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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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	Amazing Mr. Doolittle A Biography of Lieutenant General James H. Doolittle by Quentin Reynolds from Appleton-Century-Crofts for 10th-Adult in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Anne Frank: Beyond the Diary A Photographic Remembrance by Ruud van der Rol & Rian Verhoeven from Puffin Books for 7th-10th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $7.50 (2 in stock)
	Between the Lines by Tom and Delphine Frazier from Regent Press for Adult in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	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 $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Boy's War by David Michell 1^st edition from OMF for 5th-8th grade in WWII: Pacific Theater (Location: HISA-20WW2P) $4.00 (3 in stock)
	Burma Surgeon by Gordon S. Seagrave from W. W. Norton and Co. for Adult in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Captain Edward L. Beach: Around the World Under Water by Beril Becker from Kingston House for 6th-10th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Churchill: Walking with Destiny by Andrew Roberts from Penguin Books for Adult in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	Comes the Comrade! by Alexandra Orme, translated from the Polish by M.A. Michael and L. Meyer from William Morrow & Company for 10th-Adult in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	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 $6.50 (1 in stock)
	Corrie Ten Boom: Shining in the Darkness Heroes for Young Readers by Renee Meloche from YWAM Publishing Biography for 2nd-4th grade in Heroes for Young Readers (Location: BIO-HERO) $4.50 (1 in stock)
	Defeating the Totalitarian Lie by Hilmar Von Campe from HighWay for 8th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Devil at My Heels by Louis Zamperini and David Rensin, foreword by John McCain from William Morrow & Company for 8th-12th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	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 $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Dietrich Bonhoeffer: An Evangelical Reassessment by Georg Huntemann from Baker Books for Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Douglas Macarthur: American Hero Book Report Biographies by Barbara Silberdick Feinberg from Franklin Watts for 3rd-6th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Escape from Corregidor by Edward D. Whitcomb from Regnery Publishing, Inc. for 6th-12th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Extraordinary Life of Anne Frank by Kate Scott, illustrated by Anke Rega from Kane Miller for 2nd-5th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $3.50 (1 in stock)
	FDR by Jean Edward Smith from Random House for Adult in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	From a Name to a Number A Holocaust Survivor's Autobiography by Alter Wiener from Authorhouse for 11th-Adult in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS) $13.00 (1 in stock)
	Going Solo by Roald Dahl from Puffin Books for 7th-9th grade in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $8.99 $4.50 (1 in stock)
	Going Solo by Roald Dahl from Puffin Books for 7th-9th grade in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Hidden A True Story of the Holocaust by Fanya Gottesfeld Heller with Joshua M. Greene from Scholastic Inc. for 5th-8th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $2.50 (1 in stock)
	Hidden Life of Otto Frank by Carol Ann Lee from William Morrow & Company for Adult in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom 35th Anniversary Edition from Chosen Books Biography for 6th-10th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $17.99 $9.00 (2 in stock)
	Hitler by Albert Marrin from Beautiful Feet Books Biography for 7th-10th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $13.95 $9.50 (1 in stock)
	Hitler The Memory of a Nazi Insider Who Turned Against the Fuhrer by Ernst Hanfstaengl, translated and introduction by John Willard Toland, Afterword by Egon Hanfstaegl from Arcade Publishing for Adult in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS) $9.00 (1 in stock)
	In My Father's House by Corrie Ten Boom First Edition from Revell Publishing for 9th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $4.00 (2 in stock)
	In My Father's House by Corrie Ten Boom Book Club Edition from Power Books for 9th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Kinderlager by Milton J. Nieuwsma from Scholastic Inc. for 6th-Adult in Holocaust (Location: HISW-20WW2H) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Lonely but Not Alone by HRH Wilhelmina, Princess of the Netherlands from McGraw-Hill for 10th-Adult in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Maria by Maria von Trapp from Creation House for 7th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Medal of Honor: Jack Montgomery World War II: Gallantry at Anzio by Michael P. Spradlin from Scholastic Inc. for 3rd-6th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $3.00 (1 in stock)
	Never Dies the Dream by Margaret Landon from Doubleday & Company for 7th-12th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	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 $10.00 (1 in stock)
	Night by Elie Wiesel Revised from Hill & Wang Autobiographies & Memoirs for 10th-Adult in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20) $13.00 $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) $10.99 $6.00 (1 in stock)
	So Long Until Tomorrow From Quaker Hill to Kathmandu by Lowell Thomas from William Morrow & Company for Adult in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS) $3.00 (1 in stock)
	Story of Anne Frank Dorling Kindersley Readers by Brenda Ralph Lewis from DK Publishing Biography for 2nd-3rd grade in DK Readers (Location: EAR-DK) $2.50 (2 in stock)
	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 $9.00 (1 in stock)
	Supreme Commander MacArthur's Triumph in Japan by Seymour Morris Jr. from HarperCollins for Adult in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi 1^st edition from Touchstone for 10th-Adult in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20) $17.99 $9.00 (2 in stock)
	Truman by David McCullough from Simon and Schuster for Adult in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	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)
	War Boy A Wartime Childhood by Michael Foreman First Pr. Thus from Anova Books in World War II (1939-1945) (Location: HISA-20WW2) $8.50 (1 in stock)
	War Boy A Wartime Childhood by Michael Foreman 1st U.S. edition from Arcade Publishing for 3rd-6th grade in World War II (1939-1945) (Location: HISA-20WW2) $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 (1 in stock)
	Winning the War with Ships by Admiral Emory S. Land, introduction by Gen. Charles A. Lindbergh 1^st edition from Robert M. McBride & Co. for Adult in Nautical History (Location: VIN-NAUT) $48.00 (1 in stock)
	Winston Churchill by Katie Daynes from Usborne for 4th-6th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Winston's War Churchill 1940-1945 by Max Hastings from Vintage Books for Adult in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS) $9.00 (1 in stock)
	Woodie Guthrie Poet of the People by Bonnie Christensen from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. for 1st-4th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	World War II Years Readers' & Writers' Genre Workshop by Cathleen Schurr and Charles Hipser from Benchmark Education Co. for 3rd-6th grade in WWII: European Theater (Location: HISA-20WW2E) $2.00 (1 in stock)

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