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"Did they tell you stories about the saints of old,
stories about their faith?
Stories like that make a boy grow bold,
stories like that make a man walk straight..."
—Rich Mullins, Boy Like Me, Man Like You

Stories about people have a way of affecting us in ways other stories can't. The Bible is primarily stories about people, and it is through these multiple biographies that we understand human nature, the history of redemption, and even to a great extent God Himself. The purpose behind any other biography is largely the same—to help us understand what it means to be human from the examples (sometimes even the bad examples) of those who have preceded us.

The biographies we have chosen for this section represent those of great leaders in history, social and military heroes, and Christian saints past and present who struggled to conform their lives to Christ's perfect example. We have avoided for the most part biographies of history's villains and chronic immoralists, not because they aren't interesting but because they don't represent lives worthy of imitation. We've also decided not to focus on athletes, actors, and celebrities, unless they've made important contributions outside their fields. That's not to say everyone found here was above reproach or even a Christian, but they all demonstrated real human virtues for which they are remembered.

Biographies are also useful for better understanding of a given historical period. While history books can provide good overviews of a period or events, the intimate detail of a good biography can better illustrate a time period and what it was like to be alive then. This also serves to demonstrate the universality of human nature, that people will behave basically the same during any given period and in any given place. Sometimes we get the impression that people of the past, especially people like missionaries and ministers, were somehow more pious than we are—the personal view offered by a good biography dispels this myth and offers encouragement that not even the best men and women are any closer to perfection than we are.

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	Alessandro Volta and the Electric Battery Immortals of Science by Bern Dibner from Franklin Watts for 6th-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Archimedes and the Door of Science by Jeanne Bendick from Franklin Watts Biography for 5th-8th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	Audubon by Constance Rourke, illustrated by James MacDonald from Harcourt, Brace & World for 7th-12th grade 1937 Newbery Honor Book in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	Ben Franklin of Old Philadelphia Landmark #28 by Margaret Cousins, illustrated by Fritz Eichenberg from Random House for 5th-8th grade in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
	Big Game Hunter: Carl Akeley by Felix Sutton from Julian Messner for 6th-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Young Reader's Edition) by William Kamkwamba & Bryan Mealer from Dial Books for Young Readers for 4th-8th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham, illustrated by John O'Hara Cosgrave II from Houghton Mifflin Biography for 5th-9th grade 1956 Newbery Medal winner in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $20.00 (1 in stock)
	Carver: A Life in Poems by Marilyn Nelson from Boyds Mill Press for 7th-11th grade 2002 Newbery Honor Book, Coretta Scott King Honor Award in Biographies (Location: BIO) $16.95
	Carver: A Life In Poems by Marilyn Nelson 1^st edition from Scholastic Inc. for 6th-10th grade 2002 Newbery Honor Book in Biographies (Location: BIO) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Charles Darwin and the Origin of Species by Walter Karp from Harper & Row for 4th-8th grade in Horizon Caravel Books (Location: VIN-HOR)
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	Doctors Who Conquered Yellow Fever Landmark #78 by Ralph Nading Hill, illustrated by Richard M. Powers from Random House for 5th-9th grade in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
	Dr. William Harvey and the Discovery of Circulation by William C. Harrison from Macmillan for 4th-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Eli Whitney: Great Inventor by Jean Lee Latham from Garrard Publishing Company for 4th-8th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	From the Eagle's Wing A Biography of John Muir by Hildegarde Hoyt Swift, illustrated by Lynd Ward from William Morrow & Company for 5th-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Galileo and the Magic Numbers by Sidney Rosen, illustrated by Harve Stein from Little, Brown & Company for 5th-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Galileo: First Observer of Marvelous Things by Elma Ehrlich Levinger from Kingston House for 7th-9th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Genius by Marfe Ferguson Delano from National Geographic for 5th-9th grade 2006 NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book in Biographies (Location: BIO) $9.00 (1 in stock)
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	Giants of Science by Philip Cane, illustrated by Samuel Nisenson from Grosset & Dunlap for 4th-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Girl Who Drew Butterflies How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science by Joyce Sidman from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for 3rd-8th grade 2019 Robert F. Sibert Medal winner in Biographies (Location: BIO) $21.99
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	Hero Schliemann The Dreamer Who Dug for Troy by Laura Amy Schlitz from Candlewick Press for 4th-8th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	John James Audubon Landmark #48 by John & Margaret Kieran, illustrated by Christine Price from Random House for 5th-8th grade in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
	John James Audubon: Painting America's Wildlife by Janet Stevenson, illustrated by Robert Boehmer from Encyclopedia Britannica for 7th-10th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Josiah W. Gibbs American Theoretical Physicist Immortals of Science by Benedict A. Leerburger, Jr. from Franklin Watts for 4th-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Leonardo da Vinci by Jay Williams from Horizon Books for 5th-8th grade in Horizon Caravel Books (Location: VIN-HOR)
	Leonardo da Vinci: Pathfinder of Science Immortals of Science by Henry Gillette from Franklin Watts for 7th-12th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Life & Times of Leonardo by Liana Bortolon from Curtis Publishing Co. for 8th-12th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Louis Braille Windows for the Blind by J. Alvin Kugelmass 12th Printing from Julian Messner Biography for 4th-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Louis Pasteur Founder of Bacteriaology by John Mann from Charles Scribner's Sons Biography for 6th-9th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Louis Pasteur by Laura N. Wood 7th 1959 printing from Julian Messner for 7th-Adult in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Man of the Monitor The Story of John Ericsson by Jean Lee Latham from Harper & Row for 6th-9th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Masters of Art: Leonardo da Vinci Artist, Inventor and Scientist of the Renaissance Masters of Art Series by Francesca Romei, illustrated by Sergio and Andrea Ricciardi from Peter Bedrick Books Biography for 4th-8th grade in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
	Men of Science and Invention by Michael Blow from American Heritage Publishing Co. for 5th-8th grade in American Heritage Junior Library (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Mission Control, This Is Apollo Story of the First Voyages to the Moon by Andrew Chaikin, Victoria Kohl from Viking Press for 4th-9th grade in Space Race & Exploration (Location: HISA-20SPR)
	Mr. Bell Invents the Telephone Landmark #30 by Katherine B. Shippen, illustrated by Richard Floethe from Random House for 5th-8th grade in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
	Nansen by Anna Gertrude Hall, illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff from Viking Press for 6th-10th grade 1941 Newbery Honor Book in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Runner of the Mountain Tops The Life of Louis Agassiz Junior Literary Guild by Mabel Louise Robinson, illustrated by Lynd Ward from Random House for 7th-10th grade 1940 Newbery Honor Book in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Scientists Who Changed History from DK Publishing for 5th-12th grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Story of Benjamin Franklin Grosset & Dunlap Signature #5 by Enid LaMonte Meadowcroft, illustrated by Edward A. Wilson from Grosset & Dunlap Biography for 5th-9th grade in Grosset & Dunlap Signature Books (Location: VIN-SIG)
	Story of Eli Whitney by Jean Lee Latham, illustrated by Fritz Kredel 1^st edition from Aladdin Books for 4th-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Story of George Washington Carver Signature Books #17 by Arna Bontemps, illustrated by Harper Johnson from Grosset & Dunlap Biography for 4th-8th grade in Grosset & Dunlap Signature Books (Location: VIN-SIG)
	Story of John J. Audubon Grosset & Dunlap Signature #27 by Joan Howard, illustrated by Federico (Fred) Castellon from Grosset & Dunlap Biography for 5th-9th grade in Grosset & Dunlap Signature Books (Location: VIN-SIG)
	Story of Louis Pasteur Grosset & Dunlap Signature #11 by Alida Sims Malkus, illustrated by Jo Spier from Grosset & Dunlap Biography for 5th-9th grade in Grosset & Dunlap Signature Books (Location: VIN-SIG)
	Story of Madame Curie Grosset & Dunlap Signature #46 by Alice Thorne, illustrated by Federico Castellon from Grosset & Dunlap Biography for 5th-9th grade in Grosset & Dunlap Signature Books (Location: VIN-SIG)
	Story of Thomas Alva Edison Landmark #110 by Margaret Cousins from Random House for 5th-9th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Story of Thomas Alva Edison Grosset & Dunlap Signature #4 by Enid LaMonte Meadowcroft, illustrated by Harvé Stein from Grosset & Dunlap Biography for 5th-9th grade in Grosset & Dunlap Signature Books (Location: VIN-SIG)
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	Trail Blazer of the Seas by Jean Lee Latham from Houghton Mifflin for 5th-8th grade in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
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	We Were There on the Nautilus We Were There #35 by Robert N. Webb, illustrated by Frank Vaughn from Grosset & Dunlap for 5th-9th grade in We Were There Series (Location: VIN-HIS)
	We Were There with Charles Darwin on H.M.S. Beagle We Were There #30 by Philip Eisenberg, illustrated by Herman B. Vestal from Grosset & Dunlap Historical Fiction for 5th-9th grade in We Were There Series (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Women in Science 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World by Rachel Ignotofsky from Ten Speed Press for 4th-12th grade in History of Science & Mathematics (Location: SCI-HIS) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Wright Brothers Pioneers of American Aviation Landmark #10 by Quentin Reynolds, illustrated by Jacob Landau from Random House for 5th-9th grade in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)

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