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Presents opposing viewpoints on abortion, discussing such issues as morality, legality, restriction of abortion rights, and research using aborted fet...
This title examines people's beliefs in medieval times regarding the use of torture in the absence of scientific knowledge....
Although the soldiers' lives in World War I revolved around fighting, they also spent time off-duty or simply waiting for a battle to commence. How so...
Historical overview of pirates from as early as 5000 B.C. to present times, also highlights their legacies and influences....
In this informative volume, author Stephen Currie presents readers with an extensive survey of African American literature that covers the history of ...
Newspapers and a Newsweek magazine all about slavery....
Examines the basic concepts of junk food through the lens of the latest scientific studies and finding. Provides tools for evaluating conflicting and ...
This book presents the scientific principles and concepts relevant to the sport of cycling. Individual chapters discuss the concepts of motion, energy...
Author Stephen Currie provides readers with an intriguing look at the mythology of the Mayan culture. He explains how the beliefs, values, and experie...
A mainstay of folklore and common even in modern literature, goblins vary in temperament and in their attitudes toward other beings. In some stories t...
On each page, children will celebrate someone's birthday with an educational activity as they learn about what made the person famous....
This book discusses the origins of Aztec myths and how some of these myths have been manipulated over time. The book details the major gods found with...
The Hands on Science series provides students with background on key concepts in Science. Each title includes engaging hands on exercises that bring t...
Presents biographical sketches on five of the most influential American women inventors and describes their inventions, obtacles with which they were ...
Learn about the church bombings in the 1960s....
An account of the seventeenth century witch scare in Salem, Massachusetts. The book discusses the whole story, from the first accusations to the relea...
Explains the purpose, design, construction, and costs of the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia....
Environmentalism has become a hot button political topic. When leadership teams create an impression, one way or the other, that the Earth is in troub...
"Stars of Sport covers today's most popular athletes. Kids will learn about their hero's childhood, attitudes toward their sport and how they came to ...
Objectives: expand homeownership and affordable housing opportunities; create jobs and economic development through enterprise zones; empower the poor...
The History Makers collective biography series offers students insight into the lives and personalities of important figures who share a common vocati...
Voice of the Abolitionist Movement
Discusses the abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator, and its founder William Garrison, describing its role in the antislavery movement, its philosophy...
The 1964 Freedom Summer Killings
Examines the killing of three civil rights workers in Mississippi in 1964....
Narratives of five escapes from slavery, each of which was typical in many ways but featured unusual personal characteristics or circumstances that ma...
Discusses life in a Wild West show, including its origins, the show content, the performers, its relation to Native Americans, moving the show, daily ...
This book details the living conditions of plantation slaves, examining house, field and artisan work, food and clothing, marriage, and more....
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Each volume in the Lucent Library of Black History examines an event or time period of particular significance in African American history. Every effo...
Discusses social networking, hackers, and online privacy issues with corporations and the government....
This book explores the period during the fourteenth century in which Europe was attacked by a pestilence known as the Black Death, which killed up to ...
Mass Shootings
Mass shootings have become more and more common in recent years. Through a narrative-driven pro/con format--supported by relevant facts, quotes, anecd...
Institutional racism played a key role in America's beginnings, and it is still present today, although it has taken different form. In housing, healt...
America was founded as a New World haven from tyranny and persecution. Yet slavery was accepted-and legal-in parts of America until the 1860s. The Und...
The world's greatest structures were all built through some combination of human ingenuity, perseverance, vision, will power and, in many cases, physi...
An account of the exploration of western Africa by Europeans and others throughout the years, leading both to greater geographic understanding of the ...
"Ideally, science would indeed be focused entirely on facts, truth, and objectivity. But the reality is different. Science cannot be separated from th...
Cyberbullying
The Thinking Critically series introduces students to the complex issues that dominate public discourse and challenges them to become discerning reade...
Describes escapes from various forms of Nazi control, including concentration camps and prisoner of war camps, during the 1930s and World War II....
Financial experts suggest that everyone put together a realistic plan to save money. This applies to adults and teens alike. Experts also recommend ma...