Collective biographies

Profiles ten American women from different regions, ethnic backgrounds, and times who are working or have worked against violence.

Profiles the lives and works of ten Asian-American writers.

Discusses the lives and the struggles faced by ten women who pursued careers in the medical field, including Dorothea Lynde Dix, Elizabeth Blackwell, Clara Barton, Mary Edwards Walker, Susie King Taylor, Susan LaFlesche Picotte, Clara Maass, Gerty Radnitz Cori, Antonia Coello Novello, and Mae Carol Jemison.

Contains brief biographies of ten men and women who founded famous food companies and explains how each of them built their empire out of simple ingredients.

Provides brief biographies of ten Hispanic American authors, discussing how each of them broke through racial barriers to become successful writers.

Profiles the lives and careers of ten influential science fiction and fantasy writers.

Photographs and text describe the careers of ten of America's most famous composers including John Philip Sousa, George Gerschwin, Duke Ellington, and Leonard Berstein.

Presents biographical profiles of ten American horror writers from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Includes a selected bibliography of works by each author.

Profiles prominent men and women of the civil rights movement, including Charles Houston, Ella Baker, Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, Fannie Lou Hamer, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., Andrew Young, Julian Bond, and Jesse Jackson.

Profiles the lives of ten rock and roll artists, including Elvis Presley, Bruce Springsteen, Jimi Hendrix, Aretha Franklin, and the Beach Boys.