Orem Library

Discover how Mexican artist, Frida Kahlo, who was severely injured in a bus accident at age 18, taught herself to paint and became known for her striking self-portraits.

The life and work of the artist Diego Rivera is told through chronological poems that capture salient points in his life.

A biography on the Indian nationalist leader Mohandas Gandhi.

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce is one of the best in the NFL. In the 2022-2023 season, he helped lead his team to victory in the Super Bowl. Explore his life and career.

Elizabeth Clare Prophet brings together the testimony of four eyewitnesses that say that from age thirteen to age twenty-nine, Jesus of Nazareth traveled to India, Nepal, Ladakh and Tibet as both student and teacher.

A biography on the African American abolitionist and civil rights leader Frederick Douglass.

A biography on the Kenyan activist and environmentalist Wangari Muta Maathai.

A page-turning work of narrative nonfiction chronicling the incredible story of one of America's most iconic, charismatic, and still polarizing figures, baseball immortal Pete Rose; and an exquisite cultural history of baseball and America in the second half of the twentieth century Pete Rose is a legend. A baseball god. He had compiled more hits than anyone in the history of baseball, a record he set decades ago, which still stands. At the same time,...

Introduces readers to Evelyn Cheesman who forged her own path at a time when women rarely went to college, much less worked as veterinarians or entomologists.

Even the greatest poet was once a child. And so it was with Rumi. When he was young he was enchanted by birds and books. He later became a scholar, but it was the loss of his best friend, Shams, that inspired Rumi to his most important realization: Love is in us and everywhere. The Persian mystic and poet Rumi is one of the best known and most widely read poets in the world. The renowned illustrator Rashin Kheiriyeh herself comes from Iran. With this...