Product Description: Insider advice on all that this diverse state has to offer, from New York City's historic West Village to the Glimmerglass Opera in Cooperstown, and from the wild beauty of the Adirondacks to prime leaf-peeping in the Hudson Valley...read more

Product Description: Insider advice on all that this diverse state has to offer, from New York City's historic West Village to the Glimmerglass Opera in Cooperstown, and from the wild beauty of the Adirondacks to prime leaf-peeping in the Hudson Valley...read more

Product Description: Profiles former peanut farmer, Georgia governor, and United States president Jimmy Carter, including his ongoing promotion of social justice and human rights around the world.

Traces the life and accomplishments of Nina Simone, singer, pianist, and civil rights activist, who was known for her unique sound. (view table of contents)

Recounts the life and accomplishments of the first woman to be Secretary of State--and thus the highest ranking woman ever in the government of the United States--including her birth in Czechoslovakia and her years as a refugee. (view table of contents)

Discusses the life and work of the twentieth century American photographer, Dorothea Lange.

A biography of Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, twentieth-century German politician.

Introduces the characteristics of the lifestyle and look known as 'Goth,' and explains that for many of its followers it is more of a stylistic choice while for others it is a way of life, and that most are sensitive and tolerant, not violent or satanist. Introduces the lifestyle and look known as 'Goth,' and explains that for many followers it is more of a stylistic choice while for others it is a way of life, and that most are sensitive and tolerant, not violent or satanist. (view table of contents)