Product Description: This book covers the clothing, accessories, and fashions of the American Civil War (1861-1865). This title explains how fashions of the mid-nineteenth century reflected U.S. society of that era and includes information on slave and military dress.

Product Description: There's no need to drive to the North Shore for great hiking! Get away from your bustling city life, and find terrific trails close to home. Kate Havelin details 31 of the best trails in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area. The book's user-friendly format highlights terrain, amenities, driving directions and more, and the author's tips help you get the most out of each experience, whether you're on a quick urban hike or enjoying a peaceful wilderness escape...read more

A biography of the revolutionary leader who befriended Fidel Castro and helped guerrilla forces overthrow the government of Cuba.

Chronicles the life of the first woman to run for United States president, who was also one of the first women in the United States to run a stock trading business and publish a weekly newspaper.

Follows the life and career of the statesman who, after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, became the seventeenth president of the United States.

A biography of the commander of the Union forces in the Civil War, who became the eighteenth president of the United States.

Describes what goes on in a hospital emergency room and the work of emergency personnel, especially the doctors.

Discusses the life of Queen Elizabeth I, from her birth to Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn in 1533, her imprisonment by her half-sister, through her reign as one of England's more respected monarchs, to her death in 1603. (view table of contents)

Uses the perspective of a Secret Servicewoman's twelve-year-old son to present the training, activities, and duties of Secret Service officers. Includes a timeline, glossary, and fun facts about the field.

Defines assertiveness, discusses its value, and offers strategies for readers to improve their assertiveness skills

Describes spousal and child abuse with emphasis on its possible causes and what people have done and can do to stop it

Describes sexual harassment, its possible causes, its effects, and what can be done to stop it

Discusses different kinds of pressures exerted on young people by their peers, how these pressures can affect people, and ways to handle peer pressure

Describes typical relationships between teenagers and their parents, reasons for conflicts, and strategies for improving relationships

Describes incest, its possible causes, its effects, and what can be done to stop it

Describes child abuse, its possible causes, its effects, and what can be done to stop it

Describes typical relationships between teenagers, reasons for conflict, and strategies for improving relationships