John Paul Jones, at sea and in the heat of battle, was the great American hero of the Age of Sail. He was to history what Patrick O'Brian's Jack Aubrey and C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower are to fiction. Ruthless, indomitable, clever; he vowed to sail, as he put it, "in harm's way." John Paul Jones is more than a great sea story. Jones is a character for the ages. John Adams called him the "most ambitious and intriguing officer in the American...

Tells of Patrick Henry, Samuel Adams, Ben Franklin, Paul Revere, Ethan Allen, and other heros of our Nation, the United States.

One of the most beloved figues of our time, Pope John Paul II -- Karol Joseph Wojtyla -- inspired millions with his leadership and personal crusade against injustice and repression. The first Polish-born pope, John Paul II was a true citizen of the world who spoke multiple languages and traveled ceaselessly to spread Christianity -- even after an assassin's bullet nearly ended his life. From childhood through papal reign, this intimate portrait takes...