Greenwood biographies

Presents a biography of television celebrity Oprah Winfrey, discussing her early life, her success as host of the "Oprah Winfrey Show," and her personal and public struggles.

Covers her early childhood, her high school and college years, her ascendancy from two-term mayor of Wasilla to the Alaskan governorship, the 2008 McCain/Palin campaign, and her position as potential 2012 Republican Party standard bearer.

Coretta Scott King, widow of Martin Luther King, Jr., has spent most of her life working for civil rights. When her husband was assassinated she continued his legacy by founding the King Center.

A sharecropper's son, Jesse Owens was born when the world was on the brink of World War I, and attained Olympic glory with the world on the brink of World War II. He made world history at the 1936 Olympic Games held in Berlin when Adolf Hitler was in power, winning four gold medals.

Examines his life and his philosophy as a writer as well as his troubled ties with family, friends, lovers, and the literary establishment.

Marie Curie was one of the most important women in history and one of the most influential scientists, man or woman, of the 19th and 20th centuries. Her perseverance in the discovery of two new elements, polonium and radium, netted her two Nobel prizes. This biography offers a complete picture of her as a scientist and a woman.

Mother Teresa, born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Macedonia, is called to a life of service at an early age and founds a new order, the Missionaries of Charity, which supports and continues her efforts in working with the poor and destitute of India.

In her biography, Rachel Carson emerges as a talented scientist and exceptional writer who shared her "sense of wonder" about nature with both scientists and the general public.

Chronicles the life of Eleanor Roosevelt, describing her privileged but difficult childhood, her marriage to Franklin Roosevelt and experiences during World War II, her social activism, and her humanitarian work.

Presents a brief biography of Saddam Hussein, leader of Iraq, and traces his life from his birth in 1937 to his childhood, and his handling of the Persian Gulf War.