Gaines, Ann

Examines the role of the Secret Service in American government.

Discusses the lives and influences of Mathew B. Brady, Jacob A. Riis, Alfred Stieglitz, Lewis Wickes Hine, Man Ray, Dorothea Lange, Ansel Adams, Margaret Bourke-White, Diane Arbus, and Gordon Parks.

Readers will learn how to research, take notes, write, and revise their research papers.

Introduces children to the Internet, and describes how to perform effective, safe online research.

An illustrated biography of President George W. Bush, following his life from his birth in New Haven, Connecticut in 1946 through the 2000 presidential campaign.

Describes some of the exciting competitions and unusual finishes in professional automobile racing in the twentieth century.

A biography of the NASCAR driver who won the most points of any rookie on the Winston Cup circuit in 1998.

Profiles the young Englishman who is credited with transforming the Internet, which had its origins in a defensive weapons plan, into the global information and communications system called the World Wide Web.

Describes the life and work of Thomas Edison whose inventions include the electric light and the phonograph.

Provides a historical overview of martial arts, explaining the various forms of this activity.