Don Brown: 48 books
America Is Under Attack
September 11, 2001: The Day the Towers Fell
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011
One of School Library Journal's Best Nonfiction Books of 2011One of Horn Book's Best Nonfiction Books of 2011
On the ten year anniversary of the September 11 tragedy, a straightforward and sensitive book for a generation of readers too young to remember that terrible day.
The events...
by Don Brown, Bill Hawkins
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2012
Elevate Capacity AND Drive Growth Now--Without Adding Headcount Management
"As leaders, we like to think we control everything, and it's just not true--externals now drive the business. Learn to let go, learn to bring out the best in every employee!" -- Jim Farley, Group VP Global Marketing,...
All Stations! Distress!
April 15, 1912: The Day the Titanic Sank
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2010
THE "UNSINKABLE" MEETS THE UNTHINKABLE -- A gripping account of the ill-fated maiden voyage of the Titanic.
It took 4,000 men to build it, 23 tons of animal grease to slide it into the ocean, 100,000 people to wave bon voyage, but only one wrong move to tear the Titanic apart, sinking...
Gold! Gold from the American River!
January 24, 1848: The Day the Gold Rush Began
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2011
When James Marshall found a small, soft shiny stone in a California stream, he knew it could only be one thing: Gold! His cry of discovery would be heard around the world. In the third installment of Don Brown's Actual Times series, Gold! Gold from the American River! is the story of the California...
by Don Brown
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2009
From a murder in Paris to a courtroom in California to a terrorist camp in the Gobi Desert, Don Brown’s follow-up to Treason and Hostage plunges into a suspense-filled journey of danger, duty, and hope. The Commander’s Bodyguard is Shannon McGilverry, a crack NCIS agent assigned to protect Navy...
by Don Brown
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2010
Set in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the United States, The Malacca Conspiracy is a bone-chilling tale of terrorism on the high seas, of political assassination and nuclear brinkmanship. And for Zack and Diane—your favorite JAG characters from Don Brown’s popular Navy Justice Series—a...
by Don Brown
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
Three men. Three armies. One letter. One destiny.
When World War II hits Walter Brewer's family in the worst possible way, he is torn between his love for two women, his family, and his country. A rural postal carrier in his hometown of Jamesville, North Carolina, Walter struggles to look after...
by Don Brown
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2003
Steve’s older brother has just broken the news that he’s quit college to enlist in the army. Before David departs for Vietnam in September, their father decides to send the brothers on a canoe trip down the Susquehanna River. Steve knows that David isn’t happy about the plan, and he’s not looking...
The Last Fighter Pilot
The True Story of the Final Combat Mission of World War II
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
*A NATIONAL BESTSELLER!*
The New York Post calls The Last Fighter Pilot a "must-read" book.
From April to August of 1945, Captain Jerry Yellin and a small group of fellow fighter pilots flew dangerous bombing and strafe missions out of Iwo Jima over Japan. Even days after America dropped...
Older Than Dirt
A Wild but True History of Earth
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
Almost 14.5 billion years ago, it all started with a BIG BANG and what began as a cloud of gas, dust, and rock eventually took shape and bloomed into a molten sphere. Battered by asteroid collisions, ice ages, and shifting tectonic plates, our fledgling planet finally pushed forth continents. But...
Henry and the Cannons
An Extraordinary True Story of the American Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2013
Before Washington crossed the Delaware, Henry Knox crossed Massachusetts in winter—with 59 cannons in tow.
In 1775 in the dead of winter, a bookseller named Henry Knox dragged 59 cannons from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston—225 miles of lakes, forest, mountains, and few roads. It was a feat...
Aaron and Alexander
The Most Famous Duel in American History
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
The most famous duel in American history dramatized by leading nonfiction picture book illustrator, Don Brown.
Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton were both fierce patriots during the Revolutionary War, but the politics of the young United States of America put them in constant conflict. Their...
by Don Brown
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014
OUT OF WORK AND OUT OF LUCK. In Don Brown's The Train Jumper Ed "Collie" Collier encounters hobos, misers, racists, and even some kindness while riding the rails during the Great Depression.
Collie leaves home in search of his older brother, who has run off. Battling hunger, hostility,...
by Don Brown
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
Sam Glodsky lives among the rough-and-tumble gangs on the streets of New York's Lower East Side. When 13-year-old Sam falls in with fearsome gangster Monk Eastman, he joins an outrageous scheme to rescue Eastman's prize racing-pigeon from a cholera-ridden steamship quarantined in the harbor. The caper...