Describes the history of taxes and explains how taxation works in the U.S., discussing the income tax, state and local taxes, and where federal tax money goes. Also includes a glossary and a further-reading list.
Explains the concepts behind money, discussing such topics as how it gets its value, how people bought things before it existed, how inflation and deflation work, and what banks do.
A biography of the first Puerto Rican to make it in the major leagues and after his death in a plane crash taking supplies to earthquake victims in Nicaragua, he was the first Hispanic player voted into the Hall of fame.