Quick View Compare Speeches in World History (Hardback) £108.81 A compilation of 200 of the world's greatest speeches from major civilizations and throughout history - arranged in chronological order. It presents an introduction that places each speech in historical context - explaining why it was significant and... 0 Add to Cart
Quick View Compare Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend (Hardback) £187.72 Presents a survey of myths, legends, and folklore from around the world. This title features entries that include important scholarly terms, figures important in folklore and mythology, the historical figures that have inspired myths and folklore. It... 0 Add to Cart
Quick View Compare 1929 to 1949 Great Depression and World War II Volume 7 (Hardback) £65.59 Two major historical events dominated the period from 1929 to 1949: the Great Depression and World War II. When the stock market crashed in October of 1929, economic hardship struck many American citizens. Meanwhile, World War II dominated the political... 0 Add to Cart
Quick View Compare 1870 to 1900 Gilded Age (Hardback) £65.59 Often referred to as the 'Gilded Age', the period spanning from 1870 to 1900 encompassed both extravagant wealth and dire poverty in America. The Panic of 1893 caused an economic downturn and a major shift in electoral politics in the 1896 presidential... 0 Add to Cart
Quick View Compare 1980s (Hardback) £47.09 From the designer suits of yuppie men and women to ripped jeans to the mini-crinoline craze to the eloquent fashion sense of Princess Diana, the 1980s encapsulates a time when it became fashionable to make money and dress well. This work explores the... 0 Add to Cart
Quick View Compare 1930s (Hardback) £47.09 Examines the role of fashion as it made its way through the Great Depression, exploring the social and cultural aspects of history through a softer lens. Cheaper fabrics that imitated luxury items such as nylon and artificial silks became popular, along... 0 Add to Cart
Quick View Compare Encyclopedia of American Government and Civics (Hardback) £309.78 Designed to meet the needs of high school and college students as well as members of the general public seeking explanations of basic government and political topics, this title presents a comprehensive resource that is divided into nine sections... 0 Add to Cart
Quick View Compare Personal Services (Hardback) £44.63 Covers 21 jobs in the field of Personal Services, including: Bodyguards; Color analysts and image consultants; Household workers; Nannies; Personal trainers; and, Pet sitters. 0 Add to Cart
Quick View Compare Government (Hardback) £44.63 Covers 19 jobs in the government, including: Ambassadors; Customs officials; FBI agents; Military workers; Regional and local officials; and, Urban and regional planners. 0 Add to Cart
Quick View Compare Career Ideas for Kids Who Like Talking (Hardback) £44.63 Helps kids find their voice and guides them on how best to apply the skills to careers in fields such as broadcasting and speech pathology. This guide provides step-by-step self-assessment and profiles various jobs young people may wish to explore. The... 0 Add to Cart
Quick View Compare Career Ideas for Kids Who Like Sports (Hardback) £44.63 Sports-related jobs can offer a number of opportunities both on the field and behind the scenes. This work encourages kids to identify their personality traits and skills and match their athletic interests and abilities with viable career options. It... 0 Add to Cart
Quick View Compare Career Ideas for Kids Who Like Animals and Nature (Hardback) £44.63 Career opportunities abound for nature and animal lovers everywhere. What does a career in this field entail? Offering a step-by-step self-assessment, this book allows kids to identify their personality traits and then connects them to viable career... 0 Add to Cart
Quick View Compare Creating a New Future (Hardback) £43.39 Legislation that resulted in an immigration pool no longer dominated by Europeans forced open the door for US Latinos to become major players in business, government, entertainment and the arts, and professional sports. This volume reflects the... 0 Add to Cart
Quick View Compare Fighting for American Values (Hardback) £43.39 Following WWII, Latinos, like other Americans, sought the American Dream. This title is part of a series that tracks the struggles and progress of Latino Americans through the mid-1980s. As the US economy grew, so did the need for cheap labor. In many... 0 Add to Cart
Quick View Compare Ethnic and Group Identity Movements (Hardback) £37.23 Both the women's suffrage and civil rights movements laid the groundwork for some of the groups featured in this book, who were often less visible than women and African Americans. It presents an examination of these nascent yet influential groups, whose... 0 Add to Cart
Quick View Compare Babe Ruth (Hardback) £40.93 George Herman Ruth Jr was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1895. A rebellious child, he was sent to a reformatory boarding school where he never quite learned the discipline his parents hoped for, but he did learn something that changed his life: baseball... 0 Add to Cart
Quick View Compare Walter Payton (Hardback) £40.93 One of the greatest all-around running backs in NFL history, Walter Payton set several league records, including career rushing yards (16,726), most games rushing for 100 or more yards (77), and rushing touchdowns (110), during his 13-year career. 0 Add to Cart
Quick View Compare Disaster Relief (Hardback) £40.93 Hurricane Katrina brought to light many questions about Americans' preparedness for handling large-scale disasters: Is FEMA effective? Are the local, state, and federal governments sufficiently coordinated? Examining issues from various perspectives,... 0 Add to Cart
Quick View Compare Drugs and Sports (Hardback) £47.09 As steroids, stimulants, and supplements have become easily available and salaries and endorsement deals have become lucrative, it seems that more athletes are availing themselves of substances designed to improve their performance - whether legal or... 0 Add to Cart
Quick View Compare Ted Williams (Hardback) £40.93 As a 19-year-old heading east to play for the Boston Red Sox, Ted Williams could be heard muttering over and over again, "All I want out of life is when I walk down the street, folks will say, 'There goes the greatest hitter who ever lived.'" This title... 0 Add to Cart
Quick View Compare African Union (Hardback) £47.09 Based in Ethiopia, the Africa Union, established in July 2002, is the successor to the Organization of African Unity, created in 1963. The AU aims include promoting democracy, human rights, and sustainable economic development across Africa, especially... 0 Add to Cart
Quick View Compare Private Property Rights (Hardback) £40.93 What sort of rights are entailed in the ownership of private property? Exploring this debate, this objective guide aims to enhance readers' understanding of this pivotal issue. 0 Add to Cart
Quick View Compare North Korea (Hardback) £37.23 Located on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia, the communist country of North Korea has figured in US foreign affairs since the Korean War ended in 1953. Featuring photographs, maps, and facts and history, this book presents an exploration of the people,... 0 Add to Cart
Quick View Compare Women's Rights Movement (Hardback) £44.63 The women's rights movement grew out of the women's suffrage movement of the mid-1800s. The second wave of the movement, which promoted economic, political, and social equality, gained momentum in the 1960s and '70s. This work gives an introduction to... 0 Add to Cart
Quick View Compare How a Law is Passed (Hardback) £40.93 For a piece of legislation to become an official law in the United States, it must first undergo a long and complex process involving two branches of the government: the legislative and executive. This work puts students right where the law-making action... 0 Add to Cart
Quick View Compare History of the Third Parties (Hardback) £40.93 Third parties exist on the very edge of mainstream politics. They speak for ordinary citizens whose concerns the state and federal government have yet to notice. Beginning with the Tertium Quids in 1806 to the Green Party, this work chronicles third... 0 Add to Cart
Quick View Compare Unsolved Crimes (Hardback) £47.09 Examines unresolved crimes by reviewing what police and experts in forensic science did (or failed to do) while trying to resolve each crime. This book covers cases such as Jack the Ripper, unidentified serial killer; the murder of Elizabeth Short (The... 0 Add to Cart
Quick View Compare White-collar Crime (Hardback) £47.09 The term 'white-collar crime' refers to crimes committed by people in respectable social and professional positions, who commit a crime in the course of doing their job or by using the advantage of their position. This book explains the common types of... 0 Add to Cart
Quick View Compare Homicide (Hardback) £47.09 Murder is among the most common and most terrible of crimes. Motives for murder include anger, love, greed, hatred, and myriad other emotions and reasons, some passionate, some cold-blooded and calculated. This book investigates the nature of murder... 0 Add to Cart
Quick View Compare Drug Crime (Hardback) £47.09 Fighting the trade of illegal drugs is harder today than ever. This title looks at how drugs are produced, transported, and sold, and examines the many methods used by police around the world to combat the illegal drug trade. It also includes chapters... 0 Add to Cart
Quick View Compare Celebrities and Crime (Hardback) £47.09 The public's fascination with celebrities can reach a fever pitch when celebrities commit or are involved in a crime. This work examines the crossroads where fame and the underworld meet, looks at special types of crime targeted at celebrities, and... 0 Add to Cart
Quick View Compare ESP, Psychokinesis, and Psychics (Hardback) £40.93 Explores the people who profess to have psychic abilities and surveys the different ways of reading psychic signs. This title examines the skeptics and organizations who investigate supernatural phenomena and expose possible fraud and looks at how the... 0 Add to Cart
Quick View Compare United States v. Nixon (Hardback) £37.23 An account of how Nixon's unwillingness to comply with the prosecutors' subpoenas for the audio-tapes eventually led to the involvement of the Supreme Court, who decided that the president does not have absolute power. This book discusses the tense... 0 Add to Cart
Quick View Compare Jamestown (Hardback) £37.23 Provides an illustrated history of the first permanent English colony in North America. 0 Add to Cart
Quick View Compare Kristi Yamaguchi (Hardback) £37.23 As a baby, Kristi Yamaguchi had to overcome a foot deformity just to be able to walk normally. The idea of putting on a pair of ice skates, let alone excelling as a world-class figure skater like her hero, Dorothy Hamill, could not have been more than a... 0 Add to Cart
Quick View Compare Educational Standards (Hardback) £40.93 The public education system in the United States has always been a pressing matter, subject to continuous debate. Sweeping educational reforms passed in 2001 sharply divided teachers and policy makers over the direction of our nation's schools. This work... 0 Add to Cart
Quick View Compare Prisoners' Rights (Hardback) £40.93 The movement for prisoners' rights is based on the idea that prisoners, though they are deprived of liberty, are entitled to other basic human rights. What rights and privileges should be accorded to those who are incarcerated? This work examines this... 0 Add to Cart
Quick View Compare Miranda Rights (Hardback) £44.63 The Miranda warnings became part of the common lexicon after the Supreme Court decision in Miranda v Arizona in 1966. This book examines both sides of Miranda-related questions: Is the Miranda decision a violation of separation of powers or the concept... 0 Add to Cart
Quick View Compare Henry Kissinger (Hardback) £40.93 As national security advisor and secretary of state under President Richard Nixon, and secretary of state for Gerald Ford, Kissinger played a pivotal role in American foreign policy. This work provides coverage of the life and work of one of the 20th... 0 Add to Cart
Quick View Compare Invasive Terrestrial Animals (Hardback) £40.93 Invasive Terrestrial Animals (Hardback) 0 Add to Cart
Quick View Compare Weather, and How it Works (Hardback) £37.23 Looks at meteorology through the ages - from our earliest prediction devices to state-of-the-art, satellite-predicted forecasts. This title also covers the importance of water and air circulation cycles, and discusses the impact of the irrepressible... 0 Add to Cart
Quick View Compare Great Inventions of the 20th Century (Hardback) £40.93 From the first V-8 engine to NASA's giant crawler at Cape Canaveral, this work presents a celebration of the inventors and inventions that transformed the world during the age of technology. It acquaints young readers with the story and the mechanics... 0 Add to Cart
Quick View Compare Search and Rescue Dogs (Hardback) £38.46 Covers the training exercises and heroic real-life stories of search and rescue dogs, their handlers, and their brilliant teamwork. This book contains tales including that of a disaster search and rescue dog that leaps from metal beam to concrete slab... 0 Add to Cart
Quick View Compare Child Abuse and Stress Disorders (Hardback) £45.86 Examines the phenomenon of stress and how it affects us psychologically, emotionally, and physically. This book examines major stressful events along with several stress disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder. It also contains chapters that... 0 Add to Cart
Quick View Compare Cutting and Self-harm (Hardback) £50.79 Intentional self-harm, often in the form of cutting one's self, is generally associated with emotional or mental distress, especially when observed among teens. This book discusses the most common types of self-injurious behavior, what they mean, how... 0 Add to Cart
Quick View Compare Rigoberta Menchu Tum (Hardback) £37.23 Rigoberta Menchu Tum experienced firsthand the oppression of the native Indian population in Guatemala. This biography profiles the unwavering activist who was awarded the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize for her remarkable work promoting social justice and... 0 Add to Cart
Quick View Compare Brain Development (Hardback) £40.93 Introduces basic brain anatomy and brain development to high school students. This book discusses the molecular basis of central nervous system specification, starting from neural induction and pattern formation to neural migration, axon guidance, and... 0 Add to Cart
