8 Seconds of Courage: A Soldier's Story from Immigrant to the Medal of Honor - Flo Groberg

DescriptionIn an inspiring story of valor and the making of a hero, Florent Groberg--who grew up in France and emigrated to the US--becomes the fir...

"I will always be somebody." This assertion, a startling one from a nineteenth-century woman, drove the life of Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, the only A...

Reducere. In this heartfelt testament to the power of love and the strength of the human spirit, Travis Roy, who suffered a devastating injury eleven seconds...

During the Battle of Fort Wagner in 1863, Sgt. William Harvey Carney picked up the fallen flag from his lifeless comrade. He waved the flag for all...

Publisher: Stackpole BooksAuthor(s): James H. HallasIllustration(s): Illustrations, unspecified; Maps; Halftones, Black & White including Black & W...

When the smoke cleared on Iwo Jima in March 1945, 19, 000 American Marines had been wounded and 7, 000 were dead, a casualty rate of nearly 39 perc...

The true story of the first Black Medal of Freedom winner--a remarkable account of one of the most memorable battles in Civil War history.Sergeant ...

An award-winning military journalist tells the amazing stories of twenty-five soldiers who've won the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military...

From a World War II concentration camp to the Korean War to the White House, this is the story of Tibor "Teddy" Rubin, the only Holocaust survivor ...

Register of people who have been awarded the George Medal

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Roy P. BenavidezAuthor: John R. CraigHalf-Hispanic, half-Yaqui Indian, and an orphan, Roy Benavidez fought his way out of p...

Reducere. DescriptionMany children of World War II have stories to tell. Memoirs of a Girl from Berlin is the compelling story of one young girls strength, c...

Reducere. This powerful story documents the Battle of Iwo Jima from the perspective of extraordinary navy corpsman George Wahlen. After decades of silence, t...

Reducere. DescriptionThe astonishing true account of John Chapman, Medal of Honor recipient and Special Ops Combat Controller, and his heroic one-man stand d...

R. A. Ward reveals from his memoirs the grave experience he had as a young boy, the character developing moments while growing into manhood, and ne...

Reducere. D-Day, the Battle of the Bulge, the liberation of Paris, the relentless drive through Germany toward Allied victory--Omar Bradley, the ``GI General...

Reducere. An updated edition of the New York Times bestseller, featuring 12 new recipients and a new foreword by Bradley Cooper Eight veterans from the war i...

Reducere. About the AuthorTom McCarthy is an award-winning editor and writer who lives in Guilford, Connecticut.

Reducere. General George Joulwan played a role in many pivotal world events during his long and exceptional career. Present at both the rise and fall of the ...

Reducere. March 13, 1945. Thea had just given birth to her fourth child at a hospital under blackout. Her husband defended the Vaterland in Berlin, uncertain...

Reducere. A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage, the supreme example o...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER.In honor of the 75th Anniversary of one of the most critical battles of World War II, the popular primetime Fox News anch...

Reducere. I grew up in Jamaica in the district of Burnt Savannah, St. Elizabeth, between Lacovia and Mountainside. That's about a twenty-minute drive from Sa...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Robert ChildIllustration(s): 16-page plate section in colourNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 20...

Reducere. Michael Idvorsky Pupin was a scientist and inventor whose important contributions include the long-distance telephone line, and advances in X-ray r...

Reducere. Eleven years of events can have a profound effect on an entire lifetime. The story of Stanislawa Emilia (Emma) Krasowska Serbinski is told by her d...

Reducere. Book DescriptionA Grueling Survival Story About a WWII Hero's Fight for FreedomOn January 11, 1945, Major Donald J. Humphrey had his B-29 Superfort...

Miss Dior paints a portrait of the enigmatic woman behind the designer Christian Dior: his beloved younger sister, Catherine, who inspired his most...

Reducere. An artfully-wrought memoir of an orphan boy who became a world-famous acrobat under the thumb of China's Communist regime. In 1949, when much of Ch...

Lance Corporal Neville 'Timber' Wood was among the last British soldiers to be evacuated from Dunkirk, he served in North Africa and Sicily, took p...

Reducere. Behind all descriptions of historical events are the stories of real people. This is the extraordinary true story of a citizen soldier and the girl...

Reducere. Behind all descriptions of historical events are the stories of real people. This is the extraordinary true story of a citizen soldier and the girl...

Dustin Rivenbark has dealt with addiction firsthand, seen the devastating effects of infidelity in a marriage, lost what he thought was his livelih...

Set in Russia in the year 1916, In the Trenches is based on the true story of the author's life during WWI. Fifteen-year-old Zina runs away from ho...

Reducere. Immigrant Soldier, The Story of a Ritchie Boy, based on a true story, begins on Kristallnacht, the Nazi pogrom that marks the beginning of the Holo...