Join the English colonists who sailed to North America in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Experience hard labor, drought, famine, and conflict with the Algonquians who are angry with you because you have fenced off their land. Are you tough enough to survive?

In 1893 twelve-year-old Audra lives on a farm in Lithuania, and tries to avoid the Cossack soldiers who enforce the Russian decrees that ban Lithuanian books, religion, culture, and even the language; but when the soldiers invade the farm Audra is the only one who escapes and, unsure of what has happened to her parents, she embarks on a dangerous journey, carrying the smuggled Lithuanian books that fuel the growing resistance movement, unsure of who...

"Engaging images accompany information about Nike, Inc."--Provided by publisher.

In nineteenth-century England, after her father's disappearance Nan Sparrow, ten, works as a "climbing boy," aiding chimney sweeps, but when her most treasured possessions end up in a fireplace, she unwittingly creates a golem.

Tells the story behind Francis Scott Key's poem that became the national anthem of the United States.

A humorous look at the state of illness and medicine in Tudor England.

When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station in 1931, meets a mysterious toyseller and his goddaughter, his undercover life and his biggest secret are jeopardized.

"It's 1951, and twelve-year-old Pete Collison is a regular kid in Brooklyn, New York, who loves Sam Spade detective books and radio crime dramas. But when an FBI agent shows up at Pete's doorstep, accusing Pete's father of being a Communist, Pete is caught in a real-life mystery. Could there really be Commies in Pete's family?"--

"The history of the National Football League's Oakland Raiders, surveying the franchise's biggest stars and most memorable moments from its inaugural season in 1960 to today."--Provided by publisher.

"The history of the National Football League's Arizona Cardinals, surveying the franchise's biggest stars and most memorable moments from its inaugural season in 1898 to today."--Provided by publisher.