biography.

This true story of NBA basketball star Tacko Fall follows his journey from West Africa to his rise to fame, touching upon themes of immigration, determination, hard work and the long road to success.

Tells the stories of twenty men and women who were pioneers of protest, discussing their actions in advancing the cause of freedom from the Revolutionary War through the Civil Rights movements of the twentieth century.

Presents a profile of one exceptionally newsworthy man, woman, or thing for each year of the twentieth century, describing their personalities, ideas, and history-making acts; arranged chronologically, with photographs and information about other related social and historical events.

An account of the finding of the first entire skeleton of an ichthyosaur, an extinct sea reptile, by a twelve-year-old English girl who went on to become a paleontologist.