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Put on your blue suede shoes and get ready for another addition to the Who Was…? series! The King could not have come from humbler origins: Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, during the Depression, he grew up with the blues music of the rural South, the gospel

Joan of Arc was born in a small French village during the worst period of the Hundred Years' War. For generations, France had been besieged by the British. At age 11, Joan began to see religious visions telling her to join forces with the King of Fra

When Fidel Castro died on November 25, 2016, many people around the world responded with mixed emotions. Learn all about the man who shaped Cuba for more than half a decade.

After overthrowing Fulgencio Batista in 1959, Fidel Castro became the leader o

作者：James Buckley Jr.

书名：Who Was Jules Verne?《儒勒·凡尔纳是谁？》

简介：Meet the father of science fiction, Jule Verne.

Born in France in 1829, Jules Verne always dreamed of adventure. At age 11, he snuck onboard a ship headed for the Indies only to be discov

作者：Mark T. Esper

书名：A Sacred Oath: Memoirs of a Secretary of Defense During Extraordinary Times《神圣的誓言:特殊时期国防部长的回忆录》

简介：Former Secretary

Ted Geisel loved to doodle from the time he was a kid. He had an offbeat, fun-loving personality.

He often threw dinner parties where guests wore outrageous hats! And he donned quirky hats when thinking up ideas for books, like his classic The Cat in t

Filled with broken hearts and black ravens, Edgar Allan Poe’s ghastly tales have delighted readers for centuries. Born in Boston in 1809, Poe was orphaned at age two. He was soon adopted by a Virginia family who worked as tombstone merchants. In 1827 he e

Did you know that Bell's amazing invention--the telephone--stemmed from his work on teaching the deaf? Both his mother and wife were deaf. Or, did you know that in later years he refused to have a telephone in his study? Bell's story will fascin

From the palaces of Austria to the mirrored halls of Versailles, Marie Antoinette led a charmed life. She was born into royalty in 1755 and married the future king of France at age 15. By 21 she ascended to the throne and enjoyed a lavish lifestyle of mas

Best known for his epic Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien was born in British-occupied South Africa. His early life was full of action and adventure.

Tolkien spent his childhood roaming the British countryside with his family and

Step into the world of Georgian England and learn more about the genteel life of this beloved author.

Although Jane Austen's works were first published anonymously and brought her little personal recognition, today they are rarely out of print and

Although polio left him wheelchair bound, Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office during the Great Depression and served as president during World War II. Elected four times, he spent thirteen years in the White House. How he led the country through tremend

作者：Bill O'Reilly

书名：Killing the Killers: The Secret War Against Terrorists

简介：In Killing The Killers, #1 bestselling authors Bill O'Reilly and Mart

作者：Henry David Thoreau

书名：The Portable Thoreau

简介：Henry David Thoreau dedicated his life to preserving his freedom as a man and an artist. Nature was the

作者：Henry David Thoreau

书名：Cape Cod《科德角》

简介：Based on several trips to the Cape and originally published as a series of articles, Henry David Thoreau&#

作者：Henry David Thoreau

书名：Civil Disobedience《论公民的不服从权利》

简介：Resistance to Civil Government, called Civil Disobedience for short, is an essay by

作者：Henry David Thoreau

书名：Civil Disobedience and Other Essays《瓦尔登湖及其他》

简介：Civil Disobedience and Other Essays is a collection of some of Henry Da

作者：Henry David Thoreau

书名：Walden & Civil Disobedience《瓦尔登湖及论公民的不服从权利》

简介：Henry David Thoreau's masterwork, Walden, is a collection of

作者：Lauren Tarshis

书名：I Survived the Galveston Hurricane, 1900(I Survived #21)《我从1900年加尔维斯顿飓风中幸存》

简介：More than a century later, the Galveston

作者：Lauren Tarshis

书名：I Survived the California Wildfires, 2018(I Survived #20)《我从2018年加州野火中幸存》

简介：The people of northern California were used t

作者：Lauren Tarshis

书名：I Survived The Great Molasses Flood, 1919(I Survived #19)《我从1919年糖蜜中幸存》

简介：100 years ago, a killer wave of molasses struck a

作者：Lauren Tarshis

书名：I Survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944(I Survived #18)《我从1944年诺曼底登陆战役中幸存》

简介：This installment in the New York Times bests

作者：Jonathan Martin, Alexander Burns

书名：This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America's Future

简介：The shocking, definitive account of th

作者：Lauren Tarshis

书名：I Survived the Attack of the Grizzlies, 1967(I Survived #17)《我从1967年灰熊袭击中幸存》

简介：New York Times bestselling author Lauren T

作者：Lauren Tarshis

书名：I Survived the Children’s Blizzard, 1888(I Survived #16)《我从1888年学童暴风雪中幸存》

简介：Bestselling author Lauren Tarshis tack