Surviving a career in law enforcement involves a considerable amount of natural instinct, skill, luck, and intellect. Fortunately for Pat McCarthy, he possessed all of these, some more than others, at different times. In Chicago Street Cop, you will: - Learn what it feels like to walk through the wreckage of the worst aviation disaster in America's history--collecting bodies and body parts. - Go behind the scenes as McCarthy, wired by the FBI, is bribed by an organized crime figure to protect a secret gambling den in Chinatown. - Get an insider's view into the life of a big city undercover cop buying drugs in a violent housing project. - Ride along with McCarthy's FBI squad as they try to stop a gang war. - Read about what it's like to be a SWAT team member in a two-day standoff with a cop killer. With a gritty and no-holds-barred narrative, Chicago Street Cop is a vivid reminder of the risks and choices that members of law enforcement face daily as they keep the general public safe from harm.

Product Description: Step back in time and experience the colonization and settlement of the new world. The past will come to life with well-researched, clearly written informational text, primary sources with accompanying questions, charts, graphs, diagrams, timelines, and maps, multiple prompts, and more...read more

Product Description: From John Muir pushing a president and a nation into setting aside vast preserves—including Yosemite, Sequoia, Mt. Rainer, and the Grand Canyon—to Julia “Butterfly” Hill saving a 1,000-year-old redwood while bringing to light the devastation of our old-growth forests, Friends of the Earth chronicles the efforts of the men and women who dedicated their lives to protecting the United States’ natural heritage...read more

Product Description: Heading West traces the vivid saga of Native American and pioneer men, women, and children from the colonial beginnings of the westward expansion to the last of the homesteaders in late 20th century Alaska. In many respects, life in the backwoods and on the prairie was similar to modern life—children attended school and had daily chores, parents worked hard to provide for their families, and communities gathered for church and social events...read more

Product Description: This book is part of TreeTops Fiction, a structured reading programme providing juniors with stories they will love to read. Offering chapter books with full-colour illustrations, written by well-known authors, these stories are full of humour and have real boy appeal...read more

Explains how to customize the Java integrated development environment, covering navigation, terminology, extension, the plug-in architecture, and frameworks.

Presents the lives and accomplishments of the politicians and generals on the side of the North during the Civil War, with Internet links for further information.

Presents the lives and accomplishments of the politicians and generals on the Confederacy side during the Civil War, with Internet links for further information.

Discusses the history, people, and culture of the Dominican Repulic and describes why, based on the 2000 U.S. Census, the Dominican Republic is in the top ten countries of origin for the newest immigrants to America.

Discusses each colony's history individually including its settlement, naming, laws, and prominent persons.

Discusses the history, people, and culture of Canada, and describes why, based on the 2000 U.S. Census, Canada is in the top ten countries of origin for the newest immigrants to America.

A biography explores the life of this celebrated American writer by examining his work and the challenges he faced during his lifetime.

A biography of the American inventor and industrialist who is best known for making the automobile practical, through both his revolutionary assembly lines and his desire to make a car every working man could afford. (view table of contents)

Recounts the life and accomplishments of Abigail Adams, our nation's second First Lady, who was known for her dedication to women's rights. (view table of contents)

Profiles the life and career of Thomas Paine, the role he played in the Revolutionary War, and the legacy of his fight for the rights of all people. (view table of contents)

Provides the story of the life, times, and accomplishments of this American legend and pioneer of the Wilderness Road.

Product Description: Treetops Playscripts are adaptations of popular stories from the Treetops series. All scripts are designed for classroom reading as well as staged performance, and can be performed by groups of as few as six actors. All the Playscripts are available either as single copies or in packs of six copies...read more

Product Description: Short, concise, and easy-to-read, I TOLD YOU A MILLION TIMES...takes readers back to thier own childhoods to recall traditional remarks they heard from thier parents which often interferes with cooperation from children and teens...read more

Product Description: McCarthy, a shorinji-ryu stylist and triple-crown winner of the North American Karate Championships in 1974, demonstrates 11 karate kata. A detailed history of Okinawan karate and biographies of 37 of its greatest patriarchs are also included. Fully illustrated.

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