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Looks at the Apollo 13 mission and the crisis faced by the three astronauts.

Relates how one delegate to the Second Continental Congress battled bad weather and physical disabilities to arrive in Philadelphia in 1776, in time for the historic vote that led to independence.

Explores the turbulent life of Ludwig van Beethoven and traces the journey of a lock of hair cut from his corpse, following it from Germany to Denmark and finally London, where it was bought at auc

Profiles Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont, who made great strides in the invention of flight.

Describes how their different political views caused friends Thomas Jefferson and John Adams to become rivals, until they learned to set aside their differences for the sake of their friendship.

Bausum revisits 1968 Memphis, Tennessee, to examine how the sanitation workers' strike set the scene for one of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s greatest speeches.

Chronicles the long history of the fight for women's voting rights, beginning in 1848, with a focus on the years between 1913 and 1920 when the Nineteenth Amendment was passed, and includes profile

Short-listed for the 2009 Red Maple Award for Non-Fiction, OLA Forest of Reading and commended for the 2009 OLA Best Bets This book presents the story and issues of the First World War in a clear,

Since the days of ancient Egypt, women have demonstrated their skills as leaders.

Space is the final frontier, and these ten women have established their place in it.

Each year since 1901, the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to a person who has made a difference in the world. Twelve women have been given this award, and each has her own fascinating story.

From Rachel Carson, the woman who started the modern environmental movement, to Severn Cullis-Suzuki, former host of Suzuki’s Nature Quest, to Marina Silva, who fights to keep the Brazilian rain fo

It used to be thought that women weren't good at science. But that assumption has been proven wrong.

From the diverse cultures of Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Guyana, Somalia, and others, immigrant children write of the fear, the excitement and challenge of moving to another country and forging a

Do young people today find meaning in the Holocaust?