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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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	Adventurous Life of Winston Churchill by Geoffrey Bocca from Julian Messner for 5th-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Brontes at Haworth by Ann Dinsdale from Frances Lincoln for 6th-12th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	Captain Waymouth's Indians by Anne Molloy, illustrated by Douglas Gorsline from Hastings House for 7th-9th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Charles Darwin and the Origin of Species by Walter Karp from Harper & Row for 4th-8th grade in Horizon Caravel Books (Location: VIN-HOR)
	Conscience of a King The Story of Thomas More by Margaret Stanley-Wrench, illustrated by Kenneth Ody from Hawthorn Books, Inc. for 7th-10th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Dickens: His Work and His World by Michael Rosen, illustrated by Robert Ingpen from Candlewick Press for 4th-8th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $8.50 (1 in stock)
	First Lady of the Theatre: Sarah Siddons by Molly Costain Haycraft from Kingston House Biography for 7th-10th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
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	Friend William by Willard M. Wallace from Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd for 6th-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
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	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)
	King Arthur and His Knights World Landmark #5 by Mabel Louise Robinson, illustrated by Douglas Gorsline from Random House for 6th-9th grade in World Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAN)
	Kings and Queens of Scotland by R. L. Mackie, J. Ross from Geddes & Grosset for 8th-Adult in Great Britain / England (Location: HISMC-BRIT) $5.50 (1 in stock)
	Oliver Cromwell by I. E. Levine from Julian Messner for 6th-10th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Queen Elizabeth and the Spanish Armada World Landmark #13 by Frances Winwar, illustrated by C. Walter Hodges from Random House for 5th-8th grade in World Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAN)
	Queen Elizabeth I: Forging an Empire by Elizabeth Linington, illustrated by Robert Boehmer from Kingston House for 6th-10th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Queen Victoria World Landmark #37 by Noel Streatfeild, illustrated by Robert Frankenberg from Random House for 5th-8th grade in World Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAN)
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	Shakespeare of London by Marchette Chute 1^st edition from E.P. Dutton & Co. for 6th-12th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Sir Walter Raleigh Captain and Adventurer by Nina Brown Baker 1^st edition from Harcourt, Brace & Company for 4th-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Sovereign Reader by G. A. Henty from Robinson Curriculum for 6th-10th grade in G. A. Henty Books (Location: FIC-HEN) $22.95
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	Story of Good Queen Bess Grosset & Dunlap Signature #18 by Alida Sims Malkus, illustrated by Douglas Gorsline from Grosset & Dunlap Biography for 5th-9th grade in Grosset & Dunlap Signature Books (Location: VIN-SIG)
	Story of Winston Churchill Grosset & Dunlap Signature #40 by Alida Sims Malkus, illustrated by H. B. Vestal from Grosset & Dunlap Biography for 3rd-8th grade in Grosset & Dunlap Signature Books (Location: VIN-SIG)
	Walter Raleigh: Man of Two Worlds World Landmark #58 by Henrietta Buckmaster, illustrated by Herman B. Vestal from Random House for 6th-9th grade in World Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAN)
	William the Conqueror World Landmark #41 by Thomas B. Costain, illustrated by Jack Coggins from Random House for 6th-9th grade in World Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAN)
	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)
	World of the Brontes by Commentary by James Birdsall, Photography by Paul Barker from Pavilion Books for 6th-Adult in Biographies (Location: BIO)

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