biography

A brief biography of Patrick Henry tracing his progress from planter to statesman.

brief biography of Anne Frank, a young Jewish girl who kept a diary of her family's time spent in hiding in an Amsterdam attic during the Holocaust.

Presents an edited version of the diary entries of Mary Knackstedt Dyck in which she recorded the details of her life on a Kansas farm during the Dust Bowl years between 1936 and 1941.

Readers will learn about how Leonidas I furthered democracy while maintaining the prosperity of his people, even in the face of adversity.

Traces the life of the warrior king of Macedonia who conquered and united the known world of his time.

Readers will learn about how the familial bonds of the women who eagerly and expertly guided the rulers of Thebes sustained him, as a lineage of war-making young men came of age on the throne.

The life of Ramses II offers some particularly unique intrigues that appear in his many campaigns throughout the ancient world.

Describes first generation immigrants to America from a variety of regions around the world from 1900 to 1990. Includes excerpts of interviews by many who seek new beginnings in a free country and their positive and negative experiences.

The story of James Armistead Lafayette, an American slave and spy whose information helped end the American Revolutionary War. After the war, he fought the Virginia General Assembly to gain his freedom.

Profiles the lives of ten composite characters whose lives span the eighth through the tenth centuries, using contemporary sources and firsthand accounts to illustrate life along the Silk Road, which linked Europe, India, and the Far East.