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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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	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)
	Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, translated by B. M. Mooyaart-Doubleday with an introduction by Eleanor Roosevelt Book Club Edition from Nelson Doubleday, Inc. for 6th-10th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Betty Before X by Ilyasah Shabazz with Renee Watson from Square Fish Publishing for 8th-12th grade in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $8.99
	Bombs and Blessings by Retha Hazel Eldridge from Review and Herald Publishing Association for 9th-Adult in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	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
	C.S. Lewis Men of Faith by Catherine Swift 2^nd edition from Bethany House for 9th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $2.50 (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 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 Random House for 5th-9th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	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
	Come On, Seabiscuit! by Ralph Moody from University of Nebraska Biography for 5th-9th grade in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $14.95 $10.00 (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)
	Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank from International Collectors Library for 9th-Adult in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
	Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank from Bantam Books Biography for 7th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $8.99
	Eleanor's Story An American Girl In Hitler's Germany by Eleanor Ramrath Garner from Peachtree Publishers, Ltd. for 7th-9th grade in WWII: European Theater (Location: HISA-20WW2E)
	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)
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	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
	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)
	Here Is Your War The Story of G. I. Joe by Ernie Pyle; illustrated by Carol Johnson 1943 Printing from World Publishing Company for 9th-Adult in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Hey, Mac! A Combat Infantryman's Story by William F. McMurdie from American Home-School Publishing Biography for 8th-12th grade in WWII: European Theater (Location: HISA-20WW2E)
	Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom from Bantam Books Biography for 6th-10th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $8.99
	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)
	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) $24.99
	Hiding Place: A Visual Journey by Corrie Ten Boom, illustrated by Jill DeHaan, Daniel Strange, and Nicola Evans from Tyndale House Realistic Fiction for 6th-Adult 1996 Newbery Medal winner in Biographies (Location: BIO) $16.99
	Hitler by Albert Marrin from Beautiful Feet Books Biography for 7th-10th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $13.95 $9.50 (1 in stock)
	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)
	James Herriot's Favorite Dog Stories by James Herriot First Printing from St. Martin's Press for 8th-Adult in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI)
	Kinderlager by Milton J. Nieuwsma from Scholastic Inc. for 6th-Adult in Holocaust (Location: HISW-20WW2H) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	King of Song The Story of John McCormack by Ruth & Paul Hume, illustrated by Irene Murray from Hawthorn Books, Inc. for 6th-9th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Man's Search for Meaning - Young Readers edition by Viktor E. Frankl; foreword by John Boyne from Beacon Press for 6th-12th grade in Holocaust (Location: HISW-20WW2H) $11.99
	Maria by Maria von Trapp from Creation House for 7th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Medical Corps Heroes of World War II Landmark #120 by Wyatt Blassingame from Random House for 5th-9th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	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
	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
	Miracle in the Hills by Mary T. Martin Sloop with Legette Blythe from McGraw-Hill for 9th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $10.50
	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)
	Not a Tame Lion The Spiritual Legacy of C. S. Lewis Leaders in Action Series by Terry Glaspey from Cumberland House Biography for 9th-Adult in Leaders in Action (Location: BIO-LIA)
	Not a Tame Lion The Spiritual Legacy of C. S. Lewis Leaders in Action Series by Terry Glaspey from Cumberland House Biography for 9th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $7.96
	Profiles of Integrity #4: 1920-1945 Real People Who Demonstrated Godly Character by Marilyn Boyer and Grace Tumas Ehrman from Master Books for 6th-9th grade in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH) $8.79
	Ranch under the Rimrock by Dorothy Lawson McCall from Binford & Mort Publishing for 8th-Adult in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler World Landmark #47 by William L. Shirer, illustrated with photographs from Random House for 5th-9th grade in World Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAN)
	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
	Spirit of St. Louis by Charles A. Lindbergh from Charles Scribner's Sons Biography for 8th-Adult in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
	Stalin Russia's Man of Steel by Albert Marrin from Beautiful Feet Books Biography for 7th-10th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $11.95
	Story of Dan Beard Founder of America's Boy Scouts Grosset & Dunlap Signature #43 by Robert N. Webb, illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler from Grosset & Dunlap Biography for 5th-9th grade in Grosset & Dunlap Signature Books (Location: VIN-SIG)
	Story of Eleanor Roosevelt Grosset & Dunlap Signature #48 by Lorena A. Hickok, illustrated by William Barss from Grosset & Dunlap Biography for 5th-9th grade in Grosset & Dunlap Signature Books (Location: VIN-SIG)
	Story of Franklin D. Roosevelt Grosset & Dunlap Signature #39 by Lorena A. Hickok, illustrated by Leonard Vosburgh 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 President Kennedy Grosset & Dunlap Signature #50 by Iris Vinton, illustrated by Carl Cassler from Grosset & Dunlap Biography for 5th-9th grade in Grosset & Dunlap Signature Books (Location: VIN-SIG)
	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)
	Three Year Picnic An American Woman's Life Inside Japanese Prison Camps in the Philippines During WW2 by Evelyn Whitfield from Premier Publishing Biography for 9th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	Unbroken (Adapted for Young Adults) A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand from Random House for 7th-12th grade in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $21.99
	Unbroken (Adapted for Young Adults) A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand from Random House for 7th-12th grade in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
	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
	Winston Churchill The Courageous Adventurer, The Rebellious Politician, The Inspiring War Leader World Landmark #56 by Quentin Reynolds, illustrated with photographs from Random House for 6th-9th grade in World Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAN)
	Winston Churchill and the Story of Two World Wars by Olivia Coolidge from Houghton Mifflin Biography for 7th-10th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Wurmbrand: Tortured for Christ The Complete Story by Voice of the Martyrs from David C. Cook for 9th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO) $14.00 (1 in stock)

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