Janet Benge
Author
Series
Publisher
Emerald Books
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
"Ben thought about the strange course of events that had led him to this point in his life. He had considered being a lawyer but had ended up becoming a doctor, and now he was also a politician and member of the Continental Congress. Ben had never thought of working with the army. But for now, that was what he was doing. He wondered if he too might be called to die for the new country they were trying to forge. Filled with intelligence and devotion,...
Author
Publisher
YWAM Publishing
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Ever since he was a young boy dreaming of writing "God Is Love" on the moon so that all the world's people could see it, Loren Cunningham has committed his life to reaching the whole world with the Good News of Jesus Christ, ministering in every nation on earth. Through his unswerving belief that nothing is impossible for God, Loren's vision of waves of young people became the reality of Youth With a Mission, unleashing young Christians in missionary
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Series
Publisher
Emerald Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Born into slavery in Maryland, Frederick Douglass was separated from his mother during infancy, then taken from his grandparents at the age of six to serve at the "Great House" on the Wye Plantation in Maryland. He never imagined the cruelties he would witness or the indignities of his family being treated like cattle to be sold, divided, and scattered far and wide. Escaping from slavery, Frederick Douglass became a national leader of the abolitionist...
Author
Publisher
YWAM Publishing
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
A biography of the American missionary woman who founded an orphanage in Egypt in the early 1900s, when Egyptians were rebelling against their British overlords, where she trusted God to provide for the thousands of children in her care.
Author
Series
Publisher
Emerald Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
"'We've done more than our share to see you right, but you're a Hershey, a true son of a dreamer,' Milton's Uncle Abraham said. 'You'll never stick with anything long enough to make it work for you.' Milton gulped. He'd already suspected that his relatives had given up on him succeeding as a candy maker, but the words still stung." When Milton Hershey's famous Hershey Bars debuted in 1905, few people knew of the hard work, dedication, and sacrifice...
Author
Series
Publisher
Emerald Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Growing up in Greene County, Tennessee, Davy Crockett's education came from the toil of hard labor. Working as a farm hand and wagon driver, he learned about the people and the land of the West -- and he was captivated. The untamed wilderness, the sound of wild animals, and the roar of the river would be his destiny. One of America's best-known folk heroes, Crockett served as a frontiersman, a scout, a soldier, and a politician in the U.S. Congress....
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Series
Publisher
Distributed by YWAM Pub
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Alan Shepard's boyhood fascination with flight led him from constructing model airplanes in his grandfather's basement to attaining national hero status in the race to space. Rooted in hard work and education, this pioneer's dreams of flight came true as he became not only the first American launched into space but, later, one of the privileged few to walk on the moon. When he wasn't soaring above the clouds, astronaut Alan Shepard used his expertise...
Author
Series
Publisher
Distributed through YWAM Pub
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Chief Blackfish handed Daniel a belt. "The beads represent three paths," he said. "The red path is the warpath. The white path is the path we can walk together. The black path is death--the path you will walk if you do not surrender." Daniel knew that the settlers would not give up the fort. Could he help them escape the path of death?" In search of open spaces and land to call his own, Daniel Boone fearlessly led a band of brave settlers into the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Emerald Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
At last Orville was free, soaring above the sand dunes, wind in his face. Lying in the glider's wing, he moved his hips in the control cradle and the craft began to turn as planned. But then something went wrong. The glider wanted to go into a spin, and as Orville struggled with the controls, it came to a standstill in midair. When Orville Wright (1871-1948) and his brother Wilbur set out to solve the problem of flight, they recognized that success...
Author
Series
Publisher
Emerald Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Thrown overboard, enslaved by the Turks, captured by pirates, rescued by a princess-the story of Englishman John Smith (1580-1631) would seem unbelievable were it fiction. Young John first sought adventure in Europe, traveling as far as Russia and distinguishing himself in the wars that raged across the Old World. But John Smith's real passion was for the New World, and in 1607 he sailed to North America with the men who would establish the first...
Author
Series
Publisher
Emerald Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Under siege on the island of Corregidor, General Douglas MacArthur received a warning from the enemy. "You are well aware that you are doomed," the Japenese general wrote. "The end is near. The question is how long you will be able to resist. You are advised to surrender." Of course, there was no way Douglas was going to surrender. Whether masterminding battle strategies or guiding the peace process among war-torn nations, 5-Star general MacArthur...
Author
Series
Publisher
Emerald Books
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
A biography of the co-leader of the 1804-1806 Lewis and Clark expedition into the unmapped American West, including his early life and the formation of the Corps of Discovery.
Author
Series
Publisher
Emerald Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
From his early days living in small-town poverty, young Dutch Reagan's thoughts were always on the future. Whether helping his family through financial hard times or doggedly pursuing opportunities reserved for the few, Dutch knew that all the knowledge that he had absorbed over the years was waiting inside of him for a chance to come out. Achieving success as an athlete, sports announcer, and actor, Ronald Reagan discovered his greatest role late...
Author
Series
Publisher
Emerald Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Determined to make a difference and with an insatiable curiosity, love of adventure, and hunger for justice, Theodore Roosevelt exemplified a life directed by principles and not by circumstance. Overcoming severe asthma and a weak heart set young Teddy on a life course against all odds. Whether rooting out government and corporate corruption, leading the legendary Rough Riders in war, establishing wildlife refuges and national parks, ranching in the...