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Chanda’s mother is not herself, her younger sister is acting out, and her best friend needs help. A powerful story set amid the African HIV/AIDS pandemic.

Best friends Tamanna and Yasmine cannot believe their good fortune when a school is set up in their Afghan village; however, their dreams for the future are shattered when the Taliban burns down th

Bartholomew hasn’t had a lot of life experience. As a novice monk aboard the spaceship monastery Prominence, he spends his days in worship and creating exquisite sun-fired pottery.

All war is hell. But for troops serving in World War I, it was the bloodiest trench warfare ever known.

A heart-wrenching tale of selfless love and the powerful desire to survive. When little Kai is brought to the orphanage, an older child, Pax, immediately takes him under his wing.

How to study like a superhero. The highly acclaimed book The Research Virtuoso helped high school and college students maximize their studying potential.

Between 1882 and 1968 there were 4,742 lynchings in the United States. In Canada during the same period there was one—the hanging of American Indian Louie Sam.

Engrossing true stories of the pioneers of epidemiology who risked their lives to find the source of deadly diseases.

This collection of ten true stories is based on interviews with people who, in their youth, lived with an addicted parent or sibling.

SCAMS! reveals 10 true tales of trickery that will mesmerize young readers.

“Meltdown,” “crisis,” “downturn,” and the dreaded “R-word”: recession. These words have migrated from business sections to headline news.

McLuhan’s Children is an inside look at Greenpeace’s rise to global prominence through its savvy use of mass media imagery.

Wars fought over the past quarter century have been a spectacular failure.

How is it that corporations are able to behave irresponsibly, criminally, and undemocratically?

Our inalienable human rights were enshrined over 50 years ago in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.