Product Description: This contemporary biography series profiles the lives of some of today's most prominent newsmakers; whether covering contributions and achievements or notorious deeds, books in this series examine why these well-known people garner public attention...read more

Product Description: Books in the World History series examine the eras, events, civilizations, and movements that have shaped human history, providing readers with insight into the past and its many legacies.; This title in Lucent's World History series provides an overview of the era named for the reign of Queen Victoria, from 1837 to 1901, a time of vast social, political, and technological change...read more

Product Description: Books in the World History series examine the eras, events, civilizations, and movements that have shaped human history, providing readers with insight into the past and its many legacies.; This title in Lucent's World History series takes a close look at a unique event in United States history, the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II...read more

Product Description: These books examine a significant event or time period in African American history; every effort is made to place the topic in context, so readers will understand the connection between black history and the broad sweep of America's story...read more

Product Description: People in the News profiles the lives and careers of some of today's most prominent newsmakers. Whether covering contributions and achievements or notorious deeds, books in this series examine why these well-known individuals garnered public attention.

Product Description: Books in the World History series examine the eras, events, civilizations, and movements that have shaped human history, providing readers with insight into the past and its many legacies.; ; Vivid writing, full-color photographs and extensive use of fully cited primary and secondary source quotations provide a sense of immediacy...read more

Product Description: A biography of the African American educator, born into slavery and illiterate until after the Civil War, who went on to teach at the predominantly African American schools Hampton Institute and Tuskegee Institute.

Traces the history of soccer, from its beginnings, to its first stars and championship games, to the notable players of today