biography

A biography of twentieth-century African American folk artist Bill Traylor, a former slave who, at the age of eighty-five, drew pictures based on his memories and observations of life in Alabama.

A biography of Sir Francis Drake, focusing on his activities as a pirate and slave trader, which made him a hero in England, but earned him the name of the Dragon by the Spanish.

A comprehensive biography of Alexander the Great that includes a timeline, glossary, and a number of photographs and illustrations documenting his life, conquests, allies, and enemies.

An autobiography of Da Chen, who describes how he and his family survived the Cultural Revolution in China.

Memoir of three Chinese women, Jung Chang, her mother, and her grandmother in twentieth-century China.

Presents the memoirs of Valerie Zenatti, who at eighteen, enlisted in the Israeli army, endured harsh conditions and surroundings, and participated in top secret missions for the Israeli Secret Service, and describes her French-Jewish heritage and personal struggles.

Presents the true story of Shannen Koostachin and the people of Attawapiskat First Nation, a Cree community in Northern Ontario, who have been fighting for a new school since 1979 when a fuel spill contaminated their original school building.

The author shares her childhood growing up in Poland through the Holocaust, and surviving thanks to Oskar Schindler.

Describes some of the well-known as well as the lesser-known details of Paul Revere's life and exciting ride.

Tells the story of Isaac Cline, a weather scientist in Galveston, Texas in 1900, discussing his belief and assertion that nothing in the way of weather could destroy the coastal city; and looks at how Cline dealt with the aftermath of the hurricane that hit Galveston on September 8, claiming the lives of thousands of people.