Provides an informative and factual account of the nurses who, from Pearl Harbor to the Normandy Invasion, served their country, side-by-side with soldiers, during the most difficult battles and harsh times. (view table of contents)

Ellen and her best friend Valery spend the summer before sixth grade writing country western songs and trying to repair Ellen's sister Olive's love life

Product Description: Some people worry that in today's high-tech world, we are losing our privacy, just like the citizens in George Orwell's classic novel 1984. Prying Eyes takes a balanced look at the advantages of technology--from anticrime surveillance cameras to Gobal Positioning Systems--and the ways it may be threatening our privacy...read more

The history of space flight for the Americans and the Russians.

Presents the careers of ten notable jockeys in horse racing history, from the pioneers of thoroughbred racing to the most recent Kentucky Derby winners