Jesse Owens (Black Americans of Achievement)
Jesse Owens: Jesse Owens was born in 1913 in Alabama.His mother and father or as they were sharecroppers.Jesse or as they called him "JC" was the youngest of his family.He was small and skinney. "JC" had a sickniss in his leg that his [... more]
$30.00
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Texas Granite: Story of a World War II Hero
 A moving portrayal of World War II lives: This is a wonderful little book about real people. It vividly brings back those days of young men sent off to remote islands, and the young women who waited (vainly, in many cases) for their return. Mary Hartman [... more]
$9.95
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Amazing Life Of Moe Berg, The
Great Man, loved Baseball and his country.: This is super cool book. The whole time reading it, I wished they made it into a movie. Berg's father was well known doctor. He wanted Moe to be one also, like Moe's brother. But Moe loved baseball to much. He [... more]
$22.40
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Down Cut Shin Creek: The Pack Horse Librarians of Kentucky
Wish There Was More: This is the kind of book we all should read, regardless of age. It is well researched, well annotated and well written. I bought it for my wife, a reading specialist, for Easter, and wound up reading it before she got her hands on it. [... more]
$16.99
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The Cavalryman (The Roman World Series)
Teachers take note: Peter Connolloy has again produced a book useful to those engaged in teaching and learning about Roman history. The illustrations are, as usual, both striking and historically accurate. A wonderful booklet.: As usual Peter Connolly [... more]
$12.95
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The Legionary (The Roman World Series)
fascinating account of the life of a legionary: Once again a wonderful litte booklet in addition to Connolly's "The Cavalryman" concerning the life of a soldier in the legions during the time of Trajan. Vividly illustrated in great (and [... more]
$12.95
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Herstory: Women Who Changed the World
Amazon.com Review: Did you know that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart had an older sister who was another musical genius? Musicologists even speculate that some compositions attributed to Mozart were actually the work of his sister. Nannerl Mozart is just one [... more]
$21.95
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Shipwrecked!: The True Adventures of a Japanese Boy
Fascinating...even for young children!: My girls, 6 and 8, couldn't wait to continue reading this book each day. It is so much more than a biography and is very readable. Besides an indepth look at the life and times of Manjiro, AKA John Mung, it is a [... more]
$8.99
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Parallel Journeys
The World Must Never Forget: The world must never forget the holocaust. Today some people espouse a theory that the nearly 12,000,000 deaths (6,000,000 of them Jews) at the hands of the Nazi party never happened. This sad, but honest, tale traces the [... more]
$5.99
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Princess Ka'Iulani: Hope of a Nation, Heart of a People ...
Hawaii's Own!: I am Native Hawaiian and was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii within minutes of Iolani Palace. Much of my culture was lost and our land taken away. Many books were written some accurate and some not so accurate. This book was [... more]
$14.00
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Lou Gehrig: One of Baseball's Greatest (Childhood of ...
Lou Gerig's the Luckiest Man: THis is a good book for baseball fans all over. It's more of a kid's book, but it's got great info. It even has his "luckiest man in the world" speech in it! Awesome book: I am a HUGE yankee fan, and I thought I [... more]
$5.99
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Hana's Suitcase: A True Story (Bank Street College of ...
Hana's Suitcase: I've read many accounts of the holocaust throughout my 68 years ...and thought, perhaps,this particular story might be a good introduction to this time in history for my granddaughter. I read it, prior to giving it to her. It was [... more]
$15.95
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