We were Protestants and Catholics and Jews and Moslems and Buddhists and many other religions fighting for a common and just cause, because that s what your military is. And we were black and white and yellow and brown and red, and we noticed that, when our blood was shed in the desert, it didn t separate by race; it flowed together.

A biography of the star of four "Superman" films, whose dramatic career was cut short by a fractured spinal cord when he fell off a horse in 1995.

"Two-year-old Neil Reagan stared at his new brother and squawked, "I wanted a sister, not a loud crying brother " Little did big brother Neil know that someday his baby brother would become the fortieth president of the United States."

In this colorful biography, Libby Hughes chronicles the life of Ronald Wilson Reagan, beginning in the small, remote town of Tampico, Illinois, and ending ninety-three years later at his home in Bel-Air, California. Reagan started his diverse career as an Iowa radio sportscaster and later acted in more than fifty movies. He served as president of the Screen...

This biography opens at the drama of the night peace rally in Israel, where Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated by a young, Jewish las student. Then the book begins a flashback to Rabin's Russian-Jewish parents. There are vivid descriptions of his boyhood years in Tel Aviv, his military career, and his romance with his future wife, Leah. The transition from a military man to a politician was not an easy one for this shy man. But his ambassadorship to Washington, D.C., and his role as prime minister, prepared him for peace negotiations with Palestinian leader, Chairman Arafat. His risk for peace...

Discusses the history of the military academy in West Point, New York, its famous graduates, and daily life for its cadets.

Describes George Washington's headquarters at Valley Forge, where he and his army of 12,000 men wintered beginning in December of 1777, and its significance for the American Revolution.