Provides information about the geography, history, government, economy, people, and places of Nebraska, and includes photographs, maps, sidebars, a time line, an almanac of state facts, and a gallery of famous Nebraskans.
Provides information about the geography, history, government, economy, people, and culture of Tennessee, and includes photographs, maps, sidebars, a time line, an almanac of state facts, and a gallery of famous Tennesseeans.
Contains true accounts of ten women pirates who chose lives of adventures on the high seas, from Alfhild, the daughter of a fifth-century Scandinavian king, to Lai Choi San, who lived and worked in the Macao and Hong Kong areas of southeast China in the 1920s.
A brief biography of celebrated cellist Yo-Yo Ma that chronicles his childhood and family, musical training which began at a young age, and his career.
Presents a biography of Elizabeth I, Queen of Tudor England, and provides information on the Renaissance, her forty-five year reign--called the Golden Age--her court, and her achievements.
Presents fourteen primary source documents and essays by historians on daily life in Elizabethan England, covering such aspects as homes and furnishings, family lifestyles, servants, weddings, education, religion, and entertainment.
An illustrated chronicle of the life of William Marshal, the medieval English knight who fought courageously in battle, guarded Eleanor of Aquitaine for fifteen years, and spent the end of his life as King Regent to Henry III.
Profiles the life and achievements of Ralph Lauren, discussing his childhood, passion for fashion, founding of his clothing business, family, and other related topics.
