Presents a biography of African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist Sojourner Truth, who was regarded as one of the most persuasive speakers of her time, covering her birth into slavery, upbringing, attainment of freedom, and impact on other leaders.
This book describes the skills and requirements needed to become a meteorologist, discussing the work of television and radio forecasters, government forecasters, and climate scientists.
This book outlines the skills and requirements needed to become a crime scene investigator describing the jobs of crime scene processors, lab workers, and pathologists.
Explains how the Supreme Court works, what the responsibilities and duties of the Justices are, how the Court was created, the extents and limits of its powers, and how it checks and balances the president and Congress.
Describes what it is like to be a sports therapist, discussing the skills and requirements of therapy careers, with on-the-job profiles, sidebars, a fact file, photographs, and sources of additional information.
Describes what it is like to be a construction worker, discussing the skills and requirements of construction careers, with on-the-job profiles, sidebars, a fact file, photographs, and sources of additional information.
Primary source documents, biographical sketches, easy-to-understand graphs and charts, time lines, and a glossary help describe the link between political parties, interest groups, and the media in the United States.
An introduction to the presidency that explains what the president's job is at home and abroad, in times of peace and war, and discusses the history of the presidency, what it takes to get elected president, the transfer of power from one president to the next, and life in the White House.
