics, business, arts and letters, education, athletics, and social action.