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In April 1972, SEAL Lieutenant Tom Norris risked his life to rescue two American airmen who were shot down behind North Vietnamese enemy lines, a feat for which he would be awarded the Medal of Honor. Six months later he was sent on a special reconnaissance mission where he would be severely wounded. SEAL Petty Officer Mike Thornton, under heavy fire, fought his way back to Norris's embattled position to rescue his officer. Mike Thornton also received a Medal of Honor. This is the only time in modern history that the Medal of Honor has been awarded in a combat action to one soldier for saving the life of another Medal recipient.

Lee Smith has written fiction for forty-five years and now she tells her own story. Set deep in the mountains of Virginia, the Grundy of her childhood was a place of coal miners, tent revivals, mountain music, drive-in theaters, and her daddy's dimestore. Because of that dimestore, where she would listen to customers and invent adventures for the store's dolls, she became a storyteller. Smith has created a moving personal portrait and a testament to embracing one's heritage.

Kari Rosvall's early life was shrounded in mystery until, at age 64, she received a letter through the post. In it was a photograph of herself as a young baby---the only one she had ever seen. Kari soon learned that she was a Lebensborn child, part of Hitler's program which encouraged Nazi soldiers to have children with Scandinavian women in order to create an Aryan race. And so began a journey back to her roots in Norway, where she was taken from her mother and sent to Germany in a crate to join other Lebensborn children. In post-war Germany she was rescued by the Red Cross from an attic.

An interview with African-American children's authors Patricia and Fredrick McKissack in their home. Includes the authors' reading one of their stories.

Provides an introduction to the life and work of filmmaker George Lucas. Includes illustrations and timelines.

Profiles the life and career of director George Lucas, from his early days as acinematphography student and near-fatal car accident to his internship and Academy Award nominations and awards with American grafitti and Starwars.

Fictionalized accounts of the true stories of three people who made separate attempts to travel around the world in the late nineteenth century, including Thomas Stevens, who made the journey on a bicycle, reporter Nellie Bly, who used conventional methods of travel, and sea captain Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail around the world alone.

A biography of filmmaker George Lucas, famous for his creation of the "Star Wars" films.

The investigation and report of the burglary at Watergate that climaxed with President Nixon's resignation.