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Alive in the Killing Fields
Written by Nawuth Keat and Martha Kendall
Format: eBook, 112 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $15.95
Alive in the Killing Fields is the real-life memoir of Nawuth Keat, a man who survived the horrors of war-torn Cambodia. He has now broken a longtime silence in the hope that telling the truth about what happened to his people and his country will spare future generations from similar tragedy.
In... Read more >
Written by Nawuth Keat and Martha Kendall
Format: eBook, 112 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $15.95
Alive in the Killing Fields is the real-life memoir of Nawuth Keat, a man who survived the horrors of war-torn Cambodia. He has now broken a longtime silence in the hope that telling the truth about what happened to his people and his country will spare future generations from similar tragedy.
In... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
hardcover library binding.
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Alive in the Killing Fields
Written by Nawuth Keat and Martha Kendall
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 112 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $23.90
Alive in the Killing Fields is the real-life memoir of Nawuth Keat, a man who survived the horrors of war-torn Cambodia. He has now broken a longtime silence in the hope that telling the truth about what happened to his people and his country will spare future generations from similar tragedy.
In... Read more >
Written by Nawuth Keat and Martha Kendall
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 112 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $23.90
Alive in the Killing Fields is the real-life memoir of Nawuth Keat, a man who survived the horrors of war-torn Cambodia. He has now broken a longtime silence in the hope that telling the truth about what happened to his people and his country will spare future generations from similar tragedy.
In... Read more >
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Alive in the Killing Fields
Written by Nawuth Keat and Martha Kendall
Format: Hardcover, 112 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $15.95
Alive in the Killing Fields is the real-life memoir of Nawuth Keat, a man who survived the horrors of war-torn Cambodia. He has now broken a longtime silence in the hope that telling the truth about what happened to his people and his country will spare future generations from similar tragedy.
In... Read more >
Written by Nawuth Keat and Martha Kendall
Format: Hardcover, 112 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $15.95
Alive in the Killing Fields is the real-life memoir of Nawuth Keat, a man who survived the horrors of war-torn Cambodia. He has now broken a longtime silence in the hope that telling the truth about what happened to his people and his country will spare future generations from similar tragedy.
In... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
hardcover library binding.
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Facing the Lion
Written by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola
Format: eBook, 128 pages
On Sale: September 30, 2009
Price: $6.95
Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton gives American kids a firsthand look at growing up in Kenya as a member of a tribe of nomads whose livelihood centers on the raising and grazing of cattle. Readers share Lekuton's first encounter with a lion, the epitome of bravery in the warrior tradition. They follow his... Read more >
Written by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola
Format: eBook, 128 pages
On Sale: September 30, 2009
Price: $6.95
Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton gives American kids a firsthand look at growing up in Kenya as a member of a tribe of nomads whose livelihood centers on the raising and grazing of cattle. Readers share Lekuton's first encounter with a lion, the epitome of bravery in the warrior tradition. They follow his... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover library binding and a
trade paperback.
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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 >
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 >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
hardcover library binding.
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Knockout!
Written by George Sullivan
Format: Hardcover, 64 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $17.95
Knockout! is a quintessential American story—a humble but hardworking man overcomes poverty and prejudice to become world champion—and an inspiration to millions around the world. George Sullivan’s photobiography tells the powerful story of boxer Joe Louis with evocative period photography and a stirring narrative. This profile of one of America’s favorite... Read more >
Written by George Sullivan
Format: Hardcover, 64 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $17.95
Knockout! is a quintessential American story—a humble but hardworking man overcomes poverty and prejudice to become world champion—and an inspiration to millions around the world. George Sullivan’s photobiography tells the powerful story of boxer Joe Louis with evocative period photography and a stirring narrative. This profile of one of America’s favorite... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover library binding.
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Knockout!
Written by George Sullivan
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 64 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $27.90
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Written by George Sullivan
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 64 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $27.90
Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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The Groundbreaking, Chance-Taking Life of George Washington Carver and Science and Invention in America
Written by Cheryl Harness
Format: Hardcover, 144 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2008
Price: $16.95
The multitalented hand of Cheryl Harness creates another winning combination of history, biography, and illustration: the inspiring story of a man who rose from slavery to worldwide fame as America’s Plant Doctor.
Follow the action as Confederate raiders kidnap young Carver—along with his mother and siblings—and sell them to Arkansas slaveholders... Read more >
Written by Cheryl Harness
Format: Hardcover, 144 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2008
Price: $16.95
The multitalented hand of Cheryl Harness creates another winning combination of history, biography, and illustration: the inspiring story of a man who rose from slavery to worldwide fame as America’s Plant Doctor.
Follow the action as Confederate raiders kidnap young Carver—along with his mother and siblings—and sell them to Arkansas slaveholders... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover library binding.
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The Groundbreaking, Chance-Taking Life of George Washington Carver and Science and Invention in America
Written by Cheryl Harness
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 144 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2008
Price: $25.90
The multitalented hand of Cheryl Harness creates another winning combination of history, biography, and illustration: the inspiring story of a man who rose from slavery to worldwide fame as America’s Plant Doctor.
Follow the action as Confederate raiders kidnap young Carver—along with his mother and siblings—and sell them to Arkansas slaveholders... Read more >
Written by Cheryl Harness
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 144 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2008
Price: $25.90
The multitalented hand of Cheryl Harness creates another winning combination of history, biography, and illustration: the inspiring story of a man who rose from slavery to worldwide fame as America’s Plant Doctor.
Follow the action as Confederate raiders kidnap young Carver—along with his mother and siblings—and sell them to Arkansas slaveholders... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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World History Biographies: Mandela
Written by Ann Kramer
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2008
Price: $6.95
Nelson Mandela comes to life in this portrait of a diplomatic man whose commitment to freedom gained him both the Nobel Peace Prize and Time’s Man of the Year honor. The son of a Thembu chief in South Africa, Mandela began his life-long campaign against white colonial rule while a college... Read more >
Written by Ann Kramer
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2008
Price: $6.95
Nelson Mandela comes to life in this portrait of a diplomatic man whose commitment to freedom gained him both the Nobel Peace Prize and Time’s Man of the Year honor. The son of a Thembu chief in South Africa, Mandela began his life-long campaign against white colonial rule while a college... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
hardcover library binding.
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Onward
Written by Dolores Johnson
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: December 26, 2007
Price: $7.95
The conquest of the North Pole was an elusive, almost impossible goal at the beginning of the last century. But a son of patrician parents, Robert E. Peary, and a son of sharecroppers, Matthew Henson, shared a dream of conquering the unconquered North Pole and were brave enough to risk their... Read more >
Written by Dolores Johnson
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: December 26, 2007
Price: $7.95
The conquest of the North Pole was an elusive, almost impossible goal at the beginning of the last century. But a son of patrician parents, Robert E. Peary, and a son of sharecroppers, Matthew Henson, shared a dream of conquering the unconquered North Pole and were brave enough to risk their... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
hardcover library binding.
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Students on Strike
Written by John A. Stokes and Herman Viola
As told to Lois Wolfe
Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
On Sale: December 26, 2007
Price: $15.95
John Stokes has waited more than 50 years to give his eyewitness account of "The Manhattan Project." This was the name he and a group of fellow students gave their strike at R.R. Moton High School that helped to end separate schooling for blacks and whites, not only in his home... Read more >
Written by John A. Stokes and Herman Viola
As told to Lois Wolfe
Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
On Sale: December 26, 2007
Price: $15.95
John Stokes has waited more than 50 years to give his eyewitness account of "The Manhattan Project." This was the name he and a group of fellow students gave their strike at R.R. Moton High School that helped to end separate schooling for blacks and whites, not only in his home... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover library binding.
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Students on Strike
Written by John A. Stokes and Herman Viola
As told to Lois Wolfe
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 128 pages
On Sale: December 26, 2007
Price: $23.90
John Stokes has waited more than 50 years to give his eyewitness account of "The Manhattan Project." This was the name he and a group of fellow students gave their strike at R.R. Moton High School that helped to end separate schooling for blacks and whites, not only in his home... Read more >
Written by John A. Stokes and Herman Viola
As told to Lois Wolfe
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 128 pages
On Sale: December 26, 2007
Price: $23.90
John Stokes has waited more than 50 years to give his eyewitness account of "The Manhattan Project." This was the name he and a group of fellow students gave their strike at R.R. Moton High School that helped to end separate schooling for blacks and whites, not only in his home... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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History Chapters: Jackie Robinson Plays Ball
Written by Robyn O'Sullivan
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 48 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2007
Price: $17.90
Some sports stars are born to break the records. Jackie Robinson broke the social and racial barriers of his sport and of his age. On April 15, 1947 Robinson became the first African-American to play Major League baseball, and his career with the Brooklyn Dodgers changed American sports forever. Discover how... Read more >
Written by Robyn O'Sullivan
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 48 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2007
Price: $17.90
Some sports stars are born to break the records. Jackie Robinson broke the social and racial barriers of his sport and of his age. On April 15, 1947 Robinson became the first African-American to play Major League baseball, and his career with the Brooklyn Dodgers changed American sports forever. Discover how... Read more >
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The Champ
Written by Tonya Bolden
Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
Format: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2007
Price: $6.99
Muhammad Ali is one of the world’s best-known figures, and this incredible biography delves into precisely why. From his unlikely beginnings as a skinny, young Cassius Clay learning to box at a local gym to becoming the heavyweight champion of the world at the famous “Rumble in the Jungle,” where even... Read more >
Written by Tonya Bolden
Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
Format: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2007
Price: $6.99
Muhammad Ali is one of the world’s best-known figures, and this incredible biography delves into precisely why. From his unlikely beginnings as a skinny, young Cassius Clay learning to box at a local gym to becoming the heavyweight champion of the world at the famous “Rumble in the Jungle,” where even... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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World History Biographies: Gandhi
Written by Philip Wilkinson
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2007
Price: $6.95
A shy, serious boy, Mahatma Gandhi would later lead India to nationhood and change the course of history. After studying law in London, he championed Indian rights in South Africa for two decades. He returned to India in 1914, leading a campaign of nonviolent protest and civil disobedience against British rule... Read more >
Written by Philip Wilkinson
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2007
Price: $6.95
A shy, serious boy, Mahatma Gandhi would later lead India to nationhood and change the course of history. After studying law in London, he championed Indian rights in South Africa for two decades. He returned to India in 1914, leading a campaign of nonviolent protest and civil disobedience against British rule... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
hardcover library binding.
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Harriet Tubman, Secret Agent
Written by Thomas B. Allen
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: October 10, 2006
Price: $16.95
It's 1863. Harriet Tubman is facing one of the biggest—and most dangerous— challenges of her life. She has survived her master's lash, escaped from slavery, and risked her life countless times to lead runaway slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad. Now she has a new role—that of Union spy! The... Read more >
Written by Thomas B. Allen
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: October 10, 2006
Price: $16.95
It's 1863. Harriet Tubman is facing one of the biggest—and most dangerous— challenges of her life. She has survived her master's lash, escaped from slavery, and risked her life countless times to lead runaway slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad. Now she has a new role—that of Union spy! The... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover library binding and a
trade paperback.
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Harriet Tubman, Secret Agent
Written by Thomas B. Allen
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 192 pages
On Sale: October 10, 2006
Price: $25.90
It's 1863. Harriet Tubman is facing one of the biggest—and most dangerous— challenges of her life. She has survived her master's lash, escaped from slavery, and risked her life countless times to lead runaway slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad. Now she has a new role—that of Union spy! The... Read more >
Written by Thomas B. Allen
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 192 pages
On Sale: October 10, 2006
Price: $25.90
It's 1863. Harriet Tubman is facing one of the biggest—and most dangerous— challenges of her life. She has survived her master's lash, escaped from slavery, and risked her life countless times to lead runaway slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad. Now she has a new role—that of Union spy! The... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Counting Coup
Written by Dr. Joseph Medicine Crow and Herman Viola
Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
On Sale: February 14, 2006
Price: $15.95
Picture a Crow Indian elder, his wizened eyes catching yours in the ancient flicker of firelight. His mesmerizing stories span the ages, from Custer to World War II to the 21st Century. He is the last traditional chief of his people. He is over 90 years old. Now picture that same... Read more >
Written by Dr. Joseph Medicine Crow and Herman Viola
Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
On Sale: February 14, 2006
Price: $15.95
Picture a Crow Indian elder, his wizened eyes catching yours in the ancient flicker of firelight. His mesmerizing stories span the ages, from Custer to World War II to the 21st Century. He is the last traditional chief of his people. He is over 90 years old. Now picture that same... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover library binding.
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Counting Coup
Written by Dr. Joseph Medicine Crow and Herman Viola
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 128 pages
On Sale: February 14, 2006
Price: $23.90
Picture a Crow Indian elder, his wizened eyes catching yours in the ancient flicker of firelight. His mesmerizing stories span the ages, from Custer to World War II to the 21st Century. He is the last traditional chief of his people. He is over 90 years old. Now picture that same... Read more >
Written by Dr. Joseph Medicine Crow and Herman Viola
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 128 pages
On Sale: February 14, 2006
Price: $23.90
Picture a Crow Indian elder, his wizened eyes catching yours in the ancient flicker of firelight. His mesmerizing stories span the ages, from Custer to World War II to the 21st Century. He is the last traditional chief of his people. He is over 90 years old. Now picture that same... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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5,000 Miles to Freedom
Written by Dennis Fradin and Judith Fradin
Format: Hardcover, 96 pages
On Sale: January 24, 2006
Price: $19.95
What would it take for slaves to escape from slavery in the Deep South, 1,000 miles from freedom and then on to England during the period of the Fugitive Slave Act? For most slaves the thought of escape was unimaginable. But fear did not stop Ellen and William Craft from chasing... Read more >
Written by Dennis Fradin and Judith Fradin
Format: Hardcover, 96 pages
On Sale: January 24, 2006
Price: $19.95
What would it take for slaves to escape from slavery in the Deep South, 1,000 miles from freedom and then on to England during the period of the Fugitive Slave Act? For most slaves the thought of escape was unimaginable. But fear did not stop Ellen and William Craft from chasing... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover library binding.
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5,000 Miles to Freedom
Written by Dennis Fradin and Judith Fradin
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 96 pages
On Sale: January 24, 2006
Price: $29.90
What would it take for slaves to escape from slavery in the Deep South, 1,000 miles from freedom and then on to England during the period of the Fugitive Slave Act? For most slaves the thought of escape was unimaginable. But fear did not stop Ellen and William Craft from chasing... Read more >
Written by Dennis Fradin and Judith Fradin
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 96 pages
On Sale: January 24, 2006
Price: $29.90
What would it take for slaves to escape from slavery in the Deep South, 1,000 miles from freedom and then on to England during the period of the Fugitive Slave Act? For most slaves the thought of escape was unimaginable. But fear did not stop Ellen and William Craft from chasing... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Stompin' at the Savoy
Illustrated by Martin French
Compiled by Alan Govenar
Format: Hardcover, 64 pages
On Sale: January 24, 2006
Price: $15.99
Through extensive interviews with jazz dancer Norma Miller, acclaimed author and filmmaker Alan Govenar captures the vitality, wry humor, and indomitable spirit of an American treasure.
When she was just five years old, in 1924, Norma Miller knew just what she wanted to do for the rest of her life: she wanted... Read more >
Illustrated by Martin French
Compiled by Alan Govenar
Format: Hardcover, 64 pages
On Sale: January 24, 2006
Price: $15.99
Through extensive interviews with jazz dancer Norma Miller, acclaimed author and filmmaker Alan Govenar captures the vitality, wry humor, and indomitable spirit of an American treasure.
When she was just five years old, in 1924, Norma Miller knew just what she wanted to do for the rest of her life: she wanted... Read more >
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Freedom Riders
Written by Ann Bausum
Format: Hardcover, 80 pages
On Sale: December 27, 2005
Price: $18.95
Freedom Riders compares and contrasts the childhoods of John Lewis and James Zwerg in a way that helps young readers understand the segregated experience of our nation's past. It shows how a common interest in justice created the convergent path that enabled these young men to meet as Freedom Riders on... Read more >
Written by Ann Bausum
Format: Hardcover, 80 pages
On Sale: December 27, 2005
Price: $18.95
Freedom Riders compares and contrasts the childhoods of John Lewis and James Zwerg in a way that helps young readers understand the segregated experience of our nation's past. It shows how a common interest in justice created the convergent path that enabled these young men to meet as Freedom Riders on... Read more >
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Freedom Riders RLB
Written by Ann Bausum
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 80 pages
On Sale: December 27, 2005
Price: $28.90
Freedom Riders compares and contrasts the childhoods of John Lewis, growing up in black America, and Jim Zwerg, growing up in white America, in a way that helps young readers understand the segregated experience of our nation's past. It shows how a common interest in justice created the convergent path that... Read more >
Written by Ann Bausum
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 80 pages
On Sale: December 27, 2005
Price: $28.90
Freedom Riders compares and contrasts the childhoods of John Lewis, growing up in black America, and Jim Zwerg, growing up in white America, in a way that helps young readers understand the segregated experience of our nation's past. It shows how a common interest in justice created the convergent path that... Read more >
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