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World History Biographies: Alexander
The Boy Soldier Who Conquered the World
Written by Simon Adams
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: July 9, 2013
Price: $7.99
Now in paperback: This concise, visual biography of one of the world's most fascinating historical figures, engages kids by using colorful photographs, illustrations, maps, and archival objects, as well as lively narrative.
Using period artwork, primary source accounts, photographs, artifacts and a lively, engaging text, this book examines the life of Alexander the Great, from his childhood to his major achievements and victories in... Read more >
The Boy Soldier Who Conquered the World
Written by Simon Adams
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: July 9, 2013
Price: $7.99
Now in paperback: This concise, visual biography of one of the world's most fascinating historical figures, engages kids by using colorful photographs, illustrations, maps, and archival objects, as well as lively narrative.
Using period artwork, primary source accounts, photographs, artifacts and a lively, engaging text, this book examines the life of Alexander the Great, from his childhood to his major achievements and victories in... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
hardcover library binding.
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World History Biographies: Mozart
The Boy Who Changed the World With His Music
Written by Marcus Weeks
Contribution by Julian Rushton
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: July 9, 2013
Price: $7.99
At 5 years old, he composed a minuet. By six, he was performing for royalty. The compelling story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a timeless tale of musical genius, its rewards, and its pitfalls.
Author and musician Marcus Weeks takes us around Mozart's world—from the Royal courts of 18th century Europe... Read more >
The Boy Who Changed the World With His Music
Written by Marcus Weeks
Contribution by Julian Rushton
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: July 9, 2013
Price: $7.99
At 5 years old, he composed a minuet. By six, he was performing for royalty. The compelling story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a timeless tale of musical genius, its rewards, and its pitfalls.
Author and musician Marcus Weeks takes us around Mozart's world—from the Royal courts of 18th century Europe... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
hardcover library binding.
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World History Biographies: Isaac Newton
The Scientist Who Changed Everything
Written by Philip Steele
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: July 9, 2013
Price: $7.99
Born in England in 1643, Isaac Newton grew up in the age when Renaissance thinkers were challenging accepted ideas throughout Europe. Fascinated by all earthly science, Newton developed laws of motion and universal gravitation which also furthered our understanding of the movement of celestial bodies. This vibrant biography profiles the famed... Read more >
The Scientist Who Changed Everything
Written by Philip Steele
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: July 9, 2013
Price: $7.99
Born in England in 1643, Isaac Newton grew up in the age when Renaissance thinkers were challenging accepted ideas throughout Europe. Fascinated by all earthly science, Newton developed laws of motion and universal gravitation which also furthered our understanding of the movement of celestial bodies. This vibrant biography profiles the famed... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
hardcover library binding.
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Boys of Steel
The Creators of Superman
Written by Marc Tyler Nobleman
Illustrated by Ross Macdonald
Format: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
On Sale: June 11, 2013
Price: $7.99
The Creators of Superman
Written by Marc Tyler Nobleman
Illustrated by Ross Macdonald
Format: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
On Sale: June 11, 2013
Price: $7.99
Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, two high school misfits in Depression-era Cleveland, were more like Clark Kent--meek, mild, and myopic--than his secret identity, Superman. Both boys escaped into the worlds of science fiction and pulp magazine adventure tales. Jerry wrote his own original stories and Joe illustrated them. In 1934, the...
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Boys of Steel
The Creators of Superman
Written by Marc Tyler Nobleman
Illustrated by Ross Macdonald
Format: eBook, 40 pages
On Sale: June 11, 2013
Price: $7.99
The Creators of Superman
Written by Marc Tyler Nobleman
Illustrated by Ross Macdonald
Format: eBook, 40 pages
On Sale: June 11, 2013
Price: $7.99
Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, two high school misfits in Depression-era Cleveland, were more like Clark Kent--meek, mild, and myopic--than his secret identity, Superman. Both boys escaped into the worlds of science fiction and pulp magazine adventure tales. Jerry wrote his own original stories and Joe illustrated them. In 1934, the...
Read more >
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Discovering Wes Moore
Written by Wes Moore
Read by Wes Moore
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: June 11, 2013
Price: $30.00
Through the telling of events from his own life, Wes Moore (author of the bestselling adult title The Other Wes Moore) explores the issues that separate success and failure. He also counterpoints his story with another man, someone who shared the same name, was almost the same age, grew up fatherless in a similar... Read more >
Written by Wes Moore
Read by Wes Moore
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: June 11, 2013
Price: $30.00
Through the telling of events from his own life, Wes Moore (author of the bestselling adult title The Other Wes Moore) explores the issues that separate success and failure. He also counterpoints his story with another man, someone who shared the same name, was almost the same age, grew up fatherless in a similar... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover,
hardcover library binding and a
trade paperback.
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Discovering Wes Moore
Written by Wes Moore
Read by Wes Moore
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: June 11, 2013
Price: $15.00
Through the telling of events from his own life, Wes Moore (author of the bestselling adult title The Other Wes Moore) explores the issues that separate success and failure. He also counterpoints his story with another man, someone who shared the same name, was almost the same age, grew up fatherless in a similar... Read more >
Written by Wes Moore
Read by Wes Moore
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: June 11, 2013
Price: $15.00
Through the telling of events from his own life, Wes Moore (author of the bestselling adult title The Other Wes Moore) explores the issues that separate success and failure. He also counterpoints his story with another man, someone who shared the same name, was almost the same age, grew up fatherless in a similar... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
eBook,
hardcover,
hardcover library binding and a
trade paperback.
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A Boy Named FDR
How Franklin D. Roosevelt Grew Up to Change America
Written by Kathleen Krull
Illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2013
Price: $10.99
How Franklin D. Roosevelt Grew Up to Change America
Written by Kathleen Krull
Illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2013
Price: $10.99
Franklin D. Roosevelt was born into one of the wealthiest families in America, yet this ultimate rich kid grew up to do more for ordinary Americans than any other president. This appealing picture book biography shows how, from childhood on, FDR was compassionate, cheerful, determined, and enormously likable. Though he had...
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Also available as a
hardcover and a
hardcover library binding.
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Mountains Beyond Mountains (Adapted for Young People)
The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World
Written by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Read by Lincoln Hoppe
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $35.00
Tracy Kidder is a winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the author of the bestsellers The Soul of a New Machine, House, Among Schoolchildren, and Home Town. He has been described by the Baltimore Sun as the “master of the non-fiction narrative.” This powerful and inspiring new book shows how one... Read more >
The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World
Written by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Read by Lincoln Hoppe
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $35.00
Tracy Kidder is a winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the author of the bestsellers The Soul of a New Machine, House, Among Schoolchildren, and Home Town. He has been described by the Baltimore Sun as the “master of the non-fiction narrative.” This powerful and inspiring new book shows how one... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover and a
hardcover library binding.
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Mountains Beyond Mountains (Adapted for Young People)
The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World
Written by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Read by Lincoln Hoppe
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $20.00
Tracy Kidder is a winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the author of the bestsellers The Soul of a New Machine, House, Among Schoolchildren, and Home Town. He has been described by the Baltimore Sun as the “master of the non-fiction narrative.” This powerful and inspiring new book shows how one... Read more >
The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World
Written by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Read by Lincoln Hoppe
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $20.00
Tracy Kidder is a winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the author of the bestsellers The Soul of a New Machine, House, Among Schoolchildren, and Home Town. He has been described by the Baltimore Sun as the “master of the non-fiction narrative.” This powerful and inspiring new book shows how one... Read more >
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Mountains Beyond Mountains (Adapted for Young People)
The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World
Written by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $10.99
The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World
Written by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $10.99
Meet Dr. Paul Farmer, a Harvard-educated doctor with a self-proclaimed mission to transform healthcare on a global scale. Tracy Kidder follows Farmer's quest as he focuses his attention on some of the world's most impoverished people and uses unconventional ways in which to provide healthcare, to achieve real results and save...
Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
hardcover and a
hardcover library binding.
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Mountains Beyond Mountains (Adapted for Young People)
The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World
Written by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 288 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $19.99
The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World
Written by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 288 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $19.99
Meet Dr. Paul Farmer, a Harvard-educated doctor with a self-proclaimed mission to transform healthcare on a global scale. Tracy Kidder follows Farmer's quest as he focuses his attention on some of the world's most impoverished people and uses unconventional ways in which to provide healthcare, to achieve real results and save...
Read more >
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Mountains Beyond Mountains (Adapted for Young People)
The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World
Written by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $16.99
The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World
Written by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $16.99
Meet Dr. Paul Farmer, a Harvard-educated doctor with a self-proclaimed mission to transform healthcare on a global scale. Tracy Kidder follows Farmer's quest as he focuses his attention on some of the world's most impoverished people and uses unconventional ways in which to provide healthcare, to achieve real results and save...
Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and a
hardcover library binding.
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Wild Boy
The Real Life of the Savage of Aveyron
Written by Mary Losure
Illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $16.99
What happens when society finds a wild boy alone in the woods and tries to civilize him? A true story from the author of The Fairy Ring.
One day in 1798, woodsmen in southern France returned from the forest having captured a naked boy. He had been running wild, digging for food... Read more >
The Real Life of the Savage of Aveyron
Written by Mary Losure
Illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $16.99
What happens when society finds a wild boy alone in the woods and tries to civilize him? A true story from the author of The Fairy Ring.
One day in 1798, woodsmen in southern France returned from the forest having captured a naked boy. He had been running wild, digging for food... Read more >
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Beyond the Moongate
True Stories of 1920s China
Written by Elizabeth Quan
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2013
Price: $19.95
MOONGATES DOTTED THE LANDSCAPE OF OLD CHINA. Ancient Chinese architects had sculpted stone piled on sculpted stone to form round doorways, with the spiritual symbolism of the full moon. To step through one of these doorways was to step into a world of peace and happiness...
And so it was in the... Read more >
True Stories of 1920s China
Written by Elizabeth Quan
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2013
Price: $19.95
MOONGATES DOTTED THE LANDSCAPE OF OLD CHINA. Ancient Chinese architects had sculpted stone piled on sculpted stone to form round doorways, with the spiritual symbolism of the full moon. To step through one of these doorways was to step into a world of peace and happiness...
And so it was in the... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Beyond the Moongate
Written by Elizabeth Quan
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 12, 2013
Price: $10.99
MOONGATES DOTTED THE LANDSCAPE OF OLD CHINA. Ancient Chinese architects had sculpted stone piled on sculpted stone to form round doorways, with the spiritual symbolism of the full moon. To step through one of these doorways was to step into a world of peace and happiness...
And so it was in the... Read more >
Written by Elizabeth Quan
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 12, 2013
Price: $10.99
MOONGATES DOTTED THE LANDSCAPE OF OLD CHINA. Ancient Chinese architects had sculpted stone piled on sculpted stone to form round doorways, with the spiritual symbolism of the full moon. To step through one of these doorways was to step into a world of peace and happiness...
And so it was in the... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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The Hero Schliemann
The Dreamer Who Dug for Troy
Written by Laura Amy Schlitz
Illustrated by Robert Byrd
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: February 26, 2013
Price: $7.99
Archaeologist? Mythmaker? Crook? This engaging, illustrated biography of Heinrich Schliemann — a nineteenth-century romantic who most believe did find the ancient city of Troy — reveals him to be a fascinating mixture of all three.
From the time Heinrich Schliemann was a boy — or so he said — he
knew he... Read more >
The Dreamer Who Dug for Troy
Written by Laura Amy Schlitz
Illustrated by Robert Byrd
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: February 26, 2013
Price: $7.99
Archaeologist? Mythmaker? Crook? This engaging, illustrated biography of Heinrich Schliemann — a nineteenth-century romantic who most believe did find the ancient city of Troy — reveals him to be a fascinating mixture of all three.
From the time Heinrich Schliemann was a boy — or so he said — he
knew he... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Becoming Babe Ruth
Written by Matt Tavares
Illustrated by Matt Tavares
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $16.99
Matt Tavares’s striking homage to one of baseball’s legends offers a rare view into Babe Ruth’s formative years in "the House that built Ruth."
Before he is known as the Babe, George Herman Ruth is just a boy who lives in Baltimore and gets into a lot of trouble. But when he... Read more >
Written by Matt Tavares
Illustrated by Matt Tavares
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $16.99
Matt Tavares’s striking homage to one of baseball’s legends offers a rare view into Babe Ruth’s formative years in "the House that built Ruth."
Before he is known as the Babe, George Herman Ruth is just a boy who lives in Baltimore and gets into a lot of trouble. But when he... Read more >
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George Washington and the General's Dog
Written by Frank Murphy
Illustrated by Richard Walz
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $3.99
Boom! Bang! Guns fire! Cannons roar! George Washington is fighting in the American Revolution. He
sees a dog lost on the battlefield. Whose dog is it? How will it find its master? Early readers will be surprised to find out what happens in this little-known true story about America’s first... Read more >
Written by Frank Murphy
Illustrated by Richard Walz
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $3.99
Boom! Bang! Guns fire! Cannons roar! George Washington is fighting in the American Revolution. He
sees a dog lost on the battlefield. Whose dog is it? How will it find its master? Early readers will be surprised to find out what happens in this little-known true story about America’s first... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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There Goes Ted Williams
The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived
Written by Matt Tavares
Illustrated by Matt Tavares
Format: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $6.99
A lively picture book biography of Ted Williams from a master of the genre — just in time for Fenway Park's centennial.
Ted Williams lived a life of dedication and passion. He was an ordinary kid who wanted one thing: to hit a baseball better than anyone else. So he practiced his... Read more >
The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived
Written by Matt Tavares
Illustrated by Matt Tavares
Format: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $6.99
A lively picture book biography of Ted Williams from a master of the genre — just in time for Fenway Park's centennial.
Ted Williams lived a life of dedication and passion. He was an ordinary kid who wanted one thing: to hit a baseball better than anyone else. So he practiced his... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Thomas Jefferson's Feast
Written by Frank Murphy
Illustrated by Richard Walz
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $3.99
Did you know that every time you munch on a french fry or snack on ice cream, you have Thomas Jefferson to thank? It’s true! This founding father was one of America’s first foodies. After a visit to France, he introduced all sorts of yummy treats to America—including one that upset... Read more >
Written by Frank Murphy
Illustrated by Richard Walz
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $3.99
Did you know that every time you munch on a french fry or snack on ice cream, you have Thomas Jefferson to thank? It’s true! This founding father was one of America’s first foodies. After a visit to France, he introduced all sorts of yummy treats to America—including one that upset... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Heart and Soul
The Story of Florence Nightingale
Written by Gena K. Gorrell
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 29, 2013
Price: $9.99
In Florence Nightingale’s day, if a person was sick – and lucky – he or she was nursed at home with caring family members tending the bedside. Hospitals were horrible places from which few emerged alive. The nurses were often drunks and prostitutes. Doctors had rudimentary skills.
Thus the privileged Nightingale family... Read more >
The Story of Florence Nightingale
Written by Gena K. Gorrell
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 29, 2013
Price: $9.99
In Florence Nightingale’s day, if a person was sick – and lucky – he or she was nursed at home with caring family members tending the bedside. Hospitals were horrible places from which few emerged alive. The nurses were often drunks and prostitutes. Doctors had rudimentary skills.
Thus the privileged Nightingale family... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Master George's People
George Washington, His Slaves, and His Revolutionary Transformation
Written by Marfe Ferguson Delano
Contribution by Mount Vernon
Photographed by Lori Epstein
Format: Hardcover, 64 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2013
Price: $18.95
George Washington, His Slaves, and His Revolutionary Transformation
Written by Marfe Ferguson Delano
Contribution by Mount Vernon
Photographed by Lori Epstein
Format: Hardcover, 64 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2013
Price: $18.95
As the first President of the United States of America and the Commander in Chief who led a rebel army to victory in the Revolutionary War, George Washington was a legendary leader of men. He had high expectations of his soldiers, employees, and associates. At his Virginia plantation, Mount Vernon, his...
Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover library binding.
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Master George's People
George Washington, His Slaves, and His Revolutionary Transformation
Written by Marfe Ferguson Delano
Contribution by Mount Vernon
Photographed by Lori Epstein
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 64 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2013
Price: $27.90
George Washington, His Slaves, and His Revolutionary Transformation
Written by Marfe Ferguson Delano
Contribution by Mount Vernon
Photographed by Lori Epstein
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 64 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2013
Price: $27.90
As the first President of the United States of America and the Commander in Chief who led a rebel army to victory in the Revolutionary War, George Washington was a legendary leader of men. He had high expectations of his soldiers, employees, and associates. At his Virginia plantation, Mount Vernon, his...
Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Our Country's Presidents
All You Need to Know About the Presidents, From George Washington to Barack Obama
Written by Ann Bausum
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2013
Price: $24.95
Forty-four men have taken up the responsibilities of the Presidency as the nation has grown from its colonial infancy into a modern superpower. They've faithfully executed the duties of the President--waged war, signed treaties, addressed Congress, and established government offices. But their impact goes far beyond the bounds of their job... Read more >
All You Need to Know About the Presidents, From George Washington to Barack Obama
Written by Ann Bausum
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2013
Price: $24.95
Forty-four men have taken up the responsibilities of the Presidency as the nation has grown from its colonial infancy into a modern superpower. They've faithfully executed the duties of the President--waged war, signed treaties, addressed Congress, and established government offices. But their impact goes far beyond the bounds of their job... Read more >
