Price Hossell, Karen

Presents an overview of sound waves and of the history, development, and uses of sonar by both humans and animals.

Provides information about the causes, conduct, and results of the Persian Gulf War, a conflict prompted by the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq in 1990.

Examines the history of the seventy-two-year battle by women for the right to vote, looking at the lives of some of the people who led the struggle, and discussing the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment.

Presents an overview of the history, development, and functions of sign language, as well as some of the different kinds of signs that are used.

Presents an overview of the types, functions, and meanings of body language, how it is used by people in different professions, and some of the differences in interpreting body language in other countries and cultures.

Discusses the hieroglyphic system of writing used by people of the ancient Egyptian civilization along the Nile River.

An overview of the history, development, and use of Morse code.

Reviews the reasons why millions of Irish have immigrated to America, what their passage was like, the kind of jobs most found, communities they formed, and the discrimination they faced.

A biography of Ethan Allen, the Revolutionary War hero who led the Green Mountain Boys, a militia group he and his brothers formed.