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A pioneer sampler: the daily life of a pioneer family in 1840
Par Barbara Greenwood. 1994
A year in the life of a fictional family, the Robertsons, shows how pioneers spent their days in the 1840s.…
Explains how to make maple sugar, what school was like, how the land was cleared and farmed, and much more. Provides projects to give modern-day children a chance to do things the way their ancestors did. For grades 3-650 fabulous parties for kids
Par Linda Hetzer. 1994
Tips and ideas, from choosing a theme to making an appropriate cake, are provided in this guide for planning parties…
for young people. Sections include "Parties for Children Ages 3 to 5," "Parties for Children Ages 6 to 9," "Parties for Children Ages 10 to 12," and "Holidays and Family Events."D-Day, June 6, 1944: the climactic battle of World War II
Par Stephen Ambrose. 1994
From an interview with Supreme Commander General Eisenhower in 1964 through the recollections of hundreds of Allied and German veterans,…
a military historian reconstructs the most decisive day of World War II. Some strong language. BestsellerAll about ham radio
Par Harry Helms. 1992
Helms argues that the elimination of the Morse code requirement for amateur radio licensees should encourage more people to take…
up his hobby of ham radio. After dispelling the mythical deterrents such as equipment costs, complex tests, and operating difficulty, Helms discusses the pleasures, the new lingo, the regulations, and the technology involved in speaking with other ham operators around the worldThe leisure pen: a book for elderwriters
Par Joyce Steward. 1988
Two writing teachers encourage older adults to begin or to continue writing. After offering tips on choosing a writing place…
and materials and suggesting some writing warm-ups, the authors present methods, examples, and subjects for various formats--journals, poetry, memoirs, letter, biographies, histories, and stories. An appendix gives hints on punctuation and styleDen of lions: memoirs of seven years
Par Terry Anderson. 1993
Former correspondent's account of 2,454 days held hostage by Hezbollah, an Islamic terrorist organization. Anderson, aided by his then-fiancee Madeleine…
Bassil, chronicles the ordeal from the day he was mistaken for a spy and captured in Beirut, Lebanon, until the day he was released. He describes his own physical and mental abuse as well as the conditions of his fellow hostages. Some strong languageA world lit only by fire: the medieval mind and the Renaissance : portrait of an age
Par William Manchester. 1992
The author first outlines the period made chaotic by the waning authority of the Catholic Church, made turbulent by Martin…
Luther, made beautiful by Michelangelo, but, most importantly, made aware by Ferdinand Magellan. According to Manchester, it was Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe, when he proved the rotundity of a rotating earth, that shattered myths and ushered in a new ageTaken on trust
Par Terry Waite. 1993
While negotiating on behalf of the Church of England to free hostages in Beirut, Waite was taken prisoner himself. During…
the following four years of solitary confinement, Waite composed this book in his head. He intersperses details of his ordeal with descriptions of his youth and his international work. Towards the end of his captivity Waite was placed with men he had been trying to free--Terry Anderson, Tom Sutherland, and John McCarthyEinstein in time and space: A life in 99 particles
Par Samuel Graydon. 2023
Walter Isaacson's Einstein meets Craig Brown's 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret , in this innovative biography of the famous physicist…
told in ninety-nine dazzling vignettes. Most of us would agree that Albert Einstein's name is synonymous with "genius" and that his likeness is often used as a shorthand for all scientists, appearing everywhere from cartoons to textbooks. He has become more myth than man. That being the case, how best to capture his essence? In Einstein in Time and Space , talented young science journalist Samuel Graydon answers that question with an illuminating mosaic—99 intriguingly different particles that cumulatively reveal Einstein's contradictory and multitudinous nature. Glimpsed among these shards: a slacker who failed every subject but math, a job seeker who couldn't get hired, a lothario who courted many women, and a charmer who was the life of the party. As brilliant as he was inconsistent, Einstein was simultaneously an avid supporter of the NAACP and the fight for civil rights and someone capable of great prejudice. He was loved by many, known by few, and inspirational to a generation of young physicists. Graydon reveals every corner of Einstein's world: the false reporting that rocketed Einstein to fame nearly overnight, his effect on people he met merely in passing, even the remarkable posthumous journey of the famed physicist's brain. Entertaining, comforting, bolstering, and shocking, Einstein in Time and Space is the unique story of a man who redefined how we view our universe and our place within itRussia transformed: breakthrough to hope : Moscow, August 1991
Par James Billington. 1992
The librarian of Congress, a Soviet scholar and firsthand witness to the events of August 1991, chronicles his personal observations…
of the failed coup. Billington describes how the people protected their democratically elected government and came together to replace totalitarian rule with "politics of hope."Black heroes of the American Revolution
Par Burke Davis. 1976
Although Revolutionary War history has traditionally focused on the courage of George Washington, Paul Revere, Ethan Allen, and other white…
Americans, black Americans also made heroic contributions to the War of Independence. This book tells the stories of Peter Salem, Oliver Cromwell, James Forten, and other African-Americans who fought, sacrificed, and performed valiantly in that effort. For grades 6-9 and older readersI, Columbus: my journal, 1492-3
Par Christopher Columbus. 1990
Christopher Columbus was one of the most able and accomplished sailors of his day. His life's dream was to discover…
a new way to reach the East, fabled for its riches. Unlike those before him, he would sail west to reach the Indies. With the backing of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain, he embarked in 1492. Here is the record of his voyage, in his very own words. For grades 6-9 and older readersNow it your time!: The African-American struggle for freedom
Par Walter Myers. 1991
Against the historical backdrop of the constant struggle of African-Americans for freedom and equality, Myers weaves the personal stories of…
influential and ordinary people--slaves, soldiers, inventors, artists, and political leaders. For grades 6-9 and older readers. Coretta Scott King AwardBoys from different generations of the same family reveal what it is like to grow up in Europe in the…
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Michael, apprenticed to a merchant at fourteen, asserts his rights as he forges his career. Homesick Friederich is coached by his mother about girls and spending money. Stephan Carl pays for his adventuresome spiritFlea market trader: revised seventh edition
Par Sharon Huxford. 1991
From popular milk glass to a signed color photo of Jesse Helms, the approximate current value of flea market collectibles…
is reflected in this guide. The prices are intended only as an educated guess. Regional fluctuations, the condition of the item, wholesale prices, and one's bargaining skill, above all, determine the final cost to the shopperColumbus and the world around him
Par Milton Meltzer. 1990
Meltzer, in this meticulously researched account, moves beyond Columbus's skills as a navigator to paint a picture of an arrogant,…
obsessive dreamer. Driven by greed for wealth and power and by a dubious interest in converting "the heathens," Columbus, like his comtemporaries, saw non-Europeans as inferior being ripe for enslavement, and their lands ripe for European exploitation. For grades 6-9 and older readersFunny business: an outsider's year in Japan
Par Gary Katzenstein. 1989
Katzenstein, chosen as one of fifteen Americans to be Luce Scholars, spent a year studying in Japan. With degrees in…
business and computer science, he felt well equipped to work at Sony. However, with no first-hand knowledge of Asia, he found a world so totally different from America that he made a cross-cultural mess of things. Sony gave up on him, but with ingenuity he found another job in JapanKovels' Know your antiques
Par Ralph Kovel. 1981
The Kovels, collectors of antiques for more than thirty years, offer advice on how to evaluate, buy and care for…
antiques. You will learn how such items as a tape measure and a magnet can help identify real antique furniture, and how to test silver with your fingernail. You will know what is a fair price for an item, and you will learn how to "feed" furniture to keep the wood from drying outI hope
Par Raisa Gorbacheva. 1991
In her introduction, the wife of Michail Gorbachev states that her book is not an autobiography but rather a story…
about herself, past and present, and her reactions to historical events. In a series of five interviews held with Georgi Pryakhin, and translated by David Floyd, Raisa Gorbachev describes the role she came to play as the Soviet Union's first ladyThe August coup: the truth and the lessons
Par Mikhail Gorbachev. 1991
The Soviet Union's first democratically elected president describes the three-day coup d'etat that occurred in August of 1991. Gorbachev defends…
his actions during his confrontation with the plotters, addresses rumors concerning the incident, and discusses events that occurred immediately after the coup, such as the withdrawal of the Baltic States from the Union. He outlines his hopes for the USSR