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Former NFL quarterback Rodney Peete discusses the challenges he and his family faced when they had a child with severe autism, covering how he and his wife altered their expectations and found appropriate medical and therapeutic treatment for their son.

Discusses the controversy over the consumption of fast food in America in establishments such as McDonald's and Burger King through a series of essays that debate issues of obesity, animal abuse, and the environment in connection with the fast food industry.

A photographic history of inventor of the automobile, Henry Ford, providing quotations from his writings, speeches, and interviews to illustrate how he revolutionized American life.

Examines the role of the media in American society and it has been used to promote specific political or social agendas.

Explains how to use reading ladders in the classroom, discussing book selection, building a classroom library, promoting content-area knowledge, and assessment.

A collection of essays exploring various topics related to censorship, discussing the limits of free speech, if censorship can be justified to protect children, and how new technologies impact censorship.

Presents biographical information about President Barack Obama, covering his upbringing and early life in Hawaii and Indonesia, efforts in Chicago as a community organizer, and first several months in the Oval Office, with photographs and event timelines.

A picture book biography highlighting the life and accomplishments of magician and escape artist Harry Houdini.

Presents a short study of the U.S. Air Force's B-2 Stealth Bomber designed to destroy enemy nuclear missile bases without being seen on radar, and contains a cross-section of the aircraft and information on its shape, crew and flight deck, weapons bays and weapons, its missions, and more.

In 1966 Illinois, twelve-year-old Wilhelmina, convinced that she, her parents, and sisters are Abraham Lincoln's family reincarnated, determines to keep them from suffering the same fates, which is complicated when she and her father become involved in the Civil Rights Movement.