Presents a brief profile of former Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, and chronicles his childhood in Nazi Germany, immigration to the United States, education, and success in politics.
Surveys the life of the country boy from West Virginia who became a great pilot, ending his career as an Air Force brigadier general with more than 10,000 hours of flying time in some 180 different aircraft.
Presents a brief, illustrated, biography of Stan and Jan Berenstain, authors of the "Berenstain Bears" children's books, providing information on their childhood, and education, and writing career.
This book describes the life of Stephanie Kwolek, who, as a child, shifted from perfect sewing to precise chemistry experiments and invented Kevlar, thread stronger than steel that could stop bullets.
A brief biography of former first lady Nancy Reagan that profiles her childhood, education, acting career, and marriage, and describes events that brought her to the White House and her life after her husband's presidency.
An Argentine newspaper publisher who dared to criticize his government's policy of cruel repression, tells the story of his arrest, imprisonment, and torture.
