On January 20th 2009, Barack Obama became the 44th President of the United States. He is the first African-American to be president of one of the most powerful countries in the world.
Read about Barack Obama’s life before he became President – his early years in Hawaii and Indonesia, his Kenyan and his American roots, and his decision to run for President.
This is the fantastic story of Cyrano de Bergerac, who lived in one of the most exciting and dangerous periods of the sensational history of France - about 1640. It is also the story of Cyrano de Bergerac's nose, a very large nose indeed. So sensitive was Cyrano abou the size of his nose that he made himself his country's foremost swordsman defending it, became her most talked of poet in spite of it, and yet ran away from the one great love of his life because of it!
"Be always sure you're right, then go ahead" - that was the motto he lived by. He was a sharpshooter, scout, Indian fighter, hunter and congressman. He lived bravely and he died bravely. He was the symbol of the great American frontier-its courage and its daring, its honesty and its humor. He was a hero in his lifetime; he became a legend after his death. But no legend can match the excitement of his life - the life of Davy Crockett!
The strange story of the prince who became a ragged pauper and the ragged pauper who became a prince has persisted in English legend for four hundred years.
Non-Fiction,Still only 24, Lionel Messi is on course to become the greatest soccer player of all time. The 2009 and 2010 FIFA Player of the Year, he is fast, elusive, and mesmerizing. Nominated by Maradona as successor to his No. 10 Argentina shirt, he is already set for football divinity.
