英文电子书

作者：Temple Grandin

书名：Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism《用图像思考:与孤独症共生》

简介：Temple Grandin, Ph.D., is a gifted animal scientist who has d

作者：Temple Grandin

书名：The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum《孤独症大脑:对孤独症谱系的思考》

简介：A cutting-edge account of the latest science of

作者：Scott Fearon

书名：Dead Companies Walking: How A Hedge Fund Manager Finds Opportunity in Unexpected Places

简介：Unlike most investors, who live in fear of fa

作者：Geoffrey C. Ward

书名：A First-Class Temperament: The Emergence of Franklin Roosevelt《一流气质》

简介：This notable biography concentrates on character and p

作者：Geoffrey C. Ward

书名：All for the Union: The Civil War Diary & Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes

简介：All for the Union is the eloquent and moving diary of Elis

作者：Dave Grohl

书名：The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music《说书人》

简介：Having entertained the idea for years, and even offered a few questionable opportuni

Ben Franklin was the scientist who, with the help of a kite, discovered that lightning is electricity. He was also a statesman, an inventor, a printer, and an author-a man of such amazingly varied talents that some people claimed he had magical powers! Fu

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon and, to an audience of over 450 million people, proclaimed his step a ?giant leap for mankind.? This Eagle Scout built his own model planes as a little boy and then grew up to be a test pilot for experi

At age two, Helen Keller became deaf and blind. She lived in a world of silence and darkness and she spent the rest of her life struggling to break through it. 

With the help of teacher Annie Sullivan, Helen learned to read, write, and do many amazing

Named Temujin at birth by his nomadic family in early Mongolia, the great Genghis Khan used his skill and cunning to create the Mongol Empire and conquer almost the entire continent of Asia. As ruler of the largest empire in human history, he was as respe

Born in Warsaw, Poland, on November 7, 1867, Marie Curie was forbidden to attend the male-only University of Warsaw, so she enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris to study physics and mathematics. There she met a professor named Pierre Curie, and the two soon

In her amazing diary, Anne Frank revealed the challenges and dreams common for any young girl. But Hitler brought her childhood to an end and forced her and her family into hiding. Who Was Anne Frank? looks closely at Anne's life before the secret an

In 1789, George Washington became the first president of the United States. He has been called the father of our country for leading America through its early years. Washington also served in two major wars during his lifetime: the French and Indian War a

One day in 1882, Thomas Edison flipped a switch that lit up lower Manhattan with incandescent light and changed the way people live ever after. 

The electric light bulb was only one of thousands of Edison’s inventions, which include the phonograph and

Born to a family of farmers, Lincoln stood out from an early age--literally! (He was six feet four inches tall.) As sixteenth President of the United States, he guided the nation through the Civil War and saw the abolition of slavery. But Lincoln was trag

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was only 25 when he helped organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott and was soon organizing black people across the country in support of the right to vote, desegregation, and other basic civil rights. 

Maintaining nonviolent and

Get ready for the electrifying biography of Nikola Tesla--part creative genius, part mad scientist, and 100% innovator. 

When Nikola Tesla arrived in the United States in 1884, he didn't have much money, but he did have a letter of introduction to

Hold on to your Viking helmets as you learn about the first known European to set foot on North America in this exciting addition to the Who Was? series! 

Leif Erikson was born to be an explorer. His father, Erik the Red, had established the first Euro

Bruce Lee was a Chinese American action film star, martial arts instructor, filmmaker, and philosopher. His Hong Kong and Hollywood-produced films elevated the traditional martial arts film to a new level of popularity and acclaim.  Through such films as

Steve Jobs, adopted in infancy by a family in San Francisco, packed a lot of life into fifty-six short years. 

In this Who Was…? biography, children will learn how his obsession with computers and technology at an early age led him to co-found and run

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in 1869 in British-occupied India. Though he studied law in London and spent his early adulthood in South Africa, he remained devoted to his homeland and spent the later part of his life working to make India an indepen

Through this engaging Who Was? biography, kids will discover the woman behind the sunglasses.

Private and bookish, Jackie Kennedy found herself thrust into the world spotlight as the young and glamorous wife of the President John F. Kennedy.  As First

Born in Gary, Indiana, on August 29, 1958, Michael Jackson was definitely not a regular kid. A superstar with The Jackson 5 before he was eight years old, he became the King of Pop as a solo artist. Michael was a creative--yet deeply troubled--genius who

Jacques Cousteau is the most famous and beloved name in the world of deep-sea exploration. Cousteau discovered his passion in 1938, when he first used a pair of goggles to dive off the coast of France. During his time as a French naval officer, he carried

Leonardo da Vinci was a gifted painter, talented musician, and dedicated scientist and inventor, designing flying machines, submarines, and even helicopters.  Yet he had a hard time finishing things, a problem anyone can relate to.  Only thirteen painting