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Anna O'Mally is a born writer—gifted, perceptive, headed for the stars. Or she was, until the tragic death of her uncle Joe. He was barely older than Anna herself, and she worshipped the ground he walked on. Best of all, Anna got to live in the glow of knowing that she was the most important person in his world, too. Anna has promised everyone—her shrink, her parents, her best friend—that Joe's one-year ôdeadaversaryö will be the end of her period of mourning. But when a strange note suggests th
Like Al Gore’s Inconvenient Truth, this series starts with statistics and builds towards suggesting real and achievable solutions in mankind’s fight to save the planet. With the populations of India and China growing rapidly, we face an urgent requirement to implement clean technology and smart leadership. This series explores the opportunities and dangers, as well as the pros and cons on the issues that are at the center of the world-at-risk debate.
This series looks at the basic resources and agricultural products traded as commodities in the global marketplace. It includes introductions to basic economic concepts and principles– such as markets and price indexes – show trends in world prices of commodities, explores the reasons for changes in world prices, and looks at current and future issues.
With economy in the daily news daily, this timely series will help teens understand more than just dollars and cents. Banking, credit, the stock market, and trade at the global level are explained with clear text. First-hand accounts of people bring these global issues down to a personal level. Discussion points throughout the books inspire critical thinking to help readers grasp the complex world of economics.
The World Heritage series introduces 78 of the 878 World Heritage sites. Each book focuses on one or more of the ten criteria used to select sites, including important ecosystems, human masterpieces, and living traditions, events or ideas. Each site is profiled over two pages, focusing on the site’s heritage value and issues of protection.
The study of history is much more than memorizing names and dates. It's the exploration of exciting stories of discovery, adventure, and conflict that shaped the world we live in today. Readers uncover these stories as they learn about a variety of historical events and eras. Through well-researched main texts, detailed Side Bars, primary source images, and comprehensive timelines, they gain a deeper understanding of the causes and effects of major historical moments, including World War I, the
Mythological tales can be found in cultures around the world. Although the characters and storylines differ from one culture to the next, they have a shared purpose: to explain the unexplainable and to reinforce cultural values. Each book gives readers insight into a different culture by way of the stories that have followed that culture’s development through time.