According to the New York Times, Noam Chomsky is "arguably the most important intellectual alive." But he isn't easy to read . . . or at least he wasn't until these books came along. Made up of intensively edited speeches and interviews, they offer something not found anywhere else: pure Chomsky, with every dazzling idea and penetrating insight intact, delivered in clear, accessible, listener-friendly prose. Published as four short books in the famous...

Lauren Bacall gives a terrifyingly icy performance as Freezelda the Ice Queen, who hires Hoodwink the rat (rock star, Bryan Adams), to fetch some kittens to make fur mittens. Meanwhile. The three feisty little kittens miss their bus and on the way to school. They find Hoodwink frozen solid and they thaw him out next to a fire.

Amedée Carillon and his grandson Jerome are threatened with eviction from their clock shop, and a ghost appears giving them even more trouble. They soon learn that long ago one of Amédée's ancestor was falsely accused of stealing some royal gold, and in revenge, he put a curse on the citizens of Avignon. The real thief was never found and the gold was hidden in an heirloom that was passed on to Améde'e.

Itsy Bitsy , who prefers to be called I.B., is the smallest student in school. The 3 Bad Bugs tease him but LB. dreams of playing his piccolo in their band so he tries to be friendly. Black Widow (Patti Labelle) inspires the 3 Bad Bugs and LE. to venture into the halls of a human high school looking for a "Little Miss Muffet" to scare.

The Founding Fathers are essential to the American narrative. Unfortunately, popular histories have a tendency to gloss over unpleasant truths and harmonize the discordant voices of the past. This book looks beyond powdered wigs and polished portraits to find the human founders of the United States. Multiple and minority perspectives are taken into account, and well-worn stories of the founding era are revisited, from the complex issues of slavery...

Stories of the American West have been a source of excitement and entertainment for more than 100 years. Novels, movies, and television shows have all drawn upon the Wild West for inspiration. But was the Wild West truly that wild? Were there gun-toting outlaws hiding behind every corner? Were white settlers and Native American tribes constantly at war? This book looks at some of the myths, legends, and tall tales surrounding the Wild West and attempts...

There has always been controversy over the settlement of America. American students have been taught that Columbus discovered America, yet what he found was neither America, nor was it undiscovered. In modern times, students have vast amounts of information available to them, however it is not always obvious which sources are reliable. This book explains the establishment of the thirteen colonies through the eyes of the colonists, Native Americans,...

"Most people know Sally Ride as the first American female astronaut to travel in space. But in her lifetime she was also a nationally ranked tennis player, a physicist who enjoyed reading Shakespeare, a university professor, the founder of a company that helped inspire girls and young women to pursue careers in science and math, and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom"--

"Johnny Depp and the cast of Pirates of the Caribbean present the buccaneer lifestyle as a back-stabbing, high-living, hard-drinking world. It makes for an entertaining series, but is it a true depiction of the times?" --

"A follow-up to the popular Real Kids, Real Stories, Real Change, this inspiring sequel spans the globe again with true accounts of ordinary kids showing extraordinary character. Thirty short inspirational stories are divided into six character traits (courage, creativity, kindness, persistence, resilience, and responsibility), and feature kids facing adversity from bullying in an American middle school to surviving persecution in the war-torn streets...