biography

This title emphasizes the truth behind the embellishments regarding Pocahontas, examining how an Indian princess first befriended early American colonists.

"Provides a...he said/she said perspective on coping with war in modern-day America with a brutally honest account of how a dedicated Marine and his equally committed spouse faced unfathomable challenges and achieved triumph"--Back cover.

The memoir of Julissa Arce in which she charts her journey from undocumented Mexican American immigrant to Wall Street executive.

Tells the story of five women separated by the Berlin Wall for more than forty years, and the pain the family endured from a world divided by two.

Examines the lives of ordinary Russians in Chelyabinsk, an aging military-industrial center that is home to the Russian nuclear program, charting the social and political aftershocks of the USSR's collapse.

An anthology of the experiences of women in the American military in their own words.

Presents a brief biography of Anne Frank, a young Jewish girl who, along with her family, was forced to hide from the Nazis in an attic in Amsterdam.

The former defense analyst who revealed the Pentagon Papers offers an eyewitness account of America's nuclear program in the 1960s and reveals the dangers in the country's seventy-year-long nuclear policy.

The inspirational story of William Lewis, a hardworking blacksmith who slowly saved his money to free his family.

Simple text and photographs explore the life of Ellison Onizuka and how this famous Asian American went from Air Force pilot to NASA astronaut.