For Helen Keller, w-a-t-e-r was a cool, slippery splash. S-u-n was the warm afternoon glow coating her skin. L-i-l-y was a sweet-smelling petal, soft and delicate to her touch. After an illness left her blind and deaf, Helen relied on her senses of touch and smell to help compensate for her loss. And then she met her teacher, Annie Sullivan, who showed her a new way to give meaning to the world around her. But most of all, Annie gave Helen a special gift of love.

This true story of a poor Chinese peasant boy who, plucked unsuspectingly at the age of ten from millions of others across the land to be trained as a ballet dancer, is a fairytale that has already captivated many children and young adults. Ages 5+.

Simple text and illustrations present the life of fitness legend Charles Atlas.

The story of Charles Upham, a New Zealand soldier during the Second World War, who fought in the battle for Crete and the North Africa campaign and was the only soldier to win two Victoria Crosses.

Tells the story of Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay and their successful ascent of Everest in 1953.

A biography of Joan of Arc, who at the age of 17 and dressed like a man, led the French army to victory against the English.

In the history of legendary boxers, there was Joe Louis and Sonny Liston . . . and then, the heavens opened up, and there appeared a great man descending on a cloud, jump-roping into the Kingdom of Boxing. And he was called Cassius Clay. Clay let everyone know that he was the greatest boxer in the world. He converted to the Nation of Islam, refused to be drafted into a war in which he didn't believe, and boxed his way back to the top after being stripped of his title. The man that came to be known as Muhammad Ali was heard in a voice no one will ever forget.