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Twenty-six stories of great Americans told by Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge. "Hero Tales from American History" from Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States.Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., also known as T.R., and to the public (but never to friends and intimates) as Teddy, was the twenty-sixth President of the United States, and a leader of the Republican Party and of the Progressive Movement. He became the youngest President in United States history at the age of 42. He served in many roles including Governor of New York, historian, naturalist, explorer, author, and soldier. Roosevelt is most famous for his personality: his energy, his vast range of interests and achievements, his model of masculinity, and his "cowboy" persona.Roosevelt was mostly home schooled by tutors and his parents. Biographer H. W. Brands argues that "The most obvious drawback to the home schooling Roosevelt received was uneven coverage of the various areas of human knowledge." He was solid in geography (as a result of self study during travels), and bright in history, biology, French, and German; however, he struggled in mathematics and the classical languages. He entered Harvard College on September 27, 1876; his father told him "Take care of your morals first, your health next, and finally your studies".

Nic’s comfortable suburban life is thrown into upheaval the morning after her high school graduation. A careless but egregious crime dashes her plans of going off to college and leaves her family, the neighborhood’s new black sheep, struggling socially and financially. Come August, Nic is left behind by her friends — including her boyfriend — to enter the bizarre purgatory that is community college. As she schemes to escape, she takes refuge under the most unlikely of wings — those belonging to a trio of third and fourth-year freshmen ghosting the halls of the community college, borderline burnouts she used to ignore as they smoked under the bleachers in high school. These aimless but talented musicians and artists take it upon themselves to show her parts of the city she’s never experienced before and to teach her how to stretch a dollar. As Nic experiences real independence and self-expression for the first time, she must decide whether the life she’d been building is worth saving, or if it’s better to let it fall apart so she can reconstruct it from scratch.

In three years, the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés, leading a few hundred Spanish soldiers, overcame a centuries-old empire that could put tens of thousands of warriors on the field. Even after his god-like reputation had been shattered, and his horses and cannons were no longer regarded as supernatural, his ruthless daring took him on to victory. Yet in the end, his prize was not the gold that he had sought, but the destruction of the entire Aztec civilization.

Inspired by real-life events, SLIDER, The Leo Butterburger Story is an innocent, poignant and hopeful fairy-tale that will warm your heart no matter how young or old you are. This delightful fantasy is about a lovable character born in the small village of Mariemont, Ohio not far from Cincinnati. Leo is the slightly plump kid nobody ever wants on their team, the one the bullies call “Butterburger.” Leo has a passion for sports but no athletic ability, so he creates his own games. One of them called SLIDER changes his life and the lives of everyone who knows him. A sad but determined underdog, Leo is given a chance to be everyone’s hero, a once in a lifetime opportunity. Along the way he makes the ultimate sacrifice, one that reminds us that on earth, we are all angels with one wing, able to fly only when we embrace each other. SLIDER is truly an inspirational journey. The author employs his pen as a fine painter uses a brush. – Michael Teiper, CBS Television Philadelphia.SLIDER is a riveting story about following your dreams. The lesson to never put those dreams away deeply moved me. – Louis Tartaglia, author of “The Great Wing”