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Author
Series
Publisher
YWAM Publishing
Pub. Date
20010801
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
George's mother panicked when she heard the thunder of horses and the whooping of men. Bushwhackers! She pulled her baby close to her chest and stood rooted to the dirt floor in fear. A man stumbled through her doorway. "We got us one, boys!" he yelled, waving his rifle in the air and dragging his captives into the cold night.
Once a kidnapped slave baby, George Washington Carver found freedom in learning everything he could about the world around...
Author
Publisher
Ywam Publishing
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
"God", Mary prayed, "Send me somewhere, anywhere, just send me to be a missionary". God would indeed answer the prayer of the fiery, red-haired woman from Scotland. For thirty-nine years, Mary Slessor would labor in love among the unreached, often treacherous, tribes of Africa's Calabar region. Braving sickness, danger, and death on all sides, Mary became the cherished "White Ma" to entire tribes. Her faith, steadfastness, and pioneering spirit...
Author
Series
Publisher
Emerald Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
With only three months of formal education, Thomas Edison grew up to be one of the most successful inventors of all time. Applying scientific principles to practical use, he made scores of inventions and held over thirteen hundred patents, from improvements on the telegraph and phonograph to the development of the incandescent lamp and a whole system for distributing electricity.
Edison's rise from humble beginnings and his unceasing struggle to...
Author
Publisher
YWAM Publishing
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"One of the first Methodist bishops in America, English-born Francis Asbury devoted his life to ministry, traveling on horseback to preach and teach to those living on the vastly isolated American frontier. Alone in a new country, with no home of his own, Asbury rode over 300,000 miles-across rivers and through rocky, overgrown roads-shining God's light on the fledgling colonies. When many Methodist clergy left America during the Revolutionary War,...
Author
Publisher
YWAM Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Recounts the story of Charles Mulli, Kenyan entrepreneur who in 1989 sold his company and founded Mully Children's Family, a charitable organization providing vulnerable children in Kenya and Tanzania with housing, food, education, and health care through residential programs and community empowerment initiatives"--
Author
Publisher
YWAM Pub
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
This book chronicles the exciting, challenging, and deeply touching true stories of ordinary men and women whose trust in God accomplished extraordinary exploits for His kingdom and glory.
Author
Series
Publisher
Emerald Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Determined to make a difference and with an insatiable curiosity, love of adventure, and hunger for justice, Theodore Roosevelt exemplified a life directed by principles and not by circumstance.
Overcoming severe asthma and a weak heart set young Teddy on a life course against all odds. Whether rooting out government and corporate corruption, leading the legendary Rough Riders in war, establishing wildlife refuges and national parks, ranching in...
Author
Series
Publisher
Emerald Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Under siege on the island of Corregidor, General Douglas MacArthur received a warning from the enemy. "You are well aware that you are doomed," the Japenese general wrote. "The end is near. The question is how long you will be able to resist. You are advised to surrender." Of course, there was no way Douglas was going to surrender. Whether masterminding battle strategies or guiding the peace process among war-torn nations, 5-Star general MacArthur...
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