biography

A personal account of the author's journey as a boy from his Mexican mountain village to Sacramento and of his acculturation through education and experience in the United States.

Offers a brief overview of the life of First Lady Michelle Obama, discussing her childhood, schooling, marriage to Barack Obama, and work as the president's wife.

An illustrated introduction the Revolutionary War that focuses on key personalities, discussing the lives and actions of important Patriots and Loyalists, describing women of significance, and including primary source materials, a time line, and other resources.

A biography of the Saudi Arabian king who ruled from 1964 until his assassination in 1975 and who became, during his reign, an important world leader through his control of his country's vast oil resources.

An unabridged republication of nineteenth-century essayist Henry David Thoreau's reflections on the natural world, written during a two year period when he lived alone in a cabin on the shores of Walden Pond.

The author tells the story of her Japanese-American family's imprisonment in a U.S. internment camp during World War II.

Presents a biography of Alexander the Great, portraying the ancient Greek ruler as a liberator and promoter of democracy.

Autobiography of the Reverend Al Sharpton in which he discusses his preaching, his activism on behalf of his race, and his recent resolve to quit trying to solve racial problems on a case by case basis and become proactive, entering the political arena.

Recounts the life and experiences of an illiterate African-American tenant farmer from east-central Alabama.

Hollywood art dealer Ron Hall and former Louisiana indentured servant Denver Moore reflect on their lives and the friendship that was established between them thanks to Ron's late wife Deborah's volunteer work at Union Gospel Mission in Fort Worth, Texas.