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Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
Category: History | Series: Great Lives
Alexander Hamilton was an illegitimate, largely self-taught orphan from the Caribbean who overcame all the odds to become George Washington's aide-de-camp and the first Treasury Secretary of the United States. Few figures in American history are more controversial. In this masterful work, Chernow shows ...Show more
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
Category: Biography | Series: Great Lives
The riveting life of Alexander Hamilton, an illegitimate, largely self-taught orphan from the Caribbean who overcame all the odds to become George Washington's aide-de-camp and the first Treasury Secretary of the United States. Few figures in American history have been more hotly debated than Alexander ...Show more
Amelia Earhart (Little Guides to Great Lives) by Isabel Thomas
Category: Education | Series: Little Guides to Great Lives
The first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, Amelia Earhart was a superstar of aviation in the 1920s and 1930s and a pioneer of women's rights. Her disappearance in 1937, while attempting to fly around the world, remains an unsolved mystery. From artists to aviators and scientists to revoluti ...Show more
Anne Frank (Little Guide to Great Lives) by Isabel Thomas; Paola Escobar (Illustrator)
Category: Education | Series: Little Guides to Great Lives Ser.
Anne Frank was an ordinary girl living in extraordinary times. Forced to go into hiding to escape the Nazis' persecution of Jews in World War II, Anne kept a diary that would become one of the most famous books in the world. Meet one of history's most inspiring figures in this beautifully-illustrate ...Show more
Anne Frank (Little Guides to Great Lives) by Isabel Thomas
Category: Education | Series: Little Guides to Great Lives
Anne Frank was an ordinary girl living in extraordinary times. Forced to go into hiding to escape the Nazis' persecution of Jews in World War II, Anne kept a diary that would become one of the most famous books in the world. Meet one of history's most inspiring figures in this beautifully-illustrated gu ...Show more
Biographic Degas by Katie Greenwood
Category: Art | Series: Great Lives in Graphic Form
The Biographic senes presents an entirely new way of looking at the lives of the world's greatest thinkers and creatives. It takes the 50 defining facts, dates, thoughts, habits and achievements of each subject, and uses infographics to convey all of them in vivid snapshots. Many people know that Edgar ...Show more
Book of Genesis: A Biography by Ronald Hendel; Daren Magee (Other)
Category: No Category | Series: Lives of Great Religious Bks.
An essential biography of one of the Bible's most influential booksDuring its 2,500-year life, the book of Genesis has been the keystone to important claims about God and humanity in Judaism and Christianity, and it plays a central role in contemporary debates about science, politics, and human rights. ...Show more
Catherine the Great - Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie
Category: History | Series: Great Lives Ser.
The extraordinary story of an obscure German princess who became one of the most powerful women in history. Born into a minor noble family, Catherine transformed herself into empress of Russia by sheer determination. For thirty-four years, the government, foreign policy, cultural development and welfar ...Show more
Charles Darwin (Little Guides to Great Lives) by Dan Green
Category: Education | Series: Little Guides to Great Lives
Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution caused both outrage and wonder, and quickly made him one of the most famous men in history. From his five-year voyage across the high seas to 20 years of research, follow Darwin on his adventure to prove a theory that would change the world. Little Guides to Gr ...Show more
David: A Man of Passion & Destiny by Charles R. Swindoll
Category: Mind, Body & Spirit | Series: Great Lives from God's Word
David was a man after God's own heart . . . What does it mean to be someone "after God's own heart?" David, Old Testament Shepherd, king, and psalmist, offers an answer in the shape of his own life. In many ways he was a most extraordinary man intelligent, handsome, abundantly gifted as a poet, musician ...Show more
Elijah - A Man of Heroism and Humility by Charles R. Swindoll
Category: Mind, Body & Spirit | Series: Great Lives Ser.
Where are great leaders like Elijah today? Uncompromisingly strong, yet self-controlled. Disciplined, yet forgiving. Audaciously courageous, yet kind. Heroic in the heat of battle, yet humble in the aftermath. We see a few such men and women, but the list is tragically short. Rarely does someone model ...Show more
Ferdinand Magellan (Little Guides to Great Lives) (HB) by Isabel Thomas
Category: Education | Series: Little Guides to Great Lives
Explorer, sailor and navigator, Ferdinand Magellan led the first expedition to sail all the way around the world. He encountered lands and creatures that he could never have imagined, and the journey was fraught with danger and difficulty...Join Magellan's amazing adventure in this colourful guide, enco ...Show more