Author: Louise Chipley Slavicek
Publisher: Chelsea House Publications
Keywords: presidents, american, lincoln, abraham
Number of Pages: 104
Published: 2003-09
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 0791076059
ISBN-13: 9780791076057

Readers will be captivated by the remarkable accomplishments and riveting personalities featured in these biographies of the United States’ greatest presidents. Concise writing, an illustrated presidential time line, and detailed sidebars tell the inside story of the men who shaped our great nation. Lincoln successfully led the country through its greatest political crisis--the Civil War.

Author: Barbara Lee Bloom
Publisher: Chelsea House Publications
Keywords: organizations, global, states, american, organization
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2008-05-30
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0791095444
ISBN-13: 9780791095447

The Organization of American States is an international organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., whose members are the 35 nation-states of the Americas. Its historic goals are to strengthen peace and security, to consolidate representative democracy, to provide for collective defense, to eradicate poverty, and to promote economic, social, and cultural development. The organization is currently working on a treaty that will establish a hemispheric free-trade area. Though it has often been seen as an arm of U.S. foreign policy, most observers regard the United States’ influence as w

Author: Terry G. Jordan-Bychkov
Publisher: Chelsea House Publications
Keywords: nations, world, modern, australia
Number of Pages: 105
Published: 2003-09
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 0791076091
ISBN-13: 9780791076095

- Information-packed volumes provide comprehensive overviews of each nation’s people, geography, history, government, economy, and culture - Abundant full-color illustrations guide the reader on a voyage of discovery - Maps reflect current political boundaries

Author: Richard A. Crooker
Publisher: Chelsea House Publications
Keywords: nations, world, modern, venezuela
Number of Pages: 114
Published: 2006-05-31
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 0791088340
ISBN-13: 9780791088340

The information-packed volumes in this series provide comprehensive overviews of each nation’s people, geography, history, government, economy, and culture. Abundant full-color illustrations guide the reader on a voyage of discovery, and maps reflect current political boundaries. Written by the most experienced professors teaching world regional geography, this series meets social studies and geography curriculum standards.

Author: Samuel Willard Crompton
Publisher: Chelsea House Publications
Keywords: american, history, milestones, flight, brothers, first, wright
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2007-04-30
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0791093565
ISBN-13: 9780791093566

In December 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright made history by embarking on the first controlled airplane flight among the dunes of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, thus opening up an era of aviation throughout the world. Readers’ historical perspective will reach new heights thanks to features such as the photographs and timelines that enhance "The Wright Brothers", a soaring new title in the "Milestones in American History" series.

Author: Douglas A. Phillips
Publisher: Chelsea House Publications
Keywords: nations, world, modern, vietnam
Number of Pages: 108
Published: 2006-04-04
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 0791088359
ISBN-13: 9780791088357

The information-packed volumes in this series provide comprehensive overviews of each nation’s people, geography, history, government, economy, and culture. Abundant full-color illustrations guide the reader on a voyage of discovery, and maps reflect current political boundaries. Written by the most experienced professors teaching world regional geography, this series meets social studies and geography curriculum standards.

Author: Dennis Abrams
Publisher: Chelsea House Publications
Keywords: leaders, world, modern, yushchenko, viktor
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 2007-04-30
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 0791092666
ISBN-13: 9780791092668

With his election to the Ukrainian presidency, Viktor Yushchenko became a hero throughout the world for his courage in the face of nearly overwhelming adversity. After three elections (two of them marred by fraud), one attempted murder by poison, one revolution, and one decision by the Supreme Court of Ukraine, he was able to win the first truly free elections in his nation’s history. However, his real challenges were just beginning. Yushchenko was elected president of a country still struggling with independence, a country tainted by its history of corrupt and ruthless leadership. "Vict