admirals

Explores the life of Michelle Howard, a four-star Admiral in the U.S. Navy.

A biography of the English seaman and explorer who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth I for helping to make England a world power by circumnavigating the globe and raiding Spanish ships.

"A biography of the extraordinary life and adventures of Sir Francis Drake, whose mastery of the seas during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I changed the course of history-as a pirate raiding Spanish galleons, as the first explorer to successfully circumnavigate the globe, and as a naval hero who defeated the Spanish Armada and reshaped the global order"--Adapted from publisher description.

Grace Hopper was a big part of teams that worked on the earliest computers, including the landmark MARK I and UNIVAC I and II. She developed the compiler and was instrumental in the creation of programming languages that used English words instead of symbols. This innovation made computers and technology much more accessible to everyday people and led to programs, like COBOL, still used today! Readers will be inspired by Hopper?s story, told in age-appropriate detail and with accompanying historical and full-color images.

In his 37 years in the military, McRaven saw both the best and worst of humanity and shares stories of the real, everyday heroes who have inspired him.

A biography of mathematician and computer programmer Grace Hopper, looking at her journey from college classrooms to wartime computer rooms.

Explores the life of Michelle Howard, a four-star Admiral in the U.S. Navy.

A biography of Grace Hopper, who played a prominent role in the early days of computers, discussing her upbringing and formal education, her joining the United States Navy at a time when women weren't welcomed in the armed forces and more.

A biography of Grace Hopper, a mathematician and one of the world's first computer programmers.