Coil, Suzanne M

Describes the history, geography, economy, wildlife, and principal cities of Florida.

Text with accompanying photographs explain how PACs, or Political Action Committees work and how they and other donors use techniques to get around legal campaign limits, showing how the problem of campaign financing has affected American life.

Discusses poverty in the past, present, and future, and those whom it affects.

Provides information on poisonous plants and their identification, including both house plants and those that grow in the wild.

Examines the history and events connected with the annual pre-Lenten celebration in New Orleans, such as the parades, balls, krewes, and the Acadian "Courir de Mardi Gras.".

A biography of the nineteenth-century author whose anti-slavery novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" helped intensify the disagreement between North and South.

Discusses the life and achievements of a pioneer in the fields of rocketry and space flight.

Discusses the life, innovations, and accomplishments of the famous scientist.