Product Description: Armed with a trove of previously unreleased archives, Edward J. Renehan Jr. offers a compelling portrait of Cornelius Vanderbilt, who built large shipping and rail enterprises into cornerstones of the American economy, and amassed one of the greatest fortunes the world has ever known...read more

Product Description: In his The Autocrat atthe Breakfast Table, Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote: "The world's greatmen have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars greatmen." The Rev. Seymour St. John, D.D., (1912-2006) proved theexception to this rule...read more

Bolstered by biographical sketches, extensive photographs, excerpts from primary source documents, and first-person narratives, each title in this history series presents a three-dimensional look at a particular event and those people who not only played an integral part in making it significant but also those who were ultimately affected by its consequences.

Bolstered by biographical sketches, extensive photographs, excerpts from primary source documents, and first-person narratives, each title in this history series presents a three-dimensional look at a particular event and those people who not only played an integral part in making it significant but also those who were ultimately affected by its consequences.

Explains the importance of the Treaty of Paris and the events that lead up to it.

Describes the life of the legendary American businessman, who became one of the most hated men in America.

A fascinating portrait of the Kennedy family during World War II follows the family from London in the 1930s through the end of the war, offering fresh perspectives on JFK, his older brother Joe, Jr., his father Joseph, and his socialite sister Kathleen. 50,000 first printing.

Showcases three generations (view table of contents)

Includes easy-to-follow coverage of retirement planning, stocks and bonds, mutual funds, college tuition, commodities, and more; and features a complete web site directory and lists of newsgroups. Original. (All Users). (view table of contents)

Lists Web sites covering astronomy, chemistry, geology, oceanography, and other scientific fields

Product Description: Now users have a passport to the Web's coolest sites, including live video cameras, remote sensors that you real-time traffic flows, weather reports, ocean tide information, and more sites using Hot Java animation. Supporting Windows 95, Windows 3...read more