Product Description: Lying in the heart of the United States, Kansas is a sprawling landscape of rolling prairies and rugged hills. Readers will learn how the state was first settled thousands of years ago by ancient Paleo-Indians and find out how it came to be part of the United States...read more

This classic reader has been a best selling component of the Judicial Process/Judicial Politics/American Legal System course for years. The sixth edition has been thoroughly updated while retaining the features that made it attractive for so long: its effective structure, thorough coverage, narrative voice, choice of excerpts, and teaching flexibility.

Filled with great ideas for a host of projects, this guide to the art of paper crafts includes instructions for making greeting cards, party invitations, tags, bags, gift wrap, ornaments, boxes, frames, favors, and much, much more.

Full of simple projects for scrapbooks, this guide includes beautiful and instructive illustrations, step-by-step instructions, and tips for creating many different styles of scrapbooks.

Discusses the life and work of the African American writer and how his writings tried to reconcile the anger aroused by injustice and the need to overcome bitterness.

A brief introduction to Cuban Americans, their historical background, customs and traditions, impact on society, and life in the United States today.

Product Description: A biography discussing the personal life, education, and political career of the thirty-third President of the United States, Harry S. Truman.

Profiles Zora Neale Hurston, whose childhood love of stories led her to a successful career as a folklorist and author of poems, novels, short stories, and plays.

Product Description: With step-by-step instructions, a glossary of techniques, and colorful examples of more than 100 pages of original scrapbook art, this book explores how to work with past and present materials. It also includes a PVC scrapbook template and two cropping tools.

Text and photographs present a brief overview of the history of communications from cuneiform writing in the first century B.C. to the Internet and videoconferencing at the end of the twentieth century.

Surveys the history of medicine from ancient times through the present day and speculates about future medical discoveries and innovative treatments.

Surveys the development of engineering and notable achievements in the field, including the Wall of Jericho, the works of Archimedes, Roman roads, and the Panama Canal.

Describes our explorations of land, sea, and space throughout history and the devices and methods used.

Surveys the history of transportation from floating logs to the space shuttle and speculates about future methods of travel.

Surveys the history of sports and games from the first Olympic games up to the present day and speculates on the future of sports in the twenty-first century.

A celebration of Christmas includes excerpts from the Gospels and classic literary works, carols, and reproductions of artwork dating from the Middle Ages to the present (view table of contents)