biography

Two families, who became part of a national news story when it was discovered that their daughters were misidentified after a tragic car accident, leaving one family grieving while another cared for a comatose child, share how their faith helped them overcome the emotional upheaval of the accident and its aftermath.

A brief biography of Anne Frank that uses her own words to describe how she hid from the Nazis with her parents for years in a secret apartment.

Socrates, an ancient Greek philosopher and one of the founders of modern philosophy, asked questions about problems in politics, law and philosophy in order to find out how the world works.

An account of the reign of Louis XVI of France.

Recounts the experiences of American military nurses serving overseas during World War II.

An account of the Murder of her Father and his Family; her sufferings; her marriage to two Indians; her troubles with her Children; barbarities of the Indians in the French and Revolutionary Wars; the life of her last Husband, &c; and many Historical Facts never before published. Carefully taken from her own words, Nov. 29th, 1823.

Tells the stories of thirty women or groups of women who participated in the Civil War as soldiers, spies, journalists, nurses, and in other significant roles.

The author tells the story of how she survived the Battle of Okinawa during World War II at the age of seven after she became separated from her family.

An inspirational tribute to Anne Frank describes how, after being deprived of the outdoors for years, she found hope and courage while hiding in the secret annex by glimpsing the branches of a tall chestnut tree through an attic window.

Kenan Trebin?evi?, a survivor of the Bosnian War, returns to his homeland to confront the people who betrayed his family and recounts how he survived the ethnic cleansing campaign that swept the former Yugoslavia in 1992.