biography

A memoir from a SEAL and medic in which he explores his 25-year career in dangerous combat missions and the post-traumatic stress disorder that developed at home.

"New York's Chelsea Hotel may no longer be home to its most famous denizens--Andy Warhol, Leonard Cohen, Patti Smith, to name a few--but the eccentric spirit of the Chelsea is alive and well. Meet the family Rips: father Michael, a lawyer turned writer with a penchant for fine tailoring; mother Sheila, a former model and renowned artist who matches her welding outfits with couture; and daughter Nicolaia, a precocious high school junior at work on a record of her peculiar seventeen years"--Jacket flap.

An illustrated biography of New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, that chronicles her childhood and early dreams, education and law school, and First Lady of both Arkansas and the United States.

Examines the friendship between Eleanor Roosevelt and activist Pauli Murray.

Recounts the experiences of the scientists, technicians, and families stationed at the site that planned and built the first atomic bomb, also known as the Manhattan Project.

A picture-book biography of Hillary Rodham Clinton, a woman who has helped to change the world as First Lady, United States Senator, and Secretary of State.

"From journalist Robert Timberg, a memoir of the struggle to reclaim his life after being severely burned as a Marine lieutenant in Vietnam. In January 1967, Robert Timberg was a short-timer, counting down the days until his combat tour ended. He had thirteen days to go when his vehicle struck a Viet Cong land mine, resulting in third-degree burns of his face and much of his body"--Provided by publisher.

Previously published as Confessions of an economic hit man.

Covers the early years, education, and war experiences of 104 African American physicians who volunteered their services during World War I. These 104 men joined the U.S. Army to care for the 40,000 men of the 92nd and 93rd Divisions, the Army's only Black combat units. The 93rd arrived in Europe to help the French fill the gaps in their decimated lines. The 92nd division came later and fought alongside the white American units. Some of these doctors rose to prominence, others died young or later succumbed to the economic and social challenges of the times.

In 1917, United States military forces began to leave for France to help with the Allied defeat of Imperial Germany along the Western Front in 1918. World War I had become the most destructive war in human history up to that point. Two million American soldiers were sent to help the Allies. Private First Class Elmer O. Smith of Michigan was one of those soldiers. His diary and letters have been placed into historical context to describe how a typical American soldier underwent training to fight with his unit. Private Smith was seriously wounded in an artillery attack in his third day at the front but he recovered and returned to fight for the last ninety days of the war.