Examines the personality as well as the thought process which led this naturalist to his discoveries which have helped shape our understanding of the natural world.

Profiles nine women who made the trek west as young girls, as wives, as widows, and as single women to settle on the Western frontier from Illinois to Oregon, from Minnesota to California.

Traces the life of the Virginia politician, American diplomat, and United States president and examines the domestic and foreign issues dominating his career.

Surveys the childhood, education, employment, and political career of the Civil War president.

Profiles the early life, career, family, and contributions of the fifth president of the United States.

Profiles the Cuban-American pop singer who is the leader of the popular Latin musical group the Miami Sound Machine.

Describes the childhood, education, employment, and political career of the energetic man who served as the twenty-sixth president of the United States.

A biography of the man who since 1969 has been chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, a group working to establish an Arab state in what was once Palestine and is now mostly in Israel.