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A collection of essays on incarceration in the United States from multiple points of view.

A collection of personal essays in which teens recount their experiences with cutting and explain how they learned to deal with their emotions in more positive ways.

Retired WWE superstar AJ Mendez Brooks reflects on escaping her childhood of poverty, addiction, and mental illness to the world of professional wrestling and what it took to gain control of her life.

A short biography of Alexander Hamilton, one of the founding fathers of America.

Uses new research to offer insights for parents, educators, and students into the college life hookup culture within the history of sexuality, the evolution of higher education and feminism and maps out the emotional landscape of unequal pleasure, competition and sexual violence.

"Follow Loretta Lynch's journey from young law student to US attorney general. Learn how she turned perseverance and talent into success. Find out the true story behind the woman who became the nation's first female African American top legal adviser."--From the publisher.

Discusses the events that contributed to the American Revolution, including trade routes, taxation, independence, and freedom.

Students will learn how these New York women overcame challenges and became leaders in medicine, journalism, science, and the arts. Includes: Louise Bethune, Elizabeth Blackwell, Nellie Bly, Mary (Molly) Brant, Rachel Fuller Brown, Shirley Chisholm, Janet Collins, Dorothy Creole, Gertrude Ederle, Althea Gibson, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Martha Graham, Grace Hartigan Malvina Hoffman, Grace Hopper, Belva Ann Lockwood, Clare Boothe Luce, Barbara McClintock, Frances Perkins, Harriet Quimby Emily Roebling, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, Susan McKinney Steward, Barbra Streisand Mary E. Walker.