biographies

As the world now knows, Barack Obama has made history as our first African-American president. With black-and-white illustrations throughout, this ...

Readers adore Judy Blume for her personal stories about the journey from childhood to adolescence. She has always been an imaginative person and an...

Although Jane Austen's works were first published anonymously and brought her little personal recognition, today they are rarely out of print and h...

Kobe Bryant was just an eighteen-year-old high-school basketball player when he decided to enter the National Basketball Association's draft. Thoug...

In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. This seemingly small act triggered civil rights prote...