In their own words

Traces the life and accomplishments of the woman who struggled to overcome her deaf and blind handicaps, with the aid of her famous teacher, Annie Sullivan.

If you want to find something on the World Wide Web, you "Google" it. With its one million servers located around the world, the company handles over a billion search requests daily. But when the Internet first came online, people struggled to organize a seemingly infinite amount of information. Some kind of search engine was needed. Enter two computer science graduate students from Stanford, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, and the $229 billion behemoth we now know as Google was born. They are highly respected, established figures in the tech industry, but Page and Brin, unlike industry icons such as Steve Jobs or Bill Gates, have spent as little time as possible in front of the media. As a result, when Larry Page and Sergey Brin give time to speak, people listen. Carefully.

Presented in a chronological format and including primary sources and archival images, this book describes the causes, battles, and outcome of World War II.

A history of the first 150 years of European settlement in North America, combining the author's narrative with first-person accounts of events by William Penn, Captain John Smith, Cotton Mather, Benjamin Franklin, and many others.

Presents an overview of the history of World War II from events leading up to the conflict to its aftermath, and features primary source materials that provide insights into what life was like for Americans on the home front, with photographs of related artifacts and time lines.

Presents a biography, including excerpts from his speeches, letters, and other writings, of the man who was President during the Civil War.

A biography of the man made famous by a poem about the American Revolution, placing his life and work in real historical context.

Excerpts from newsclips and other recordings featuring actual speeches by Martin Luther King.