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As a tomboy growing up in Kansas, Amelia Earhart delighted in trying new and risky things, once she even built a roller-coaster in her grandparent’s backyard. In her 20s she fell in love with flight... |
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| Showcases the sharp-shooting deeds of this famous, talented frontier woman. Music by Los Lobos; illustrated by Fred Warter; narrated by Keith Carradine. |
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Who was Ruth McBride Jordan? Not even her son knew the answer to that question until he embarked on a twelve-year journey that changed himself and his family forever. Born Rachel Deborah Shilsky,... |
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Benjamin Franklin's celebrated Autobiography, published after his death, is one of the greatest autobiographies of all time… but it was incomplete. Franklin ended his life's story in 1757, when he... |
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Perhaps no other figure in American history is more shrouded in myth and legend than David ("Davy") Crockett, the Tennessee frontiersman whose death at the Alamo in 1836 ensured his place in the... |
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| Presents the strange adventures of America's backwoods icon, including the Battle of the Alamo. Music by David Bromberg; illustrated by Steven Brodner; narrated by Nicolas Cage. |
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From The New York Times-bestselling author of America's Queen and Elizabeth- the definitive biography of Diana, Princess of Wales. |
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Celebrated editor Tina Brown reveals Princess Diana's tumultuous inner life as no one else has. Ten years after her mysterious death in Paris, Princess Diana continues to haunt our... |
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Prominent liberals support a whole litany of policies and principles: progressive taxes, affirmative action, greater regulation of corporations, raising the inheritance tax, strict environmental... |
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When Mark Doty went looking to adopt a small dog-- a cuddly creature who might comfort his terminally ill partner, Wally Roberts--he was surprised to find himself returning home from an animal... |
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