Home > Teen & Young Adult > Biographies
Biographies
The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-08-15 | Author:Wes Moore

As I sat on the other end of the line, listening to my mother talk about “sacrifice,” I had no idea what my grandparents had given up. The five minutes ...
( Category: African-American Studies March 25,2014 )
Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer by Lynne Cox
mobi, azw3 |eng | 2004-01-02 | Author:Lynne Cox

I returned to UCSB to complete my junior year of college. That winter I received a letter from Sandy Blewett, the swimmer I had met a few years before in ...
( Category: Swimming March 25,2014 )
Mao's Last Dancer by Li Cunxin
mobi, epub |eng | 2003-01-27 | Author:Li Cunxin

In the second half of that year the head of the Communist Youth Party at our academy asked me to apply for membership. This was a privilege. Only the most ...
( Category: Classical March 25,2014 )
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Puffin Modern Classics) by Roald Dahl
epub |eng | 2008-11-20 | Author:Roald Dahl [Dahl, Roald]

The Oompa-Loompa took one look at Mrs Gloop and exploded into peals of laughter. ‘Oh, do be quiet!’ said Mr Wonka. ‘Control yourself! Pull yourself together! Mrs Gloop doesn’t think ...
( Category: General March 25,2014 )
Pocahontas by Joseph Bruchac
epub |eng | | Author:Joseph Bruchac [Bruchac, Joseph]

15. POCAHONTAS: Corn Although the corn, like all good things, was made by Ahone, it is said that corn was not owned by all the people at first. Those who ...
( Category: Colonial & Revolutionary March 25,2014 )
Lincoln's Last Days by Bill O'Reilly
epub |eng | | Author:Bill O'Reilly

One of John Wilkes Booth’s spurs. Chapter 36 FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1865 Washington, D. C. 10:20 P. M. WORD IS ALREADY SPREADING through Washington that the president has been shot. ...
( Category: Biographies March 25,2014 )

First Prev [36] [37] [38] [39] 40 Next Last