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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)
	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)
	Charles A. Lindbergh A Human Hero by James Cross Giblin from Clarion Books Biography for 5th-8th grade 1998 NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book in Biographies (Location: BIO) $7.00 (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: 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)
	Duke Ellington by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Brian Pinkney 1^st edition from Hyperion/Madison Press for 3rd-6th grade 1999 Caldecott Honor Book in Biographies (Location: BIO) $8.00 (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)
	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)
	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 - 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) $24.99
	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)
	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
	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)
	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)
	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)
	Peddler and the President by Ann D. Koffsky; illustrated by Pedro Rodriguez from Apples and Honey Press for 1st-3rd grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $17.95
	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)
	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)
	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)
	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
	Viola Desmond Won't Be Budged! by Jody Nyasha Warner, Richard Rudnicki from Groundwood Books for Kindergarten-3rd grade in Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968) (Location: HISA-20CIV) $5.00 (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)
	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)
	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 Entire: A True Story of an Incredible World War II Rescue by Elizabeth Brown; illustrated by Melissa Castrillon from Chronicle Books for 2nd-6th grade in Holocaust (Location: HISW-20WW2H) $19.99
	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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