biography

A biographical resource with alphabetically-arranged profiles on over 100 significant and well-known Americans from Edwin Booth to Lucius Clay.

"Details the life of Cleopatra from differing perspectives"--Provided by publisher.

Booker T. Washington, the son of a slave woman and a white man, recounts his rise from slavery to become the most influential black leader of his time in the U.S., and founder of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.

Born in depression-era Brooklyn to recent Irish immigrants, Frank McCourt experienced a childhood fraught with poverty and occasional cruelty. McCourt recounts his miserable existence with remarkable exuberance and remarkable forgiveness.

A brief biography of the engineer, Confederate general, and college president, remembered as an excellent military leader and a great American.

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

"Humans of New York: Stories presents a whole new group of people in stunning photographs, ... and, most importantly, longer stories that delve deeper and surprise with greater candor"--Provided by publisher.

Tells the story of Irena Sendler, a courageous Polish woman who saved 2,500 Jewish children in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II.

A tale of one family's ambition and of Europe's struggle to emerge from the ravages of the Dark Ages. The Medici used charm, skill, and ruthlessness to garner unparalleled wealth and power, ruling Europe for more than 300 years.

The complete story of Paul Revere, following the famed patriot from his career as a Continental Army colonel to his prosperous life as an early American industrialist.