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Captivatingly read by Adjoa Andoh (Bridgeton) and the author, Kate Mosse. Feminist History for Every Day of the Year by bestselling author and feminist champion Kate Mosse tells the story of women's and girls' history, sweeping across the world and through the ages. 'Mosse and the Bridgerton...

Adapted for young adults from the New York Times bestseller, a riveting and true WWII story of a young man--an American tank gunner--who meets his destiny in an iconic armor duel and forges an enduring bond with his enemy. Shut the hatches. It's time to roll out. You'll find yourself behind...

Paying homage to some of the greatest women the world has ever seen, Extraordinary Women in History is a testament to the power of dedication, courage, tenacity, and never giving up. Their stories will encourage you to take action and prove that barriers only exist to be broken.

A peaceful summer night is shattered by gunfire as an unseen assailant tries to murder police officer John Busby. Though horribly wounded, Busby survives. But the perpetrator remains at large, meaning neither Busby, nor his wife, nor their three children are safe. In separate chapters John and his daughter, Cylin, who was nine at the time, recount the story of that year. John writes graphically, and movingly, of his wounds, his pain, his multiple surgeries, and his rage.

You and your brother are trapped in a mountain compound full of zealots who worship strange gods, and the only way out runs through lies, manipulation, and blood. Deep in the mountains, a secluded compound holds you and your brother among zealots who worship strange gods and enforce obedience through fear, pain, and ritual. The only way out is a maze of lies, manipulation, and blood.

Muhammad Ali's considerable skills as a boxer earned him the world heavyweight championship, a title that he lost and regained twice. But it was the force of his personality and his unwavering personal convictions that made him a lightning rod of the turbulent 1960s and elevated him to the status of the most recognized, controversial, and admired athlete in the world.

William F. Buckley, Jr., was the foremost architect of the conservative movement that swept the American political landscape from the 1960s to the early 2000s. When Buckley launched National Review, in 1955, conservatism was a beleaguered, fringe segment of the Republican Party. Three decades later Ronald Reagan - who credited National Review with shaping his beliefs - was in the White House. Buckley and his allies devised a new-model conservatism.

Introduce your middle and high school students to the bold believers who helped shape the foundation of the Christian faith. Early Church Fathers, part of the inspiring Legends of Faith series by homeschool author Marilyn Boyer, brings Christian history to life through captivating stories of real men who stood firm for Christ in the face of persecution, heresy, and cultural opposition.

"A refreshingly funny and blisteringly unsentimental coming-of-age memoir." -John Green, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Turtles All The Way Down and The Fault in Our Stars In Akilah Hughes's world, family--and life--are often complicated, but always funny. Through intimate and hilarious...

An entertaining and accessible introduction to the radical philosopher of freedom of thought and religion is the only biography of Spinoza for young adults. The second title in the Philosophy for Young People series. Winner of the National Jewish Book Award for Children's and Young Adult...

Here are the real events that inspired Gary Paulsen to write Brian Robeson’s story in Hatchet, The River, Brian’s Winter, Brian’s Return, and Brian's Hunt: a stint as a volunteer emergency worker; the death that became the pilot’s death in Hatchet; plane crashes he’s seen; and his own...

From Martha Brockenbrough, award winning author of The Game of Love and Death, comes an intimate new YA audiobook focusing on the private life of Alexander Hamilton. Complex, passionate, brilliant, flawed—America's favorite Founding Father comes alive in this exciting biography. He was born...

How did Jim Jones, the leader of Peoples Temple, convince more than 900 of his followers to commit "revolutionary suicide" by drinking cyanide-laced punch? From a master of narrative nonfiction comes a chilling chronicle of one of the most notorious cults in American history. Using riveting...

Mit 14 Jahren erhält Leon die Diagnose Lymphdrüsenkrebs. Ein Moment, der sein Leben schlagartig verändert. Doch er gibt nicht auf. In diesem Hörbuch erzählt er seine persönliche Geschichte: Er nimmt uns mit in eine Welt aus Hoffnung und Verzweiflung, Rückschlägen und innerer Stärke. Es ist der Beweis, dass es selbst in den dunkelsten Momenten einen Weg gibt, der zurück ins Leben führt, zurück zu sich selbst.

Twelve-year-old Ji-li Jiang has brains, friends, and a bright future. Then Mao Zedong launches China’s infamous Cultural Revolution. Soon school is suspended and students are getting caught up in the fervor of Mao’s extreme politics. When Ji-li’s family is accused of capitalist crimes, all of her beautiful dreams burst like soap bubbles. Because Ji-li’s grandfather was a landlord, her family is harassed and humiliated. Their home is searched, and they live in constant fear. Nonetheless, Ji-li remains loyal to her beloved Chairman Mao....

Before the world knew her name, she was just a girl with a dream. And the courage to chase it: At just eleven years old, Taylor Swift is knocking on doors in Nashville that won't open. Demo CDs. Rejections. Doubt. For most, that would be the end of the story. For her, it's only the beginning. "TAY - The Taylor Swift Story" is a compelling, behind-the-scenes look at the early years of a young artist determined to be heard.

Discover Aly Raisman's inspiring story of dedication, perseverance, and learning to think positive even in the toughest times on her path to gold medal success in two Olympic Games--and beyond. Aly Raisman first stepped onto a gymnastics mat as a toddler in a "mommy & me" gymnastics class. No...

Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek is a touchingly honest, candidly hysterical memoir from breakout teen author Maya Van Wagenen. Read by Amber Faith and Lee Adams. 'School is the armpit of life . . . and my school is no exception' Stuck at the bottom of the social ladder at 'pretty much...

Starting with Marie Curie's early life, which she spent in a Poland unwillingly meshing into the Russian Empire, the book begins with the five-year-old Manya Sklodovski (Marie Curies native name) in her family home in Poland. The book vividly describes her surroundings and the incidents of her life. Further chapters mention the 14-year-old learning that a friend's brother is to be executed as a rebel, and later her year's holiday after finishing school at 16, time spent in the country and the mountains.

Daniel was only fifteen when everything changed. Jerusalem fell under the shadow of Babylon, and Daniel was carried far from home into the court of King Nebuchadnezzar. Surrounded by a new language, strange customs, powerful rulers, and constant pressure to compromise, he faced a choice that would shape the rest of his life: adapt to survive—or remain faithful to the God he had always known. From the king’s mysterious dreams and the fiery furnace to the handwriting on the wall and the lions’ den, Daniel’s story is filled with danger, courage, humor, and unforgettable moments of faith.