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...

Although his most famous work, The Red Badge of Courage, was created almost entirely from his...

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings held the soul of central Florida in the 30's and 40's in the palm of her hand, using her stories to vividly paint the realities of class, race and community.

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?

Think of Willa Cather and think of Nebraska - its Divide, its plains, its colors, and awesome horizon...