A biography of the famous American Indian princess, emphasizing her life-long adulation of John Smith and the roles she played in two very different cultures.

Fourteen-year-old Rachel Marsh is nanny to John and Abigail Adams' children and witnesses firsthand how tension builds in the feisty New England town in the two years before it erupts in the Boston Massacre.

Shirley Temple Wong is thrilled to be moving from her home in China to America. But it isn't easy. She doesn't speak English, the kids at school ignore her, and she feels very far from home.

Lives of Extraordinary Women turns the spotlight on the women who have wielded power, revealing their feats - and flaws - for all the world to see...

Whether visiting museums and galleries or taking Art History courses, we often marvel at the brilliant...

This is no stuffy music appreciation lesson. Author Kathleen Krull makes these great artists come alive...

Twenty literary luminaries, ranging from Charles Dickens and William Shakespeare to Louisa May Alcott...

Paul Fleischman is a master of sound, incorporating a soaring, energetic musicality into his writing...

In 1962 Rachel Carson published her profound book Silent Spring, forever changing the way we look...

Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could stop aging right now - and live forever?