biography

Text and illustrations depict the role African-Americans played in the exploration and settlement of the West, with discussion of their experiences with racism, Native Americans, and everyday challenges.

Picture-book biography telling Anne's story directly within the context of the popularization of the Nazi movement. Includes detailed historical chronology.

The recollections of twelve people who immigrated to the United States during the period of the Great Migration between 1900 and 1930.

Looks at some ordinary citizens whose acts of courage helped win the American Revolution.

Describes daily life in Jamestown for the British men and women whose charge was to find gold and a route to the Orient but found only hardship and despair.

Presents a look at the lives and homes of five people who live in some of the most dangerous places in the world.

A memoir in which Condoleezza Rice, who served as National Security Advisor and as Secretary of State during the George W. Bush administrations, looks back over her life, discussing her childhood in Birmingham, Alabama, in the 1950s, her career in education, and her service in the government, and sharing stories of her family.

A biography of United States President Barack Obama and his parents, discussing his early childhood, relationship with his family, and his travels to Africa to meet the Kenyan members of his family.