This is an inspiring compilation of twelve stories of courageous teenagers from all across Europe who resisted the Nazis. There is Kirsten, a Danish girl who helped save a group of Jewish children from the Nazis. Jacob, a young Pole, survived the Holocaust by concealing his Jewish identity and working in a German armament factory. Jacques Lusseyran, a blind French boy, organised a student resistance group called the Volunteers of Liberty. The Edelweiss Pirates were a group of German teenagers who opposed The Hitler Youth and aided homeless runaways from reform schools and labour camps.

A zookeeper recounts the story of John, Tonky, and Wanly, three performing elephants at the Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, whose turn it is to die, and of their keepers, who weep and pray that World War II will end so their beloved elephants might be saved.

Originally published in 1911, this a fascinating and detailed history of 'the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons etc, Which are Sought for to this Day'. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Contents Incude - The World-Wide Hunt for Vanished Riches - Captain Kidd in Fact Fiction - Captain Kidd, His Treasure - Captain Kidd His Trail and Death - The Wondrous Fortune of William Phips - The Bold Sea Rogue, John Quelch - The Armada Galleon of Tobermory Bay - The Lost Plate Fleet of Vigo - The Pirates' Hoard of Trinidad - The Lure of Cocos Island - The Mystery of the Lutine Frigate - The Toilers of the Thetis - The Quest of El Dorado - The Wizardy of the Divining Rod - Sundry Pirates and their Booty - Practical Hints for Treasure Seekers

Exciting book of extreme sports adventures by daring, lifelong adventurer, Gary Paulsen

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Everybody's Favorite Brother (A real DC story) is a book about family life, faith, inspiration, growing up in the inner city, and black family life. It is a semi autobiography of the author, written about how his favorite brother's life touched his entire family.
It is an inspirational book for children and for people of all ages. It is written in the hope to motivate and inspire children to live on the right side of the law. Through some of the authors, and his family, trials and tirbulations he tries to connect to the young reader with realism by showing the consequences of one's actions.
It is an awesome and dramatic read for adults as well, because it deals with spirituality, faith, drugs and family life. This is a true story written from the authors memoirs.
Everybody's Favorite Brother is about a black family growing up in Washington, DC in the 1960's and beyond. It deals with the pitfalls and success stories of inner city youth. Although it is written about a black family it deals with families of every ethnicity.
This story chronicle's the life of two brothers, one living a regular life and the other living in the fast lane. The author was a regular kid with dreams and aspirations to become successful in life. He dreamed of playing football one day, going to college, and playing in the NFL. He was big on education, reading and sports. It was his love for sports that spurred his desire to read and become successful in life. Although he sometimes ventured away from his dreams, he always kept hope alive that he would be successful. He realizes later that his dreams were attainable if he had received more direction from mentors and/or adults.
The author'ssibling, JT, who is their favorite brother, lived in the fast lane. A young man that could make you laugh and frown in a moments notice. A troubled youth who was raised in a good, stable home but found the bad element of the streets very easily. He did not take to school and books like his younger brother (author); however he used his life as a model to show him that the fast lane led to a dead end.
JT lived his life as if there was no tomorrow. He lived his life at twice the speed of people who strive to be successful by following the laws of the land. Although a troubled youth, he was still a good mentor, protector, companion and caring individual.
Everybody's Favorite Brother is sort of a modern day Black version of the television mini-series "Rich Man, Poor Man." Which was about two brothers, who grew up in the same home but lived two different ways, one taking to crime and the other becoming successful.
Life has its way of showing us things that we never even imagine were real. Through the authors' faith and acceptance of Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior, he learns that God is Omniscient (all-knowing), Omnipresent (everywhere) and he truly speaks to us in many ways.
Job 33:13-17
Why do you complain to him that he answers none of man's words? For God does speak- now one way, now another- though man may not perceive it. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men as they slumber in their beds, he may speak in their ears and terrify them with warnings, to turn man from wrongdoing and keep him from pride.

Come join us my friend, In the Land of the Boo. There you'll see Purple-Green sand, And little Betty Lou, too. In a series of children stories in Tales of the Boo, Uncle Jake takes a whimsical look at the magical, mystical world of the Boo - fanciful creatures who live along Lake Walleywakoo. Join them in their adventures as they explore such uplifting and relevant subjects as how helping the smallest Boo ends up helping everyone and how panic and wild imaginations can lead to mass hysteria. A true Aesop-style lesson for today's youth, The Tales of the Boo, also chronicles how, by not always following the crowd, one individual can change the world for the better. Rhyming in classic style, Uncle Jake makes this book a truly entertaining and educating read for all ages - and one that can be shared by all children and parents.

Inspiring stories of heroes from various times and places relating their daring deeds, prompted by their high ideals. Perseus and Hercules are included from Greek mythology and David and Daniel from the Bible. Among the legendary heroes of the middle ages are St. George, King Arthur, Sir Galahad, Siegfried, Roland, Robin Hood, The Cid, and William Tell. Historical persons such as Alfred the Great, Richard the Lion-Hearted, Robert the Bruce, and Robert E. Lee round out the collection. Suitable for ages 10 and up.

Back in 1987 and 1993, Robert Sanders, a native of middle Tennessee, took on two adventures of hiking in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains. The first adventure was hiking the High Sierra Trail in Sequoia National Park from the Giant Forest to Mt. Whitney and back. The second adventure was hiking the entire John Muir Trail from the eastern side of Sequoia National Park north to Yosemite National Park. The scenery and terrain are described along the way, including different types of trees, wildflowers, and wildlife seen.

A companion volume to "Fifty Famous Stories Retold" by James Baldwin, "Fifty Famous People" introduces children to a variety of men who performed their parts in the great drama of the world's history. Included are anecdotes about great American statesmen, such as Lincoln and Franklin, as well as kings of long ago-Cyrus the Great, King Alfred, and Robert Bruce, boys who became famous as poets-Longfellow and Caedmon, and others who excelled in the art of painting-Giotto and Benjamin West. Other stories depict orators, scholars, inventors, slaves, and soldiers. Regardless of their fields of endeavour, all the characters portrayed show qualities that make them worthy of being remembered and looked up to as models of behavior. Young children will enjoy hearing these stories read to them, while older ones will take pleasure in reading them to themselves.

Cowboy Ricky Rides Like the Wind is the story of one little boy and his desire to ride horses. When Ricky was two years old, he was not afraid to be put on a horse, and he wanted to ride in the gymkhana rodeos! Before he was five years old, he won a beautiful belt buckle. He is following his dream and next spring, he will again enter the gymkhana events. Ricky has learned that if he tries and fails, he must try again! Little Ricky Casas, Jr. - I love you! Keep following your dreams!

Brie Larson captivated audiences as Marvel's Captain Marvel. With compelling images, fun facts, and an Inside Hollywood special feature, this book provides an engaging overview of Larson's life, acting career, and experience playing Captain Marvel.

Scarlett Johansson captivated audiences as Marvel's Black Widow. With compelling images, fun facts, and an Inside Hollywood special feature, this book provides an engaging overview of Johansson's life, acting career, and experience playing Black Widow.

A companion to "Historic Boys," these are the stories of girls--and women--who changed and influenced history with acts of courage and daring. Compiled from stories that appeared in "Saint Nicholas" magazine in 1887.

Chadwick Boseman captivated audiences as Marvel's Black Panther. With compelling images, fun facts, and an Inside Hollywood special feature, this book provides an engaging overview of Boseman's life, acting career, and experience playing Black Panther.

Chadwick Boseman captivated audiences as Marvel's Black Panther. With compelling images, fun facts, and an Inside Hollywood special feature, this book provides an engaging overview of Boseman's life, acting career, and experience playing Black Panther.

The SAS mission conducted behind Iraqi lines is one of the most famous stories of courage and survival in modern warfare. Of the eight members of the SAS regiment who set off, only one escaped capture. This is his story. Late on the evening of 24 January 1991 the patrol was compromised deep behind enemy lines in Iraq. A fierce fire-fight left the eight men miraculously unscathed, but they were forced to run for their lives. Their aim was to reach the Syrian border, 120 kilometres to the north-west, but during the first night the patrol accidentally broke into two groups, five and three. Chris Ryan found himself left with two companions. Nothing had prepared them for the vicious cold of the desert winter, and they began to suffer from hypothermia. During the night one of the men was to disappear in a blinding blizzard. The next day a goat-herd came across the two survivors. Chris's remaining partner, went with him in search of food and was never to return. Left on his own, Chris Ryan beat off an Iraqi attack and set out alone. His greatest adventure was only just beginning. This is the story of courage under fire, of hairbreadth escapes, of the best trained soldiers in the world fighting against adverse conditions, and of one man's courageous refusal to lie down and die.

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This title introduces readers to the life and music of Lizzo. Colorful photos, fun facts, and a timeline of key dates in her life make this book an exciting read for young music lovers.

This title introduces readers to the life and music of Ariana Grande. Colorful photos, fun facts, and a timeline of key dates in her life make this book an exciting read for young music lovers.

A wonderfully written and engaging teenage memoir: read all about Jacqueline's problems with her family, her first love, her school life and her friends. Read extracts from her real diaries and the stories she wrote as a teenager; learn all about the music and books she loved, her troubled school life and her parents' difficult relationship. Written in Jacqueline's usual and inimitable style, this will be fascinating reading for her fans, and for anyone who's interested in what life in the UK was like in the fifties and sixties.

A book for everyone who dreams of changing the world. From fearless aviator, Lady Mary Heath, the first woman in the world to parachute from an aeroplane, to Margaret Bulkley, the 18th-century surgeon who lived as a man, meet 28 remarkable Irish women who have taken the world by storm. You may have already heard some of their names, like Countess Markievicz and Mary Robinson, but others, like Anne Sullivan, Lilian Bland or Anna Haslam, may be new to you. Packed with fun, fascinating facts and stunning, full-page illustrations, this book celebrates the trail blazers who have shaped the world we live in. Ready to walk in their footsteps? A world of bravery and discovery awaits you. Made by two remarkable women, author Sarah Webb and illustrator Lauren O'Neill.

Winner of the 2012 Batchelder Award Based on a real series of events that happened during World War II, Soldier Bear tells the story of an orphaned bear cub adopted by a group of Polish soldiers in Iran. The soldiers raise the bear and eventually enlist him as a soldier to ensure that he stays with the company. He travels with them from Iran to Italy, and then on to Scotland. Voytek's mischief gets him into trouble along with way, but he also provides some unexpected encouragement for the soldiers amidst the reality of war: Voytek learns to carry bombs for the company, saves the camp from a spy, and keeps them constantly entertained with his antics.Always powerful and surprising, Bibi Dumon Tak's story offers readers a glimpse at this fascinating piece of history.