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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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	Band of Brothers E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest by Stephen Ambrose, Foreword by Tom Hanks 25th anniversary from Simon and Schuster for 10th-Adult in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS) $16.99
	Bonhoeffer Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas, foreword by Timothy J. Keller Revised and Updated from Thomas Nelson Publishers for 11th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $26.99
	Bonhoeffer: The Cost of Freedom - Audio Drama (CD) Focus on the Family Radio Theatre from Tyndale House for 4th-9th grade in Audio Books & Dramas (Location: CD-AUDIO) $17.99
	Boy on the Wooden Box How the Impossible Became Possible . . . on Schindler's List by Leon Leyson Reprint from Atheneum for 4th-8th grade Christopher Award in Holocaust (Location: HISW-20WW2H) $9.99
	Bridge to the Sun A Memoir of Love and War by Gwen Terasaki from Rock Creek Books for 10th-Adult in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20) $15.99
	Candy Bomber The Story of the Berlin Airlift's "Chocolate Pilot" by Michael O. Tunnell from Charlesbridge for 4th-6th grade in WWII: European Theater (Location: HISA-20WW2E) $9.95
	Churchill by Paul Johnson Reprint from Penguin Putnam for 9th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $17.00
	Combat Nurses of World War II Landmark #116 by Wyatt Blassingame, illustrated by Gil Walker from Purple House Press for 5th-9th grade in World War II (1939-1945) (Location: HISA-20WW2) $13.99
	Combat Nurses of World War II Landmark #116 by Wyatt Blassingame Photo Edition from Purple House Press for 5th-9th grade in World War II (1939-1945) (Location: HISA-20WW2) $15.99
	Corrie Ten Boom Keeper of the Angels' Den Christian Heroes: Then & Now by Geoff & Janet Benge from YWAM Publishing Biography for 4th-7th grade in Christian Heroes: Then and Now (Location: BIO-BENGE) $11.99
	Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank from Bantam Books Biography for 7th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $8.99
	Dietrich Bonhoeffer In the Midst of Wickedness by Geoff Benge, Janet Benge from YWAM Publishing Biography for 5th-8th grade in Christian Heroes: Then and Now (Location: BIO-BENGE) $11.99
	Douglas MacArthur What Greater Honor Heroes of History by Geoff & Janet Benge from Emerald Books Biography for 4th-7th grade in Heroes of History (Location: BIO-BENGE) $11.99
	Easy Company Soldier The Legendary Battles of a Sergeant from World War II's "Band of Brothers" by Sgt. Don Malarkey from St. Martin's Press for 11th-Adult in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS) $17.50
	Evidence Not Seen A Woman's Miraculous Faith in the Jungles of World War II by Darlene Deibler Rose from HarperCollins Biography for 9th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $16.99
	Faithful Spy Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler by John Hendrix from Harry N. Abrams, Inc. for 8th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $18.99
	George S. Paton: War Hero Childhood of Famous Americans by George Edward Stanley from Aladdin Paperbacks Biography for 3rd-6th grade in Childhood of Famous Americans (Location: BIO-COFA) $7.99
	God's Samurai Lead Pilot at Pearl Harbor by Gordon Prange, with Donald Goldstein & Katherine Dillon from Potomoc Books for 10th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $21.95
	Going Solo by Roald Dahl from Puffin Books for 7th-9th grade in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $8.99
	Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom from Bantam Books Biography for 6th-10th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $8.99 $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Hiding Place - A Graphic Novel by Corrie Ten Boom, adapted by Mario DeMatteo, illustrated by Ismael Castro from Chosen Books for 3rd-6th grade in Comic Books & Graphic Novels (Location: FIC-COMIC) $23.99
	Hiding Place - Audio Drama (CD) by Corrie Ten Boom Unabridged from Focus on the Family for 6th-10th grade in Audio Books & Dramas (Location: CD-AUDIO) $23.99
	Hitler by Albert Marrin from Beautiful Feet Books Biography for 7th-10th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $13.95 $9.50 (1 in stock)
	How I Learned Geography by Uri Shulevitz 1^st edition from Farrar, Straus and Giroux for 2nd-5th grade Caldecott Honor Book in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $21.99
	Jacob DeShazer Forgive Your Enemies Christian Heroes: Then and Now by Geoff Benge, Janet Benge from YWAM Publishing Biography for 4th-8th grade in Christian Heroes: Then and Now (Location: BIO-BENGE) $11.99
	Life and Death of Adolf Hitler by James Cross Giblin from HMH Books for Young Readers for 5th-8th grade 2003 Robert F. Sibert Medal winner in Biographies (Location: BIO) $11.99
	Medical Corps Heroes of World War II Landmark #120 by Wyatt Blassingame 2022 Reprint from Purple House Press for 5th-9th grade in World War II (1939-1945) (Location: HISA-20WW2) $15.99
	Mein Kampf Adolf Hitler by Adolf Hitler, translated by Michael Ford from Elite Minds, Inc. Autobiography for 9th-Adult in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20) $29.95
	Memoirs of the Second World War An Abridgement of the Six Volumes of The Second World War by Winston S. Churchill, abridged by Denis Kelly from HarperCollins for 10th-Adult in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS) $22.09
	Memories of a Berlin Childhood by Marianne Buchwalter First Edition from Premier Publishing Biography for 7th-12th grade in WWII: European Theater (Location: HISA-20WW2E) $13.95
	Never Give In The Extraordinary Character of Winston Churchill Leaders in Action Series by Stephen Mansfield from Cumberland House Biography for 9th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $19.99
	Night by Elie Wiesel Revised from Hill & Wang Autobiographies & Memoirs for 10th-Adult in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20) $12.00 $4.00 (9 in stock)
	Ordinary Genius The Story of Albert Einstein by Stephanie McPherson from Lerner Publishing Group Biography for 4th-6th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $8.95 $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler World Landmark #47 by William L. Shirer from Rosetta Books for 5th-9th grade in WWII: European Theater (Location: HISA-20WW2E) $10.99
	Shadow of His Wings by Gereon Karl Goldmann Revised from Ignatius Press for 11th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $18.95
	Stalin Russia's Man of Steel by Albert Marrin from Beautiful Feet Books Biography for 7th-10th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $13.95
	Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria Augusta Trapp from HarperCollins Biography for 7th-10th grade in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $18.99
	Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi 1^st edition from Touchstone for 10th-Adult in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20) $14.00 $5.50 (2 in stock)
	Unbroken A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand Reprint from Random House for 11th-Adult in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20) $16.00
	Unbroken A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand from Random House for 11th-Adult in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20) $28.00 $14.00 (1 in stock)
	Upon the Head of the Goat A Childhood in Hungary 1939-1944 by Aranka Siegal First Square Fish: Aug.2012 from Farrar, Straus and Giroux for 5th-9th grade 1982 Newbery Honor Book in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $9.99
	War Boy A Wartime Childhood by Michael Foreman from Farshore in World War II (1939-1945) (Location: HISA-20WW2) $14.99 $8.50 (1 in stock)
	Who Was Albert Einstein? Who Was?...Series by Jess Braillier from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-6th grade in Who Was? biographies (Location: BIO-WHO) $6.99 $3.00 (2 in stock)

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