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The Century for Young People
The Century for Young People
Written by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780385737678
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The Century for Young People
Written by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster

Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $9.99

Experience the greatest moments of the 20th century with an accessible narrative that makes history come alive.

Adapted from the #1 national bestseller especially for young readers!

The twentieth century was a time of tremendous change, the most eventful hundred years in human history. Join Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster for a fascinating... Read more >
The Century for Young People
The Century for Young People
Written by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster
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ISBN: 9780385737685
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The Century for Young People
Written by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster

Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $9.99

Experience the greatest moments of the 20th century with an accessible narrative that makes history come alive.

Adapted from the #1 national bestseller especially for young readers!

The twentieth century was a time of tremendous change, the most eventful hundred years in human history. Join Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster for a fascinating... Read more >
The Century for Young People
The Century for Young People
Written by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster
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ISBN: 9780385737692
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The Century for Young People
Written by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster

Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $9.99

Experience the greatest moments of the 20th century with an accessible narrative that makes history come alive.

Adapted from the #1 national bestseller especially for young readers!

The twentieth century was a time of tremendous change, the most eventful hundred years in human history. Join Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster for a fascinating... Read more >
The Century for Young People
The Century for Young People
Written by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster
Format: Hardcover Library Binding
ISBN: 9780385906807
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The Century for Young People
Written by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster

Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 128 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $12.99

Experience the greatest moments of the 20th century with an accessible narrative that makes history come alive.

Adapted from the #1 national bestseller especially for young readers!

The twentieth century was a time of tremendous change, the most eventful hundred years in human history. Join Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster for a fascinating... Read more >
The Century for Young People
The Century for Young People
Written by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster
Format: Hardcover Library Binding
ISBN: 9780385906814
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The Century for Young People
Written by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster

Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 128 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $12.99

Experience the greatest moments of the 20th century with an accessible narrative that makes history come alive.

Adapted from the #1 national bestseller especially for young readers!

The twentieth century was a time of tremendous change, the most eventful hundred years in human history. Join Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster for a fascinating journey... Read more >
The Century for Young People
The Century for Young People
Written by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster
Format: Hardcover Library Binding
ISBN: 9780385906821
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The Century for Young People
Written by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster

Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 144 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $12.99

Experience the greatest moments of the 20th century with an accessible narrative that makes history come alive.

Adapted from the #1 national bestseller especially for young readers!

The twentieth century was a time of tremendous change, the most eventful hundred years in human history. Join Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster for a fascinating... Read more >
The Century for Young People
The Century for Young People
Written by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780375893957
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The Century for Young People
Written by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster

Format: eBook, 128 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $9.99

Experience the greatest moments of the 20th century with an accessible narrative that makes history come alive.

Adapted from the #1 national bestseller especially for young readers!

The twentieth century was a time of tremendous change, the most eventful hundred years in human history. Join Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster for a fascinating... Read more >
The Century for Young People
The Century for Young People
Written by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780375893964
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The Century for Young People
Written by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster

Format: eBook, 128 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $9.99

Experience the greatest moments of the 20th century with an accessible narrative that makes history come alive.

Adapted from the #1 national bestseller especially for young readers!

The twentieth century was a time of tremendous change, the most eventful hundred years in human history. Join Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster for a fascinating... Read more >
The Century for Young People
The Century for Young People
Written by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780375893971
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The Century for Young People
Written by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster

Format: eBook, 128 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $9.99

Experience the greatest moments of the 20th century with an accessible narrative that makes history come alive.

Adapted from the #1 national bestseller especially for young readers!

The twentieth century was a time of tremendous change, the most eventful hundred years in human history. Join Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster for a fascinating... Read more >
It's a Snap!
It's a Snap!
Written by Monica Kulling, Illustrated by Bill Slavin
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780887768811
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It's a Snap!
Written by Monica Kulling
Illustrated by Bill Slavin


Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: August 11, 2009
Price: $17.95

In 1877 in Rochester, New York, George Eastman couldn’t understand why picture-taking was so difficult. Having left school at fourteen to support his mother and two sisters, George decided to find out by making photography his hobby. He packed up glass plates, a plate holder, a tent, a heavy tripod, a... Read more >
Out of Slavery
Out of Slavery
Written by Linda Granfield, Illustrated by Janet Wilson
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780887769153
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Out of Slavery
Written by Linda Granfield
Illustrated by Janet Wilson


Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: August 11, 2009
Price: $15.95

The story of slavery, a man, and the world’s most beloved hymn.

John Newton led a rich life. He was a God-fearing man and a successful seafaring trader; his cargo was a lucrative business, for his wares were human beings. In 1748, Newton’s ship, the Greyhound, sailed the triangular trade route from... Read more >
She Dared
She Dared
Written by Ed Butts, Illustrated by Heather Collins
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781770490086
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She Dared
Written by Ed Butts
Illustrated by Heather Collins


Format: eBook
On Sale: June 5, 2009
Price: $8.95

From a true-life “Survivor Island” tale to the women who flew fighters and bombers for the Allies in World War II, Ed Butts invites you to meet twelve women who dared to live their lives on a tightrope. She Dared takes the reader to the Far North, where a single Native... Read more >
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Silent in an Evil Time
Silent in an Evil Time
Written by Jack Batten
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781770490055
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Silent in an Evil Time
Written by Jack Batten

Format: eBook
On Sale: May 8, 2009
Price: $16.95

Dutiful nurse, hospital matron, courageous resistance fighter, Edith Cavell was all of these. A British citizen, the forty-eight-year-old Cavell was matron of an institute for nurses in the suburbs of Brussels at the outbreak of World War I. Dedicated to the methods of Florence Nightingale, her intelligence and ferocious sense of... Read more >
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World History Biographies: Anne Frank
World History Biographies: Anne Frank
Written by Ann Kramer
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781426304149
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World History Biographies: Anne Frank
Written by Ann Kramer

Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $7.95

Anne Frank takes young readers back to the dark days of World War II through the story of the famous young diarist. Like teenagers everywhere, Anne wrote about friends, family, movies, her greatest joys, and her deepest fears. Through her vivid, tender entries we experience Anne’s changing world as persecution, hiding... Read more >
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World History Biographies: Joan of Arc
World History Biographies: Joan of Arc
Written by Philip Wilkinson
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ISBN: 9781426304156
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World History Biographies: Joan of Arc
Written by Philip Wilkinson

Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $7.95

Around 1412, a baby girl was born in the village of Domrémy who would change France forever. A farmer’s daughter, she seemed destined for an unremarkable life. But as the dramatic narrative of this World History Biography reveals, Joan’s life was anything but ordinary. By the age of 13, she knew... Read more >
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The Man Who Made Parks
The Man Who Made Parks
Written by Frieda Wishinsky, Illustrated by Song Nan Zhang
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ISBN: 9780887769023
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The Man Who Made Parks
Written by Frieda Wishinsky
Illustrated by Song Nan Zhang


Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: January 13, 2009
Price: $10.95

The story of Olmsted who designed some of North America’s most famous public spaces

When the great cities of North America were being built, little thought was given to the idea of creating “green spaces.” But these oases from the dirt, gravel, and noise of the crowded city streets were exactly what... Read more >
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Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker
Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker
Written by Lynda Jones
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781426303777
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Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker
Written by Lynda Jones

Format: Hardcover, 80 pages
On Sale: January 13, 2009
Price: $18.95

Few events can stir up a scandal more than an autobiography of a First Lady’s confidante. In 1868, a controversial tell-all called Behind the Scenes introduced readers to Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley. Mrs. Keckley was a former slave who had been Mary Todd Lincoln’s dressmaker and friend during the White House years... Read more >
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Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker
Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker
Written by Lynda Jones
Format: Hardcover Library Binding
ISBN: 9781426303784
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Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker
Written by Lynda Jones

Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 80 pages
On Sale: January 13, 2009
Price: $27.90

Few events can stir up a scandal more than an autobiography of a First Lady’s confidante. In 1868, a controversial tell-all called Behind the Scenes introduced readers to Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley. Mrs. Keckley was a former slave who had been Mary Todd Lincoln’s dressmaker and friend during the White House years... Read more >
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Our Country's Presidents
Our Country's Presidents
Written by Ann Bausum
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781426303753
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Our Country's Presidents
Written by Ann Bausum

Format: Hardcover, 216 pages
On Sale: January 13, 2009
Price: $24.95

Ladies and Gentlemen: the next President of the United States will soon be included within the pages of one of our perennial favorites. National Geographic Children’s Books will publish this fully revised and updated edition of Our Country’s Presidents in time for the Inauguration of our 44th head of state—the first... Read more >
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Our Country's Presidents
Our Country's Presidents
Written by Ann Bausum
Format: Hardcover Library Binding
ISBN: 9781426303760
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Our Country's Presidents
Written by Ann Bausum

Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 216 pages
On Sale: January 13, 2009
Price: $35.90

Ladies and Gentlemen: the next President of the United States will soon be included within the pages of one of our perennial favorites. National Geographic Children’s Books will publish this fully revised and updated edition of Our Country’s Presidents in time for the Inauguration of our 44th head of state—the first... Read more >
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What Darwin Saw
What Darwin Saw
Written by Rosalyn Schanzer
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781426303968
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What Darwin Saw
Written by Rosalyn Schanzer

Format: Hardcover, 48 pages
On Sale: January 13, 2009
Price: $17.95

In 1831 a 22-year-old naturalist named Charles Darwin stepped aboard the HMS Beagle as a traveling companion of an equally youthful sea captain called Robert FitzRoy. The Beagle’s round-the-world surveying journey lasted five long years on the high seas. The young Darwin noticed everything, and proved himself an avid and detailed... Read more >
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What Darwin Saw
What Darwin Saw
Written by Rosalyn Schanzer
Format: Hardcover Library Binding
ISBN: 9781426303975
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What Darwin Saw
Written by Rosalyn Schanzer

Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 48 pages
On Sale: January 13, 2009
Price: $26.90

In 1831 a 22-year-old naturalist named Charles Darwin stepped aboard the HMS Beagle as a traveling companion of an equally youthful sea captain called Robert FitzRoy. The Beagle’s round-the-world surveying journey lasted five long years on the high seas. The young Darwin noticed everything, and proved himself an avid and detailed... Read more >
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Harriet Tubman, Secret Agent
Harriet Tubman, Secret Agent
Written by Thomas B. Allen
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ISBN: 9781426304019
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Harriet Tubman, Secret Agent
Written by Thomas B. Allen

Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: December 23, 2008
Price: $5.95

Thomas B. Allen’s follow-up to the multi-award-winning George Washington, Spymaster is now available in paperback. This compelling biography tells the amazing tale of Harriet Tubman using details uncovered from military and intelligence archives, diaries and little-known memoirs from ex-slaves. In a compelling narrative, surprising new facts about Harriet’s story are brought... Read more >
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In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer
In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer
Written by Irene Opdyke, As told to Jennifer Armstrong
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307557025
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In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer
Written by Irene Opdyke
As told to Jennifer Armstrong


Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2008
Price: $7.50

IRENE GUT WAS just 17 in 1939, when the Germans and Russians devoured her native Poland. Just a girl, really. But a girl who saw evil and chose to defy it.

“No matter how many Holocaust stories one has read, this one is a must, for its impact is so powerful.”—School Library... Read more >
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Abe Lincoln Goes to Washington
Abe Lincoln Goes to Washington
Written by Cheryl Harness
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781426304361
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Abe Lincoln Goes to Washington
Written by Cheryl Harness

Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $7.95

Now with an updated paperback cover, Abe Lincoln Goes to Washington paints a vivid picture of the Springfield, IL years, when Abe met and married a pretty Kentucky woman, and made his name as a lawyer and politician. Cheryl Harness gives readers a moving account of Lincoln’s rise and the tensions... Read more >
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