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Why Courage Matters: The Way to a Braver Life is a 2004 book by United States Senator John McCain with his frequent collaborator and aide Mark Salter. Published by Random House , it is mostly mini-biographies and mini-commentaries on others, but contains a small autobiographical element.
Velma Wallis (5 November 2013). Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival.Harper Perennial. ISBN 978-0-06-224499-4. (reprint 2004) Velma Wallis: Two Old Women: An Alaskan Legend Of Betrayal, Courage And Survival, The Women's Press Ltd, (UK), 2000, 160 p., ISBN 978-0-7043-4424-2, ISBN 0-7043-4424-6
Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West (ISBN 0684811073), written by Stephen Ambrose, is a 1996 biography of Meriwether Lewis of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The book is based on journals and letters written by Lewis, William Clark, Thomas Jefferson and the members of the Corps of Discovery.
Brown begins by linking courage and vulnerability and explaining that one needs to be vulnerable to be brave. She shows the audience some cover design ideas for her book Daring Greatly to show how shame and vulnerability are interpreted across cultures. Brown shares how her Ted Talk on vulnerability actually happened by accident.
"More than a third of the 18,000 B-24 bombers produced during World War II were shot down, and most air crewmen did not survive past seven missions."
Profiles in Courage is a 1956 volume of short biographies describing acts of bravery and integrity by eight United States senators.The book, authored by John F. Kennedy with Ted Sorensen as a ghostwriter, profiles senators who defied the opinions of their party and constituents to do what they felt was right and suffered severe criticism and losses in popularity as a result.
There is still much research that needs to be completed to verify the "facts" presented in this book. As it stands, the New Milford Historical Society holds the majority of the resources for this research. [6] Currently, there is research under way to study the sources that have made this book a mainstay in the education system. [citation needed]
The book was written during Kipling's time living in Brattleboro, Vermont. Kipling recalled in his autobiography: Now our Dr. [James] Conland had served in [the Gloucester] fleet when he was young. One thing leading to another, as happens in this world, I embarked on a little book which was called Captains Courageous. My part was the writing ...