Product Description: Whether it's called Beantown, The Olde Towne, Titletown, The Cradle of Liberty, The Athens of America, The Puritan City, The City on a Hill, or any of its other obscure or oft-repeated nicknames, Boston has a long and varied history...read more

Serving as a prison camp guard gives a young Russian man a new perspective of freedom, cruelty, violence, ambition, and hope

Product Description: Battles, Blood, Honor, and HeroismThe nation’s highest-casualty, bloodiest war is still discussed, studied, and acted out. It continues to affect the political boundaries of today. From the economic, political, and social forces behind the conflict, through the first shots fired at Fort Sumter, the military strategies, battles, and people, and from Lee’s surrender at Appomattox to the Southern reconstruction and modern aftermath, The Handy Civil War Answer Book is a captivating, concise, and convenient history of America’s defining conflict...read more

Product Description: The Boston Tea Party of 1773 is the most famous incidence of tea parties held to protest the British government and its taxes on the American colonies. British leaders and the British people marveled at the excitement of the Americans over a tax of merely three pence, while Americans fumed at the arrogance of their Old World countrymen in their attempts to rule them from afar without proper representation in government...read more

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Product Description: Personally selected by President Thomas Jefferson, Captain Meriwether Lewis was assigned to lead an expedition to the West, where the United States had just completed the Louisiana Purchase land transaction with France. Lewis selected William Clark to accompany him, and as leaders of the Corps of Discovery, the men became the first to find an overland route to the Pacific Ocean, the first to travel on the Missouri River in the future state of Montana, the first to cross the Continental Divide south of Canada, and the first white men to make direct contact with the Shoshone, the Flathead, and the Nez Perce Indians...read more

Product Description: Ulysses S. Grant is a puzzling figure in American history. The 18th president of the US had corruption associated with his administration, but he was a decorated war hero famous for turing attacks by the Confederate Army into victories for the Union...read more

Product Description: This secondary education text examines the historical circumstances leading up to the destruction of the Maine, the immediate aftermath, and the long-term consequences.

Product Description: 'Alexander Graham Bell and the Telephone' tells the story of the man who invented the telephone, the people who helped him, and the changes that came about because of one of the greatest inventions of all time. This book will be useful in secondary education, and features biographical sidebars, footnotes and a chronology...read more

Product Description: This is the captivating biography of a football superstar.Quarterback Peyton Manning's career symbolizes family, faith, and competitiveness. The son of former NFL great Archie Manning and the older brother of Eli Manning, he has made the Indianapolis Colts his extended family as well...read more

Product Description: Although Barry Sanders earned all-state honours in high school football, many college recruiters overlooked him because of his height. Undeterred, Sanders used his size to his advantage for the rest of his career. He set several college football records and earned the Heisman Trophy as 1988's most outstanding player...read more

Product Description: Each of the 100 men and women profiled in this book have discovered for themselves and inspired others to find ways to reach God and find inner peace. Readers will be fascinated about the many different religions and beliefs from around the world and throughout history...read more

Product Description: 'Football Superstars' celebrates some of the top players in the history of American football. Each book covers a player's childhood, influences, path to the pros, setbacks and triumphs, personal life, commitment to charities and other organizations, and his legacy to the sport.

Product Description: The family values movement is a conservative movement that strongly supports traditional social values. This book offers students an objective look at this important movement, which has wielded great influence on the political landscape as well as attracted major controversy from its critics...read more

Discusses the landmark Supreme Court case that decided the rights of states versus the rights of the federal government, especially as related to banking and economic issues.

Bolstered by biographical sketches, extensive photographs, excerpts from primary source documents, and first-person narratives, each title in this history series presents a three-dimensional look at a particular event and those people who not only played an integral part in making it significant but also those who were ultimately affected by its consequences.