Biographies   Actors/Actresses Explorers Royalty African-American First Ladies Scientists Artists Holocaust Sports Figures Authors Military World Leaders Autobiographies Musicians   Disabilities, People With Presidents (U.S.)     Actors/Actresses Miley Cyrus Miley Cyrus: Miles to Go 263 pp. James Dean James Dean: Dream as if You'll Live Forever 160 pp. Salma Hayek Salma Hayek 104 pp. Tetsuko Kuroyanagi Totto-Chan: the Little Girl at the Window 229 pp. Bruce Lee Bruce Lee 112 pp. Madonna Madonna 256 pp. Ashley & Mary-Kate Olsen Influence 257 pp. Robert Pattinson Robert Pattinson: Eternally Yours: an Unauthorized Biography 180 pp. Tyler Perry Tyler Perry 96 pp. Elvis Presley All Shook Up!: The Life and Death of Elvis Presley 76 pp. Daniel Radcliffe Daniel Radcliffe 104 pp. Esmeralda Santiago When I Was Puerto Rican 274 pp. Oprah Winfrey Oprah Winfrey: a Twentieth-Century Life 204 pp. [top of page]   African-American Muhammad Ali The Greatest: Muhammad Ali 172 pp.   Muhammad Ali: The World's Champion 143 pp. Maya Angelou All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes 208 pp.   I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 246 pp.   Singin' and Swingin' and Getting Merry Like Christmas 269 pp. Arthur Ashe Arthur Ashe: Breaking the Color Barrier in Tennis 128 pp. Blind Boone Blind Boone: Piano Prodigy 120 pp. Frederick Douglass Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 131 pp. W.E.B. Dubois W.E.B. DuBois 143 pp. Ella Fitzgerald Up Close: Ella Fitzgerald--A Twentieth-Century Life 203 pp. Langston Hughes Langston Hughes: Poet of the Harlem Renaissance 128 pp. Zora Neale Hurston Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography 348 pp. Michael Jackson Michael Jackson: The One and Only 126 pp. LeBron James LeBron James: King on and Off the Court 128 pp.   LeBron James: the Making of an MVP 156 pp. Marion Jones See How She Runs: Marion Jones & the Making of a Champion 212 pp. Michael Jordan Michael Jordan: a Biography 176 pp. Martin Luther King Jr. The Life and Death of Martin Luther King, Jr. 176 pp. Julius Lester On Writing For Children & Other People 159 pp. Barak Obama Yes We Can: A Biography of President Barak Obama 236 pp. Jesse Owens The Legend of Jesse Owens 176 pp. Rosa Parks Rose Parks: My Story 192 pp. Tyler Perry Tyler Perry 96 pp. Colin Powell Colin Powell: General & Statesman 112 pp. Condoleezza Rice Condoleezza Rice: America's Leading Stateswoman 111 pp. Wilma Rudolph Wilma Rudolph: A Biography 137 pp. Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad 247 pp.   Harriet Tubman: Leading the Way to Freedom 124 pp. Booker T. Washington Up From Slavery 196 pp. Oprah Winfrey Oprah Winfrey: a Twentieth-Century Life 204 pp. Stevie Wonder Stevie Wonder 100 pp. Tiger Woods Tiger Woods: A Biography 209 pp. Malcolm X The Autobiography of Malcolm X 466 pp. [top of page]   Artists Marc Chagall Chagall 64 pp. Salvador Dali Salvador Dali 122 pp. Vincent van Gogh Vincent van Gogh: Portrait of an Artist 132 pp. Francisco Goya Francisco Goya 151 pp. Frida Kahlo Frida Kahlo: Mexican Portrait Artist 104 pp. Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso 122 pp. Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci 170 pp. Andy Warhol Andy Warhol: Prince of Pop 193 pp. Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright: A Twentieth-Century Life 301 pp. [top of page]   Authors Maya Angelou All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes 208 pp.   I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 246 pp.   Singin' and Swingin' and Getting Merry Like Christmas 269 pp. Jane Austen Jane Austen: a Life Revealed 192 pp. Ibtisam Barakat Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood 176 pp. William Blake William Blake: The Gates of Paradise 192 pp. Geoffrey Chaucer Chaucer: Celebrated Poet and Author  138 pp. Chris Crutcher King of the Mild Frontier: An Ill-Advised Autobiography 260 pp. E.E. Cummings E.E. Cummings: A Poet's Life 149 pp. Roald Dahl Boy: Tales of Childhood 176 pp.   Going Solo 209 pp. Dante Dante: Poet, Author and Proud Florentine 140 pp. Emily Dickinson Emily Dickinson: A Biography 128 pp. W.E.B. Dubois W.E.B. DuBois 143 pp. Firoozeh Dumas Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America 198 pp. Robert Frost Robert Frost: The Life of America's Poet 128 pp. Jack Gantos Hole in My Life 199 pp. Ernest Hemingway Ernest Hemingway: The Life and the Legend 212 pp.   Ernest Hemingway: An Illustrated Biography 160 pp. Langston Hughes Langston Hughes: Poet of the Harlem Renaissance 128 pp. Zora Neale Hurston Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography 348 pp. Stephen King Haunted Heart: The Life and Times of Stephen King 310 pp. Harper Lee Harper Lee: a Twentieth-Century Life 223 pp. Julius Lester On Writing For Children & Other People 159 pp. Jack London Jack London: A Writer's Adventurous Life 128 pp. Lois Lowry Looking Back: A Book of Memories 181 pp. Stephenie Meyer Stephenie Meyer: Author of the Twilight Saga 112 pp. Gary Paulsen Guts 148 pp.   My Life in Dog Years 137 pp. Tyler Perry Tyler Perry 96 pp. Sylvia Plath Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath 261 pp. Edgar Allan Poe Nevermore: A Photobiography of Edgar Allan Poe 64 pp. Philip Pullman Philip Pullman 118 pp. J.K Rowling J.K. Rowling 112pp.   J.K. Rowling: The Wizard Behind Harry Potter 228 pp. Esmeralda Santiago When I Was Puerto Rican 274 pp. William Shakespeare Shakespeare: Man of the Theater 192 pp. David Small Stitches: A Memoir 329 pp. Jerry Spinelli Knots in My Yo-yo String 148 pp. Henry David Thoreau Henry David Thoreau: A Biography 160 pp. Mark Twain The Trouble Begins at 8: a Life of Mark Twain in the Wild, Wild West 224 pp. Tobias Wolff This Boy's Life: A Memoir 288 pp. [top of page]   Autobiographies Maya Angelou All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes 208 pp.   Gather Together in My Name 214 pp.   I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 246 pp.   Singin' and Swingin' and Getting Merry Like Christmas 269 pp. Ibtisam Barakat Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood 176 pp. Sara Tuvel Bernstein The Seamstress: A Memoir of Survival 353 pp. Chris Crutcher King of the Mild Frontier: An Ill-Advised Autobiography 260 pp. Roald Dahl Boy: Tales of Childhood 176 pp. Dang Thuy Tram Last Night I Dreamed of Peace: The Diary of Dang Thuy Tram 225 pp. Frederick Douglass Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 131 pp. Firoozeh Dumas Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America 198 pp. Zlata Filipovic Zlata's diary: A Child's Life in Sarajevo 200 pp. Anne Frank Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl 340 pp. Jack Gantos Hole in My Life 199 pp. Homer Hickam Rocket Boys: A Memoir 368 pp. Laura Hillman I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree: A Memoir of a Schindler's List Survivor 243 pp. Adolf Hitler Mein Kampf 694 pp. Zora Neale Hurston Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography 348 pp. Livia Bitton Jackson I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust 224 pp.   My Bridges of Hope: Searching For Life and Love After Auschwitz 258 pp. Tetsuko Kuroyanagi Totto-chan, the little girl at the window 229 p, Lat Kampung Boy 141 pp. Lois Lowry Looking Back: A Book of Memories 181 pp. Ma Yan The Diary of Ma Yan: The Struggles and Hopes of a Chinese Schoolgirl 166 pp. Nelson Mandela Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela 558 pp. Ana Novac The Beautiful Days of My Youth: My Six Months in Auschwitz & Plaszow 314 pp. Ashley & Mary-Kate Olsen Influence 257 pp. Irene Gut Opdyke In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Survivor 276 pp. Rosa Parks Rose Parks: My Story 192 pp. Gary Paulsen Guts 148 pp.   My Life in Dog Years 137 pp. Michael Phelps No Limits: the Will to Succeed 228 pp. Esmeralda Santiago When I Was Puerto Rican 274 pp. Marjane Satrapi The Complete Persepolis 341 pp. David Small Stitches: A Memoir 329 pp. Ryan Smithson Ghosts of War: The True Story of a 19-year-old GI 321 pp. Joni Eareckson Tada Joni: an Unforgettable Story 211 pp.   Joni's Story 109 pp. Katherine Tarbox Katie.com: My Story 196 pp. Booker T. Washington Up From Slavery 196 pp. Tobias Wolff This Boy's Life: A Memoir 288 pp. Steve Wozniak iWoz 313 pp. Malcolm X The Autobiography of Malcolm X 466 pp. [top of page]   People with disabilities Jim Abbott Nothing to Prove: The Jim Abbott Story 182 pp. Muhammed Ali The Greatest: Muhammed Ali 172 pp.   Muhammed Ali: The World's Champion 143 pp. Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer 120 pp. Alexander Graham Bell Alexander Graham Bell: Making Connections 140 pp. Blind Boone Blind Boone: Piano Prodigy 120 pp. Walt Disney The Man Behind the Magic: The Story of Walt Disney 183 pp. Lou Gehrig Lou Gehrig 130 pp. Francisco Goya Francisco Goya 151 pp. Che Guevara Che Guevara: In Search of Revolution 192 pp. Bethany Hamilton Soul Surfer 213 pp. Ernest Hemingway Ernest Hemingway: The Life and the Legend 212 pp.   Ernest Hemingway: An Illustrated Biography 160 pp. Ron Jones & Camp Wiggen campers The Acorn People 79 pp. Helen Keller Helen Keller: Humanitarian 112 pp. Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci 170 pp. Isaac Newton Isaac Newton: The Greatest Scientist of All Time 128 pp. Franklin D. Roosevelt FDR's Splendid Deception 242 pp. Wilma Rudolph Wilma Rudolph: A Biography 137 pp. Joni Eareckson Tada Joni: an Unforgettable Story 211 pp.   Joni's Story 109 pp. Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad 247 pp.   Harriet Tubman: Leading the Way to Freedom 124 pp. Woodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson and the Progressive Era 192 pp. Stevie Wonder Stevie Wonder 100 pp.   Explorers Daniel Boone Daniel Boone: Beyond the Mountains 79 pp. Edmund Hillary Sir Edmund Hillary: To Everest and Beyond 128 pp. Francisco Pizarro Francisco Pizarro: Destroyer of the Inca Empire 128 pp. Ernest Shackleton Ernest Shackleton 160 pp. [top of page]   First Ladies Abigail Adams Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution 248 pp. Hillary Clinton Hillary Clinton 128 pp. Dolly Madison The Velvet Glove: A Life of Dolly Madison 264 pp. Eleanor Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of the 20th Century 111 pp.   Our Eleanor: A Scrapbook Look at Eleanor Roosevelt's Remarkable Life 176 pp. [top of page]   Holocaust Sara Tuvel Bernstein The Seamstress: A Memoir of Survival 353 pp. Anne Frank Anne Frank: A Hidden Life 176 pp.   Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl 340 pp.   Memories of Anne Frank: Reflections of a Childhood Friend 135 pp. Varian Fry In Defiance of Hitler: the Secret Mission of Varian Fry 196 pp. Joseph Goebbels Joseph Goebbels: Nazi Propaganda Minister 112 pp. Hermann Goring Hermann Goring: Hitler's Second-in-Command 112 pp. Etty Hillesum An Interrupted Life: The Diaries, 1941-1943 376 pp. Laura Hillman I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree: A Memoir of a Schindler's List Survivor 243 pp. Adolph Hitler Inside Hitler's Bunker: The Last Days of the Third Reich 190 pp.   The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler 246 pp.   Mein Kampf 694 pp. Livia Bitton Jackson I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust 224 pp.   My Bridges of Hope: Searching For Life and Love After Auschwitz 258 pp. Ana Novac The Beautiful Days of My Youth: My Six Months in Auschwitz & Plaszow 314 pp. Irene Gut Opdyke In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Survivor 276 pp. [top of page]   Military Attila Attila the Hun: Leader of the Barbarian Hordes 128 pp. Benedict Arnold The Notorious Benedict Arnold 337 pp.   The Real Benedict Arnold 264 pp. George Custer George Armstrong Custer 112 pp. Dwight Eisenhower Dwight David Eisenhower: War Hero and President 160 pp. Joan of Arc Joan of Arc 180 pp. Lafayette Lafayette and the American Revolution 88 pp. George Patton General George Patton: Old Blood & Guts 195 pp. Colin Powell Colin Powell: General & Statesman 112 pp. Ryan Smithson Ghosts of War: The True Story of a 19-year-old GI 321 pp. George Washington George Washington: An Illustrated Biography 274 pp. [top of page]   Musicians Beatles Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!: The Beatles, Beatlemania, and the Music That Changed the World 234 pp. Ludwig von Beethoven Ludwig Van Beethoven, Composer 120 pp. Blind Boone Blind Boone: Piano Prodigy 120 pp. Bon Jovi Bon Jovi: When We Were Beautiful 184 pp. Kelly Clarkson Kelly Clarkson 96 pp. Kurt Cobain Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain 381 pp. Miley Cyrus Miley Cyrus: Miles to Go 263 pp. Ella Fitzgerald Up Close: Ella Fitzgerald--A Twentieth-Century Life 203 pp. Gorillaz Gorillaz: Rise of the Ogre 296 pp. Guns N' Roses Watch You Bleed: The Saga of Guns N' Roses 434 pp. Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix: Musician 120 pp. Michael Jackson Michael Jackson: The One and Only 126 pp. Janis Joplin Janis Joplin: Rise up Singing 120 pp. Avril Lavigne Avril Lavigne: The Unofficial Book 81 pp. John Lennon John Lennon: All I Want is the Truth: A Photographic Biography 232 pp.   John Lennon: The Beatles and Beyond 112 pp. Madonna Madonna 256 pp. Bob Marley Catch a Fire: The Life of Bob Marley 556 pp. Wolfgang A. Mozart Mozart 177 pp. Elvis Presley All Shook Up!: The Life and Death of Elvis Presley 76 pp. Carlos Santana Carlos Santana: Back on Top 270 pp. Sting Broken Music: A Memoir 337 pp. Taylor Swift Taylor Swift: the Unofficial Story 155 pp. Stevie Wonder Stevie Wonder 100 pp. [top of page]   Presidents Dwight Eisenhower Dwight David Eisenhower: War Hero and President 160 pp. Andrew Jackson Old Hickory: Andrew Jackson and the American People 262 pp. Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson: Architect of Democracy 192 pp. John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy 112 pp. Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln: Great American President 112 pp.   Lincoln: A Photobiography 150 pp. Richard Nixon Richard Nixon: American Politician 112 pp. Barak Obama Yes We Can: A Biography of President Barak Obama 236 pp. Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan 102 pp. Franklin D. Roosevelt FDR's Splendid Deception 242 pp. Theodore Roosevelt The Great Adventure: Theodore Roosevelt and the Rise of Modern America 248 pp. Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman 144 pp. George Washington George Washington: An Illustrated Biography 274 pp. Woodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson and the Progressive Era 192 pp. [top of page]   Royalty Alexander Alexander the Great: Master of the Ancient World 128 pp.   The Conquests of Alexander the Great 160 pp. Amenhotep III Chronicle of a Pharoah: the Intimate Life of Amenhotep III 176 pp. Catherine II Catherine the Great: Empress of Russia 128 pp.   Great Catherine 392 pp. Charlemagne The Importance of Charlemagne 127 pp. Cleopatra Cleopatra Rules! 128 pp. Diana Diana: Her True Story 288 pp.   Diana: Portrait of a Princess 224 pp. Elizabeth I Behind the Mask: The Life of Queen Elizabeth I 196 pp. Henry VIII Henry VIII: Royal Beheader 128 pp. Mary I Mary Tudor: Courageous Queen or Bloody Mary? 128 pp. Sheba Sheba: Through the Desert in Search of a Queen 372 pp. Victoria Victoria: Queen and Empress 233 pp. Vlad III Vlad the Impaler: The Real Count Dracula 128 pp. William I William the Conqueror 180 pp. [top of page]   Scientists Alexander G. Bell Alexander Graham Bell: Making Connections 140 pp. Elizabeth Blackwell Elizabeth Blackwell: A Doctor's Triumph 190 pp. Robert Boyle Skeptical Chemist: The Story of Robert Boyle 128 pp. Marie Curie Marie Curie 142 pp. Charles Darwin Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 268 pp. Alexander Fleming Alexander Fleming: Discoverer of Penicillin 112 pp. Galileo Galilei Galileo Galilei: First Physicist 126 pp. Jane Goodall Jane Goodall 124 pp. Edwin Hubble Edwin Hubble: Discoverer of Galaxies 128 pp. Johannes Kepler Johannes Kepler: Giant of Faith and Science 200 pp. Isaac Newton Isaac Newton: The Greatest Scientist of All Time 128 pp. J. Robert Oppenheimer J. Robert Oppenheimer: The Brain Behind the Bomb 128 pp. [top of page]   Sports Figures Jim Abbott Nothing to Prove: The Jim Abbott Story 182 pp. Muhammad Ali The Greatest: Muhammad Ali 172 pp.   Muhammad Ali: The World's Champion 143 pp. Arthur Ashe Arthur Ashe: Breaking The Color Barrier in Tennis 128 pp. Nadia Comaneci Letters to a Young Gymnast 180 pp. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 104 pp. Brett Favre Brett Favre 104 pp. Lou Gehrig Lou Gehrig 130 pp. LeBron James LeBron James: King on and Off the Court 128 pp.   LeBron James: the Making of an MVP 156 pp. Derek Jeter Derek Jeter: Captain On and Off the Field 128 pp. Marion Jones See How She Runs: Marion Jones & the Making of a Champion 212 pp. Michael Jordan Michael Jordan: a Biography 176 pp. Bruce Lee Bruce Lee 112 pp. Peyton Manning Peyton Manning: Leader On and Off the Field 128 pp. Jesse Owens The Legend of Jesse Owens 176 pp. Michael Phelps No Limits: the Will to Succeed 228 pp. Wilma Rudolph Wilma Rudolph: A Biography 137 pp. Babe Ruth Babe Ruth: A Twentieth-Century Life 203 pp. Tiger Woods Tiger Woods: A Biography 209 pp. [top of page]   World Leaders Alexander Alexander the Great: Master of the Ancient World 128 pp.   The Conquests of Alexander the Great 160 pp. Amenhotep III Chronicle of a Pharoah: the Intimate Life of Amenhotep III 176 pp. Attila Attila the Hun: Leader of the Barbarian Hordes 128 pp. Catherine II Catherine the Great: Empress of Russia 128 pp.   Great Catherine 392 pp. Charlemagne The Importance of Charlemagne 127 pp. Cleopatra Cleopatra Rules! 128 pp. Diana Diana: Her True Story 288 pp.   Diana: Portrait of a Princess 224 pp. Elizabeth I Behind the Mask: The Life of Queen Elizabeth I 196 pp. Genghis Khan Genghis Khan: 13th Century Mongolian Tyrant 128 pp. Ernesto "Che" Guevara Che Guevara: In Search of Revolution 192 pp. Henry VIII Henry VIII: Royal Beheader 128 pp. Adolph Hitler Inside Hitler's Bunker: The Last Days of the Third Reich 190 pp.   The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler 246 pp.   Mein Kampf 694 pp. Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein: A Biography 177 pp. Julius Caesar Julius Caesar: Dictator for Life 128 pp. Henry Kissinger Henry Kissinger: Ending the Vietnam War 111 pp. Nelson Mandela Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela 558 pp. Karl Marx Karl Marx 112 pp. Mary I Mary Tudor: Courageous Queen or Bloody Mary? 128 pp. Napoleon Napoleon: Emperor and Conqueror 128 pp. Maximilien Robespierre Robespierre: Master of the Guillotine 128 pp. Sheba Sheba: Through the Desert in Search of a Queen 372 pp. Tomas de Torquemada Tomas de Torquemada: Architect of Torture During the Spanish Inquisition 128 pp. Victoria Victoria: Queen and Empress 233 pp. Vlad III Vlad the Impaler: The Real Count Dracula 128 pp. William I William the Conqueror 180 pp.       last updated 01/19/2012     [top of page]