Service Alert
Delay in delivery of Direct to Player materials
You may experience a delay in delivery of Direct to Player materials. All requests for materials will be delivered as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience.
You may experience a delay in delivery of Direct to Player materials. All requests for materials will be delivered as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience.
Showing 121 - 140 of 709 items
By Rita J. Markel. 2008
Describes Fidel Castro's overthrow of the Batista government in 1959 and his establishment of a revolutionary government. Traces the island's…
history from 1492 to 2007. Discusses the 1961 Cuban Missile Crisis, the subsequent U.S. trade embargo, and Cuban life under socialist rule. For junior and senior high readers. 2008By Ann Bausum. 2007
Short biographies of forty-four wives and hostesses of United States presidents, from Martha Washington to Laura Bush. Discusses the public…
role of the first lady, an unpaid position. Presents anecdotes from the women's private lives. By the author of Our Country's Presidents (RC 56572). For grades 5-8. 2007By Judith Levin. 2007
Biography of Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez, who was first elected in 1998 and labeled "a negative force" by the American…
government. Highlights Chávez's use of his country's oil reserves and discusses his relationships with Fidel Castro, Saddam Hussein, and leaders in Iran. For junior and senior high readers. 2007By Dina Matos McGreevey. 2007
New Jersey's former first lady details her marriage to Jim McGreevey, the governor who resigned his post in 2004 after…
revealing his homosexuality and authored The Confession (RC 63660). Describes how public service united them but secrecy divided them. Relates her emotional recovery with help from faith, family, and friends. 2007By Veda Boyd Jones. 2007
Biography of the forty-third president of the United States, George W. Bush, born 1946. Details Bush's family life, including the…
influence of his father. Discusses his business career and entry into politics. Highlights the controversial 2000 presidential election and the war on terror. For junior and senior high readers. 2007By Charles J. Shields. 2007
Biography of the third democratically elected president of Russia highlights his coming of age during the Cold War, his career…
as a spy, and his rise to power after the fall of communism. Stresses Putin's policies and relationship with the United States. For junior and senior high readers. 2007By Jennifer Reed, Jennifer Bond Reed. 2007
Presents the history and leaders of the Al Sauds, the nomadic tribe that rules the Middle Eastern country of Saudi…
Arabia. Highlights the conflicts between the Islamic religion and oil money and discusses the role of the country in the war on terror. For junior and senior high readers. 2007By Bonnie Hinman. 2007
Biography of British prime minister and Labour party leader Tony Blair, who was first elected to the post in 1997…
after climbing the political ladder. Highlights his struggle against terrorism and his response to the July 7, 2005, Al Qaeda attack on London. For junior and senior high readers. 2007By John Duberstein. 2006
Biography of Czechoslovakian playwright and human-rights activist Václav Havel (b. 1936). Chronicles his middle-class childhood under Nazi rule, participation in…
his country's communist-resistance movement beginning in the 1960s, and 1989 election as the first president of the Czechoslovak Federal (formerly "Socialist") Republic. For junior and senior high readers. 2006By Adolf Hitler, Adolpf Hitler. 2001
Ideological manifesto of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, written during his imprisonment from 1924 to 1926 for leading a failed coup…
against the Bavarian government. Describes his life and the evolution of his social, economic, and political philosophies of militant nationalism and racial superiority. Translated from German by Ralph Manheim. 1926By Sherri Devaney, Mark Devaney. 2006
Biography of the biracial Illinois senator who became a Democratic candidate for the 2008 presidential election. Describes Obama's childhood, education…
including Harvard Law School, early experiences as a community organizer, and later career as a state senator and congressman. For junior and senior high readers. 2007By Dennis Brindell Fradin, Dennis B Fradin, Michael McCurdy. 2005
Biographical sketches of the thirty-nine men who wrote and signed the Constitution in Philadelphia in 1787. Biographies are arranged by…
the twelve states represented. Includes the full text of the Constitution. Companion to The Signers: The Fifty-six Stories behind the Declaration of Independence (RC 56435). For grades 5-8. 2005By Nancy Hoffman. 2006
Traces the history of this five-hundred-year-old religion, which originated in India. Provides an overview of the Sikhs' beliefs and practices…
as developed by ten gurus, or holy teachers. Explains the traditions of wearing a turban and carrying a small ceremonial dagger. For grades 6-9. 2006By Jann Einfeld. 2005
Eleven essays by authors with opposing viewpoints on the nature of the Islamic religion. Includes Osama bin Laden's justification for…
attacking America, President George W. Bush's claim that Islam is a peaceful religion, Pat Robertson's counterargument, and analyses of women's rights. For junior and senior high readers. 2005By Sheldon Oberman. 2006
More than forty tales from oral tradition, with historical notes and commentary. In the title story, an ant teaches the…
great king a lesson in humility. In "The Smell of Money," wise Solomon pays for the smell of bread--with the sound of coins. For grades 4-7 and older readers. 2006By Marc Aronson. 2004
Relates the clash of strongly held religious views during the seventeenth century that produced civil war in England and slaughter…
of the Pequot people, banishment of Quakers, and hanging of witches in the Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony. Sequel to Sir Walter Ralegh...(RC 51920). For junior and senior high readers. 2004By Paul Raushenbush. 2004
Pastor answers young peoples' questions about religion to help promote interfaith understanding. Focuses on the basic teachings and traditions of…
Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism, discussing each religion's viewpoint on various topics such as tattooing, piercing, premarital sex, drugs, and alcohol. For senior high and older readers. 2004By James Cross Giblin, James Giblin. 2005
A dual biography of brothers and fellow actors: Edwin Booth, who supported the Union, and John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated…
President Lincoln in 1865. Discusses their similarities, their political differences, and the profound effect John's murderous act had on the rest of Edwin's life. For grades 5-8. 2005By Cheryl Harness. 2003
A biography of John Adams, the second president of the United States. Describes his activities in the Second Continental Congress,…
his role in the American Revolution, and his respect for patriotic duty above all else. For grades 3-6. 2003By Bruce Feiler, Bruce S Feiler, Sasha Meret. 2004
In this children's version of his bestselling book, the author takes the reader to locations mentioned in the Old Testament.…
As he tours the Middle East, Bruce Feiler recalls biblical stories relevant to each place visited. For grades 4-7 and older readers. 2004