Biography

U.S. Air Force Captain Scott O'Grady was shot down in his F-16 over Bosnia while helping to keep the peace. The plane exploded, and Captain O'Grady fell 5 miles to the ground below. In exciting detail, Captain O'Grady tells how he evaded capture and how,...

The remarkable story of a life transformed! Prison Fellowship founder Colson shares details of his search for meaning while serving as special counsel to President Nixon during the Watergate investigations. Learn how he found purpose not in success and...

Readers today are still fascinated by "Nat," an eighteenth-century nautical wonder and mathematical wizard. Nathaniel Bowditch grew up in a sailor's world - Salem in the early days, when tall-masted ships from foreign ports crowded the wharves. But Nat...

The story of a boy name Almanzo Wilder... While Laura Ingalls grows up in a little house on the western prairie, Almanzo Wilder is living on a big farm in New York State, where he and his brother and sisters work at their chores from dawn to dinner most...

An autobiographical account of the boyhood of Ohiyesa, also known as Charles Eastman, a member of the Dakota nation. Edited and illustrated by Charlene Notgrass. Paperback.   Used for Notgrass "America the Beautiful" curriculum. Grade Level: 5th -...

Mary L. Williamson gives a unique glimpse into the spiritual life and career of the first President of the U.S. Little known and often overlooked aspects of Washington's faith are featured throughout this well-documented book.

A description of the boyhood, marriage, and young professional life of Abraham Lincoln. This book includes his presidential years and also reflects on the latest scholarly thoughts about our Civil War president. Winner of the 1988 Newbery Medal.

Based on the true account of a boy's harrowing journey through the vast wilderness of the Katahdin Mountains, Lost on a Mountain in Maine is a gripping survival story for all ages. Twelve-year-old Donn Fendler steps away from his Boy Scout...

Experience thrilling adventure as the Christian missionaries on these pages meet witch doctors, disease, drought, hate-filled guerillas, a Bible thief, and killer cats. Each story is based on actual happenings from the lives of real people.

Frederick Douglass was an African-American social reformer, orator, writer and statesman. After escaping from slavery, he became a leader of the abolitionist movement, gaining note for his dazzling oratory and incisive antislavery writing. He stood as a...

Anyone who has read Patricia St. John’s books already knows how her stories come alive, and this account of her own life is no exception. Her powers of description make the story leap from the page and the reader is transported to far off places...

George Washington Carver was born a slave. He grew up to become a world-famous scientist. He discovered how to make the soil better for cotton crops in the South, where he was born, by planting peanuts and sweet potatoes. Then he invented hundreds of new...