Qui sont ces jeunes femmes majoritairement pauvres et orphelines qui, entre 1663 et 1673, ont quitté la France et bravé…

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Biography of John Adams (1735-1826), American patriot and second President of the United States. Covers the ninety-year life of this…

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Biographies of more than twenty scientists, inventors, and explorers describe the adventures and the extraordinary achievements of each. Includes Edmund Hillary, Robert Goddard, and Margaret Mead. For grades 5-8

Story of a great baseball player who died in a plane crash while on his way to help the victims of an earthquake in Nicaragua

Explores the controversial consumer advocate's successes and explains the results of his investigations of government and big business. For junior and senior high readers

Writings of the twenty-two-year-old unemployed busboy who tried to kill Alabama Governor George Wallace. This material was introduced during Bremer's trial as evidence to support a plea of insanity

The wife in TV's "An American Family" tells of her marriage and the impact TV exposure has had on her…

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A biography that dispels the myths surrounding David Livingstone, the missionary, geographer, astronomer, and doctor hailed as the discoverer of the source of the Nile

Study of the eccentric millionaire publisher of "Mad" magazine, who was treated as an idiot by his father before he saved the failing comics business

A light memoir of the author's adventures on various boats up and down the Mississippi, the Monongahela, and foggy Southern rivers

A compassionate biography of Eleanor Roosevelt from her troubled early childhood to her complex relationship with Franklin D. Roosevelt

A former patient documents life in the mental ward of a metropolitan hospital

After striking out 100 consecutive times in 8 years, Frank Howard finally clouted 17 home runs in 2 weeks to…

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One day in the life of an Episcopal parish priest from St. John's Church, Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C., the famous "church of the presidents."

A theologian uses his life story to examine why people become clergymen. He concludes they do so because they want overwhelming power

Biography of the all-around athlete who won the Heisman Trophy during his senior year at the Naval Academy and later…

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Portrait of Francesco Bernardone, self-indulgent son of a wealthy merchant, and his transformation to a poor saint who begged for alms and devoted himself to others

A former math teacher leaves the classroom for the precarious world of the ironworker. He tells of his experiences with the men who work atop the tall columns. Strong language

Biography of the peace negotiator and diplomat, who was also the first black American to receive a Ph.D. in political…

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Biography and analysis that looks at a president often obscured by myths. For high school and adult readers