Louise Borden has explained the problem of longitude and its surprising solution in children's terms. Thanks to this fine book, John Harrison and his miraculous timekeepers will now inspire the dreams of young readers. Erik Blegvad's sensitive, warm-hearted illustrations evoke all the creativity of Harrison's workshop and the perils of life abroad ship in the eighteenth century.
The story about AAmelia earhart, the woman pilot. She was shining example freedom, opportunity and succes. Her story is truly dramatic, from triumph as the first woman to fly the Atlantic, to her mysterious and tragic disappearance over the Pacific.'
My name is Leon Walter Tillage. I was born on January 19, 1936... I remember that as a young boy Iused to look in the mirror and I would curse my color, my blackness..
In lively, full-color illustrations, this picture book chronicles the life ofa writer, scientist, inventor, and statesman.
Cesar Chavez started working in the fields when he was young. he saw how unfairly his people were treated. Cesar wanted to do something about it!
An intrepid explorer and master navigator, christoper columbus embarked on a voyage of discovery in 1492. Sailing west across the unknown atlantic ocean in search of a new trade route to the east, columbus instead landed in the americas, opening up the new world to european colonists.
Millions saw history made as Barack Obama took the podium on election night. But few witnessed his unguarded moments in the hours and days before he greeted the nation until now. Meet the man who helped get him there in this unprecedented documentary trailing their history-making odyssey to the white house. Witness never-before-seen-footage of obama behind-the-scenes, as well as interviews and …
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