National Network for Equitable Library Service

A biography of the first wife of a president to have a public life and career of her own.

A biography of the nineteenth-century Frenchman who, having been blinded himself at the age of three, went on to develop a system of raised dots on paper that enabled blind people to read and write

Isaac Newton was not only briiliant, but secretive, vindictive and obsessive.

Feel what it is like to participate in history as you follow in the footsteps of the young men and women who lived it.

Experience 20 great moments in American history, from the 1631 quest of Christian libertarian Roger Williams to the 1988 ordeal of Sudanese refugee Peter Malual.

Krull presents a vivid and highly accessible portrait of a true renaissance man--an artist, scientist, and inventer of unparalleled genius. Themes include homosexuality.

In the 1950s and 1960s, the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission compiled secret files on more than 87,000 private citizens in the most extensive state spying program in U.S. history.

Bausum compares and contrasts the childhoods of John Lewis and James Zwerg in a way that helps young readers understand the segregated experience of our nation's past.

Carnes illuminates the dark corners of our nation's past and traces our ongoing efforts to live up to the American ideals of equality and justice.

A compilation, selected from various sources and arranged chronologically, of the reminiscences of slaves and ex-slaves about their experiences from the leaving of Africa through the Civil War and

Follows Dr. Alex Fillippenko and his High-Z Supernova Search Team as they use the Keck telescope in Hawaii to look for supernovae, find black holes, and study the effects of dark energy.

Describes how scientists tracked, studied, and escaped the Komodo dragon and tells the true story of the world's deadliest lizard.

A look at the deaths of several famous people throughout history and the circumstances surrounding those deaths.

Presents alphabetically arranged entries on stars, galaxies, and constellations, based on observations of the sky at night.

Describes the role played by the chimpanzee, Ham, in developing manned space flight in the U.S.