From Labor Day to Veterans Day, celebrate the everyday heroes who helped build the rights and freedoms we enjoy today. Read the real-life stories of incredible people who faced impossible odds but always believed in a better world and lending a helping hand, from leaders of our labor and civil rights movements to our military and civil servants.
Military and Veterans
I'm Still Standing: From Captive U.S. Soldier to Free Citizen--My Journey Home
Shoshana Johnson
from: $6.19
Danger Close: One Woman's Epic Journey as a Combat Helicopter Pilot in Iraq and Afghanistan
Amber Smith
from: $8.19
Shoot Like a Girl: One Woman's Dramatic Fight in Afghanistan and on the Home Front
Mary Jennings Hegar
from: $4.79
Civil Rights Leaders
When We Fight, We Win: Twenty-First-Century Social Movements and the Activists That Are Transforming Our World
Greg Jobin-Leeds
from: $4.89
Civil Servants
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts
Joshua Hammer
from: $4.19
"Teachers Have It Easy": The Big Sacrifices and Small Salaries of America's Teachers
Dave Eggers
from: $5.29
Workers and Laborers
The Man Who Never Died: The Life, Times, and Legacy of Joe Hill, American Labor Icon
William M. Adler
from: $17.29
Three Strikes: Miners, Musicians, Salesgirls, and the Fighting Spirit of Labor's Last Century
Howard Zinn
from: $5.99
The Battle of Blair Mountain: The Story of America's Largest Labor Uprising
Robert Shogan
from: $27.12
Household Workers Unite: The Untold Story of African American Women Who Built a Movement
Premilla Nadasen
from: $8.39
