Product Description: The definitive collection of Chicago's odd, wacky, and most offbeat people, places, and things, for Chicago residents and anyone else who enjoys local humor and trivia with a twist. 

Product Description: These books, produced from the archives of the Library of Congress and edited by Vincent Virga, offer a glimpse into the history of the United States through rare historical full-color maps, narrative captions, and short essays.

Product Description: A fascinating collection of thirty compelling stories about events that shaped the Tar Heel State, It Happened in North Carolina describes everything from one of the first incidences of American resistance against British rule to a courageous milestone in the civil rights movement...read more

Product Description: Twenty to thirty episodes from the history of Chicago, including memorable events such as the great fire and the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, but also featuring lesser-known tales.  

Product Description: Nurse's 5-Minute Clinical Consult: Treatments provides instant access to information on more than 200 medications, surgeries, and other therapies, including key procedural steps and nursing interventions. The quick-glance design enables nurses to review and master any topic in 5 minutes or less...read more

Product Description: Eighteen dramatic incidents in North Carolina history come to life under the pen of Scotti Cohn. Spanning the early nineteenth century through contemporary times, these incredible stories tell of people facing all kinds of disasters, from hurricanes and fires to train wrecks and airplane crashes...read more

Product Description: Author Scotti Cohn tells the stories of eleven children involved in or personally changed by America's war for independence. From boys--and even one young woman--who entered into battles themselves, to others whose families' involvement (or efforts not to be involved) changed their lives forever, these children's stories show the Revolutionary War as never before...read more

The events, struggles, hardships, and conflicts of the Civil War are seen through the eyes of sixteen children--male and female, white and black, Union and Confederate--between the ages of three and seventeen in a fascinating compilation of original records of a turbulent period in American history. Original.