Profiles

Highlights the lives of seven famous detectives, including Allen Pinkerton, Eliot Ness, and Simon Wiesenthal.

Profiles eight third-party candidates for the presidency of the United States.

Profiles eight notable justices of the United States Supreme Court and landmark cases in which each was involved: John Marshall, Roger Taney, John Harlan, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Louis Brandeis, Charles Evans Hughes, Hugo Black, Earl Warren.

Text and accompanying photographs present a profile of eight women who were active in reforming the United States' political system.

Examines the contributions and accomplishments of eleven presidential wives: Dolley Madison, Mary Lincoln, Nellie Taft, Florence Harding, Eleanor Roosevelt, Jacqueline Kennedy, Lady Bird Johnson, Pat Nixon, Betty Ford, Rosalynn Carter, and Nancy Reagan.

Explores the lives and work of six figures who have had an influence on technology, including Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, and Jeff Bezos.

Surveys the lives and work of such innovative women as Grace Hopper, Fannie Farmer, C. J. Walker, and Stephanie Kwolek.

Introduces some of the men whose ideas and innovations shaped the development of modern automobiles, including Karl Benz, Ferdinand Porsche, William Lyons, and Henry Ford.

Relates the enterprises and discoveries of twelve explorers, including Vasco da Gama, Captain James Cook, and Roald Amundsen.